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• 'Decent people must rise up against disgraceful Tory proposals to shorten council tenancies'

  10-12-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Smug Conservatives show they lack any awareness when they loftily decree that council tenants should be forced to live under permanent threat of eviction
  
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• Scottish streets where you need at least £1million to buy a home

  10-12-2015 23:55
  
  EDINBURGH has the highest number of expensive streets in Scotland, according to new research.
  
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• Brave tumour victim George is one of a kind

  10-12-2015 23:50
  
  A SCOTtish schoolboy is the only child in the world to be diagnosed with a rare form of tumours.
  
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• Fugitive burglar taunts police with picture of him sat on police car giving middle finger

  10-12-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Steven Slark is wanted on recall to prison for breaching conditions of his release on licence
  
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• On Jackanory's 50th anniversary read these great books out loud to kids - including Poo in the Zoo

  10-12-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Author Steve Cole gives his recommendations of some of the best stories to read aloud for children up to age 11
  
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• Amazing footage shows moment tough firefighters bring four tiny kittens back to life

  10-12-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Crews managed to evacuate 15 people from a smoke-filled building when they found the tiny cats who had been overcome by the toxic fumes
  
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• Shocking pictures show miniature poodle found with fur so matted it made him blind and unable to walk

  10-12-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nine-year-old Doug, who had 1.3kg of fur cut off him, was brought to Portsmouth City Council's kennels in such a state one member of staff left in tears
  
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• Bride-to-be with incurable lung cancer despite never smoking cigarette to run London Marathon

  10-12-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alisha Barnett will line up for the gruelling 26-mile run to raise cash for cancer charities while undergoing chemotherapy herself
  
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• Police rule out Tyson Fury hate crime allegations following controversial comments

  10-12-2015 23:18
  
  TYSON Fury will face no further police action after allegations of a hate crime following controversial comments the boxer made in an interview.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn and the conman accused of funding Islamic State: Labour leader stood up for fraudster

  10-12-2015 23:16 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Jeremy Corbyn intervenes to secure bail for fraudster accused of conning elderly in scam to raise funds for jihadists in Syria
  
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• Petition calling for Donald Trump to be banned from UK breaks record for most signatures

  10-12-2015 23:13
  
  THE petition calling to ban Donald Trump from entering the UK after his comments on Muslims has gained over 480,000 signatures - breaking the previous record held by a petition asking the UK to welcome more refugees.
  
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• Coal, nuclear and diesel to keep lights on in £800m scheme

  10-12-2015 23:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Subsidy price for energy companies likely to be too low to result in construction of any new gas plants
  
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• Burnley single mother-of-three stole £1,300 from her poorly stepfather

  10-12-2015 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tracey Fitzpatrick, 31, of Burnley, Lancashire, was made Power of Attorney for 70-year old stroke victim Michael Johnson - but within days she began using his debit card to pay off debts.
  
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• Cannabis smokers to be let off with a warning to cut time spent on prosecutions

  10-12-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police chiefs in Scotland say officers will be allowed to use their own judgment on minor drug and shoplifting offences to improve efficiency
  
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• Storm Desmond claims its THIRD victim

  10-12-2015 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glenridding's 500 residents are used to a sleepy, relaxed existence, but the Cumbrian community was again forced into action last night after being hit by a second wave of destruction.
  
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• Senior Royal Marine 'silenced from giving evidence backing Alexander Blackman'

  10-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lawyers for Alexander Blackman, also known as 'Marine A', are preparing to submit hundreds of pages of evidence they say show his case must be heard again.
  
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• St Helena does not 'attract sex tourism'

  10-12-2015 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An investigation has found the British overseas territory, which is in the middle of the Atlantic, was 'grossly and unfairly tarnished' by the allegations of widespread child abuse.
  
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• Watch shopper hit himself in head with fridge door while trying to get a beer

  10-12-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a video uploaded to LiveLeak, the customer can be seen entering a store in Quebec, Canada, but his trip doesn't seem to go too well
  
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• France's far-Right may actually LOSE elections on Sunday

  10-12-2015 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  France's National Front may be defeated in the regional elections as an opinion poll showed tactical voting will keep it from power in two main target regions.
  
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• Research shows booking flight tickets on a Friday is most expensive

  10-12-2015 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study was undertaken by Expedia and the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), who also urged people looking for cheap flights in Europe to look to book 140 days in advance.
  
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• Amazing picture of amateur surfer conquering 50ft wave dubbed 'Jaws' has to be seen to be believed

  10-12-2015 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam Amin, 19, who learned to surf in Devon, was initially turned away from the Pe'ahi Challenge before hitching a ride with a U.S. professional surfer
  
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• Rotherham sex abuse trial told two women groomed children and sold them to gangs of men

  10-12-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The women allegedly targeted teenage girls, holding one captive for six weeks, and forced them to have sex
  
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• Record number of terror suspects arrested in UK including more women and children

  10-12-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Only a third went on to be charged with terrorism-related offences and police have been accused of making too many arrests
  
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• Stop the War Coalition founder declares support for Hamas and Hizbollah

  10-12-2015 22:27 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Video footage has emerged of John Rees defending the 'resistance', as pressure grows on Jeremy Corbyn to distance himself from the anti-war group
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn 'wins Parliamentary Beard of the Year for 6th time by a whisker' after last-minute surge

  10-12-2015 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Last-minute tweeting from Diane Abbott helped him soar ahead of the SNP's Stewart McDonald minutes before polls closed
  
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• Brave mum explains why she donated organs of son, 7, and husband killed after being hit by car

