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• Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to meet grieving parents in NHS baby death cover-up case 

  19-12-2015 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Allyn and Jenny Condon exposed how senior staff at Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital discussed deleting a key recording in which they admitted mistakes were made before their baby died.
  
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• Iggy Pop the bearded dragon narrowly avoids being RECYCLED to death

  19-12-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The lizard had a near brush with disaster after being dumped in a recycling bin, but was thankfully saved by a Somerset driver
  
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• Are ISIS plotting attacks in the shape of a gigantic crucifix across Europe?

  19-12-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  War experts have plotted where the sick extremists have attacked - as well as where the threat levels are highest
  
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• Horror of Black Eye Friday as revellers attack emergency workers trying to help

  19-12-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paramedics and police are stretched to breaking point on the busiest booze night of the year
  
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• Eight-year-old boy dies following freak farming accident involving potato separating machine

  19-12-2015 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The boy fell into the device in Kilcolgan, Galway, Ireland and died on his way to hospital
  
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• Mum who lost tragic daughter to cancer includes her in emotional wedding day photo

  19-12-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amanda Lee did not want her big day to go ahead without her little angel
  
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• Fury as 'shameless' Boris Johnson says David Cameron is too weak over the EU 

  19-12-2015 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tensions between Boris Johnson and David Cameron flared after it emerged the Mayor said the Prime Minister hadn't been tough enough in his approach to talks over Britain's future in the EU.
  
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• Record deaths linked to sleeping pills blamed on unregulated internet sales

  19-12-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There were 372 deaths in England involving benzodiazepines last year, up eight per cent
  
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• Thousands show solidarity as last deep pit coal mine closes for final time

  19-12-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kellingley Colliery was the final deep coal mine in the UK - its closure heralds the end of an industrial era
  
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• Criminal! Met Police blow £80,000 on US hoaxer to perform gun cop's VERY PC rap to help turn Muslim teenagers away from extremism

  19-12-2015 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adam Saleh performed a rap song written by glamorous British counter-terror officer Sgt Javaria Saaed (pictured with Saleh) in front of hundreds of screaming schoolgirls at the O2 arena in London.
  
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• Kate's merry kitschmas! How the Duchess has turned Anmer Hall into a temple of tinsel and tat to delight little George, with TWO trees, games with Harry and no Windsor fuss... just the way William wants it 

  19-12-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Friends report that Kate has spent hundreds on gaudy decorations, including glittery baubles, flashing tree lights and mounds of tinsel for Anmer Hall in Norfolk.
  
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• Black eye Friday boozing marathon mayhem as emergency services reach breaking point

  19-12-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Festive revellers were nursing epic hangovers after overdoing it on Black Eye Friday
  
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• Divorcing sheik could use diplomatic immunity to avoid paying his supermodel ex-wife millions, Tory MP warns

  19-12-2015 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christina Estrada – a long-time friend of Prince Andrew – launched court proceedings for a share of Sheik Walid Juffali’s £4bn fortune after discovering that he had secretly married a 24-year-old.
  
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• Bernie Ecclestone's billionaire son-in-law 'abused, assaulted and spat at his butler' during 'tirade' at £100m LA mansion 

  19-12-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Businessman James Stunt, the husband of Formula 1 heiress Petra Eccleston, is alleged to have launched a 'tirade' of homophobic abuse at butler Carl Hajik, who is gay, at the LA mansion.
  
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• Harrison Ford nets £23m from Star Wars (that’s 76 times more than newcomer Daisy Ridley) 

  19-12-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harrison Ford's salary is more than 76 times greater than that of British newcomers Daisy Ridley (pictured) and John Boyega. They received £300,000 each for their starring roles in the movie.
  
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• The £100m ghost camp for refugees that YOU pay for: Built with UK foreign aid billions for 130,000 fleeing war in Syria, but so grim only 15,000 stay

  19-12-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The desolate encampment in the Jordanian desert, 55 miles from the Syrian border, is intended to be the world’s second-biggest and best refugee camp - but only 15,000 people are currently staying there.
  
