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• Simon Danczuk 'bullied ex-wife Sonia Rossington into having sex' 

  02-01-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Sonia Rossington, 39, claims that Labour MP Simon Danczuk is a ‘sexual predator’ who drove her into therapy with alcohol-fuelled bullying.
  
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• Heartbreaking cries of abandoned dog that had been abused for so long it did not know how to react when it was shown affection for the first time

  02-01-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Priscilla the puppy was abused and terrified when she was handed into a shelter in Romania, but a moving video shows how with some tender-loving-care she was nursed back to health and happiness.
  
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• Dakar Rally crash: Four spectators injured after car ploughs into crowd - before race even starts

  02-01-2016 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mini Cooper was being driven by Chinese nationals Guo Meiling and Min Liao when the incident occurred at the starting point in Buenos Aires
  
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• Missing EastEnders star Sian Blake was with her boyfriend when last seen

  02-01-2016 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The seriously ill actress has been missing for three weeks, but a neighbour saw her boyfriend collecting possessions from their home the day after her disappearance
  
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• Family of brave youngster who battled rare brain tumour devastated to discover cancer has returned

  02-01-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gracie McCall was diagnosed with AT/RT at the age of two, which only affects around five children in the UK each year
  
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• The root of this flood crisis? A mad dash for EU cash, writes GEORGE MONBIOT

  02-01-2016 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  European and British Government policies are making floods in UK cities more likely when it rains heavily, writes GEORGE MONBIOT.
  
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• Children in earthquake-struck Nepal helped by your generosity

  02-01-2016 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Nepalese children are desperate to get back to school, but sixty new schools are needed after the destruction of last year's earthquakes
  
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• Voice coach Boy George says he's in "best place ever" after landing role on talent show

  02-01-2016 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "I’m almost eight years sober so getting The Voice is like the cherry on the cake," admits the Karma Chameleon singer
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn slams Tories on railways as "disgraceful" figures show extent of foreign ownership

  02-01-2016 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Figures obtained by the TSSA show that hundreds of millions of pounds are going into the purses of foreign rail companies
  
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• Escaped pigs close major main road for second time in four days

  02-01-2016 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The kunekune pigs got on to the A21 Sevenoaks Road, causing the London-bound carriageway to be closed for around four hours at lunchtime
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn 'planning to replace Hilary Benn with Emily Thornberry' in reshuffle

  02-01-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Friends of the Labour leader have told The Sunday Telegraph that Mr Benn will be offered another job and Ms Thornberry will take his place as foreign secretary
  
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• Prisoner 'force-fed legal highs' and filmed by jeering inmates as he rolls around in agony

  02-01-2016 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incident - said to be a punishment for not repaying a debt to a gang – highlights the new epidemic of super-strength drugs flooding UK jails
  
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• You're more likely to get attacked by a Jack Russell in Liverpool than any other dog

  02-01-2016 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In 2015 more canine attacks on humans were reported from Jack Russells than from other breeds - including pitbulls
  
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• A year of momentous anniversaries, from World Cup triumph to slaughter in the Somme

  02-01-2016 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Here's some dates for your diary if you want to mark key historic moments – from the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings to 20 years since Dolly the sheep
  
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• BBC website 'attacked by hackers who want to target Islamic State'

  02-01-2016 22:19
  
  THE BBC website was attacked by hackers who want to target online activity by the evil Islamic State terror group, it has been claimed.
  
