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• Christmas jumpers will be bagged by one in five Brits this festive season

  12-12-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The surprising figures show that the seasonal trend of the past few years has no intention of abating
  
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• AirBnB in racism row 'as people with black-sounding names are snubbed from renting rooms'

  12-12-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Survey of more than 6,000 room hosts found they were less likely to get a positive response to a request for a room when compared to white-sounding names
  
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• Bradley Wiggins and Michael Sheen line up Christmas radio slots

  12-12-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The duo are among high profile names being brought in as guest ­editors on BBC Radio 4’s Today at Christmas
  
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• George Osborne could have ensured people had a happier Christmas but he has failed

  12-12-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor thinks he understands economics, but he doesn't understand the economy
  
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• Tesco brings back Kingsmill after axeing the bread in a cull of brands

  12-12-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Parent company Allied Bakeries had been left reeling when the supermarket pulled the product so the turnaround is a 'huge result'
  
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• Revealed - the most generous Christmas shoppers in the UK are from here

  12-12-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nationwide, women will spend £650 compared to men at £490 - but the best buyers are from this UK area
  
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• The veteran Trotskyite and the public schoolboy united behind Jeremy Corbyn

  12-12-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  How Christmas dinner guest was ally of charity that described Jihadi John as 'beautiful young man'
  
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• David Cameron's election team row over Mark Clarke scandal

  12-12-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The so-called Tatler Tory bullying scandal engulfing the Conservative party has caused a new split among senior figures, over who wanted to hire Mark Clarke for the 2015 election campaign
  
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• Pet oxygen masks used by fire and rescue help to save animals' lives

  12-12-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The specialist equipment is being taken up by fire services across the UK can be used to revive pets caught in blazes
  
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• 'Revenge attack' for Paul Massey killing sees 'rival gang member slashed across the face'

  12-12-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A source says three men carried out the attack in a bar in Marbella as a 'a warning' to the man who ordered the hit on Manchester’s 'Mr Big'
  
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• Pupil in top school took legal high then got worried and called 999 for help

  12-12-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The student at Torquay Boys’ Grammar School called an ambulance when he became concerned about his own behaviour
  
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• Anorexic woman 'saved' by scribbled note passed to her by complete stranger in Waitrose

  12-12-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The life of a young anorexia sufferer was turned around following chance meeting in a supermarket
  
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• 'First aiders' for the mind helping to beat a mental health crisis

  12-12-2015 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches people how to act in an emergency situation, such as calming someone who may be experiencing a panic attack.
  
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• Lewis Dunne murder: Grandmother of tragic schoolboy begs families to turn in his killer

  12-12-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sue McKenzie has flown from her home in Jamaica to support the 16-year-old’s parents Gemma and Steven and wider family in Liverpool since he was fatally gunned down
  
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• Cameron cave-in on EU benefits was always just a matter of time

  12-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Cameron badly miscalculated on his EU benefits fight, but now can focus on a winning deal
  
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• Former England cricket captain and MCC president Tom Graveney left £217,000 in his will

  12-12-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The cricket legend, who passed away last month, bequeathed the money to his two children
  
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• Rent-to-own shop's TV advert banned for encouraging impulse buys

  12-12-2015 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The move comes after debt charities labelled rent-to-own firms a customer rip-off for overcharging customers
  
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• Painting in Russia may be 'another Mona Lisa' by Leonardo da Vinci

  12-12-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A team of art experts have announced they are examining whether a painting in a private collection in the Russian city could be a previously undiscovered masterpiece.
  
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• Man arrested after woman, 54, found dead from head injuries following disturbance

  12-12-2015 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were called to an address in Netherton and have held a 56-year-old man in connection
  
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• Epileptic woman says medication made her INFERTILE - but she isn't giving up on dream of family

  12-12-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charlotte, 25, from Bootle, says she wasn’t told that the years of taking powerful drugs would have such devastating consequences
  
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• Drivers face postcode lottery on car repair bills – how does your area rate?

  12-12-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The survey, based on a list of common repairs, found an eye-watering 30% price difference between the cheapest and most expensive areas
  
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• Hoverboard death: Teenage boy hit by bus 'was always smiling' says friend's tribute

  12-12-2015 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nawaf Al-Tuwayan was out on the board buying milk for his mum when he lost his balance and fell in front of a bus
  
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• Brave grandmother with terminal cancer reveals 'bucket list' wish to meet singer Adele

  12-12-2015 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Debbie Blackhurst, who has battled cancer since 2009, has been told that the disease has spread to her liver and is terminal
  
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• Marine A lawyer confident of appeal hearing

  12-12-2015 22:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Sgt Alexander Blackman's legal team have compiled evidence to prove he has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice
  
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• BBC accused of taking £250,000 'taxpayer-funded bung' to move Sports Personality of the Year to Belfast

  12-12-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Northern Irish tourist board and Belfast City Council paid BBC six-figure sum, after corporation's governing body relaxed seven-year sponsorship ban
  
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• Tyson Fury "shouldn’t receive an accolade for his views" says Labour MP Chukka Umunna

  12-12-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Comparing homosexuality with paedophilia and saying women belong in the kitchen are not the words of a role model, says Umunna
  
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• Loan shark suspects arrested in dawn raids as police crack down on illegal lending

  12-12-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The operation, led by the Illegal Money Lending Team, saw six men and a woman held from addresses in London, Greater Manchester and Essex
  
