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• Boxing champ Amir Khan shows his heart as he wades in to help desperate flooding victims in Cumbria

  13-12-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Khan said: "It’s very sad to see that the floods have destroyed all the homes"
  
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• Girl, 6, airlifted to hospital by helicopter 'after inhaling bleach at home'

  13-12-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The youngster is understood to have fallen ill after inhaling a chemical, thought to be bleach, at around 4.30pm
  
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• Mum who suffered domestic violence in two relationships speaks out to encourage other victims to come forward

  13-12-2015 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lisa Gordon, 34, escaped one violent relationship but later suffered abuse at hand of another partner
  
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• Peers make new bid for votes at 16

  13-12-2015 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour peers are to make another attempt to give 16 and 17 year olds a vote in the planned referendum on the UK's EU membership.
  
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• UK weather sees 60 flood alerts as temperatures plummet with snow on the way

  13-12-2015 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Parts of the North of England including Cumbria and Lancashire are facing further flooding due to continued wet weather and high river levels.
  
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• What time and where in the UK can I watch the Geminids meteor shower 2015?

  13-12-2015 23:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Geminids can be seen across Britain this week. But what are they and where in the UK is the best place to see them?
  
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• Cheeky cops mock Manchester United's form with tongue-in-cheek Twitter post

  13-12-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers tweeted: "The Man Utd defensive squad has gone missing - we’ve located them on Bournemouth beach"
  
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• Barack Obama insists climate change deal is 'best chance to save our planet'

  13-12-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  200 countries have signed an agreement which commits $100bn a year and aims to keep global warming to less than 2C
  
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• Vinnie Jones' wife Tanya seen for first time since beating cancer

  13-12-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In November 2013 50-year-old former footballer and actor Vinnie Jones, revealed both he and his wife Tanya were battling melanoma, which is the most serious type of skin cancer.
  
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• Electric unicycle sparks fire which guts house in Bulkington, Warwickshire

  13-12-2015 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Catherine and Gavin Hancock have spent the last week living in a hotel after the electronic unicycle's batteries ignited, setting their sofa alight in Bulkington, Warwickshire on Monday.
  
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• Murder victims' mum's plea for law change: 'Tell us where our kids are buried'

  13-12-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marie McCourt, Joan Morson and Jean Taylor have seen their children's murderers jailed but still don't know where their bodies are buried
  
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• Retiring later is good for you and the economy

  13-12-2015 23:33
  
  OLDER workers could boost the economy by £16billion a year by delaying retirement for just 12 months, a minister claimed yesterday.
  
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• Children killed after Syrian schools and homes hit by Assad regime missiles and rebel mortars

  13-12-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said unidentified war planes hit the town of Douma, 10 miles (15 km) northeast of the capital
  
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• Two young boys robbed while Christmas shopping in busy city centre

  13-12-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incident happened at about 4.45pm on Saturday in Jamaica Street, Glasgow, near the four corners area
  
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• Twitter warns of government 'hacking'

  13-12-2015 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter has sent warnings to a number of users that their accounts may have been hacked by "state-sponsored actors".
  
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• Schoolchildren attack refugee classmates in horrific 'Lord of the Flies' riot

  13-12-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Five young girls were spat on, kicked, punched and assaulted with sticks and stones by the mob in Leipzig
  
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• Python survives chilling ordeal after being found frozen solid on London pavement

  13-12-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The snake was rescued by an animal home where he has been warmed up and given the name Ebenezer
  
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• Psychologists reveal the tricks behind giving the perfect Christmas presents

  13-12-2015 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Choosing a Christmas gift is always a stressful time but scientists say it should be surprisingly easier than you think, claiming you should choose something you like rather than guessing what they want.
  
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• At least 19 women win seats on local councils across Saudi Arabia

  13-12-2015 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 106,000 cast their ballots which helped women win 19 of the 2,100 seats available in a landmark event for a conservative country where women are not even permitted to drive.
  
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• Assange to be questioned by Sweden

  13-12-2015 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ecuador has agreed to allow Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be questioned by the Swedish authorities at the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
  
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• 'Crack cocaine' gambling machines blamed for 50% rise in police incidents at betting shops

  13-12-2015 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Campaigners claim that bookmakers are slashing staff while dramatically increasing the number of fixed odds betting terminals in their shops
  
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• Tory pledge to protect police funding DOESN'T cover officers protecting transport, military and nuclear sites

  13-12-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  George Osborne's promise in last month's Autumn statement doesn't apply to the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police or Civil Nuclear Constabulary
  
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• Newborn baby burns to death following explosion on board ambulance as 'doctor and nurse jumped to safety'

  13-12-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The duo allegedly panicked and jumped out when they noticed sparking in a compressed natural gas kit
  
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• Kate Middleton has Christmas wrapped up as she's spotted shopping in Chelsea

  13-12-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate, 33, was seen leaving Peter Jones in Chelsea on Saturday, where her mum and sister had also been picking up gifts
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn warned Labour could lose strongholds unless they tackle UKIP

  13-12-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The leader’s position was bolstered by the Oldham by-election, in which Labour increased its vote to a 10,000 majority
  
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• Electoral Commission hands Government a boost in bid to block votes for 16 year olds