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• Mindblowing drone footage shows HUNDREDS of New Year fireworks displays from above

  02-01-2016 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The spectacular footage was taken in the Peruvian capital of Lima as the South American country welcomed in 2016
  
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• British child sex suspect aged 76 pictured strolling with two boys in Cambodia

  02-01-2016 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Roy Sheppard, from Leeds, can be seen holding the boy by his arm as another youngster walks with them in city of Siem Reap
  
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• Devoted husband appeals for help to grant dying wife's final wish

  02-01-2016 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum-of-one Lisa Elliot has terminal breast cancer and husband Alan wants to give his wife of eight years one last holiday to remember
  
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• See terrifying footage of man trapped on 48th floor balcony of burning Dubai hotel for TWO hours

  02-01-2016 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dennis Mallari was taking pictures of the celebrations that night but when the fire started he became trapped
  
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• Spine-tingling moment gospel choir surprises plane passengers by singing on board transatlantic flight

  02-01-2016 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Virginia State University gospel chorale broke out into a rendition of ' Oh Happy Day' while heading to Washington DC on New Year’s Eve
  
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• War hero left suicidal and depressed due to "guilt" over Military Cross recognition

  02-01-2016 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Corporal Richard Withers was awarded the prestigious medal by the Queen in 2008, but has struggled with mental health issues since
  
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• Moment amateur gymnast breaks up a tram station brawl by hurling one thug to the floor with a smooth ‘Ninja’ move 

  02-01-2016 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Poole, 28, was getting off a tram at the Chorlton stop in Greater Manchester when a fracas broke out. CCTV shows him swiftly breaking up the fight by throwing one of the two thugs to the ground.
  
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• Tory MP sleeps on boat in east London to avoid 'obscene' house prices in capital

  02-01-2016 21:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Johnny Mercer, a former soldier in Afghanistan, uses his old army sleeping bag to stay warm - but insists he 'loves' the unusual set-up
  
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• Family arrested over woman's 'exorcism' death in hotel room may have been 'part of cult'

  02-01-2016 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Five people allegedly pummelled the woman's stomach and the chest in a bizarre bid to free her from the "demons" inside her
  
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• Cecil the lion's cubs pictured as they struggle to survive without slaughtered father

  02-01-2016 21:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cecil's six cubs are being stalked by a large male lion in Zimbabwe, after the iconic predator was killed in July
  
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• The real inspiration for Sherlock was a lot more closer to Holmes says author

  02-01-2016 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Author Arthur Conan Doyle turned detective to solve a number of crimes that puzzled police and responded to letters sent to 221b Baker Street, London
  
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• Terrorist who shot BBC's Frank Gardner executed by Saudi Arabia

  02-01-2016 21:06 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Adel al-Dhubaiti is executed more than a decade after the attack on Frank Gardner, the BBC security correpsondent, which left him paralysed and in which his camerman Simon Cumbers was killed
  
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• Moment have-a-go hero breaks up a tram station brawl by hurling one thug to the floor with a smooth ‘Ninja’ move 

  02-01-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Poole, 28, was getting off a tram at the Chorlton stop in Greater Manchester when a fracas broke out. CCTV shows him swiftly breaking up the fight by throwing one of the two thugs to the ground.
  
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• Young man last seen celebrating with friends on New Year's Eve found dead on railway line

  02-01-2016 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Liam Thompson was found following reports of a body on the track - police are appealing for witnesses
  
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• Jail staff rushed to hospital over fears they breathed in fumes from inmates’ legal highs

  02-01-2016 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two guards and a nurse suffered elevated heart rates and breathlessness as concern grows over the drug problem in UK prisons
  
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• London artist draws a stunning picture of three Mediterranean coastal cities from MEMORY... a month after he saw them on a cruise

  02-01-2016 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stephen Wiltshire MBE, from London, spent less than an hour scanning the cities of Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and Marseille while on a cruise. He then drew a brilliant panorama of them a month later.
  
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• Confederate flag is the 'American Swastika' and it's 'about damn time' people questioned it, says Quentin Tarantino 

  02-01-2016 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Quentin Tarantino considers the Confederate flag the 'American swastika' - and feels it is 'about damn time' that people questioned its place in the American South.
  
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• Putin names United States among threats in new Russian security strategy

  02-01-2016 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The document, 'About the Strategy of National Security of Russian Federation', was signed by President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and names the U.S. as one of the threats to national security.
  
