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• Art world must iron out 'anomaly' which leaves women 'woefully undervalued'

  25-12-2015 23:54 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Experts say it is high time female artists achieved parity with men
  
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• Up to 100 people killed in horrific gas explosion as they buy Christmas fuel

  25-12-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A truck distributing the butane gas at the factory in Southern Nigeria caught fire before blowing up, it was claimed
  
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• Dog save the Queen! Adorable festive snaps of pooch imitating Queen's speech are hilarious

  25-12-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The whippet's owner Janet said: "The things we do with Rupert is just a bit of fun and he loves all the attention"
  
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• Tragic baby's legacy of sound-proof rooms to help mums of still-born tots

  25-12-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Spencer Davis, 39, and partner Rachael Marsden, 31, helped raise £25,000 for the sound-proofing after losing their baby Thomas
  
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• Benefits mum lands her dream Christmas present - a FOUR-BEDROOM house

  25-12-2015 23:16
  
  A MUM-OF-EIGHT who rakes in £26,000 in benefits EACH YEAR has landed a four-bed home for her huge brood.
  
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• Missing Lisa Brown: Emotional Christmas plea from mum's best pal to boyfriend wanted for questioning

  25-12-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In an emotional post, the friend wrote: "It’s Christmas day and one eight-year-old boy, he is waking up not knowing where his mummy is"
  
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• Cancer patient stabbed to death in his own home on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are currently questioning a 23-year-old after it is believed the victim was repeatedly stabbed
  
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• David Cameron's plan to stop EU migrants claiming benefits dealt another blow

  25-12-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are said to have offered to allow the PM a three-year restriction instead
  
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• Paris attacks mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud visited the UK over the summer before executing plan to slaughter 130

  25-12-2015 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is claimed the terrorist, who was gunned down by armed police in the wake of the attacks, slipped into Britain using a fake passport
  
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• Meet the world's oldest best man who organised the stag do aged 102

  25-12-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Semi-retired farmer Dan Clement broke the world record after organising a stag do that involved drinking shots of whisky
  
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• Four mums spend Christmas more than 300 miles into their Atlantic rowing challenge

  25-12-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Niki Doeg, 44, Helen Butters, 45, Frances Davies, 47, and Janette Benaddi, 51, are aiming to become the oldest all-women crew to row any ocean
  
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• Christmas Day in Lesbos: The rest of the world might be putting its feet up but people smugglers do not take day off from their evil trade and 19 more migrants lose their lives 

  25-12-2015 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nineteen people, including six children, have drowned off the coast of the Turkish city of Izmir after their boat capsized in the Aegean Sea.
  
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• The Queen delivers a Christmas message of hope following a year of 'darkness'

  25-12-2015 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Queen Elizabeth has reflected on a year that included the murder of 38 people in Tunisia in June and last month’s Paris attacks that left 130 dead
  
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• Hilarious dating advert has internet in stitches at man who used burger cartons as castanets

  25-12-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unknown Romeo offers to take the Spanish woman out for "tapas or paella or whatever"
  
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• Tear-jerking moment Everton fan, 9, who had 15 operations on brain given amazing Christmas present

  25-12-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The lad, with help from his brother, has spent many years fighting the illness
  
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• House prices set to rise by up to 6% next year and even higher in some hotspots 

  25-12-2015 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  First time buyers are expected to face a tougher task of stepping on the housing ladder as buy-to-let investors race into the market in an effort to beat George Osborne's stamp duty tax hike.
  
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• On the holiday island where British jets are battling ISIS on the front line

  25-12-2015 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Broadcaster Tony Livesey travelled to Cyprus to meet the people who are at the forefront of the UK's air strikes against ISIS
  
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• 'Father Christmas goes on holiday to Cornwall': Watch children's hilarious answers when asked about Santa Claus

  25-12-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Where does Santa go on holiday? What is Santa's favourite drink? Their answers are brilliant
  
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• Hero Brit who has battled brain op hopes to become youngest to trek solo to South Pole

  25-12-2015 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Luke Robertson, 30, has travelled nearly 300 miles of his 730-mile target in aid of the charity Marie Curie
  
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• Pensioner's fury after water firm turns prize garden into ‘bomb site’

  25-12-2015 21:43
  
  A PENSIONER who spent a decade creating a prize-winning garden has had it turned into a “bomb site”... by a water company repairing a burst pipe.
  
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• Tories 'weakening Britain's defences' as cuts leave smallest Navy boat to face Russian ship

  25-12-2015 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Military chiefs dispatched river-class patrol vessel HMS Severn instead of the Fleet Ready Escort to follow the Yantar
  
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• Missing mum and her baby son who vanished on Christmas Eve found 'safe and well'

  25-12-2015 21:13
  
  A MOTHER and her 10-month-old son who had not been seen since they went out shopping on Christmas Eve have been found.
  
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• Fears over missing mum and her baby son who vanished on Christmas Eve shopping trip

  25-12-2015 21:13
  
  A MAJOR search is on for a mother and her 10-month-old son who have not been seen since they went out shopping on Christmas Eve.
  
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• Firefighters save Christmas dinner for family after turkey catches fire during oven blaze

  25-12-2015 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A fire officer at the scene said the family had a lucky escape, as there were no working smoke alarms in the house
  
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• Real IRA could launch one-off attacks on mainland Britain, ministers warned

  25-12-2015 21:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Threat assessment warns Irish Republican terror groups are capable of attacking mainland and sufficiently armed to pose an "enduring threat"
  
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• See shocking moment mass brawl erupts outside ice cream shop as men batter each other

  25-12-2015 20:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chairs were used as blows were traded in front of startled passers-by
  
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• At least 35 African migrants scoop shares of Spain’s £1.6BILLION El Gordo lottery including one who was rescued from the sea by Spain’s coast guard 

  25-12-2015 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An unemployed Senegalese man who was rescued from an overcrowded boat by the Spanish coast guard in 2007 has won hundreds of thousands of euros in Spain's biggest lottery.
  
