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• Big names in sport are showered with awards in New Year's honours

  30-12-2015 23:55
  
  SPORT dominates the New Year’s honours with recently retired champion jockey Tony “AP” McCoy, 41, leading the way with a knighthood
  
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• Kayaker feared dead after capsizing while nagivating rapid torrents during Storm Frank

  30-12-2015 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rescuers have been searching for the missing man since lunchtime today but were forced to call off the search at 5pm
  
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• Legendary jockey Tony McCoy races off with a knighthood as other sports stars are honoured

  30-12-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 20-times champion jump jockey, who retired in April, had been widely tipped to receive the gong
  
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• The business world's heroes and villains of 2015

  30-12-2015 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  it's been another busy year in the business world, with plenty of ups and downs. But who are popping the champagne corks and who are drowning their sorrows
  
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• A dream come true says Dame Babs

  30-12-2015 23:41
  
  HER cheeky laugh and Cockney charm have entertained us for more than 60 years.
  
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• You are vital in the fight to beat fraud or more charlatans would get away scot-free

  30-12-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  I want to express my gratitude to every reader who has taken the trouble to alert me to scams and injustices during 2015, says Andrew Penman
  
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• The boss in charge of HMRC fiasco made a dame

  30-12-2015 23:35
  
  THE boss of crisis-hit HM Revenue and Customs has become a Dame.
  
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• NHS patients left without medicines after biggest online pharmacy meltdown

  30-12-2015 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some patients have been left without life-saving drugs ‘for days on end’ as a result of the problems at the warehouse of Pharmacy2U, the Leeds-based internet pharmacy endorsed by the NHS.
  
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• Squirrels, conkers and even a TEDDY BEAR are among weird and wonderful explanations given by drivers for windscreen damage

  30-12-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Autoglass reported the most common causes for windscreen cracks included road rubble, temperature change and collisions with birds
  
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• The true heroes of the New Year Honours list carry out amazing acts every day

  30-12-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Those honoured include a consulted who treated three British Ebola victims and a 13-year-old who has raised £250,000 for cancer research
  
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• Swansea's Jonjo Shelvey told to shape up amid Newcastle and Crystal Palace transfer links

  30-12-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The England midfielder has yet to start a game under caretaker boss Alan Curtis and failed to impress in Monday's goalless draw at Selhurst Park
  
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• New Year's Honours: Schoolboy, 13, among youngest ever to receive a gong

  30-12-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Jonjo Heuerman is just 13 but he has already raised almost £250,000 for cancer charity - inspired by the death of his beloved grandmother
  
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• New Year's Honours: Idris Elba, Barbara Windsor, Damon Albarn and Ronnie O'Sullivan named in 2016 list

  30-12-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Hollywood stars, celebrities, politicians and unsung heroes among the 1,196 people receiving awards in 2016 New Year's Honours List
  
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• New Year Honours list: five recipients you should know about

  30-12-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Find out about Jonjo Heuerman, Dr Michael Jacobs, Agnes Grunwald-Spier, Dorothy Start and Richard Tyler - all ordinary people who will be given medals for their extraordinary work
  
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• New Year Honours list: five recipients you really should care about

  30-12-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Find out about Jonjo Heuerman, Dr Michael Jacobs, Agnes Grunwald-Spier, Dorothy Start and Richard Tyler - all ordinary people who will be given medals for their extraordinary work
  
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• New Year Honours list: Barbara Windsor's best on-screen moments

  30-12-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  As actress Barbara Windsor becomes a Dame in this year's Honours list, The Telegraph looks at the former EastEnders landlady's best on-screen moments
  
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• HMRC boss given Damehood despite 'abysmal' customer service

  30-12-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lin Homer, the chief executive of HMRC, receives a Damehood despite damning criticism of the taxman's performance
  
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• David Cameron accused of degrading honours as list full of Tory party donors and cronies

  30-12-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The New Year’s Honours List includes a ­knighthood for ­election chief Lynton Crosby and a CBE for Tory backer and sex shop queen Jacqueline Gold
  
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• Barbara Windsor has been made a Dame in Queen's New Year's Honours list

  30-12-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Idris Elba, Damon Albarn, Goldie, James Nesbitt and Imelda Stanton have also been given honours in the list
  
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• Sick mum who married fiancé in hospital gets life-saving liver transplant within hours of tying the knot

  30-12-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emma Hopley and Dave Amison got hitched at the Queen Elizabeth's chapel at Christmastime because they feared the worst
  
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• Watch terrifying moment static caravan is swept away by raging floods

  30-12-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The structure was fixed firmly to the ground before the floodwater took it away
  
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• Search continues for mum-of-three who went missing on Boxing Day

  30-12-2015 23:22
  
  A MAJOR search to find a mum-of-three who went missing on Boxing Day is currently underway.
  
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• Girl, aged 3, swims 10 lengths

  30-12-2015 23:20
  
  DARCY Partington is only three but already making a splash – not content with earning a 25-metre swimming badge she went on to do 200 metres.
  
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• Cops launch probe after 'body' found near Glasgow police station

  30-12-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police cordoned off Minto Street after responding to reports of a body discovered in a close near to Govan Police HQ
  
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• This mum is shaming 'dangerous' parkers at her children's school by posting pictures of their cars on Facebook

  30-12-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kelly Cable has had enough of parking which she claims is putting youngsters' lives in danger
  
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• Jewish and Muslim communities both see race hate crimes rocket

  30-12-2015 23:01
  
  ANTI-SEMITIC and Islamophobic attacks have rocketed by more than 60 per cent over the past year.
  