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• 'Totally naked' man seen running down street is taken to hospital suffering hypothermia

  02-01-2016 20:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police in Hackney responded to the bizarre incident early this morning, adding on Twitter: "His medical need is greater than any offences"
  
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• War hero who remortgaged house to buy new prosthetic legs finds out they're FREE on NHS

  02-01-2016 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clive Smith raised £90,000 to go to Australia for private treatment when the procedure has been available in UK for 10 years
  
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• Bouncers dismissed and reported to police after shocking video shows man 'pinned to floor and hit in head'

  02-01-2016 19:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The footage was taken on New Year's Eve and has been viewed more than 280,000 times
  
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• Man survives gruesome shark attack by punching beast 'several times'

  02-01-2016 19:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old suffered severe wounds after being attacked off the coast of Queensland
  
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• Love-rat hubby dumped me for 25st Lithuanian lookalike lover three times my size

  02-01-2016 19:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Victoria Clarke was bowled over by Chris Clarke but was left heartbroken when he dumped after just seven months of marriage
  
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• Couple sleep with 30 people in four years - but insist they're happier than ever

  02-01-2016 19:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Loved-up couple Debbie Dowsett and Tony Williams take full advantage of their open relationship and claim that they are stronger as a result
  
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• Men in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia are outraged after being catcalled by women in a shopping mall 

  02-01-2016 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A shopping mall in Saudi Arabia's second city of Jeddah reported 16 cases of sexual harassment of men by women. The men were catcalled and followed around in a mix-up of social norms.
  
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• Naked intruder in Ronald Reagan mask wearing sock over his privates caught on CCTV outside TV star's home

  02-01-2016 19:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bizarre footage shows the scrawny individual skulking outside a reality TV star's house on New Year's Eve
  
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• Aeroplanes swerve on runway as strong winds hit Birmingham Airport

  02-01-2016 19:38 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The moment a number of planes swayed and swerved on the runway as they battled high winds at Birmingham Airport has been captured on camera
  
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• Lembit Opik hopes to look like GEORGE CLOONEY after undergoing facial surgery

  02-01-2016 19:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The ex-Lib Dem MP, who famously dated a Cheeky Girl, is going under knife to fix his wonky face after paragliding accident 18 years ago
  
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• Abused pup doesn't know how to react when being hugged for first time in heartbreaking video

  02-01-2016 19:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The animal can be seen whimpering and cowering as workers at a shelter try to gently pet it
  
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• Countdown's Rachel Riley launches fresh appeal for missing mother Sally Allan

  02-01-2016 19:28
  
  COUNTDOWN’S Rachel Riley has appealed for help to find a mother who vanished on Boxing Day.
  
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• School terror after chilling Facebook threat to 'kill as many people as possible' in revenge for alleged bullying 

  02-01-2016 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using the hashtag #MontyMassacre, the teenager has threatened to kill students at Montgomery High School (pictured) in Bispham, Blackpool, after years of torment.
  
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• British school 'threatened with imminent mass shooting attack'

  02-01-2016 19:24
  
  A BRITISH school has been threatened with an imminent mass shooting by a social media user who said they would "kill as many people as possible", it has been reported.
  
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• Liam Hewitson's family pay tribute to the 22-year-old after he is mauled to death by a pitbull

  02-01-2016 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The family of Liam Hewitson, who was mauled to death by his pitbull terrier Tiger at a house in Preston, Lancashire, have paid tribute to the 22-year-old's 'beautiful personality'.
  
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• Anger was unavoidable after the events of last year - but let's use it to do good in 2016

  02-01-2016 19:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After a 2015 which inspired anger and sadness, Carole Malone highlights her desire to do good in the new year
  
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• Egypt's tourism industry in dire straits as Brits shun Sharm el-Sheikh after Russian jet crash

  02-01-2016 19:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tourist numbers in the Red Sea resort are down more than 85 percent as both Russian and British authorities continue to advise against visiting
  
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