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• Zahran Alloush from Syria rebel group Jaysh al-Islam killed in Damascas airstrike

  25-12-2015 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zahran Alloush, the head of Jaysh al Islam, one of the strongest insurgent faction in the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus, was killed in an air raid that targeted his group's headquarters.
  
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• Cumbria's flood victims dish up Christmas dinner for soldiers helping keep them dry

  25-12-2015 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Soldiers from 2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment arrived in Appleby, Cumbria, to build around two kilometres of barriers, and put out sandbags
  
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• Adorable little puppy faced a bleak Christmas after being abandoned outside a bookies

  25-12-2015 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tiny Staffordshire bull terrier cross is being nursed by Dogs Trust staff who have named her Betty after she was found outside a bookies in Bradford
  
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• 'It is disgusting': Toddler cries himself to sleep after Father Christmas doesn't turn up

  25-12-2015 20:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Little Jay's dad has vented his fury after a hire-a-santa company let his son down
  
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• PlayStation users left fuming as PS4 network 'suffers Christmas Day problems'

  25-12-2015 20:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gamers flood Twitter with complaints, claiming they could not access their own console
  
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• Samantha Thomas missing: Police find young mum after she disappears with 10-month old baby boy

  25-12-2015 19:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 24-year-old, from Sheerness is Kent, was due to visit a Tesco on Christmas Eve but wasn't seen since
  
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• Samantha Thomas missing: Police appeal over young mum after she disappears with 10-month old baby boy

  25-12-2015 19:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 24-year-old, from Sheerness is Kent, was due to visit a Tesco on Christmas Eve but hasn't been seen since
  
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• Hospital choir's victory over Justin Bieber for Christmas No1 is a poke in the eye to the Tories

  25-12-2015 19:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The battle for Christmas No1 was a victory for believers not Beliebers
  
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• David Cameron could DROP his demand for 4-year benefit ban on migrants

  25-12-2015 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cameron is said to be considering a compromise on the measure after French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested a counter offer of a three year ban
  
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• Celebrity Masterchef's Mark Stinchcombe reveals the secrets of his leftovers pie

  25-12-2015 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The champion of the BBC show's eighth series, which sees working chefs battle it out in the kitchen, has revealed his time honoured recipe for using up all of his Christmas Day leftovers.
  
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• Aer Lingus video shows airline flying 5 people from US to Ireland for Christmas

  25-12-2015 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aer Lingus picked five families to send home to Ireland from the US to give their families 'the best Christmas surprise ever' and documented their journeys in a tearjerker video on YouTube.
  
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• Thailand backpacker murders: Convicted men insist they will be freed after appeal

  25-12-2015 19:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo were found guilty of killing two Britons but after their conviction, the pair insist an appeal will prove their claimed innocence
  
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• Slough man stabbed to death in Christmas Eve bloodbath by ‘friend’

  25-12-2015 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Detectives from the Thames Valley Police Major Crime Team today sealed off the scene in Slough as forensic specialists combed the house for clues to the killing.
  
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• From Jeremy Clarkson getting sacked to David Cameron and his pig it's all been happening in 2015

  25-12-2015 19:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  I just hope you agree, that, for better or for worse, the following individuals made their mark on the past 12 months
  
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• Marie Buchan who gets £26k benefits a year enjoys Christmas in new home 

  25-12-2015 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brazen Marie Buchan, 33 (pictured), who is dubbed 'Octo-mum' for her huge brood, will be able to sleep on her own for the first time since having her children after moving into a new house in Birmingham.
  
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• Nigerian gas blast kills 'tens' in Christmas Eve horror accident

  25-12-2015 19:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One journalist claimed to have seen as many as 100 charred bodies
  
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• Nigerian gas blast kills '100' in Christmas Eve horror accident

  25-12-2015 19:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One journalist claimed to have seen as many as 100 charred bodies
  
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• Police break up Christmas Eve mass brawl in pub as a punter is rushed to hospital

  25-12-2015 19:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers with dogs rushed to The Chadwick after a 999 call from door staff at the venue
  
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• Father-of-two becomes latest victim of Troubles - 20 years on

  25-12-2015 19:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Former security guard, 40, dies of cancer thought to be hidden effect of IRA bomb
  
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• Andy Murray shows off his funny side in Christmas outfits with Jamie

  25-12-2015 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British tennis number one Andy Murray revealed his sense of humour at Christmas after the BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner was pictured in festive snaps alongsidebrother Jamie.
  
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• UK weather sees Brits hit the beach and have ice cream on Christmas Day

  25-12-2015 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Forget Christmas pudding - some Brits were going for ice cream (pictured in Somerset) as temperatures were within touching distance of the record for the hottest Christmas Day ever.
  
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• Pub that boasts of being 'perfect place to have an affair' forced to remove advert

  25-12-2015 18:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Trusty Inn pub in Minstead, Hants, had been using the tongue-in-cheek advert
  
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• Has the Virgin Mary just appeared to churchgoers in time for Christmas?

  25-12-2015 18:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A priest at the church said the appearance could even be a "divine occurrence"
  
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