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• US weather: Ice cold delivery as car famously FROZEN TO THE SPOT is finally dug out to thaw

  14-01-2016 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mechanics managed to dig this frozen-to-the-spot car out of its icy prison after photos of its ice casing made it a worldwide hit
  
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• Woman cleared after threatening boss of shop where teenager bought legal highs that almost killed her

  14-01-2016 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Grace Bell, 47, phoned the shop minutes after helping save the life of the girl – who she found blue and not breathing outside her house
  
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• UK weather sees the Midlands wake to snow as temperatures plummet this weekend

  14-01-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The snow over the North and Midlands heralded the year’s first widespread cold snap, and even Kent and Cornwall could see a dusting by Saturday.
  
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• Bavaria's Landshut governor sends migrants to Angela Merkel in Berlin

  14-01-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The refugees were put on a coach in Landshut, the southeastern town of governor Peter Dreier, and transported 340 miles to the German capital.
  
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• Pregnant mum and baby escape injury in huge gas explosion triggered by deodorant can

  14-01-2016 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tiny canister, the same size as a highlighter marker pen, triggered a gas explosion which blew out the windows of their living room
  
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• The not-so-long-arm of the law: Spanish farmer who hacked his hand off in failed insurance scam is jailed for four years 

  14-01-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 42-year-old farmer from Castellón was in financial troubles in 2007 and staged an elaborate scam where he cut his own hand off. He claimed€1.9m from insurance companies.
  
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• Here’s some feeble excuses that will even put Britain’s railways in the shade

  14-01-2016 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shocked passengers on Southeastern Rail heard delays blamed on the wrong kind of sun – but here are some chancers who really know how to spin a yarn
  
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• Renewed calls to introduce ID cards in the UK in the wake of ISIS terror attacks

  14-01-2016 23:31
  
  RENEWED calls have been made to introduce controversial ID cards in the UK in the wake of terror attacks in Paris, Istanbul and Jakarta.
  
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• Inside the dangerous and run-down former FIREPLACE SHOWROOM which became home to 107 migrants

  14-01-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Landlord Russell Brown, 51, was fined £21,400 after pleading guilty to 12 charges under the Housing Act for the disgraceful conditions discovered in Flintshire, north Wales
  
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• School catchment areas reduced to just 100m or less in some places as competition for places hots up

  14-01-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One over-subscribed primary school in London reduced its catchment area to just 92m
  
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• Bare-chested man caught driving stolen car while “off his head” after THREE-day drugs bender

  14-01-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lee Middleton, 42, was seen with his head bobbing up and down as though he was falling asleep while driving the Renault Clio
  
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• Thalidomide survivor hopes Call the Midwife storyline will change society's views on disability

  14-01-2016 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Producers used Rosie Moriarty-Simmonds' biography Four Fingers and Thirteen Toes to help with the plot after she wrote to demand the BBC drama tackled the subject
  
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• Mentally ill student fell from car park roof after losing carers during off-site appointment

  14-01-2016 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Abbi McAllister, 23, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act but was able to evade staff and climb to the top of the car park in Birmingham city centre
  
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• How the Hatton Garden jewellery heist unfolded - planning, execution, capture and convictions

  14-01-2016 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It took at least three years to plan, a bank holiday weekend to execute, and the suspects remained at large for more than six weeks afterwards
  
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• Drunk air hostess Angela Young 'had to be stopped from driving'

  14-01-2016 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Angela Young, 46, was over four times over the limit when she arrived at Leeds Bradford Airport, West Yorkshire, and airport staff blocked her car in before calling police.
  
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• Paul Coombes threatened with a fine for using a leaf blower to clear his driveway

  14-01-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Coombes, ofSalford, could not believe his eyes when he received a letter from a local residents association complaining that he should bag his leaves up rather than blow them into the road.
  