  10-12-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anna-Louise said she "didn’t even need to think" before committing to organ donation for Fraser Bates, seven, and his dad Stuart
  
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• Bowling champion jailed over savage bottling which left victim permanently disfigured

  10-12-2015 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charlie Millar, secretary of Paisley Indoor Bowling Club, has been caged for 14 months for the horror attack
  
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• Heroes escape sinking vehicle then dash to rescue four stranded pensioners in floods

  10-12-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jordan Lane and Peter Lomas were swept away by the storm waters and managed to make it to the river bank before spotting the pensioners
  
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• Walking With The Wounded saved my life when I lost everything after leaving the Army

  10-12-2015 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Afghanistan veteran Aiden Giles found himself estranged from his family, unable to work and homeless after he was medically discharged
  
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• Michael Gove should celebrate Human Rights Day by dropping plans to scrap the Act

  10-12-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Our rights are under threat again, write Shadow Human Rights Minister Andy Slaughter and Shadow Foreign Office Minister Diana Johnson
  
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• Tesco delivery driver sent lewd texts to woman after dropping off shopping

  10-12-2015 21:54 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Tesco have apologised for the incident, saying that the driver was not a Tesco employee, but works for an agency
  
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• Watch this dog stand up and open a door just like a person

  10-12-2015 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Akita waits patiently at the door for his owner, but after being left in the cold for too long he decides to take matters into his own paws and opens the door himself
  
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• British army officer turned mercenary and an Australian among 15 killed in Yemen

  10-12-2015 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The officer, named locally as Colonel Arthur Kingston and Australian Phillip Streetman were killed in heavy fighting in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz after rebels attacked the mercenary's base.
  
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• Final section of HMS Prince of Wales towed to join rest of the warship

  10-12-2015 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The final 750-tonne section of the Royal Navy's second flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has set sail for Rosyth. All pieces will now be joined together to finish the £6bn project.
  
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• ISIS makes £26 MILLION a month selling oil - including some to the SYRIAN GOVERNMENT

  10-12-2015 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A U.S. official says significant volumes of oil from Islamic State militants is making its way into Turkey and even to the Assad regime
  
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• EU starts legal action against Greece, Italy and Croatia for failing to fingerprint migrants

  10-12-2015 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Greece has only fingerprinted around 121,000 of the almost 500,000 people who arrived there between July 20 and November 30 this year, according to the European Commission.
  
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• Tyson Fury will not face police action following 'hate crime' probe into alleged homophobic comments

  10-12-2015 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Greater Manchester Police have confirmed that his comments have been recorded as a "hate incident" rather than a hate crime
  
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• Transplant surgeon Nadey Hakim who delayed NHS operation SHOULDN'T have been sacked

  10-12-2015 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Nadey Hakim, from northwest London, was dismissed by Imperial College earlier this year after it accused him of delaying surgery to an NHS patient so he could treat private clients.
  
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• Rotherham care home girls were 'repeatedly raped by groups of Asian men

  10-12-2015 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five men and two women are accused of roles in the sexual exploitation of children in the South Yorkshire town over a period of more than 10 years. Pictured: Defendant Majid Bostan
  
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• 'My little boy has world's rarest form of child cancer - but that just makes him unique'

  10-12-2015 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  George McIntosh, six, is the only child on earth to have been diagnosed with a rare form of brain tumour
  
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• Vicious thugs hack man with an AXE in front of terrified shoppers at petrol station

  10-12-2015 21:08
  
  TWO men have been jailed for nine years for hacking a man with an axe in front of terrified shoppers and staff at a supermarket petrol station.
  
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• Bizarre Tatler article asks is it ok to sleep with your cousin, step-sibling or a LABRADOR

  10-12-2015 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People have mocked the article on social media with one user writing ‘Just pleased the jury remains out on your Border Collie’
  
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• Ministers have delayed Heathrow decision until the Summer: live

  10-12-2015 20:54 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Business leaders "tearing their hair out" at latest news after David Cameron and the Cabinet delay a decision on expanding the UK's airport capacity
  
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• Ministers have delayed Heathrow decision until the Summer

  10-12-2015 20:54 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Cameron has provoked a furious reaction from business leaders who have accused him of being "gutless" and business leaders "tearing their hair out" at latest news
  
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• Is your town on the list of areas with a large amount of underage drinking?

  10-12-2015 20:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brighton and Hove was the worst affected, with 27% of 15-year-olds telling a survey they had drunk to excess at least once in the past four weeks
  
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• Telford Police Inspector Derek Holland commits suicide after becoming stressed at work

  10-12-2015 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Derek Holland (pictured), 50, had taken time off for stress and returned to work, but was found dead in his home in Telford, Shropshire, just hours before a meeting with his boss, an inquest heard.
  
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• Scottish Borders boy is diagnosed with rare oligodendrial leptomeningeal tumour

  10-12-2015 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  George McIntosh, from the Scottish Borders, suffers from a disseminated oligodendrial leptomeningeal tumour which until now has only been found in nine adults worldwide.
  
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• Volkswagen admits 'chain of errors' led to embarrassing emissions cheating scandal

  10-12-2015 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The controversy cannot be blamed on a few rogue engineers, the company says - but insists it will recover from the disaster
  
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• SpaceX announces it will attempt another Falcon 9 rocket launch next week

  10-12-2015 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk's company has revealed it will attempt to launch its first rocket since June on December 19
  
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• Disgruntled passenger posts picture of woman who put bare feet on her armrest for whole four hour flight

  10-12-2015 20:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The disgusting photo of the etiquette-defying woman, seen shamelessly resting her feet beside where the other woman was sitting in front, has since gone viral
  
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