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• Missing girls feared to be sleeping on buses after disappearing three days ago

  15-12-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Abir Salah, 16, and Ahlam Salah, 15, who are sisters, and 13 year-old Fardowsa Hassan, from Wood Green, have not been seen for several days
  
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• Family films RAT INFESTATION at temporary home which threatens to ruin their Christmas

  15-12-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the video, the super-sized 30cm vermin can be seen sniffing around the floor before it ventures further out into the middle of the bathroom
  
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• 'MPs seeking to keep arrested colleagues' identities secret would be gross injustice in our democracy'

  15-12-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Voters have an absolute right to know if lawmakers are arrested - that trumps any supposed right to privacy under the Human Rights Act
  
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• Paramedics fight to save life of crane operator 20m up in his tiny cab above building site

  15-12-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Firefighters and paramedics gave emergence First Aid to the man stranded 20 metres high, but were unable to save his life
  
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• Michael Mansfield QC's daughter found hanged after being told she faced redundancy

  15-12-2015 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An inquest heard Anna Mansfield, 44, was found hanged in the bathroom of her home in New Southgate, north London on May 1 this year by her devastated husband, Carlo Secreti.
  
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• Scots schools fall behind on maths, claim independent experts

  15-12-2015 23:22
  
  THE crisis facing Scotland's schools deepened yesterday after education experts warned pupils are falling behind in maths.
  
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• Black Friday night reveller prepares for big evening out by trying to book AMBULANCE in advance

  15-12-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As workers prepare their livers for the last working Friday before Christmas, ambulance bosses have warned them not to make nuisance 999 calls that could put other's lives at risk
  
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• Jealous bodybuilder killed love rival then went to the gym and calmly made protein shake

  15-12-2015 23:09
  
  A JEALOUS bodybuilder killed a love-rival by driving his car into him so fast his victim's bicycle flew over a 10ft fence.
  
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• Trio of adorable newborn babies pictured with woolly hats that saved their lives after being born

  15-12-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The cosy knitwear was weaved by an expert team of dedicated knitters and placed on the head of every baby in a hospital maternity ward
  
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• 'Peake Fever' grips Britain as millions abandon work and school to watch Major Tim blast off

  15-12-2015 23:08 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Major Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station has put Britain on the space map and inspired a new generation of scientists and engineers
  
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• Scottish NHS fails again on cancer waiting times

  15-12-2015 23:04
  
  CANCER charities have blasted the Scottish Government for continuing failure on waiting time targets.
  
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• Philip Chism murder trial: Teenager who raped and killed his maths teacher faces life in prison

  15-12-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Philip Chism's defence lawyers claimed he was in the midst of a psychotic episode when he stabbed her 16 times in the neck in the women's bathroom
  
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• Irish paedophile Joseph McColgan goes into hiding after being tracked down in Devon

  15-12-2015 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joseph McColgan (right), 71, from Sligo, Ireland, went into hiding in Brampton (left), a small village in county Devon, after being released early from a 238-year jail sentence for peadophilia.
  
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• What will life be like for astronaut Tim Peake on board the International Space Station

  15-12-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Major Tim will eat rehydrated food, sleep attached to a wall and drink his own urine
  
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• Butlin's BAN family from holiday resort because they’re not on the electoral roll

  15-12-2015 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mother-of-two Sophie Howes (pictured), 29, was due to go to the resort for a four-night stay at the resort in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, with a part of 32 people but it was cancelled two weeks ago.
  
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• Tracey Shelvey fell to her death from roof after accused rapist Patrick Hall's acquittal

  15-12-2015 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tracey Shelvey, 41, fell to her death from the Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre in Rochdale, after taking to the roof in public protest of the accused's acquittal and slipping from a pillar, an inquest heard.
  
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• Yacht dealer wanted over mum's disappearance in Spain could be known by a different name

  15-12-2015 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are searching for a man named as Simon Corner after his girlfriend and British ex-pat Lisa Brown went missing in Spain, close to the Gibraltar border
  
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• Virgin Limited Edition Holidays apologise after Jamie Hulse died on a Morocco quad bike tour

  15-12-2015 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sally Hulse’s husband Jamie, a father-of-three, was killed when a quad bike he was riding during an excursion in Morocco flew off the side of a mountain and plunged down a 100ft drop.
  
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• LA and New York school threat was a false alarm as Bill Bratton blasts West Coast

  15-12-2015 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 640,000 children are urged to stay in their homes amid fears of an attack on the nation's second largest school district on Tuesday.
  
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• Vladimir Putin’s a 'gunslinger', say experts who have studied his Clint Eastwood gait

  15-12-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At first scientists thought the Russian president’s Wild West way of walking was a sign of Parkinson’s but now they say it’s the result of KGB weapon training
  
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• Gloucester couple Dayle Redding and Samantha Tanner attacked Lisa Perkins in beach ball dispute

  15-12-2015 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dayle Redding, 24, and partner Samantha Tanner, 26, were found guilty of causing actual bodily harm to mother-of-two Lisa Perkins, 43, when they attacked her outside her Gloucester home.
  
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• Get rid of your hoverboards now, Amazon tells customers

  15-12-2015 22:40 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Exclusive: Buyers of hoverboards urged to 'dispose' of them by Amazon, as it emerges that half a million people who receive the Christmas gifts could be exposed to fire risks
  
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• ‘Why did you murder my mum and where is her body?’ Daughter calls for killers to be denied parole

  15-12-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anita Giles has endured more than 18 years of torment since her mother Sandie Bowen, 54, was murdered by husband Michael Bowen
  
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• Syrian refugees found with pictures of ISIS executions and dead children on their phones, say officials

  15-12-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Norwegian officials looked at the mobile phones as part of checks to see if the refugees should be given the rights to stay in the Scandinavian country
  
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• Tory chief 'told Mark Clarke to change his methods' after bullying complaint last YEAR

  15-12-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Instead of being instructed to stop in his tracks, the e-mails suggest 'Tatler Tory' Mr Clarke was told "maybe do this on the phone in future?"
  