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• Conservative Chairman Lord Feldman said Tory victory is a big f*** you to Ashcroft

  19-12-2015 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new book on the 2015 UK General Election claims there were rifts between top Tories and that Barack Obama preferred Cameron to win over Ed Miliband.
  
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• So will it be Abbey ever after for Edith? The MoS goes behind the scenes for a tantalising glimpse of the Christmas special we've all been waiting for (don't worry, we won't spoil your fun!) 

  19-12-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Mail on Sunday has seen the final episode and is remaining tight-lipped about everything that happens. The only thing we will give away is the need for a box of tissues, since it’s a real tear-jerker.
  
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• D-Day pals win France’s highest military honour 71 years after Normandy landings

  19-12-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Navy commando Ivor Pascoe, 93, and his Army pal Ron Penglase, 90, were among the first to join the Normandy invasion which led to Europe's liberation
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2015: moment Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani win the show

  19-12-2015 23:25 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Watch the moment Jay McGuiness and dancing partner Aliona Vilani win Strictly 2015
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn vows to lead Labour in 2020 General Election campaign, insisting 'I'm not going anywhere'

  19-12-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader, who will mark 100 days in post on Monday, says people should not "obsess" about him but rather put their talents to work for the party
  
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• Bones under the hammer: Couple sell off unique home - complete with eerie skeleton buried beneath the living room 

  19-12-2015 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Old Church House in Grove, Buckinghamshire, has a few spooky secrets including the skeleton of an unknown parishioner underneath the living-room floor. It is on the market for £800,000.
  
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• Bungling prison guards losing jail cell keys have cost taxpayers £1.8m

  19-12-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If a set of keys goes missing the standard procedure is replace the whole set of locks - which has happened 24 times in a decade
  
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• Primary school misery for parents as 63,000 place shortfall predicted

  19-12-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shortfall could occur despite 500,000 new places being created since 2010, with the Shadow Education Secretary accusing ministers of being "asleep on the job"
  
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• Chart proving jailed 'Cocaine Crew' CAN'T be guilty four years after the men started their lengthy sentences 

  19-12-2015 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Green and his crew allegedly took the 39ft Galwad-y-Mor to the middle of the Channel on May 29, 2010, to collect cocaine-packed sports bags tossed from a Brazilian container ship.
  
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• Bullring 'bomb plot': New image found on Paris jihadi's phone points to plan by terror cell to target Birmingham shopping centre

  19-12-2015 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bullring in Birmingham is one of the busiest shopping centres in the UK. Pictures of the site were found on Abdelhamid Abaaoud's phone by police. It was one of several 'targets' on the device.
  
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• Cocktail waitress needed head glued together after hit-and-run horror

  19-12-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nicole McGugan had been out with pals when she was crossing a road and was hit by a taxi
  
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• David Cameron's handwritten note reveals his fear of losing last May's election

  19-12-2015 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Cameron urged advisers in London to 'physically attack' him with the right words for speeches to connect more with ordinary people ahead of the last election, a note has revealed.
  
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• PR guru Matthew Freud hid secret love child from his wife Elisabeth Murdoch for two years after affair with a friend of the media mogul's daughter

  19-12-2015 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TV executive Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch, only found out about the secret child 10 days ago and is 'furious' at the extent of the betrayal of Matthew Freud and the child's mother.
  
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• Volegate! Row as RSPCA 'dentists' fix tiny rodent's tooth under anaesthetic as it is revealed charity puts down nearly half the animals it rescues 

  19-12-2015 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The online row was sparked after RSPCA vets gave the vole emergency dental treatment after it broke a tooth. Animal lovers are delighted but others claim the treatment was pointless.
  
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• 'Too fat to work' couple celebrate first wedding anniversary with a KFC bargain bucket

  19-12-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen Beer and his wife Michelle, who weighed a combined 55 stone, celebrated their milestone with a takeaway
  
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• Selfie queen Karen Danczuk steps out for the cameras on date with TV pawn star

  19-12-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The photo-obsessed politician let someone else take the pictures for a change as she was snapped on the town with Dan Hatfield of Channel 4’s Posh Pawnbrokers
  
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• It's not fair! Horrid Henry writer misses out on fortune as she reveals she has never been paid a penny in royalties from the screen adaptations of her books 

  19-12-2015 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Author Francesca Simon has earned an estimated £8million from book sales, but not a penny from the 2011 film or the animated series which has been broadcast in 44 countries across the world.
  
