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• 'Santa babes' and late-night kebabs: Boozy Britons expected to flood cells and A & E departments after hitting pubs early as they let their hair down for Black Eye Friday

  18-12-2015 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's the busiest night of the year for pubs and clubs as Christmas parties send alcohol sales soaring 142 per cent, and revellers (pictured in Newcastle) have been hitting the bars early.
  
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• See how skinny teen was transformed into 'The Beast' after achieving childhood dream of looking like cartoon villain

  18-12-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jens Dalsgaard, 31, has achieved fame on the internet for his huge appearance
  
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• Indian IT worker who groped Princess Fiona at a Shrek-themed amusement park claimed he thought it was how British people introduced themselves

  18-12-2015 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Srinivas Boreddy, 36, squeezed the buttocks of a woman dressed as the famous character at Shrek’s Adventure at County Hall in London, before trying to kiss her.
  
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• David Cameron will keep pushing for Britain as he hints EU poll will be in 2016

  18-12-2015 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  European leaders lined up to tell the Prime Minister he could not discriminate against European migrants without breaching EU rules and Nigel Farage said he had been 'hammered'.
  
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• Rat gnawed off Pamela Hudson's arm ‘like a corn on the cob’

  18-12-2015 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Grandmother Pamela Hudson, 75, was 'bitten by a rat' more than 50 times and gnawed on 'like a corn on the cob' while staying at Glen Lodge sheltered accommodation in Heworth, York, in June.
  
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• RAF paid £375k in compensation after aircraft damaged Lincolnshire property

  18-12-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In addition to claimants who lost livestock and birds of prey, there were payouts for riders injured when their horses were spooked by planes.
  
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• Mad Friday: Grim police footage shows town centre carnage with boozy revellers in shopping trolleys and blood trail

  18-12-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The footage,released by North Yorkshire Police as a warning to revellers tonight, shows a police officer finding a smashed window and then following a trail of blood to trace the drunk offender
  
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• Inside Heinrich Himmler's Nazi Camelot where he lived out medieval fantasies even Hitler thought were crazy

  18-12-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The insane head of the SS held court wearing full medieval costume because he was convinced he was the reincarnation of a medieval king
  
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• Ranting Tory MP accused of gagging aides who spoke out in bullying row

  18-12-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The row comes as Lucy Allan faces calls to quit and demands for an inquiry into her behaviour over messages left on a staff member’s voicemail
  
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• Yazidi woman begs UN Security Council to wipe out ISIS

  18-12-2015 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nadia Murad Basee Taha, 21, was abducted from her home in Iraq in August last year by ISIS militants. She revealed her devastating tale of rape and torture to the UN Security Council.
  
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• Shocking footage shows women hurling racist abuse at man after he called them ‘beautiful'

  18-12-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The women claim one of the men was looking at them and then get up yelling abuse after the group laugh at them for their pathetically weak jibes
  
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• 'It's not dangerous like a chainsaw or a flame thrower': Exasperated father shows his teenage children how to use the vacuum cleaner in hilarious instructional video

  18-12-2015 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exasperated father Will Reid, who lives with his family in Southampton, first hit on the idea of making tongue-in-cheek tutorials for his kids back in 2014.
  
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• Nightmarish true stories of sleepwalkers who stepped into danger after drifting off

  18-12-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the Navy bans bars five sailors for their nocturnal wandering, we dig out some shocking – and sometimes fatal – examples of what can go wrong
  
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• Taliban 'special forces' fighting ISIS: Why two of the world's most feared terror groups are doing battle

  18-12-2015 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is believed about 1000 of these fighters have better equipment and better training than regular Taliban fighters and there only aim is to destroy ISIS
  
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• Cyber security warning after National Crime Agency website targeted by hackers

  18-12-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There  have been millions of suspicious events on the National Crime Agency website since October 2013
  
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• How David Cameron's passionate dinner speech kept EU renegotiation alive

  18-12-2015 22:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  In a lengthy and moving address, David Cameron softened hostility to reforms by insisting they will help save the European Union
  
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• Watch mum battling terminal cancer getting her dying wish fulfilled with 'magical' Christmas treat

  18-12-2015 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sarah Jones was due to go to the Visit Santa attraction with her partner and three children on Thursday, but took a turn for the worst
  
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• Baby-faced gang behind a £500,000 smash-and-grab spree who were caught when one of the machete-wielding robbers was tackled by a have-a-go hero after raid on diamond store are jailed for total of 30 years

  18-12-2015 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Parle, 22, Thomas O’Connor, 23, and Conor Gartland, 18, were sentenced to more than 30 years in prison at the Old Bailey in London for the series of 'violent' raids.
  
