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• Man aged 94 arrested and charged with sexually assaulting 73-year-old woman

  25-01-2016 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors said the nonagenarian is now facing two counts of sexual assault after allegedly attacking the woman in her home on January 6
  
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• Jihadi Jack's parents' deny son has joined ISIS in Syria

  25-01-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jack Letts, 20, left the UK in September 2014 when he was just aged 18, sparking fears that he may have fled to join ISIS in Syria. He is now said to go by the name Ibrahim or Abu Muhammed.
  
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• Watch rescue dog's amazing welcome home for owner which can't fail to bring a tear to your eye

  25-01-2016 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mark O'Neill, who suffers from epilepsy, returned home from a week in hospital to possibly the best welcome home ever
  
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• Everton steward apologises for calling Liverpool fans 'murderers' who need to be 'put down' in shocking Facebook rant

  25-01-2016 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman steward Everton FC who launched a stinging attack on rival Liverpool fans has been forced to apologise after her rant went viral 
  
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• Watch chilling moment fisherman unhooks his catch as giant shark chases it to the surface

  25-01-2016 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This fisherman was probably better off not knowing that this giant bronze whaler shark was ready to go in for the kill 
  
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• Sick thug decapitated pet Shar Pei dog in gruesome blade attack

  25-01-2016 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Jenkins, 27, chopped the head off the tiny dog last November and admitted causing unnecessary suffering to an animal at Liverpool Crown Court
  
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• White Briton dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' dismisses claims he has joined ISIS as 'awkward'

  25-01-2016 23:37
  
  A BRITON dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' has dismissed claims he has joined the ranks of Islamic State after travelling to Syria as "awkward".
  
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• Joetta Shumba missing: Fears grow for young woman last seen at nightclub in early hours of Sunday

  25-01-2016 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The last known sighting of Joetta Shumba was at Club Liv on Peter Street, in Manchester city centre , at around 3am
  
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• Subway girl doesn't believe boyfriend is one of world's most wanted criminals - but says he has explaining to do

  25-01-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jenny Stickley was set to marry Lukasz Gluch but he has been arrested for alleged murder and other serious offences while part of a criminal gang in Krakow
  
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• Cruel carer who taunted dementia patients by 'torturing' their comfort dolls is named and pictured

  25-01-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Video footage appears to show carer Shauna-Leigh Higgin throwing a doll in front of an old man and yelling: “Die, baby, die”
  
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• Armed robbers steal £100k of iPhones from shop...then make staff carry the stolen goods to their car

  25-01-2016 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The male thieves entered the Carphone Warehouse on Merseyway Shopping Centre on Thursday night carrying knives
  
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• 'Death in Paradise' murder suspect hands himself in to police after American woman hacked to death

  25-01-2016 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim, named locally as American anesthesiologist Jessica Colker, was hacked to death on the Caribbean Island of Grenada
  
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• 'Archbishop of Peckham' Gilbert Deya 'sells Aldi olive oil as a miracle cure'

  25-01-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gilbert Deya and his team were said to have been caught by a newspaper selling the £1.99 750ml product from Aldi in their church shop in South London for £4.99 as a cure if used on food.
  
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• Dog undergoes emergency operation after eating cocktail sausages spiked with NAILS

  25-01-2016 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Danielle Richards had to rush her eight-month-old Scottish terrier Corby to the vets for emergency surgery after he ate cocktail sausages spiked with nails on the streets of Wandsworth in London.
  
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• Royal Wootton Bassett Council sends drivers on a 30-mile detour to go round roadworks

  25-01-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Locals are furious about the proposed five days of resurfacing in Royal Wootton Bassett (pictured), Wiltshire, the town where parades are held for fallen soldiers when they arrive back on home soil.
  
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• Toddler almost dies after suffering horrific allergic reaction to ibuprofen that caused his skin to turn BLACK

  25-01-2016 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Finley Kirwan developed an angry rash and then suffered multiple organ failure as a result of the common medication
  
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• Downton Abbey historical advisor bemoans 'baffling' War and Peace costume error

  25-01-2016 23:01 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Eagle-eyed Alastair Bruce spots that a French aristocrat is shown wearing the Legion d'honneur - a medal brought in by Napoleon, whom the character would have despised
  
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• Hip implant firm cut spot checks

  25-01-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The amount of time spent 'spot checking' implants made at DePuy's plant in Leeds was halved in 2006
  
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• Man accidentally buries WRONG CAT in his garden after thinking dead pet was his

  25-01-2016 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matt Strong buried what he thought was his grey tabby Gus in his back garden thinking he had been killed in a road accident on Monday
  
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• Watch moment apprentice plumber realises he's made a rather crucial mistake installing his first toilet

  25-01-2016 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When asked what he thought of his work, the young man said he had done 'not too bad' a job - until THAT happened, that is
  
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• How often should we change our pyjamas, towels, bedsheets and toothbrushes to avoid illness?

  25-01-2016 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All these life staples can harbour some real nasties... but when and how should we be washing them?
  
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• Burnley 4-1 Derby County

  25-01-2016 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnley score three times in 12 minutes to go third in the Championship and extend Derby's winless league run to five games.
  
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• UN backs Colombia peace deal mission

  25-01-2016 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UN Security Council approves an unarmed mission in Colombia to oversee a ceasefire, if Farc rebels and the government sign a peace deal.
  
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• Greenock Morton 0-2 Rangers

  25-01-2016 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rangers increase their lead at the Scottish Championship summit to five points with victory over Morton at Cappielow.
  
