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• Horror for woman who opened her Cadbury’s advent calendar to find grey chocolates inside

  11-12-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Becky Dymond, from Essex said every single chocolate in the £2.99 calendar was covered in a thick, whitish-grey layer
  
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• Wood Green police shooting latest death in brutal 'Medieval Turk turf war'

  11-12-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tottenham Turks have been locked in a battle with the Hackney Turks that has seen 26 violent incidents in six years
  
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• Pensioner reunited with Christmas present wish list after it's found in demolished chimney 70 years later

  11-12-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Haylock, 78, had asked for a Rupert Annual, a drum box of chalks, soldiers and Indians, slippers and a silk tie in the touching note he wrote as a young lad
  
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• Van driver filmed 'carrying out solo sex act' while driving on motorway

  11-12-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - CONTAINS LANGUAGE SOME MAY FIND OFFENSIVE: The footage shows the man appearing to hold his penis while looking down at his phone which is playing a film and being held in front of the steering wheel
  
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• What The British Invented: 13 amazing creations from catseyes to crossword puzzles as revealed in new book

  11-12-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All is revealed in Gilly Pickup’s new book What The British Invented: From the Great To The Downright Bonkers ...
  
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• Rita Ora's house burgled in nighttime raid – police fear links to Simon Cowell break-in

  11-12-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 25-year-old was targeted by thieves who took money and jewellery from her North London home
  
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• George Osborne plans to force small businesses and self-employed to do FOUR tax returns every year

  11-12-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Government expects the move will raise an additional £600million a year by making it easier to keep track of people’s income.
  
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• Radical preacher Anjem Choudary granted bail over charge of encouraging ISIS support

  11-12-2015 23:19
  
  RADICAL preacher Anjem Choudary has once again been granted conditional bail as he awaits trial for inviting support for Islamic State on social media.
  
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• Sign the Save Our Council Homes petition and help stop the Tory attack on council tenants

  11-12-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All new tenants will be given short-term leases of between two and five years and then face a reassessment that could see them booted out of their homes.
  
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• Woman accused of murdering husband abandoned her five young children for two decades

  11-12-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Steve Sabine, whose mum Ann allegedly killed his dad John in 1997, has spoken out about his 'evil' mother who ditched him and his siblings almost half a century ago
  
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• Christmas shoppers celebrate as popular gifts now cheaper than on Black Friday

  11-12-2015 23:02 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  'Ferocious' price war kicks off between retailers including John Lewis, Laura Ashley, Tesco and Argos as shoppers scour the internet for cheap deals
  
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• Winter health crisis: Officials reveal 12 hospital trusts were FULL amid bed shortage fear

  11-12-2015 23:01
  
  FEARS of a winter health crisis worsened yesterday when official figures revealed that 12 hospital trusts were full to capacity last weekend.
  
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• Sunday schools and bell ringing groups could face 'radicalisation' inspections

  11-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Warnings that Government's counter-extremism plan could lead to inspections on thousands of church youth groups and turn Ofsted into a 'state regulator of religion'
  
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• Jessica Ennis-Hill says Tyson Fury's sexist comments haven't put her off Sports Personality of the Year bash

  11-12-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A petition to ban the world champion boxer from the event following his remarks about the London 2012 golden girl received over 100,000 signatures
  
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• David Cameron has abandoned plans for a third runway at Heathrow, senior Conservative claims

  11-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Zac Goldsmith hinted that the prime minister has decided against expanding Heathrow amid concerns about a legal challenge on environmental grounds
  
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• Christmas boost as petrol prices drop below £1 and shops discount top gifts

  11-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Welcome news - filling a tank is now £10 cheaper than a year ago, and shops are cutting prices to lure people to the high street ahead of Christmas
  
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• London Marylebone station EVACUATED after fire starts on train causing major delays

  11-12-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Up to 700 passengers have been evacuated from the busy railway station after the blaze, which is causing delays of up to 30 minutes to all services
  
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• Embarrassed Krishnan Guru-Murthy apologises to Anne Diamond after introducing her as Anne ROBINSON on live TV

  11-12-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The news presenter took to his Twitter account afterwards and admitted he had made a 'stupid gaffe'
  
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• Video shows man shot dead in Wood Green during 'custody raid'

  11-12-2015 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The as yet unidentified man died of 'gunshot wounds' after an 'intelligence led' operation in Bracknell Close, a residential road in Wood Green, London, at 9am this morning.
  
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• Woman hires top celebrity lawyer Mr Loophole...to get off £50 dog fine

  11-12-2015 22:37
  
  A WOMAN hired a celebrity lawyer to escape a £50 fine for walking her dog off its lead.
  
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• Britain confronts Putin over repeated 'incursions' into UK airspace by Russian bombers

  11-12-2015 22:37
  
  BRITAIN has confronted the Russians over repeated “incursions” into our airspace by warplanes armed with nuclear weapons amid fears they could lead to the outbreak of war, it emerged tonight.
  