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• Mirrorman on hand for last day of coal mine as Tories finally kill the industry

  18-12-2015 22:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Routledge visits 'Big K' as it's shut down for good and says it's a "a proud industry killed of by Tories in revenge for 200 years of insubordination"
  
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• Badger cull to be extended to NINE more counties amid anger from campaigners

  18-12-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The controversial programme, bitterly opposed by campaigners, has cost the lives of 3,916 badgers in three counties since 2013
  
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• 95% of new parents endanger their children by not installing baby car seats properly

  18-12-2015 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The majority of mistakes parents make installing a car seat are deemed 'serious', increasing the risk of death or injury in the event of an accident, experts at Oregon Health & Science University warn.
  
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• British holidaymaker found dead in street of popular Tenerife resort

  18-12-2015 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  William Flower, 51, was found by a local worker lying in the street of Playa de La Arena in western Tenerife
  
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• Government called on to foot bill for legal costs arising from divorce form blunder

  18-12-2015 21:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Michael Gove apologises for 'regrettable' error, which could force thousands of divorcees back in court to renegotiate settlements
  
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• Crime family's reign of terror ends after brothers jailed for stealing £85,000 from a Co-op

  18-12-2015 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Luke O’Brien, 28 and Lewis, 24, and their accomplices smashed into the supermarket using baseball bats and pickaxes
  
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• Watch amazing football-mad youngster as he shows off his keepy uppy skills with his new ARTIFICIAL LEGS

  18-12-2015 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 11-year-old was given state-of-the-art prosthetic legs which he chose to proudly emblazon with the famous Swansea City crest
  
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• UK weather to see a weekend of storms as London Gatwick is evacuated

  18-12-2015 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The airport evacuation left hundreds waiting outside in the rain and people traveling by road face weather warnings for huge swathes of Britain - including Cumbria -facing torrential downpours.
  
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• Jim Naughtie quit Today 'because he couldn't imagine presenting into his 70s...like John Humphrys'

  18-12-2015 21:27 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Exclusive: On his first day of freedom from the Today programme, the veteran broadcaster talks to Patrick Foster about his plans for the future
  
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• Marta Galikowska who killed her daughters had cancer and suicidal thoughts

  18-12-2015 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marta Galikowska, 27, knifed five-year-old Maja and 20-month-old Olga in the neck after wrongly believing that Maja had cancer. She then committed suicide at their home in Stoke-on-Trent.
  
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• Crook who dressed as cop to break into homes and threatened victims with MACHETE is jailed

  18-12-2015 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Noel Maher was part of a gang which dressed in body armour, police vests and had fake police ID to carry out three raids were all the victims were threatened with extreme violence
  
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• People with healthy gut bacteria 'burn more calories at night'

  18-12-2015 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Iowa experts determined that unhealthy changes to gut bacteria cause weight gain, adding manipulating the microbiome to target the resting metabolic rate could help treat obesity.
  
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• ACB Hydraulics boss hanged himself after an employee died at his factory

  18-12-2015 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adrian Barker, 52, became overwhelmed with grief and guilt following the death of 23-year-old Joe Harrison at ACB Hydraulics in Cheadle, Staffordshire, two years ago, an inquest heard.
  