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• Authorities are more interested in being PC than stopping forced marriages, equality chief says

  25-01-2016 22:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Cameron's equalities tsar Louise Casey says officials are hesitant about tackling deep-seated problems in ethnic minority communities
  
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• Essex woman Susan Richards wins £3million on lottery scratchcard

  25-01-2016 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Susan Richards, 49, of Rochford, Essex, scooped £3million on a scratchcard she bought on a whim from a Sainsbury's after realising she had the exact change needed to buy the £10 ticket.
  
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• VIDEO: Captain Hartley to 'lead by example'

  25-01-2016 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Controversial hooker Dylan Hartley says he has "learned from his lessons" after being named England captain for the Six Nations.
  
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• Asylum centre stabbing shocks Sweden

  25-01-2016 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sweden's prime minister describes as a "terrible crime" the stabbing of a female employee at a centre for young asylum seekers.
  
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• The job cuts uniting workers in Wales and China

  25-01-2016 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What workers in Wales and China have in common
  
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• Paedophile hunters snared a pervert who thought he was meeting a girl for sex

  25-01-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Hutchinson had turned up to meet 14-year-old girl 'Amy' in Newcastle city centre after sending her explicit messages - including of his genitals - on a dating website.
  
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• Inquest into Ann Maguire's murder to be held in Yorkshire

  25-01-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A full inquest will be held into the death of Ann Maguire, a teacher, 61, who was stabbed to death by 15-year-old pupil Will Cornick at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds in 2014.
  
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• WATCH: Hilarious moment four police cars chase after on-the-loose tiny Shetland pony

  25-01-2016 22:09
  
  THIS is the hilarious moment four police cars chase after an on-the-loose Sheltand pony galloping through a housing estate.
  
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• Ex-Dragons' Den's Doug Richard 'paid a 13-year-old schoolgirl for sex'

  25-01-2016 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard, of north London, denies three counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child, one count of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and a charge of paying for sexual services of a child
  
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• Animals with bigger brains are better problem solvers

  25-01-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To find out whether size matters, researchers from Wyoming University visited nine zoos and videoed 140 animals from 39 species as they tried to solve a puzzle. Tiger pictured.
  
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• Labour's Simon Danczuk is reported over 'fraudulent' expenses claims 

  25-01-2016 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The backbencher is accused of claiming more than £25,000 in extra accommodation allowances since 2011 for his children, despite none of them living with him in London.
  
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• Susanne Hinte who claims she has won the lottery tells of her agony

  25-01-2016 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Susanne Hinte, 48, from Worcester, claims she's the second £33million winner of the Lotto's record £66million jackpot but accidentally damaged her winning ticket in the wash.
  
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• Ministers lose Lords child poverty vote

  25-01-2016 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bishop of Durham leads calls for ministers to report annually on income levels in the poorest households as ministers lose a Lords vote on child poverty.
  
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• Police systematically fail to carry out background checks on arrested foreign nationals

  25-01-2016 21:46
  
  ONE of Britain’s largest police forces has admitted failing to carry out proper checks on 90 per cent of the foreign nationals it arrests.
  
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• ECB's Draghi vows to defy critics

  25-01-2016 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  European Central Bank President Mario Draghi fights critics, insisting the bank's policies will help to raise inflation.
  
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• Gran 'who put £33m winning Lotto ticket in washing machine' faces agonising six month wait

  25-01-2016 21:34
  
  A GRANDMOTHER who says she had the second winning ticket for a record £66million Lotto jackpot must wait for six months to see if she can claim the prize.
  
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• Father of Australian-born British tennis hope Johanna Konta watched match from East Sussex country club

  25-01-2016 21:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Miss Konta was born to Hungarian migrant parents in Sydney but now has roots in Eastbourne
  
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• Taxi driver accused of shouting homophobic abuse at Baron Brian Paddick cleared in court

  25-01-2016 21:20 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Kevin McAnallen, 53, was alleged to have called Baron Paddick a 'f**ing faggot' after he and his husband, Petter Belsvick, crossed the road
  
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• Hate crimes against Jewish communities soar to a record high

  25-01-2016 21:01
  
  HATE crimes against London’s Jewish community have surged to a record high, according to the Metropolitan Police.
  
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• Paranoid boyfriend who thought his partner was cheating smashed up house

  25-01-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neil Denny, 35, wrongly convinced himself that there was another man hiding in his house in Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, after returning to his partner and two children from a festival.
  
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• Spanking a child DOES affect their mental health, experts claim 

  25-01-2016 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spanking a child can take a toll on their psychiatric wellbeing - and increase risk of them developing aggressive behavior later in life, say professors of psychiatry at the University of Toledo and SUNY.
  
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• I have learned my lessons - Hartley

  25-01-2016 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dylan Hartley says he has "learned from his lessons" after being appointed England captain for the Six Nations.
  
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• Eton College investigates claim its beagling club took part in illegal hare hunt

  25-01-2016 20:51 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The League Against Cruel Sports alleged that the hunt involved the Eton College Beagles and said it has passed the footage to police
  
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• Police helicopter scrambled to rescue a woman in distress find the ‘victim’ was a GOAT

  25-01-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bristol police officers sent up the helicopter after members of the public rang 999 and said they could hear a female sobbing and wailing in the Avon Gorge.
  
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• Royal butler sues shamed PR guru Max Clifford in row over stories ‘worth millions’

  25-01-2016 20:47
  
  ROYAL butler Paul Burrell wanted £500,000 for “sensational revelations” about Princess Diana and other members of the Royal Family, the High Court heard yesterday.
  
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• Princess Diana's butler sues Max Clifford over lurid tales of the royals

  25-01-2016 20:47
  
  ROYAL butler Paul Burrell wanted £500,000 for “sensational revelations” about Princess Diana and other members of the Royal Family, the High Court heard yesterday.
  
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