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• Is this DJ Derek? CCTV images show potential match in London Waterloo station

  24-12-2015 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Derek Serpell-Morris, who was the first man to play reggae in the UK, was last seen by friends in a pub in central Bristol on July 10. A potential match has now been spotted at London Waterloo.
  
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• How Indians are celebrating Christmas

  24-12-2015 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How India is celebrating Christmas
  
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• VIDEO: The long-distance couple that found a way to join their worlds

  24-12-2015 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The lonely long-distance couple that found a way to join their worlds
  
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• Kind-hearted people donate 7,000 gift boxes for homeless to open on Christmas Day

  24-12-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 7,000 boxes filled with presents were donated to the Christmas Gift Box Appeal for Manchester’s Homeless, set up on Facebook by 26-year-old Charlotte Ferguson
  
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• Ellie Goulding makes plea for homeless as she volunteers at centre for vulnerable women

  24-12-2015 23:34 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Pop star spreads Christmas cheer at Marylebone Project in central London
  
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• Dying mum set to marry in emotional hospital ceremony as she waits for life-saving liver transplant

  24-12-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emma Hopley and Dave Amison got engaged on Christmas Day last year but the couple decided to move the ceremony forward as she became too ill to leave hospital
  
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• UK weather sees wet rather than white Christmas with Boxing Day warnings

  24-12-2015 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Storm Eva has roared in across Ireland and western coasts of the UK bringing strong winds of up to 75mph and heavy rain - and 2,000 properties in Northern Ireland have lost electricity.
  
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• Thousands take to streets to celebrate Prophet Mohammad's birthday

  24-12-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The colourful event on Thursday afternoon saw all traffic brought to a halt, as the event took place
  
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• Three bulldozers called in to remove carcass of beached whale over fears it could attract sharks

  24-12-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The popular resort town of Strand, near Cape Town, saw its shoreline closed off over concerns the blood of the beached humpback would bring sharks into dangerous territories
  
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• Santa tracker: NORAD and Google help kids follow Santa Claus' Christmas Eve route - watch live

  24-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will help you track Father Christmas on his 2015 journey on Christmas Eve
  
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• Inside Costa crash scene: Woman in her 70s dies after car ploughs into coffee shop

  24-12-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incident happened in Westerham, near Sevenoaks in Kent, shortly before 10.30am, Kent Police said
  
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• Home Office admits it is powerless to deport thousands of foreign felons

  24-12-2015 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Home Office minister James Brokenshire, pictured, admitted 'some offenders will repeatedly refuse to comply with the deportation and documentation process' despite the Government's best efforts.
  
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• British soldier shared 'cigs and jam with the Germans in 1914 Christmas Truce

  24-12-2015 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A letter home from a Welsh soldier during the First World War that has been recently discovered has revealed new details about the famous 1914 Christmas truce during the First World War.
  
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• Martin Hamilton's body found in West Lothian woodland by dogwalker

  24-12-2015 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Martin Hamilton, 53, pictured, vanished following his release from prison in September 2014. His body was found by a dog walker in woodland near West Calder in West Lothian.
  
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• Man convicted of rape on the basis of a dream finally released from prison after 28 years

  24-12-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A judge overturned Clarence Moses-El's rape conviction after nearly three decades, saying he would more than likely be found innocent if the case returned to court
  
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• Inside the world of Britain's most eccentric Christmas decorators

  24-12-2015 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new documentary has shone a spotlight on the world of extreme festive decorating. It featured an eclectic mix of characters and sought to understand their motivations for such extravagant behaviour.
  
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• David Cameron gets a festive mauling Christmas 2015 from Twitter users

  24-12-2015 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Cameron's annual Christmas message was today mocked by social media users who started a #YouAintNoChristianBruv movement on Twitter and flooded the internet with hilarious memes.
  