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• Hockey player died after being hit with stick in freak accident

  11-12-2015 22:33 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Tom Wilson, 22, died after receiving a blow to the head
  
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• Donald Trump website downed after Anonymous threat

  11-12-2015 22:33 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Trump Towers website goes offline for at least an hour after Anonymous denounced the Republican presidential frontrunner for his anti-Muslim comments
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn criticised by judge for making violent criminals sound like 'peace campaigners'

  11-12-2015 22:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Labour leader has given character references several times in support of violent criminals
  
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• Boss of NHS trust with more than 1,000 unexplained deaths refuses to resign

  11-12-2015 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Southern Health NHS Trust Katrina Percy has apologised over the scandal which was blamed on a “failure of leadership”
  
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• Heathrow to press ahead with third runway contracts despite Government's 'gutless' indecision

  11-12-2015 22:24 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Exclusive: Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye says the airport still plans to appoint designers and architects to help preparations for a new runway
  
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• This house may not turn heads from the outside but the inside is something special

  11-12-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This house may not turn heads from the outside but what lies inside will show why you should never judge a book by its cover
  
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• Girl band arrested at airport after being mistaken for sex workers when authorities searched luggage

  11-12-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  K-Pop group Oh My Girl were travelling to the U.S. for an album cover shoot when they were stopped by customs who went through their costumes and props
  
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• Tories are attacking aspiration as well as affordable homes with end of secure council tenancies

  11-12-2015 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you’re unemployed and you get a job, or if you pick up a few more hours, you could be told you no longer need a council home and face eviction, Shadow Housing Minister John Healey writes
  
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• Woman guilty of trying to kill sister by burning her alive to hide £115,000 fraud

  11-12-2015 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Financial manager Cathy Bartlett blew sister Rachael’s money on Premier League tickets to “buy friends” and on lavish gifts for lover
  
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• Defiant Jeremy Corbyn attends Stop the War's Christmas dinner and mounts staunch defence of controversial group

  11-12-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The defiant Labour leader insisted the protest group was one of the most important campaigning organisations of modern times - and said that attempts to close it down were anti-democratic
  
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• TV star Guy Martin: 'My grandfather fought for Hitler and the Nazis'

  11-12-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daredevil motorbike racer Guy discovered his grandad Walter Kidals' dark secret during a historic trip to Latvia
  
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• Britain 'moving towards military action against Isil in Libya'

  11-12-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Government says it is "extremely concerned" by the rapid rise of Isil and other extremist groups in Libya and is considering plans for intervening to tackle the threat.
  
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• Colonel Gaddafi's son Hannibal KIDNAPPED in Lebanon

  11-12-2015 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A video claiming to show the ex-Libyan leader's playboy son has been shown on Lebanese TV
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger is only person to have walked out of an interview with me - now we see eye-to-eye

  11-12-2015 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Terminator actor is back in my good books for speaking out on intensive farming and the damage it is causing our planet
  
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• CHRISTMAS TERROR ALERT: Cops swoop on shopping centre and BLOW UP suspicious package

  11-12-2015 21:40
  
  ANTI-TERROR police swooped on a major London shopping centre packed with Christmas shoppers today and blew up a suspicious package abandoned in the car park.
  
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• Coronation Street's Antony Cotton amazed as he tours DIY SOS street and meets homeless veterans

  11-12-2015 21:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Coronation Street star and rugby hero pal Keegan Hirst joined veterans and supporters at a pop up carol concert with the Military Wives’ Choir in Manchester’s DIY SOS street
  
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• Couple jailed after they kept woman as slave, forcing her to sleep in a duck pen and beating her daily

  11-12-2015 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vicki Jepson, 29, and Gavin Pascoe, 37, kept the 24-year-old victim and assaulted her by soaking her with cold water and attacking her with a hockey stick
  
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• Drunk Santas and anti-war protestors set to descend on London

  11-12-2015 21:26 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Thousands of revellers dressed as Santa Claus and Stop the War protestors are set to make it a very surreal day in London
  
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• Boy, 15, killed while riding on a hoverboard after he was hit by bus

  11-12-2015 21:26
  
  A TEENAGER has been killed while riding on a hoverboard after being hit by a bus.
  
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• Save our council homes: Politicians from all parties slam David Cameron's plans to end right to lifetime tenancy

  11-12-2015 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Senior politicians from working class backgrounds in all parties have slammed David Cameron’s plan to strip tenants of their treasured right to a home for life
  
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• Woman with rare genetic condition demonstrates how to get out of handcuffs by dislocating her elbows

  11-12-2015 21:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The eye-watering video shows Taryn Eason twist herself into bizarre shapes to get herself out of the standard issue police handcuffs
  
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• Watch shocking moment driver ploughs into revellers outside nightclub after racing away from police

  11-12-2015 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ryan Ford was jailed for three years and 10 months after admitting a string of offences including causing serious injury by dangerous driving
  
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• These Christmas traditions from around the globe are truly weird

  11-12-2015 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In Brazil, children are locked in a room until the Christmas tree is done while in Slovakia they leave out shoes for Santa
  
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• Rotherham child abuse trial hears woman accused was a 'second mother' to victim

  11-12-2015 20:56 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The sexual exploitation trial heard the girl went to stay with Karen MacGregor after problems at home
  
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• Syria conflict: Can Saudi pressure secure peace?

  11-12-2015 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surprising progress towards peace talks has revealed Saudi Arabia as a key player in bringing opposition groups to the table, but there is still a long way to go, reports the BBC's Jim Muir
  
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• Personal trainer jailed for five years for knowingly infecting two professional women with HIV

  11-12-2015 20:37 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Fitness instructor, who contracted the HIV virus in 1995, claimed he was allergic to latex and condoms 'didn't fit'
  
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• The Earth's rotation is slowing down - and here's why

  11-12-2015 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A global sea level rise is slowing the rotation of the planet and causing days to become slightly longer
  
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• Celebrities back chart song urging public to 'save your NHS'

  11-12-2015 20:32
  
  A CELEBRITY-backed song urging the public to save the NHS has stormed up the UK music charts.
  
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• CBeebies Christmas Panto: Exclusive first preview of Alice in Wonderland show

  11-12-2015 20:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The adaptation of the popular children's classic features many CBeebies favourites including Justin Fletcher as the Queen of Hearts and Cat Sandion in the lead role
  
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