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• Lee Nolan 'strangled Katelyn Parker with her hair straighteners cord'

  03-02-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lee Nolan, 48, denies the murder of Katelyn Parker, 24, pictured, although Manchester Crown Court heard he admitted her manslaughter due to an 'abnormality of mental function' in August 2015.
  
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• 'England, the country where only suckers work': Tory councillor sparks outrage after tweeting immigration poster

  03-02-2016 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matthew Sephton, a Trafford councillor in Greater Manchester, posted an image of a flyer seemingly aimed at foreigners, urging them to come to England to get ‘free’ benefits
  
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• Hate-filled leaflet claims gays committed the Holocaust and have "longest child abuse record in history"

  03-02-2016 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vile pamphlet claims Nazis who killed millions of Jews in the Second World War were gay
  
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• British man refused work at chain restaurant as POLISH staff 'refuse to work with English'

  03-02-2016 23:47
  
  A “GENTLE” British man trying to get work at a Mexican chain restaurant claims he was not hired because Polish staff refused to work with an English person.
  
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• Is this Waitrose row the most middle-class supermarket dispute ever?

  03-02-2016 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Angry regulars in Chichester complained after the store stopped using traditional china for tea and cakes - instead opting for plastic and paper
  
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• Politicians call for 'pro-rape' pick-up artist to be banned from UK

  03-02-2016 23:36
  BRITISH politicians have called for a pick-up artist accused of being ‘pro-rape’ to be banned from the UK ahead of dozens of anti-women events planned for this weekend.
  
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• Thousands of disabled people have mobility cars taken away from them following change in benefits assessment

  03-02-2016 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Figures show than nearly half of those reassessed under new DWP guidelines have lost their car, scooter or electric wheelchair
  
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• Man wearing Jack Sparrow wig pretends to be truck driver to steal £650,000 of cosmetics

  03-02-2016 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alan Edwards, 48,  was wearing a wig for a bet when he took the container from the Freightliner depot in Manchester
  
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• Bargain hunters flock to new easyFoodstore and clear the shelves of its 25p goods

  03-02-2016 23:32
  
  A MEGA-DISCOUNT store offering food for just 25p was swamped by savvy shoppers today before being forced to close early after completely running out of stock.
  
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• Bank of England urged to hike base interest rates

  03-02-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It’s now seven years since the Bank, with the country in the grip of a financial crisis, slashed its base rates to a record low 0.5%
  
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• Lord Lucan didn't murder my mum - she was killed by a hitman

  03-02-2016 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Murdered nanny's son claims it was a hitman that killed his mum - as Lord Lucan is declared dead
  
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• Secret US flight 'passed over British airspace in bid to capture whistleblower Edward Snowden'

  03-02-2016 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 20-seater plane allegedly flew over Scotland in rendition as the fugitive whistleblower travelled from Hong Kong to Moscow
  
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• Gran slams council after sending 'threatening letter' to her 100-year-old mum - who died FOUR years ago

  03-02-2016 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Linda Tomlinson said the one of the letters came just days before Christmas
  
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• Horse-lovers aim to raise £1,000 for ‘selfie’ row family

  03-02-2016 23:17
  
  KIND-hearted equestrians hope to raise £1,000 for the family at the centre of a horse selfie row, to prove that all riders “are not the same”.
  
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• Cyclist badly hurt in 'brutal' hit and run captured on video

  03-02-2016 23:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prosecutors have dropped a case against two people accused of being involved in a hit-and-run which left Reginald Scot badly hurt - despite the victim filming the offending vehicle's registration plate
  
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• Should we open up to all-day Sunday shopping? We ask those likely to be most affected

  03-02-2016 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the Government announced its plans to press ahead with a relaxation of Sunday trading laws, we look at the debate from four different perspectives
  
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• Head injuries may lead to the development of dementia later in life

  03-02-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Imperial College London found protein clumps, usually associated with Alzheimer’s disease, in the brains of people long thought to have recovered from a head injury.
  