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• Human rights demand probe into claims migrants convicted of killing British backpackers were tortured by cops

  24-12-2015 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The family of victim David Miller described the long-awaited verdict, delivered at a court on the island of Koh Samui, as "justice" but Amnesty says question marks remain
  
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• Robert Downey Jr granted a pardon

  24-12-2015 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The governor of California pardons US actor Robert Downey Jr for a nearly 20-year-old drug conviction for which he spent a year in jail.
  
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• Miracle baby born 15 weeks premature is allowed home in time for Christmas

  24-12-2015 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Caitlyn (pictured), who was born 15 weeks prematurely weighing just 1lb 5oz, will spend Christmas Day with her parents Tracey (right) and Grant (left) in North Wales tomorrow
  
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• Mum's distress as daughter, 11, gets vile Christmas card

  24-12-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The little girl's mum wanted to highlight the bullying so she posted two pics on Facebook of the card
  
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• Gunman opens fire at US shopping mall packed with Christmas Eve shoppers

  24-12-2015 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around seven shots were fired at the Northlake Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina, at around 2pm local time this afternoon
  
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• Three Palestinians are shot dead in the West Bank after stabbing attack

  24-12-2015 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of the Palestinians (pictured) was shot dead as he tried to attack a group of soldiers with a screwdriver in the city of Hebron and another tried to ram a car into a checkpoint.
  
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• Mum who lost legs and fingers celebrates first Christmas since sudden disease nearly killed her

  24-12-2015 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tracy Ralph was rushed into hospital on Christmas Eve with suspected pneumonia after feeling short of breath during a run while training for a half marathon
  
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• Watch adorable moment baby kangaroo is weighed using makeshift pouch

  24-12-2015 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The cute footage was filmed at The Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs, Australia, which provides care for orphaned joeys
  
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• New Colossus of Rhodes to be built in Greece - and will be taller than Statue of Liberty

  24-12-2015 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The original, a 30m statue of the god Helios in the Greek city which collapsed in the Third Century, will be replaced by a 150m structure - five times the size of the original
  
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• British man knocked out flat by man in Thai bar after row

  24-12-2015 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British man was filmed threatening staff in a venue in Thailand and can be heard asking "Who wants it!? Who wants some!?' before he is knocked out cold with a single punch.
  
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• Man, 56, gets treated to microscopic view of his PUBIC LOUSE infestation

  24-12-2015 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  During his physical examination small black dots were detected between body hairs on the abdomen and pelvis
  
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• Thomas Taylor killed when a blaze tore through Lincoln magic shop

  24-12-2015 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The body of Thomas Taylor, 17, was found in the flat in Lincoln, which sits above MagicNevin shop. Tributes have been paid to the popular teenager as flowers are laid in his memory.
  
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• Watch hilarious moment mum flies into rage when prankster son cons her into thinking she's won £50,000 scratchcard

  24-12-2015 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum-of-three Annette Thackman failed to see the funnyside when she realised the winning card was actually a fake
  
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• Tragic story of father killed by Americans at MSF Afghan Kunduz hospital

  24-12-2015 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Baynazar Mohammad Nazar's body lay undiscovered for a week after the U.S. bombed a Medicins sans Frontieres hospital in Kunduz, north Afghanistan, in October - one of 41 who died.
  
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• British, US and Australian embassies warns of terror attack 'against Westerners' in Beijing

  24-12-2015 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The U.S. Embassy said it had 'received information of possible threats' against Westerners in Sanlitun on or around Christmas Day, as Beijing police tightened security in the area.
  
