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• Council selling homes for £1 in order breath new life into neighbourhoods

  17-12-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The authority is pumping £1.5 million into a plan to buy up 25 properties in rundown areas and flog them on at the bargain price
  
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• Watch brave girl who was horrifically burned in arson which killed her family getting special DISNEY surprise

  17-12-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Little Safyre Terry has been given more than she ever dreamt of after being whisked off a surprise trip
  
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• Baby on board: Mum gives birth in the motorway fast lane in high-speed Christmas miracle

  17-12-2015 23:39
  
  A YOUNG family recieved an early Christmas miracle when a heavily-pregnant woman was forced to give birth in the front seat of a car speeding down the fast lane of a motorway.
  
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• Lucy Allan's former campaign chief says Tory MP should quit over accusations she bullied sick activist

  17-12-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ex aide Katie Woodland said: “I’ve never been treated with so little respect. She just barrages you with insults and screaming"
  
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• Malorie Bantala: Pregnant mum stamped on by father of unborn child says real victim is son she lost

  17-12-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Wilson, 22, was today found guilty of deliberately killing Malorie Bantala's baby because he did not want a child
  
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• Laser pens shone at pilots SEVEN THOUSAND times in past four years

  17-12-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Half of all pilots have ­experienced a laser attack in the past 12 months, their union Balpa said
  
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• Divorce form error on government website 'could have led to unfair settlements'

  17-12-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An investigation has been launched to see how many of the 120,000 people who get divorced each year were affected by the mistake
  
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• David Cameron begs European leaders for help with his plan to cut migrant benefits

  17-12-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister is desperate to avoid a humiliating climbdown on the Tories’ manifesto pledge which has met opposition in the EU
  
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• Mum dies after being hit by car at family friend's FUNERAL

  17-12-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shop worker Tina Kenwrick, 56, was knocked down in the car park of Rise Members Club in Perrywood Road, Great Barr, at 1.10pm on Wednesday
  
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• Disgraced doctor who made nearly £150k selling hair loss medication illegally SPARED jail

  17-12-2015 23:25
  
  A DISGRACED doctor who made nearly £150,000 in just five months by selling hair loss medication illegally over the internet was spared jail today.
  
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• Salma Begum convicted of murdering Shahena Uddin in Watford

  17-12-2015 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Salma Begum, of Watford, pictured, was convicted of the murder of Shahena Uddin, 19, who was beaten with weapons by her siblings and suffered head wounds and injuries to her body.
  
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• British nurse stunned by £5,000 NHS bill

  17-12-2015 23:07 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Ex-pat who returned for sister's funeral charged by hospital where she worked for 50 years
  
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• Killer dad hacked to death his six kids, pregnant wife and mum 'over son's parrot HAIRCUT'

  17-12-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Oleg Belov told a court he had been arguing wife his wife over his six-year-old son's haircut
  
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• Threat to Darwin's famous finches

  17-12-2015 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Galapagos Islands finches, which helped Charles Darwin refine his theory of evolution, are in danger of extinction, a study says.
  
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• Probe into NHS deaths launched after damning report on drowned teenager at Southern Health Trust

  17-12-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt wants a review into the investigation process after concerns were raised over the case of Connor Sparrowhawk
  
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• Cumberbatch mania help boost Barbican to best year ever

  17-12-2015 23:02 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet helps boost the Barbican to a record year
  
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• Hidden fees double the cost of pensions, government report shows

  17-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Someone saving £800 a month into a pension for 25 years would lose £66,700 to hidden fees for buying and selling shares on their behalf
  
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• Government accused of cover-up as data suggests million EU migrants unaccounted for in Britain

  17-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  HMRC fails to release data which could show true number of EU migrants coming to Britain because it would be 'unhelpful' to renegotiation
  
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• EU ready to 'look for compromise' on British demands - as it happened on Thursday December 17

  17-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  'Significant progress' made at Brussels showdown as David Cameron discussed British demands for reform
  
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• Pensioners who fall will be charged by their local council when they use Carline

  17-12-2015 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The proposal by Tendring District Council, Essex, would affect some 3,000 elderly and vulnerable residents who pay for its Careline service, which helps users live independently at home.
  
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• Jose Mourinho sacked: The woman who stood up to Special One and brought him down

  17-12-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Many believe Mourinho's cruel treatment of former Chelsea medic Eva Carnerio sparked the end of his managerial reign
  
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• Ministry of Justice fault means couples who divorced recently have to renew negotiations

  17-12-2015 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fault, which has since been corrected, affected 'Form E' on the Ministry of Justice's website - a lengthy document that summarises each party’s finances.
  
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• Police 'face serious questions' over release of convicted rapist who was given bail and then killed his parents and himself

  17-12-2015 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police had picked up Ashraf Amrani on February 10 but released him on bail just days before finding his body and his parents Hassan and Zohra (pictured) dead in west London.
  
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• Countdown champ jailed after travelling 500 miles to glass teen who gave book bad review

  17-12-2015 22:48
  
  AN OBSESSED former Countdown champion has been jailed for 30 months after he tracked down a teenager and attacked her - for giving his book a bad review.
  