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• David Dimbleby set to front BBC EU referendum coverage

  14-01-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Veteran broadcaster understood to have been offered the post, in a move that has come as a surprise to senior presenters at the corporation
  
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• Avalanche teacher in police custody after disaster that killed two pupils on ski trip

  14-01-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The group, in the French Alps, had apparently ignored warning signs to go down a piste which was closed for safety reasons when the disaster struck
  
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• Italian-born burglar is 'home-grown', rule judges

  14-01-2016 22:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Appeal Court says Benedetto Vassallo can stay in Britain against wishes of Theresa May, the Home Secretary
  
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• Man who had unprotected sex with woman he met online despite being HIV positive jailed

  14-01-2016 22:58
  
  A MAN has been jailed for more than two years for infecting a woman he met online with HIV.
  
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• US firm doing Tories’ dirty work on benefits is hit by whistleblower’s shocking allegations

  14-01-2016 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Maximus Inc, which assesses disabled people’s fitness for work, is “a brutal, Wall Street corporation devoid of any humanity” says a former PR manager
  
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• Body of retired music teacher found at her home two-and-a-half years after she died

  14-01-2016 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lucie McNulty was found in the bedroom of her home and it is believed she died from ischemic cardiovascular disease in mid-2013
  
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• David Bowie's family announce private funeral ceremony

  14-01-2016 22:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Bowie will be remembered at a private family funeral, having died on Sunday aged 69
  
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• At least 16m young people worse off under new state pension

  14-01-2016 22:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The biggest losers are currently in their twenties, thirties and early forties
  
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• Watch barmaid left with broken jaw after being hit with till during vicious robbery relive terrifying ordeal

  14-01-2016 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lauren Green, 20, suffered a fractured jaw when thugs smashed her face in with a till during a violent raid at the pub where she works
  
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• Hatton Garden ringleader Brian Reader was at Kenneth Noye’s house when he killed a policeman

  14-01-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Career criminal' Brian Reader, 76, worked with notorious gangland figure Kenneth Noye on the infamous Brink's-Matt robbery in 1983, which saw a gang steal £26million in gold bullion.
  
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• Video shows people pulled from a frozen Ukrainian lake after getting trapped

  14-01-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three people have been rescued from a freezing lake in Ukraine after they plunged into the water when the ice broke - while they were walking 90ft from the shoreline.
  
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• Mudassir Shaheen used fake Mecca trip adverts on a Muslim TV station to con pilgrims

  14-01-2016 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mudassir Shaheen (pictured), 39, who pocketed up to £36,000 after placing bogus adverts on a Muslim TV station claiming to arrange £3,000 journeys to Mecca, is jailed for 30 months.
  
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• British Airways flight grounded 'after running over misplaced traffic cone on runway' at Aberdeen Airport

  14-01-2016 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The plane was left stranded on the runway after being scheduled to fly to London Heathrow at 7.25pm after the offending cone 'became wedged under the plane'
  
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• Devastated parents demand answers after premature baby dies just hours after being sent home with 'cough and cold'

  14-01-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An investigation has now been launched after the sudden death of Maximus who was born at 29 weeks
  
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• Rugby obsessed Welshman gets national team's players, stadium and anthem TATTOOED on his body

  14-01-2016 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Luke White from Newport has had images of his favourite players, the Millennium Stadium and the national anthem tattooed on his body
  
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• White van driver 'murders man by knocking him down and reversing over his head in fit of rage'

  14-01-2016 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Turner, 57, felled Frank Buckley, 51, with the bumper of his VW Caddy van before driving onto the pavement and reversing over him, a court heard
  
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• Britain's Got Talent star looking to kickstart career after losing staggering SIXTEEN STONE

  14-01-2016 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "I might now have a smaller waistline but my voice is as big as ever" says semi-finalist Rosie O'Sullivan after massive weight loss
  
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• Villagers to DNA test dog poo to catch culprits

  14-01-2016 21:50
  
  FRUSTRATED villagers want to use forensic techniques to shame dog owners who do not clear up after their pets.
  
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• Royal Navy Sea King helicopters make their final flight in Scotland

  14-01-2016 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sea Kings have served in thousands of rescues across Scotland since they were first established but after decades of keeping an eye in the sky the government has called time on their use.
  
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• Female artists are stars of the show at Tate in bid to inspire girls

  14-01-2016 21:49 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Phyllida Barlow and Louise Bourgeois will join the Artist Rooms, as it aims to inspire a generation of girls
  
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• Scores of passengers enter UK without being screened against terror watchlist

  14-01-2016 21:46
  
  SCORES of air passengers have entered Britain without being checked against a watchlist of terrorists and criminals, according to new figures.
  