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• Tens of thousands of people could have operations cancelled even if doctors DON'T strike

  30-12-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Up to 30,000 ops could be axed if staff walk out on January 13, the date being lined up for action if a deal is not reached
  
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• Storm Frank: Balmoral bridge collapses and northern Britain battered through the night - as it happened on Wednesday 30 December

  30-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Heavy rain and gales hit Northern Ireland and Scotland as Storm Frank causes widespread disruption
  
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• Hero British Army veteran taking on crazed ISIS jihadists high on drugs in Syria and Iraq

  30-12-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sniper Allan Duncan is fighting alongside Kurdish forces and has revealed ISIS are selling girls as sex slaves for cigarettes
  
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• End of the paper train ticket as railways 'go paperless'

  30-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Exclusive: Passengers will be able "buy" journeys online and travel carrying just the bank card with which they paid, The Telegraph can reveal
  
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• ISIS destroyed this Iraqi church - Muslim Peshmerga fighters placed a cross on the rubble in defiance of the terrorists

  30-12-2015 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sniper Allan Duncan is fighting alongside Kurdish forces and has revealed how they are fighting back against Islamic State forces
  
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• 'Possessed' Cream clubber 'high on Cannibal party drug' nearly bit off mum's finger

  30-12-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "She was biting so hard she had gone through the skin and was biting through the tendons - I thought she was going to bite it off it was so bad," said Lisa Trickett
  
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• Storm Frank: Terror as 10 people saved when floods washed their BUS off the road

  30-12-2015 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The sheer force of water from a river that had it has burst it banks forced the Stagecoach vehicle into a wood, in Ayrshire
  
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• Headcam hero releases footage of moment he stopped woman's suicide attempt

  30-12-2015 22:33
  
  THIS is the shocking moment a biker saves the life of an apparently suicidal woman sat in the middle of the road while drivers just sat watching.
  
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• Islington stabbing: Man charged with murder following fatal knifing

  30-12-2015 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Timchang Nandap, 22, of Pett Street, Woolwich, south east London, has been charged with the murder of a man in his 30s, following an incident in Hilldrop Crescent, Islington, north London on Tuesday
  
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• Muslim convert who threatened to bomb Tory MP's home after Syria airstrikes vote jailed

  30-12-2015 22:28
  
  A WHITE Muslim convert who threatened to bomb a Tory MPs house and posted a series of abusive Facebook posts has been jailed.
  
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• New obesity measure 'is better at predicting risk of early death than BMI'

  30-12-2015 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of West Virginia scientists developed the surface-based body shape index (SBSI), which takes into account body surface area, vertical trunk circumference, height and waist circumference.
  
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• Britain's youngest transgender patient says she can't get a job 'because of her past'

  30-12-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rihanna Cooper, now 21, claims an employer googled her name and found out she once did escort work
  
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• Miracle baby born on Christmas Day after couple were told they could NEVER have children due to cancer

  30-12-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joanne Forster, 28, thought she would never become pregnant as she and husband Robert battled the same form of the disease
  
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• Conman Peter Foster has his home raided over claims he hired a hitman

  30-12-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Australian officers entered the house of Foster’s mother on Queensland’s Gold Coast and a property linked to Foster in Byron Bay, New South Wales
  
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• Gentry told: Put starter housing on your Downton-style estates

  30-12-2015 22:10
  
  Modern Lord Downtons should hive off tracts of their estates for starter homes and affordable housing, a report recommends.
  
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• Dramatic CCTV captures moment knife-wielding men fled in terror after plucky shopkeeper ROARED at them

  30-12-2015 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two men turned on their heels after shopkeeper Tariq Mahmood bellowed loudly at them when they entered News Centre at Middleton Road, Heywood , just after 5pm on Monday
  
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• High dose vitamin D could treat multiple sclerosis, scientists find

  30-12-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Low levels of vitamin D are known to be associated with an increased risk of developing MS but it is the first study to show that supplements can help the condition
  
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• Cardiff businessman turned Isil cyber expert killed in air strike

  30-12-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Siful Haque Sujan lived and worked near Cardiff, before he became a key figure in Isil's cyber war and was killed in an American air strike
  
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• Groom so fat he had to have specially made clothes sheds 11 stone in time for wedding day

  30-12-2015 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From barely being able to climb a flight of stairs, Oliver Reid has gone on to compete in a 'Tough Mudder' event and become a fitness fanatic
  
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• 9.5 million older people in Britain are still holding down jobs

  30-12-2015 21:52
  
  THERE are more older workers in Britain than ever before, official figures show.
  
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• Maxine Daniel's grandmother with dementia is given a baby Annabell doll

  30-12-2015 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a heart-rending clip, a woman known only as Nana Lilly, from Durham, cradles and laughs with Baby Annabell doll in the clip that has been seen more than two million times on Facebook.
  
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• Lustful students caught on camera enjoying passionate embrace on ROOFTOP next to huge 'I LOVE YOU' message

  30-12-2015 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The students may have thought they had chosen the most private of romantic spots for their cuddle
  
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• Man arrested over drugs investigation following Cream deaths

  30-12-2015 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested a 22-year-old man as part of their inquiries following two "suspicious" deaths at the Liverpool nightclub on Boxing Day
  
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• Preston shopping centre evacuation: Man charged after 'crude' incendiary device ignites in public toilets

  30-12-2015 21:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lancashire Police said David Rutherford, 24, of Barry Avenue, Ingol, is accused of making an explosive with intent to endanger life/injure property
  
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