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• Roger Waters' ex-wife calls Pink Floyd founder an 'a*******' as she demands return of £20,000 Rolex watch

  18-12-2015 21:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Laurie Durning insisted that Roger Waters must give her the watch back during multi-million pound divorce settlement
  
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• UK weather: Christmas storms to disrupt travel for millions - live

  18-12-2015 21:04 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The recent warm weather could be short lived, meteorologists have warned, as storms approach from the Atlantic Ocean - latest updates
  
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• Twisted pranksters dressed as Arabs film themselves faking TERROR ATTACKS to petrify passers-by

  18-12-2015 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The footage posted on Facebook shows a man dressed in Arabic-style robes hurling a suspicious parcel at random strangers before sprinting off sparking panic
  
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• Prince William and Kate Middleton will send George to Montessori nursery

  18-12-2015 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The photograph, taken in October, shows the royal couple in the garden at Kensington Palace with Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
  
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• In Paris style terror attack plan escape or go with instinct and FIGHT BACK say cops

  18-12-2015 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police urge public to run away and hide in terror attack but they would not criticise anyone who “acts on instinct and decides to fight"
  
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• Cathy Bartlett who tried to burn sister alive to hide theft is jailed for 25 years

  18-12-2015 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cathy Bartlett, 30, of Hampshire, plundered thousands of pounds of her sister Rachael's money and spent it on Premier League football tickets in a bid to 'buy friends', Winchester Crown Court heard.
  
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• Dad who groped Princess Fiona at SHREK attraction claimed he thought it was the British way to greet people

  18-12-2015 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  IT engineer Srinivas Boreddy asked the actress playing the fairytale character for a hug and then grabbed her by the bottom and kissed her neck
  
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• When is the winter solstice 2015? When druids meet at Stonehenge on the shortest day of the year

  18-12-2015 20:47 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  In the Northern Hemisphere the December solstice marks the longest night and shortest day of the year with the latest dawn and the sun at it's lowest point in the sky
  
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• Reasons to be cheerful this Christmas, however bleak things may look in Tory Britain

  18-12-2015 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From George Osborne’s crushing defeat on tax credits and the rise of Labour’s women to the sacking of Jose Mourinho, there’s plenty to be thankful for
  
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• Chris Harvey jailed for acting as a loan shark and targeting his own family

  18-12-2015 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Harvey (pictured with his wife Sharon) was jailed for three years at Cardiff Crown Court after ten years of taking £22,000 of his own family members' benefits then giving them 'peanuts' to live on.
  
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• Panic Saturday Christmas present deals

  18-12-2015 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you love a good deal or are simply planning to bag some cut-price stocking fillers, FEMAIL has rounded up the must-have items from some of the UK’s top brands.
  
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• UK Weather: This year has been the warmest on record — but 2016 will be even HOTTER

  18-12-2015 20:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As Britain basks in what could be the warmest December since records began, forecasters are warning the white Christmases in the UK could be a thing of the past
  
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• British band Moones promise fans £4,000 - if they work out where this wall is

  18-12-2015 20:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Moones have posted this seemingly random brickwork and ledge and are offering £4,000 to the eagle-eyed music-lover who can identify it.
  
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• China's Wang Jianlin buys £80m London home on Kensington Palace Gardens

  18-12-2015 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Property tycoon Wang Jianlin, who is worth more than £20billion, has bought a ten-bedroom home on Kensington Palace Gardens, London. He will now give the mansion a makeover.
  
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• Ukip leader Nigel Farage warns Douglas Carswell he could be KICKED OUT

  18-12-2015 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Douglas Carswell said Mr Farage (pictured together) had taken the Eurosceptic party as far as he could and should be replaced with the 'fresh face' Ukip needed to 'change gear'.
  
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• Black box may prove Russian fighter jet did NOT enter Turkish air space

  18-12-2015 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Turkey shot down the Russian Su-24 on a bombing mission in Syria on November 24 after it apparently violated Turkish air space for 17 seconds.
  
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• 'Police chief helped cover up murder' - shocking claim being probed by force watchdog

  18-12-2015 20:19
  
  A POLICE chief is being investigated over alleged "misconduct in public office" amid claims he knowingly allowed his force to treat an alleged "murder" as a health and safety negligence case.
  
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• 'Police chief helped cover up murder' - shock claim being probed by force watchdog

  18-12-2015 20:19
  
  A POLICE chief is being investigated over alleged "misconduct in public office" amid claims he knowingly allowed his force to treat an alleged "murder" as a health and safety negligence case. Express.co.uk can exclusively reveal.
  
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• Miners belt out Tom Jones hit Delilah as they go into the pits for the last time

  18-12-2015 20:19
  
  DEFIANT miners sang as they travelled underground for their final shift at Britain’s last deep coal pit.
  
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