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• Los Angeles bomb threat schools evacuation branded 'a significant overreaction'

  15-12-2015 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 640,000 children and another 250,000 in adult education were told to stay at home after the threat was received by email
  
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• How YOU could be forced to DELAY retirement because of the plummeting oil industry

  15-12-2015 22:30
  
  MILLIONS could be forced to delay retirement as plummeting oil prices decimate the value of pensions and investments, experts have warned.
  
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• When Elvis met Prince Charles: Watch teen impersonator leave Prince of Wales in fits of laughter

  15-12-2015 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Student Rhys Berry, 16, did not hold back from giving his all for the Prince of Wales
  
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• Moving photo of sleeping boy shows heartbreaking moment his battle to overcome cancer began

  15-12-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When she took this photo, Clare Johnson did not realise her son was very ill and would soon be diagnosed with cancer
  
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• Hero rescues blind woman and neighbours from flats after arsonist torches bin chute

  15-12-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Graham Worrall, 52, said: "I think if we had gone out there is a chance Ruth would not be here"
  
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• As Tim Peake becomes the first Brit on the ISS we look at space in numbers

  15-12-2015 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Major Tim arrived following a six-and-a-half hour flight after an emotional goodbye with his family
  
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• Monster asteroid which 'could cause earthquakes and volcanoes' will skim past Earth on Xmas Eve

  15-12-2015 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists now believe this asteroid, and some others, could be even bigger than calculated as it is thought part of their mass may have been shrouded in darkness
  
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• 'Banter boy' Dr Neil Fox is last of his kind ... thank God

  15-12-2015 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Millions of British women grew up in offices where the office letch was as much part of the furniture as the filing cabinet and jar of Coffee-Mate, says Alison Phillips
  
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• Christmas trees to shed more needles this year, warn garden centres

  15-12-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The 2015 crop of spruces are more likely to die earlier than in previous years as they were harvested during one of the warmest Novembers on record
  
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• Star Wars: The Force Awakens live - Mark Hamill goes to the Dark Side PLUS what is 'spoil-jihadi'?

  15-12-2015 21:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The initial reaction to the new Star Wars film, which premiered in LA last night, has been overwhelmingly positive
  
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• Hero soldier who lost an arm in battle urges YOU to Walk With The Wounded

  15-12-2015 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Private Jaco van Gass's life was changed forever when his left arm was blown off
  
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• Give free school meals to every child who needs them, Tories are urged

  15-12-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour’s Frank Field called on Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to back his bill forcing councils to register every pupil eligible for the scheme
  
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• Gunman at Indiana State University: Students told to stay inside following reports of armed man on campus

  15-12-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Students at an Indiana University have been instructed to take shelter until the situation is resolved
  
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• Woman tricked into having sex with transexual tells how she was manipulated

  15-12-2015 21:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The young mother described feeling hurt "emotionally and physically" after falling in love with woman she believed was a man
  
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• Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Could scientists create a real-life laser as powerful as the Death Star's?

  15-12-2015 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The American Chemical society has produced a video which explores the science behind George Lucas's franchise to see if it would work in real life
  
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• Mum was tricked into sex by woman who posed as a man, court hears

  15-12-2015 21:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim, 24, says she was “shocked to the core” to learn her boyfriend was in fact transsexual Kyran Lee, who has been given a suspended prison sentence
  
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• Toxic smog and 'blood rain' set to hit UK as experts urge people to stay indoors

  15-12-2015 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A cloud of dust from the Sahara will hit Britain on Thursday, with eastern areas worst affected
  
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• Tim Peake RECAP: British astronaut arrives at ISS after 8-hour journey aboard Soyuz rocket

  15-12-2015 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British astronaut Tim Peake has arrived at the International Space Station. Relive the moment that he docked and boarded the ISS
  
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• Petrol prices could plunge to 89.9p a litre as the cost of oil hits an 11-year low

  15-12-2015 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  But with higher fuel duty and VAT being levied, there is little chance that motorists will enjoy the cheap prices they enjoyed in 2004
  
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• 'Get the paedo out!': Footage shows sign-waving crowd picketing sex offender's home demanding he leaves area

  15-12-2015 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Philip Nigel Hewitt admitted making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children and two dozen protested picketed his door
  
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• Twitter reacts to Tim Peake's historic trip to the International Space Station

  15-12-2015 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Everyone loves a hero, and right now there is no bigger one for the tweeting public than astronaut Tim Peake. Here are the best reactions
  
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• Carlton Alexander murder: Family of young man who was stabbed to death pay tribute to 'true gentleman'

  15-12-2015 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Carlton Alexander was found with fatal injuries at a house in  Bolton at 4.14am on Sunday and died later in hospital
  
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• Watch: Tim Peake boards the International Space Station

  15-12-2015 21:08 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Watch as the ISS hatch opens and British astronaut Tim Peake boards as part of a six month mission
  
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• Morrisons shopper fined £50 for exceeding car park time limit while breastfeeding her baby slams 'callous' parking firm

  15-12-2015 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anna scriven said feeding and changing a newborn was a valid reason for being late and she could not believe the lack of compassion she has been shown
  
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• Foreign crack cocaine dealer who supplied drugs in UK is told he can claim COMPENSATION for failed deportation

  15-12-2015 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Attempts by the Home Secretary to remove Paul Ricky West to either Jamaica or Ghana after he served a jail sentence were frustrated by “a total lack of documents” and uncertainty about his origins, said a judge
  
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