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• Christmas Eve travel: Four million drivers to hit Britain's roads amid rail shutdown

  24-12-2015 20:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Latest travel updates as millions of Britons embark on festive getaway - while Met Office warns of double storm threat and Cumbria faces more flood alerts
  
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• Teenage boys spat at woman and racially abused man in sickening train station attack

  24-12-2015 20:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British Transport Police have also arrested a man in connection with a separate allegation of racial abuse on the railways
  
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• Kim Jong-un watches on as his army parades its bazookas and massive tanks

  24-12-2015 19:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The military parade comes just days after the dictator claimed that a hydrogen bomb had been developed by his scientists
  
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• The 10 most popular properties of 2015: The stunning mansions and affordable semis you all wanted to view

  24-12-2015 19:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From £2,000,000 dream homes to £40,000 semis - here are the 10 properties which got everyone clicking on property website Zoopla this year
  
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• Benefits mum of eight's joy at first Christmas in new four bedroomed home

  24-12-2015 19:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marie and her children will be enjoying spending their first Christmas in their new Bournville Village Trust housing home in Weoley Castle
  
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• Christmas Eve misery on rail networks as one in ten trains are running late

  24-12-2015 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Across the country, more than one in ten journeys were delayedaccording to a Network Rail spokesman. On Southeastern trains more than a quarter were either delayed or cancelled
  
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• Christmas card posted from Germany with ‘England’ written on it ends at right address

  24-12-2015 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Biggs, 72, received the letter (pictured) - with just England written on the envelope - at his home in Gloucestershire when the postman managed to track down the correct house.
  
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• Rooftop panoramic photographs of a festive London dazzling at night 

  24-12-2015 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Max Cisotti, from West Sussex, started taking the breathtaking rooftop images in the capital this year after capturing his first mesmerising panoramic shot of the skyline from the top of Sushi Samba.
  
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• UK troops abroad send festive Christmas messages to loved ones back home 

  24-12-2015 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In Afghanistan, about 450 troops from the British Army and other services are supporting Afghan National Security Forces. And in the Gulf, Royal Navy warships are serving over the festive period.
  
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• Several people feared injured as bus crashes in Peterborough

  24-12-2015 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bus is believed to have collided with a car as it was travelling through the Broadway area of the city just before midday.
  
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• Palestinian girl Reem Sahwil who cried with Angela Merkel to stay in Germany

  24-12-2015 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reem Sahwil - who has studied in Rostock for four years - hit the headlines in July after Chancellor Angela Merkel told her during a televised debate that Germany cannot accommodate everyone.
  
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• Michael Farquhar charged after claiming Christmas presents were stolen

  24-12-2015 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Farquhar, 33, told police that a number of gifts for his three children had been taken during a break-in at his top-floor flat in Paisley, Renfrewshire, before being charged with wasting police time.
  
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• Airport worker in Paris arrested after he 'pocketed £15,000 dropped by Moroccan ambassador to US'

  24-12-2015 19:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohamed Rachad Bouhlal was leaving Air France's VIP lounge at Charles De Gaulle airport and heading for a flight to New York Wednesday when he realised the money was missing
  
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• Vladimir Putin sees Mikhail Khodorkovsky 'as a threat after arrest'

  24-12-2015 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mikhail Khodorkovsky, 52, former chief of the now-closed Yukos oil firm, and who was once worth around £10billion, said he feels safe in London and is interested in seeking political asylum.
  
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• Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov forces woman on live TV husband can berate her

  24-12-2015 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov ordered social worker Ayshat Inayeva to appear on screen after she questioned why people in the country endure such tough conditions.
  
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• Colin Shearing conviction for gross indecency against girl, five, is quashed

  24-12-2015 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colin Shearing, 70, of West Sussex, saw his appeal against conviction upheld at Cardiff Crown Court after Lady Justice Julia Macur ruled the story was prejudicial to his original trial in April.
  
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• Paedophile Neil Stewart who targeted girls on Facebook is jailed for 3 years

  24-12-2015 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neil Stewart, 20, (pictured) had sex with another teenager, incited others to engage in sexual behaviour and possessed indecent images of children. He was jailed at Teesside Crown Court.
  
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• Amanda Tromp and her dog reimagine Golilocks and the Wolf fairytale

  24-12-2015 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amanda Tromp and dog Kyro trek over the snow-covered mountain terrain which surrounds their home in Seattle, Washington, sharing the best of their photos on the social network.
  
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