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• Saudi Prince brands Donald Trump a 'disgrace to America' after his Muslim ban comments

  12-12-2015 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Saudi prince told Donald Trump: "Withdraw from the US presidential race as you will never win"
  
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• COP21: All you need to know after historic climate change deal is agreed in Paris

  12-12-2015 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Global climate envoys agreed a landmark accord earlier today, setting the course for a "historic" transformation of the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming
  
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• Brave Alton Towers victim Vicky Balch fights back for dream New York Christmas trip

  12-12-2015 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the 20-year-old was strapped into her plane seat, she froze, as it brought back terrible memories of the day she suffered her devastating injuries
  
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• Baby-faced armed robber believed he was like 'Robin Hood' as he 'stole from rich to gave to the poor'

  12-12-2015 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen Jackley, who donned a flamboyant blonde wig and dark glasses for his building society hold-ups, was jailed for his crime spree - a sentence he called “pure hell”
  
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• Scandal-hit hospital trust with 1,182 unexpected deaths was warned on staffing levels

  12-12-2015 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust was struggling with demand for services, overcrowding and staffing shortages created a perfect storm
  
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• Watch brave Syrian child defiantly tell President Assad: "Die in your rage! The chemicals didn't kill us"

  12-12-2015 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One of the children, who appear to be aged between six and seven, describes a Syrian regime chemical weapon attack and says: "Bashar die in your rage! The chemicals didn’t kill us!"
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn spotted with blood-spattered man after fight breaks out at his local shop

  12-12-2015 21:13
  
  JEREMY CORBYN has been pictured with a blood-spattered man after a fight broke out at his local shop.
  
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• Cumbria's floods show Tories more dangerous to environment than a thousand coal power stations

  12-12-2015 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As Cumbria tries to rebuild from the latest devastating floods, John Prescott warns the Conservatives that they have to do more
  
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• 'Croydon Cat Killer' blamed for gruesome mutilation of moggies in London suburb

  12-12-2015 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Animal rescue group said the pets had suffered "gruesome" injuries which appeared to have been made by a blade
  
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• Slain ex-Rangers footballer Arnold Peralta’s wife weeps as he is laid to rest

  12-12-2015 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Rangers scarf lay over his coffin, as the Glasgow club also paid tribute to Peralta at Ibrox this afternoon. He was subsequently buried at Jardines de Paz Ceibenos Cemetery.
  
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• Parliament is the real home of panto as heroes and villains battle for centre stage

  12-12-2015 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It might be pantomime season in the real world, but the festive fun happens all year round in the House of Commons
  
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• We’ve spent £25k on our twins' first Christmas even though they won't remember it

  12-12-2015 20:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Louise and Dan Hill have bought diamond baby bracelets, a Burberry bear collection and a £5,000 private trip to Santa’s grotto
  
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• Nelson's Column: David Cameron should give 16 year olds a vote of confidence in their future

  12-12-2015 20:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If Sunday People
  political editor Nigel Nelson
    could have voted at 16 it would have been against the Tories. He explains why
  
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• COP21 conference delegates agree deal to combat climate change in Paris

  12-12-2015 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Paris Agreement,which aims to limit global temperature rises, was passed with no objections by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius this evening - ending four years of negotiations.
  
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• Star Wars fans banned from wearing masks and bringing light sabers to Force Awakens screenings over 'security concerns'

  12-12-2015 20:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cinema chains including Odean, Vue, Cineworld, AMC and Cinemark have issued requests to theatregoers not to wear anything that covers their face
  
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• Selfie queen Karen Danczuk shares snaps of herself with new male friend

  12-12-2015 20:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As estranged  husband Simon is dating again, Karen reveals she's been out with Ben Bate with a lovely-dovey tweet
  
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• Transgender dad leaves wife and seven kids to live life as a SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL

  12-12-2015 20:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Canadian Stefonknee Wolscht, 52, was a cross dresser before he was married to Maria and raised a family, but at 46 she realised she was transgender
  
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• Rolf Harris BANNED from scoffing chocolate in jail after diabetes hospital dash

  12-12-2015 20:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The paedophile entertainer has been told he can no longer order his favourite bars after his diabetes scare
  
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• Heartwarming moment as air-stewardess reduces disabled man to tears by feeding him on plane

  12-12-2015 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The moving image of a flight attendant feeding a disabled man has been shared by millions of people in China
  
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• Jimmy Savile's brother raped me and my complaint was ignored 14 times

  12-12-2015 20:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alex Murray lived with her rape torment for years after she was assaulted by Johnny Savile who exploited his brother’s fame to carry out ­sickening sexual abuse
  
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• Girl, 15, dies and her boyfriend, 17, fights for his life after being hit by a bus

  12-12-2015 20:13 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Summer Lee Seymour, 15, was killed after being hit by a bus and her 17-year-old boyfriend suffered serious injuries in Sheffield
  
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• UK weather: Watch streets become rivers as even more towns are flooded

  12-12-2015 20:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A torrent of water washed through the town of Whalley in Lancashire today, where a rescue and clean up operation is underway
  
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• Patients refusing life-saving surgery at weekends as Jeremy Hunt says they're more likely to die

  12-12-2015 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A top doctor specialising in liver ops criticised the Health Secretary over his claims that understaffing is causing 11,000 excess deaths every year
  
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