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• A stranger gave this little girl a HUGE sum of money and it's made her Christmas

  19-12-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alexis Corry's mum Roisin said: "I just burst into tears. I'm just so humbled that anybody would do that. I think it's just incredible."
  
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• Susan Sarandon welcomes refugees to the island of Lesbos

  19-12-2015 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The activist visited northern shore of Lesbos, Greece, yesterday to meet refugees. Sarandon helped to dress children in dry clothing and offered them food. She's known for her humanitarian work.
  
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• This video on how to pack for the big Christmas getaway might just change your life

  19-12-2015 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Monica Stott, author of The Travel Hack, shares her knowledge on how to fit in gifts as well as clothing and other essentials
  
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• Labour moderates fighting to stop leading Stop the War activist joining the party

  19-12-2015 22:51 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Salma Yaqoob, the former leader of George Galloway's Respect party, has applied to become a Labour Party member in Hall Green
  
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• The cheerleader for Corbyn who supports son's schemes to sell off homeless hostels

  19-12-2015 22:42 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Labour leader's ally Jon Lansman accused of hypocrisy over links to tax shelter finance group
  
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• Dutch driving instructors can offer lessons in return for SEX

  19-12-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The news was revealed in a question posed to parliament
  
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• Cops hunt Brit businessman over missing girlfriend as he insists he has 'nothing to hide'

  19-12-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Boat dealer Simon Corner was last seen by locals around the time mum-of-one Lisa Brown went missing in San Roque
  
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• Forcing ministers to toe the line on Europe would be a catastrophic mistake

  19-12-2015 22:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Cameron should give ministers a Christmas present and tell them they will be free to campaign to quit the EU at the referendum, says Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee
  
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• EU referendum: Set us free to campaign against Brussels, ministers tell David Cameron

  19-12-2015 22:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Cabinet ministers and senior Tory MP Graham Brady warn the PM that the Tories will be badly split if he does not give them freedom to campaign at the EU referendum
  
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• Watch lad squeeze himself into Christmas tree netting machine with hilarious consequences

  19-12-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The hilarious clip was posted online this week with the caption: "When you always wanted to be a Christmas tree...".
  
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• The moment crafty parents teach their children the true meaning of Christmas…by buying them terrible gifts

  19-12-2015 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An American couple have posted a video of their children's wildly different reactions to being bought intentionally bad gifts to test whether they know the true meaning of Christmas.
  
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• Spanish graduate defeats 113 women to take home the Miss World crown 

  19-12-2015 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spanish beauty Mireia Lalaguna Royo, from Barcelona, claimed the prestigious title of Miss World 2015, during a glitzy grand final at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China.
  
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• Bishops: BBC's cuts to religion aid extremism

  19-12-2015 22:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  BBC looking to cut religion and ethics budget significantly
  
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• Norwich City selling 44 Christmas items - 28 more than their nearest Premier League rivals

  19-12-2015 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Their fortunes are improving on the pitch and the East Anglian side are certainly top of the table for seasonal souvenirs
  
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• Festive fan has celebrated Christmas EVERY DAY for the last 22 years at a cost of £2MILLION

  19-12-2015 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Park enjoys a full turkey dinner, mince pies, presents and toasts the Queen's Speech with champagne EVERY DAY
  
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• Lord Feldman 'cares deeply' about the death of Tory activist, Elliott Johnson, says Lady Stowell

  19-12-2015 21:56 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lady Stowell insists that Lord Feldman is working "very hard" to uncover the truth behind the death young Tory activist, Elliott Johnson
  
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• Lord Janner dies aged 87

  19-12-2015 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The veteran Labour politician, who had been suffering from dementia for several years, died peacefully in his sleep at his north London home on Saturday.
  
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