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• Katelyn Parker murder trial: Lee Nolan 'admitted killing six people as police grilled him over death'

  03-02-2016 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The young woman's body was found stuffed into the boot of a car, Manchester Crown Court has heard
  
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• David Bowie's dog has mismatched eyes - just like his owner

  03-02-2016 23:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The late singer's dog has differing eye colours, just like his owner appeared to have, it can now be revealed
  
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• Bizarre new 'dominatrix' footage reveals more of moment man was lead through streets like a dog

  03-02-2016 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the new video, men are stunned at seeing the woman march a man on all fours in broad daylight
  
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• National Lottery results: What were tonight's winning Lotto numbers? Have you won?

  03-02-2016 22:58 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  There was no outright winner of Saturday's Lotto, putting Wednesday's jackpot at £22.9 million
  
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• Watch brave shop workers chasing off iron bar-wielding thug after he stormed into Co-op store

  03-02-2016 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The balaclava-wearing thug, clutching a large iron bar, stormed into the shop and forced the two members of staff to the back of the store
  
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• SNP demand for English income tax 'not credible'

  03-02-2016 22:47 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Mundell says SNP ministers are trying to "have their cake and eat it" by demanding a share of English income tax growth after the levy is devolved to Holyrood.
  
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• Chilling footage shows paedophile hunters catching pervert as he arrives in city centre to meet child for sex

  03-02-2016 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robert Crombie, 26, thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl called Amy, but it was a trap by Dark Justice
  
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• Giant RAT climbs shocked Wetherspoon's punter's leg and steals chip from out of his hand during pub meal

  03-02-2016 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mechanic Reece Coombs, 22, said he tucking into a burger and chips with his girlfriend Lucy Wrenn when the creature ran up his leg
  
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• Chilling drone footage from Syria reveals exactly why refugees are leaving Syria for Europe

  03-02-2016 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The city of Homs has been torn apart by the civil war as President Bashar al-Assad wrestles for power with Islamic State and other rebel groups
  
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• Anti-Rhodes campaign 'depleted' student union cash

  03-02-2016 22:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  It has been revealed that the Rhodes Must Fall campaign has been funded through Oxford University and has "depleted" student union funds
  
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• Prince Charles' aide caught drunk in charge of her car during the school run

  03-02-2016 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gemma Catherine Kaza, Inventory Controller at Clarence House, was nearly four times the legal limit when police found her in her Land Rover Discovery
  
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• Rhinos are so heavy their BONES struggle to take the strain

  03-02-2016 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from researchers at the University of Chicago suggests that while species rhinos evolved and grown in size over 50 million years, their bones may be strained under their mass.
  
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• Energy giant SSE to shut down major UK power station as fears of power shortages next winter

  03-02-2016 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This comes as the government announced plans to close all coal-powered stations in hopes of lowering carbo emissions
  
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• Geraldine Newman's children who were stabbed to death pictured

  03-02-2016 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Newman, 42, is believed to have killed Geraldine Newman, 51, pictured, before murdering their daughter Shannon, 11, and son Shane, six, in Allerton Bywater, near Leeds.
  
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• How Prince Harry's camp in Afghanistan came under attack from the Taliban

  03-02-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dramatic moment Prince Harry's camp came under attack from the Taliban in Afghanistan has been revealed in a candid new book, with his fellow comrades telling how he did a 'punchy job'.
  
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• Watford man gets revenge on Nissan dealership that ‘discriminated against him’

  03-02-2016 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chirag Kothari, right, claimed he had planned to buy a Nissan X-Trail from his local dealership in Watford, Hertfordshire until the staff have poor service while he was with his autistic brother-in-law, left.
  