  13-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The body has said that plans to extend the vote to young people for the EU referendum are not good enough and that it cannot support proposals put forward by Labour and the Lib Dems
  
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• Caroline Lucas: I don't want to be a stick to beat Jeremy Corbyn with

  13-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  After Green MP Caroline Lucas stepped down as patron of Stop The War, she talks about being the popular conscience of the Commons - and a relaxed Christmas party host
  
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• Andy Coulson: David Cameron must make National Service compulsory to curb extremism and leave a legacy

  13-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The prime minister's former spokesman has called on Mr Cameron to make the scheme for 16 year olds part of the national curriculum to combat home-grown terror
  
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• SAS sniper kills FIVE ISIS suicide bombers with just THREE bullets

  13-12-2015 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The SAS veteran fired a trio of well-placed bullets from 800 metres away, taking the ISIS thugs out as they left a bomb factory near Mosul, an ISIS stronghold in Iraq
  
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• Vladimir Putin sends his condolences after Russian psychiatric ward fire

  13-12-2015 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences to relatives of the 23 victims who died when a fire ripped through a psychiatric hospital in southern Russia.
  
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• London Pantomime Horse race takes over streets of Greenwich

  13-12-2015 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The annual London Pantomime Horse Race hit the streets of Greenwich, London, with brightly costumed runners raising cash for charity Demelza Children's Hospice.
  
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• Coffee shops stir £7.9bn into market as café culture dominates

  13-12-2015 22:49 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Almost four in 10 coffee shops are from the non-specialist sector as pubs and supermarkets jump on the bandwagon
  
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• Transgender woman Tara Hudson sent to a men's prison says she was forced to flash

  13-12-2015 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tara Hudson, 26, is calling for changes in laws around transgender people in prison after she claimed she was 'humiliated' during a seven-day stint at HMP Bristol.
  
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• Labour's feuding MPs must either unite and fight or divide and lose

  13-12-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire says the only chance the party has of winning in 2020 is if they concentrate their fire on the REAL enemy
  
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• Russia and Syria regime launch air strikes on Damascus 'killing 31 civilians'

  13-12-2015 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adults were seen carrying injured children through streets reduced to rubble (pictured) by the bombardment of a besieged rebel stronghold by forces who back leader Bashar Assad.
  
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• Russian ship fires shots at Turkish boat

  13-12-2015 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Russian warship "fired warning shots" at a Turkish fishing boat to avoid a collision in the Aegean, Moscow says, amid continuing tension between the two countries.
  
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• French National Front crushed in elections - along with Marie Le Pen's presidential ambitions

  13-12-2015 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Le Pen's far-right party has failed to capitalise on earlier success despite playing on fears over terrorism and immigration
  
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• Dambuster's medal to be sold to fund Africa dam

  13-12-2015 22:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Flight Lieutenant John Vere "Hoppy" Hopgood got Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar year before killed
  
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• Alan Barnes: Attack victim buys home in Tyneside after struggling to settle in house bought with donated cash

  13-12-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gateshead pensioner finds perfect property after struggling to 'bond' with house he bought with well-wishers' cash
  
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• Paris terror attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud 'had pictures of British locations on his mobile phone'

  13-12-2015 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  French police reportedly discovered his links to Birmingham by analysing data on his phone
  
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• Prince Harry backs Mirror's Walking With The Wounded Christmas appeal for armed forces heroes

  13-12-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prince is a combat veteran and the charity, which cares for veterans of recent conflicts, is a cause very close to the royal’s heart
  
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• Drone smuggling at prisons is rocketing as criminal gangs fly in drugs and phones

  13-12-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prison officers say hundreds of contraband packages are being flown into jails and some inmates say it's as easy as ordering a takeaway
  
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• Deal could see Julian Assange questioned by Swedish officials inside embassy

  13-12-2015 21:58 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  WikiLeaks founder wanted for questioning over sex allegation, which he denies
  
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• David Cameron's EU negotiations in 'chaos' amid claims he will ditch migrant benefit plans

  13-12-2015 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The PM had set a key demand for a four-year welfare ban on EU citizens coming to Britain
  
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• Accused man set to make 'legal history' with hoverboard charge

  13-12-2015 21:51 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  First named individual to be prosecuted under new laws
  
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• Head who quit Prince Charles's former prep school after just six weeks had confronted owners over modernisation

  13-12-2015 21:48 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Nicholas Allen demanded new IT facilities at Hill House International after being brought in to turn the Knightsbridge school around
  
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• 'I cannot see Villa staying up now'

  13-12-2015 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Match of the Day 2 pundit Alan Shearer says Aston Villa might have to start planning for the Championship in the January transfer window.
  
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• Astronaut Tim Peake's dad is more worried about him driving on the M27 than blasting into space

  13-12-2015 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Major Peake's father says he has no fears about the historic mission to the International Space Station
  
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• Survey reveals half of us would report drink-drivers

  13-12-2015 21:37
  
  DRINK-DRIVERS were given a Christmas warning yesterday that the public was turning against them.
  
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• More than 750 Female Genital Mutilation cases reported in London in THREE MONTHS

  13-12-2015 21:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Between July and September, healthcare professionals discovered 758 newly reported incidents of the offence in the capital
  
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