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• Hatton Garden trial: Watch our man trying to fit through hole same size as one drilled by robbers

  14-01-2016 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Our reporter Ben Ireland squeezed his way through a replica of the 45cm by 25cm hole which led the Hatton Garden raiders into the high-security vault
  
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• Rainwater is blown UP a Yorkshire cliff as gale force gusts batter Britain

  14-01-2016 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Photos show intensely high winds so powerful that rainwaterfrom coastal fields is being pushed back inland. The incredible images were taken off the eastern coast of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
  
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• Muslim pilgrimage fraudster jailed for scamming families out of £36,000 for non-existent trips to Mecca

  14-01-2016 21:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mudassir Shaheen was jailed for 30 months after being found guilty of tricking the 12 families of £3,000 apiece
  
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• David Bowie's music video smashes Adele's Hello record with 51m views in 1 day

  14-01-2016 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Following the tragic news of his death this week, fans of David Bowie have flocked to various sites to listen to his music and pay tribute.
  
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• Moment lorry dangerously overtakes van at Lincolnshire level crossing

  14-01-2016 21:27 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Police appeal for witnesses to trace lorry driver who made "potentially fatal" overtaking at Ulceby level crossing in North Lincolnshire
  
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• German taskforce finds only five of 1,500 artworks were looted by Nazis

  14-01-2016 21:27 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Jewish groups criticise official report on collection of art dealer Cornelius Gurlitt, discovered in Munich in 2012
  A taskforce set up by the German government to determine the ownership history of more than 1,500 artworks discovered in 2012 has found that only five were wrongfully taken from Jews, drawing criticism from Jewish groups. Related: The mysterious Munich recluse who hoarded €1bn of Nazis' stolen artContinue reading...
  
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• Peter Morgan charged with Georgina Symonds's murder in Welsh village

  14-01-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The body of Georgina Symonds (pictured), 25, was found in Usk, Monmouthshire, on Wednesday. Peter Morgan, 53, will appear before magistrates tomorrow.
  
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• Junior doctors' strike: Talks to resume tomorrow in bid to resolve long-running dispute over new NHS contract

  14-01-2016 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Discussions between the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Government took place today and are due to continue on Friday
  
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• Anglican church avoids split over gay rights – but liberals pay price

  14-01-2016 21:25 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Agreement to impose sanctions against liberal US church and issue a statement in support of ‘traditional doctrine’ of marriage staves off irrevocable schismA permanent split in the worldwide Anglican communion over gay rights has been averted after archbishops overwhelmingly agreed to impose sanctions against the liberal US church and issue a statement in support of the “traditional doctrine” that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Continue reading...
  
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• Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf exchanging for more than £500 on eBay

  14-01-2016 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New editions of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf are being sold for more than £500 on eBay after initially selling out when it hit bookstores in Germany for the first time since the Second World War.
  
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• Trump campaign attempted to kick Republican rivals off ballot in Illinois

  14-01-2016 21:22 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Campaign chair shows up at state board of elections without required duplicates of forms to contest candidates’ nominating papers for 15 March primaryDonald Trump’s campaign tried to get his rival Republicans kicked off the ballot in Illinois – but the attempt failed when his state chair failed to bring duplicate copies of the required forms.
  The Guardian has learned that on Wednesday, the last day for candidates to object to signatures submitted by rival campaigns to get on th
  
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• Bristol City sack manager Steve Cotterill after dismal league run

  14-01-2016 21:22 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  • Cotterill was appointed Robins manager in December 2013
  • Club are four points off the bottom of the ChampionshipBristol City have sacked manager Steve Cotterill after a miserable run of one win from their past 12 matches in all competitions.The 51-year-old guided the Robins to the League One title and also saw the club win the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy at Wembley last season. Continue reading...
  
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• Alan Rickman dead of cancer aged 69 after seeing Emma Thompson

  14-01-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British actor, known for his roles in films such as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Die Hard as well as the wizard film franchise, kept his fight with illness private before his death.
  
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