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• UK weather: Heartless looters target flood-hit homes and businesses while owners are absent

  29-12-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Families made homeless in the catastrophic floods in York returned home to find they had been broken into by criminals described as “shameful” and “sick”
  
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• Ex Qatari ruler has surgery on broken leg after royal family flies in 9 planes to Switzerland

  29-12-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani suffered the injury on holiday
  
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• Former Newcastle United goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek dies aged 47

  29-12-2015 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Newcastle and Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek has died at the age of 47 after suffering a heart attack on December 20.
  
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• See inside incredible ice cave accessible only by passing through GLACIER

  29-12-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 320ft long cave, in Iceland, creates a tranquil shelter from the outside world, encased by walls of ice while blue light filters in through the ceiling
  
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• Oliver Letwin blamed black people's 'bad moral attitude' for devastating riots in the 80s

  29-12-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cameron's closest ally Mr Letwin also wrote in paper with Tory MP Hartley Booth that black entrepreneurs would 'set up in the disco and drug trade'
  
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• Widow of legendary WW2 pilot Sir Douglas Bader dies aged 94

  29-12-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lady Joan Bader, who was living in a care home in Mid Wales, passed away 33 years after the Battle of Britain hero who lost his legs before the war
  
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• Brit 'linked to associate of Jihadi John' is arrested in Turkey as ISIS suspect

  29-12-2015 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Turkish authorities have arrested three suspected members of the ISIS in Istanbul, including two Pakistanis and a Briton, who are thought to be linked to an associate of Jihadi John.
  
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• Having no WiFi and unknown callers on list of top 50 First World Problems

  29-12-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The full list shows just how pampered many of us have become in daily life
  
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• Two women rescued by coastguard after being blown FIVE MILES out to sea on paddle boards

  29-12-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pair, who are believed to be in their 50s, were found to be very cold, and in the early stages of hypothermia
  
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• Islington stabbing: Cops launch murder probe after man found stabbed to death

  29-12-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim, who was in his 30s, has yet to be formally identified.  A 22-year-old man has been arrested by police
  
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• Dad told he's dying at 27 starts bucket list that includes seeing young son being Christened

  29-12-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Morsley had no inkling he was unwell until he collapsed as he got ready for work earlier this month
  
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• Westfield bomb plotter Mohammed Rehman whose own family turned on him

  29-12-2015 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Rehman, 25, attempted to shift the blame to his wife Sana Ahmed Khan but was too much of a coward to give evidence.
  
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• A&E nurse Dhannajee Marottee who sexually assaulted 2 women walks free from court

  29-12-2015 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dhannajee Marottee, 36, was originally arrested two years ago after a patient where he worked at Worthing General Hospital in West Sussexsaid she had been sexually assaulted by him.
  
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• Shocking video shows drivers dicing with death during terrifying compilation of near misses

  29-12-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The video is taken by photographer Nick Wilkinson who says he witnesses driving this inconsiderate every day
  
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• British schoolboys accused of stealing from the Auschwitz death camp to face trial

  29-12-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If convicted the part, students at an independent school in Cambridge, could face 10 years in prison
  
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• The 22,000-strong art treasure trove 'publicly owned but hidden from public view'

  29-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Works currently hanging in MPs' offices and behind the walls of secure Government buildings should be placed in new free gallery, says Shadow Culture Secretary
  
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• Flood chaos blamed on North-South divide - as it happened on Monday 28 December

  29-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Cameron heckled as he visits flood-hit northern communities, amid claims that southern communities would not have been left defenceless. Here's how we reported Monday's floods developments
  
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• The 12 top Twitter hashtags of 2015 - your month-by-month guide to a year in social media

  29-12-2015 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Throughout 2015, events have prompted some of the most moving, hilarious and profound responses - all thanks to the power of the hashtag
  
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• Cream nightclub: Second person dies after attending final show at legendary venue

  29-12-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 47-year-old's death comes after 19-year-old apprentice engineer John Milburn, from Crosby, passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning
  
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• This picture of an '800-year-old mobile phone' has sent conspiracy theorists into overdrive

  29-12-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 'archaeological find' has gone viral - but it may look familiar to you in more ways than one
  
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• Town brought to standstill on Boxing Day as firemen rescued cat stuck in chimney

  29-12-2015 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dozens of people left their cold turkey to watch as three fire engines and 15 firefighters battled high winds to try and save the frightened pet
  
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• Man 'performs sex act on himself for THIRTY MINUTES' as he stares at female passenger on train

  29-12-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police released this image of a man who is  accused of putting his hand down his trousers and performing the sex act on himself as he looked at the 29-year-old woman
  
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• Baby girl born in Indian train bathroom slips down the toilet but SURVIVES

  29-12-2015 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A newborn baby girl fell into a train toilet and landed on the railway tracks after her mother gave birth on a moving train in India.
  
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• Two UK teens accused of stealing items from Auschwitz to face trial in Poland

  29-12-2015 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marcus Dell and Ben Thompson, both 17 and from the Perse School in Cambridge, were arrested in June during a school trip to southern Poland to learn about the horrors of the Holocaust.
  
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• New stamp duty levy on a second home is 'a tax on marriage'

  29-12-2015 22:28
  
  MARRIED couples will be forced to pay extra Stamp Duty on a new second home.
  