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• Elderly cancer sufferer, 80, has benefits cut off after he is wrongly registered as DEAD by DWP

  17-12-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Just weeks after granddad Lal Hussain, 80, finished gruelling treatment his wife was sent a council tax letter wrongly stating he had passed away
  
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• Sleepwalkers banned from Navy after they are found wandering round ships and barracks

  17-12-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers who feared the five sailors would stumble out on deck at night and fall overboard gave them a medical discharge
  
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• "Scouse Pablo Escobar" gang member smuggled drugs, phones and STEROIDS to prisoners in her bra

  17-12-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 12 strong gang, headed by the “Scouse Pablo Escobar” Christopher Welsh jnr and his right hand man Neil Sutemire, are being sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court for a major drugs trafficking conspiracy
  
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• Software error could mean thousands of divorce cases re-opened

  17-12-2015 22:32 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The error comes as a huge embarrassment for the Ministry of Justice and went unnoticed by solicitors and court officials for 20 months
  
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• Student loan debt to hit £1trillion - and £4billion may be lost forever

  17-12-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The student loan book is worth £70bn this year and is expected to continue rising steadily to £330bn in the next 30 years - £1tn with inflation
  
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• Horrified farmer watches as his entire flock of sheep was swept away by a 'wall' of flood water

  17-12-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Williams watched in horror as his flock, most of which were likely to be in-lamb, was carried away after a section of embankment gave way
  
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• Right-wing Joshua Bonehill-Paine who planned anti-Jewish rally is jailed

  17-12-2015 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joshua Bonehill-Paine, 23, tweeted images of Auschwitz concentration camp and a bottle of weed killer ahead of the event in Golders Green, a predominantly Jewish area of north London.
  
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• 'It's a fiddle' - Petition to ban Trump from UK signed MULTIPLE times by the same people

  17-12-2015 22:09
  
  GOVERNMENT petitions are being abused online by activists organising 'mass signings' to trigger Government debates, throwing the recent success of a petition to ban Donald Trump from the UK in to doubt.
  
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• Amazon branded "heartless" by terminally ill grandad for sharing medical condition with seller

  17-12-2015 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 74-year-old cancer sufferer, who has just weeks to live, cancelled order and asked for refund as delivery date was pushed back
  
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• Despicable serial killer Dennis Nilsen to reveal more victims in tell all book

  17-12-2015 22:01
  
  INFAMOUS serial killer Dennis Nilsen has written a secret autobiography that will be published after his death in which it is rumoured he will reveal he murdered more victims.
  
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• Moonlighting nurse who invented TWIN to cover working while sick suspended for four months

  17-12-2015 22:00
  
  A NURSE who invented a twin sister so she could get away with pocketing sick pay from the NHS while working for private hospital has been suspended from practice.
  
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• Horrific image shows man stabbed in the FACE during fight with kitchen knife sticking out of his cheek

  17-12-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE: The man was lucky to be a live after the red handled knife lodged in his face just below his eye
  
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• Murderer who strangled young mum to death celebrates release from prison on Facebook

  17-12-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former taxi driver Merrick Rogers, 40, posted a photo of himself smiling and clutching a pint of Guinness after serving 15 years for the murder of Claire Streader, 24, in 1999
  
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• Former Countdown champion jailed for 30 months

  17-12-2015 21:54 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Richard Brittain smashed a bottle of wine into Paige Rolland's head for giving his online book a bad review
  
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• Oxford considers removing Rhodes statue

  17-12-2015 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Oxford college is considering removing a statue of the 19th Century politician, Cecil Rhodes, in response to a student anti-racism campaign.
  
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• Could you eat pie in 38 seconds? Watch this man do just that - he's the new world champion

  17-12-2015 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Champ Martin Appleton-Clare said he was pleased with his time but added that the perils of puff pastry had slowed him down
  
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• San Bernardino shooting: Friend of killers arrested on suspicion of supplying semi-automatic rifles

  17-12-2015 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Federal officials plan to charge Enrique Marquez, a friend and former neighbour of Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, who carried out the Islamic State-inspired attack with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 29, with gun law violations
  
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• App that locks and shuts down phones provides salvation for smartphone addicts

  17-12-2015 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Addicted to your smartphone? This app forces you to take a break from your screen by locking your phone and blocking calls
  
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• Goodbye old King Coal: Community heartbroken as Britain's last deep pit Kellingley Colliery closes

  17-12-2015 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than a million workers once toiled down our mines but years of decline aggravated by cheap imports have ruined the industry
  
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• BBC urged to ban right-wing comedian Andrew Lawrence

  17-12-2015 21:34 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The controversial comic has come under fire after a tweet joking that feminists should 'kill themselves'
  
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• Fugitive monkey goes on the run because he was being bullied

  17-12-2015 21:33 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The lion-tailed macaque has been on the loose for two days after escaping Howletts Animal Park, in Kent
  
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• Saudi Arabia to behead Abdullah al-Zaher who attended anti-government protest at 15

  17-12-2015 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Abdullah al-Zaher (pictured), now 19, was arrested in March 2012 after attending protests and is said to have been beaten and then tortured into signing a confession in Saudi Arabia.
  
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• Vladimir Putin calls US presidential hopeful Donald Trump 'a very talented' man

  17-12-2015 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Russian President was speaking at his annual news conference when he made the comments on the American business man
  
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• Deep fried MINCE PIES are now a thing and they are 'strangely yummy'

  17-12-2015 21:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chippy Oh My Cod
  has made the classic mince pie even more indulgent by deep frying it
  
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• Diesel car drivers warned they could face charges in cities

  17-12-2015 21:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Campaigners vow to bring legal challenge to make Government tackle diesel cars driving in city centres
  
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• Jermaine Baker shooting: Police firearms officer arrested after man shot dead outside court

  17-12-2015 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Baker, 28, from Tottenham in north London, died from a single gunshot wound during the police operation near Wood Green Crown Court on Friday
  
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