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• Lloyds to axe 1,750 jobs and close 29 branches as workers brand it 'kick in the teeth'

  03-02-2016 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 700 of the cuts will be in Halifax branches owned by Lloyds. Other jobs will go in “back office roles, business banking and consumer finance
  
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• easyFoodstore opening sees customers clear the shelves of its 25p goods

  03-02-2016 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dozens of savvy shoppers who queued outside the north-London store today in the hope of bagging similar deals are said to have been left disappointed as shelves were emptied in hours.
  
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• Baby DOOMERS: Survey reveals generation stricken by poverty fears

  03-02-2016 22:10
  
  MILLIONS of workers are at risk of becoming “baby doomers” – a generation that runs out of money in retirement leaving a bleak old age.
  
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• Zika virus to spread across Europe and likely to hit BRITAIN

  03-02-2016 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The virus is most likely to be spread from South America by carrier Aedes mosquitos stowed away in baggage or in the blood of infected travellers
  
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• Zika outbreak 'could infect hundreds of thousands of people in Spain'

  03-02-2016 21:53 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Scientists are concerned that the tiger mosquito, which is rife in Spain, could infect hundreds of thousands of people with the Zika virus
  
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• 'Judge me on those things' Confident Cameron calls EU membership offer 'most meaningful'

  03-02-2016 21:49
  
  PRIME MINISTER David Cameron has said he is "happy to be judged" on the outcome of his EU renegotiation despite widespread claims the membership offer falls short of promised pledges to ban migrant benefits and restore British sovereignty.
  
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• Sarah Reed who suffered beating by police officer is found dead in her cell 

  03-02-2016 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sarah Reed, 32, who was punched three times and dragged by the hair by officer James Kiddie in a horrific attack at Uniqlo in Regent Street, London, has been found dead at Holloway Prison.
  
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• Kent school produces politics guide saying right-wing views are HITLER

  03-02-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A school in Ashford, Kent has used a picture of Hitler to illustrate the difference between the left wing and the right wing in British politics as part of a teaching aid handed out to year 10 pupils.
  
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• Photographer Amit Haas captures owl giving its partner a little nudge

  03-02-2016 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fledgling owls, caught on camera in Israel's Judean desert, appear to have troubing making up after enjoying a play-fight while perched on a branch.
  
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• Priti Patel being urged to lead Out campaign in 'final hope' for charismatic cabinet voice to back Brexit

  03-02-2016 21:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Eurosceptic employment minister, who attends cabinet, being urged to publicly back Out as senior Tories line up behind David Cameron
  
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• Horrified McDonald's customer finds 'green and black' egg in her sausage McMuffin breakfast

  03-02-2016 21:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Laura Cliffe raced back to show the manager who quickly took the food off her
  
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• Kettle Chips recalled over fears packs may contain plastic that looks like crisps

  03-02-2016 21:07 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Customers warned not to eat five varieties of snack and instead return them for a refund as Food Standards Agency warns of 'possible risk to health'
  
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• Helen Mirren defends Academy over lack of diversity in Oscars nominations

  03-02-2016 21:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Dame Helen Mirren says it is ''unfair'' of people to attack the Academy over the Oscars diversity row.
  
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• From London to Iran: British airways resumes travel to Tehran after sanctions lifted

  03-02-2016 21:03
  
  FLIGHTS direct to Iran are to be resumed by British Airways in a bid to renew links after sanctions were lifted.
  
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• Chetham's School of Music teacher banned from classroom over lurid web chats about young girls

  03-02-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Andrew Preston, 50, sent sleazy messages discussing sex fantasies about underage girls which were discovered when he was arrested by police
  
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• Easyfoodstore forced to CLOSE tomorrow after mob of eager bargain hunters clear shelves of goods

  03-02-2016 20:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Due to 'huge publicity' the store will close on Thursday February 4 while stocks are replenished
  
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• Stars come out for National Theatre as it ends Sunday performances

  03-02-2016 20:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Stars come out for National Theatre as it announces new season of plays - except on Sundays
  
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