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• Terrified Tadcaster residents evacuated as historic bridge collapses after severe floods

  29-12-2015 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Army escorted people to Tadcaster Grammar School, which was set up as a rescue centre amid fears of a gas explosion and severe flooding
  
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• Mystery of shot student remains unsolved at inquest held seven years after his death

  29-12-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police investigating the killing of Nicholas Clarke, 19, in 2008 suspect the shooting was gang-related but have come up with a wall of silence
  
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• Food fight in Chinese restaurant escalates VERY quickly into spectacular scrap in hilarious video

  29-12-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The CCTV footage shows two groups of pals sitting at nearby tables in an otherwise empty eatery
  
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• Rescued Rona otter be fighting fit very soon

  29-12-2015 22:12
  
  AN otter cub is recovering after being found abandoned under a pile of rags.
  
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• UK weather: A MONTH'S rain expected in 24 hours as Storm Frank set to hit the North and Scotland

  29-12-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There were nine severe flood warnings – meaning danger to life – in place in England and Wales
  
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• Essex care home shooting: Pensioner, 86, charged with murdering his 81-year-old wife

  29-12-2015 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ronald King, 86, of Walton-on-the-Naze was charged with the single count of murder following the death of 81-year-old Rita King at De La Mer House care home
  
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• Super-hospital still off-target on waiting times

  29-12-2015 22:09
  
  SCOTLAND’S new super-hospital saw casualty waiting times soar ahead of the festive period, only weeks after SNP ministers promised to tackle the problem.
  
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• Rick Stein's new restaurant plans in town where Kate Middleton was educated kicks up stink

  29-12-2015 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Neighbours fear the latest ­addition to his empire could effect their privacy and bring smells, noise and rats to the High Street of Marlborough, Wilts
  
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• Flood heroes: The wounded war veterans who mounted a relief effort in North Yorkshire

  29-12-2015 22:08 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  In Tadcaster, where the bridge over the River Wharfe partially collapsed, around 20 ex- servicemen had travelled as far as 300 miles to help in the relief effort
  
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• A month’s rain in a day as Storm Frank batters Scotland

  29-12-2015 22:03
  
  STORM Frank battered Scotland last night with “sting jet” winds and heavy downpours bringing more weather misery.
  
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• Care home manager took 'loaded gun from trembling pensioner who shot dead wife'

  29-12-2015 22:01
  A CARE home manager has told how she took a loaded gun from the trembling hands of a pensioner moments after he allegedly shot his wife dead.
  
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• This is the heartwarming moment dog was rescued after surviving 30ft fall down well

  29-12-2015 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cocker spaniel Lilly had a miracle escape after plunging down the 10 metre deep hole during a Boxing Day walk
  
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• The double life of Russian 'spy' beheaded by ISIS

  29-12-2015 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Magomed Khasiev confessed on video to being recruited by Russian intelligence before going to Syria and working undercover for the Federal Security Service.
  
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• Floods defence chief FINALLY to return from Barbados holiday as Storm Frank could hit

  29-12-2015 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir Philip Dilley, 60, has decided to cut short his Christmas holiday with family on the Caribbean island
  
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• Air raid sirens to sound across London tonight to mark the Blitz's 75th anniversary

  29-12-2015 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 160 people were killed and 500 others injured when the German Luftwaffe rained bombs on London on the evening of December 29, 1940. Tonight's commemoration will start at 6.05pm.
  
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• Father who forced girl into storeroom at a Sikh temple and tried to sexually assault her is jailed

  29-12-2015 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A married father who tried to sexually assault a teenage girl during a wedding at a Sikh temple, has been jailed. Gurpinder Ghuman, 41, targeted his victim at the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Kent.
  
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• Cocaine driver kills pal in crash, sparking call for road laws to get tougher

  29-12-2015 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The judge said it should be made illegal for motorists to get behind the wheel with any illegal drugs in their system
  
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• Wally in wellies doing sincere frowning is up to his neck in it

  29-12-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cameron and his government's entire policy on flooding is in deep, deep water, says Alison Phillips
  
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• 'End of the road' for Antony Gormley sculpture toppled for second time

  29-12-2015 21:35 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Landmark Trust says lifesize figure in Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, unlikely to be reinstated are falling over
  
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• Motorists complain 3D image of road is so realistic they might drive into it

  29-12-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The painting has only been in place a week but locals warn it could easily be mistaken for a real road
  
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• British teens face trial after being accused of stealing from Auschwitz death camp

  29-12-2015 21:25
  
  TWO British teenagers will go on trial accused of stealing artefacts from Auschwitz that belonged to prisoners held at the Nazi death camp.
  
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• Housebuilding rates higher on flood plains as UK 'stores up problems for future'

  29-12-2015 21:22 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Housing growth rates in highest-risk flood areas almost twice as high as outside of flood plains
  
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• Britain's biggest sperm bank 'BANS dyslexic donors' as probe into claims launched

  29-12-2015 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The London Sperm Bank wants to “minimise the risk of transmitting common genetic diseases or malformations to any children born”
  
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• Ancient 18th century bridge collapses from flood in Tadcaster

  29-12-2015 21:10 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Watch the moment an 18th century bridge in Tadcaster falls in to the River Wharf
  
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• 18th century bridge collapses from flood in Tadcaster

  29-12-2015 21:10 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Watch the moment an 18th century bridge in Tadcaster falls in to the River Wharf
  
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