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• Paris brothels reborn as five-star getaways for honeymooners and hipsters... and you can pay by the hour

  14-02-2016 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  They were once houses of ill repute, but now they're hoping to attract a slightly different crowd
  
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• Paris brothels are reborn as five-star getaways for honeymooners and hipsters... and you can pay by the hour

  14-02-2016 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  They were once houses of ill repute, but now they're hoping to attract a slightly different crowd
  
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• Second-hand car seller is maybe a little TOO honest in hilarious Facebook advert

  14-02-2016 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The vehicle, which is described as 'no oil painting' and like a 'hen house' inside, was on sale in Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland, for £295
  
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• Akhtar Javeed: Two men charged with murder of businessman shot dead during attempted robbery

  14-02-2016 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pair will appear in court tomorrow morning
  
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• Two charged over murder of businessman shot dead during attempted warehouse robbery

  14-02-2016 23:26
  
  TWO men have been charged in connection with the murder of a company director who was shot dead during an attempted robbery on his Birmingham warehouse.
  
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• BREAKING NEWS: Two charged over man shot dead during attempted robbery at warehouse

  14-02-2016 23:26
  TWO men have been charged in connection with the murder of a company director who was shot dead during an attempted robbery on his Birmingham warehouse.
  
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• Dodgy dentist who sparked HIV scare 'to be sued for £1million by former patients'

  14-02-2016 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alan Morrison has been struck off the dental register after he used dirty equipment and put 6,000 patients at risk
  
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• Watch moment man plays CRUELEST Valentine's Day proposal trick on unsuspecting girlfriend

  14-02-2016 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He popped the big question, but it was not what the love of his life was expecting
  
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• Documentary reveals how The Catcher In The Rye author JD Salinger was inspired

  14-02-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of American literature's most iconic coming-of-age characters was inspired by time in an English town towards the end of World War 2, according to a new BBC Radio 4 documentary.
  
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• Stephen Fry sparks outrage by calling Bafta winning costume designer a 'bag lady'

  14-02-2016 23:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  His perhaps misjudged comments have started a Twitterstorm
  
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• Wizzard rocker’s widow pledges everlasting love by getting his portrait tattooed on her back

  14-02-2016 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sue Burney paid romantic tribute to the late jazz sax player Mike Burney by having the £200 inking completed just in time for Valentine’s Day
  
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• Partner of minister who wants to relax Sunday trading laws is on board of Morrisons

  14-02-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Morrisons is one of the companies which will benefit the most from the changes supported by Anna Soubry
  
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• BBC to axe television and radio divisions as part of radical management overhaul

  14-02-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lord Hall, the director-general, is to unveil what is being billed as the most far-reaching organisational overhaul in the BBC's history, and will not replace recently departed TV boss, Danny Cohen
  
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• 6,000 tumble dryers burst into flames in six years as campaign calls for tougher safety

  14-02-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shocking figure is far worse than first thought – and at least 270 people have been injured
  
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• Weight 'distorts how people see height and gradient' putting them off exercise

  14-02-2016 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research shows that being overweight distorts perception. As a result, fat people see distances as being further and slopes as being steeper.
  
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• St Helena to remain one of the most remote places on the planet

  14-02-2016 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  St Helena, a British territory in the South Atlantic Ocean, and its 4,000 people - known as 'saints' - were due to be able to fly to and from their homeland by now.
  
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• NHS rationing of hearing aids fuels epidemic of Alzheimer's disease

  14-02-2016 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The warning follows research showing that the risk of dementia rockets as hearing fades.
  
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• British space super telescope 100 times more powerful than Hubble 'will hunt out aliens'

  14-02-2016 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The James Webb space telescope (JWST) will launch in 2018 as a replacement to the Hubble space telescope, in the hope it will find life outside of Earth
  
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• Rebel Wilson calls Oscars 'racist' in hilarious Bafta speech

  14-02-2016 22:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  She said 'I have never been invited to the Oscars, as you know they are racist' while presenting the Best Supporting Actor award
  
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• Twin's desperate appeal after sister goes missing after night out

  14-02-2016 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Janine Loddo hasn't been seen since Friday night, when she visited the new Popworld nightclub in Cardiff
  
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• Bataclan survivors say memorial gig is 'too soon' as they give chilling account of Paris terror attack

  14-02-2016 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Nolan and Katie Healy saw terrorists gun down 89 innocent people at the Eagles of Death Metal concert in November last year
  
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• Kate Winslet dedicates her Bafta award to teen girls - revealing she was told she would only get 'fat girl parts'

  14-02-2016 22:23 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The star won the Best Supporting Actress role for her role in Steve Jobs and opened up about her past in a moving speech
  
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• Pope Francis holds Mass before 400,000 worshippers in Mexico's Ecatepec

  14-02-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pope Francis has held Mass in front of 300,000 people in a murder-ridden suburb of Mexico City, and urged them to create a country free of emigration and 'merchants of death'. 
  
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• Muslims are not as separate as Islamophobes would have us believe

  14-02-2016 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The truth is multi-culturalism remains a success in Britain despite the mistaken impression created by hostile Islamophobes and Muslim preachers
  
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• Valentine’s picnic couple flee as earthquake sends clifftops tumbling into the sea

  14-02-2016 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emma Russell and her boyfriend had a lucky escape when the tremor struck the New Zealand city Christchurch
  
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• Most men would rather have a good night's sleep than passionate sex this Valentine's Day

  14-02-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new findings are surprising, but do you agree? Or would you rather get amorous with your loved one this weekend?
  
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• Three Palestinian teens are shot dead after they tried to kill Israeli soldiers

  14-02-2016 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Palestinians, aged 15 and 17, were shot by Israeli authorities after they attacked soldiers and police with rocks, a rifle and a knife in two separate attacks in the West Bank today.
  
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• Sutton Coldfield man saves his bride-to-be by giving her half his LIVER

  14-02-2016 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Paul Jones, 29, from Sutton Coldfield, in the West Midlands, found out his partner Clare needed a liver transplant - he selflessly put himself forward and went under the knife.
  
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• Man horrified after finding DEAD chick inside his boiled free range egg

  14-02-2016 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Writing a complaint to the shop, he said: "I know you don't lay the eggs but at least know what you are serving the customers"
  
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• Leopard cub takes cute selfie as she stretches out for photographer's camera

  14-02-2016 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The stunning pic featured a hand-raised big cat - who is nearly at the age when she will no longer interact with people
  
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• Heartbroken mum speaks out after 'troubled' son is found dead in his own flat

  14-02-2016 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  His heartbroken mum said: "I always knew he was troubled, but I didn’t realise how desperate he was"
  
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• Look inside 600-year-old barn that has been converted into an incredible home

  14-02-2016 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Old Barn in Holmbury St Mary is linked to one of Britain’s greatest architects Edwin Lutyens, who reputedly designed part of the building
  
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• Serial killer Peter Tobin 'faked a stroke to celebrate 25th anniversary of schoolgirl's murder'

  14-02-2016 21:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tobin, who has a history of feigning illness to avoid court appearances, was rushed to hospital last Sunday after suffering a suspected stroke
  
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• 'Eggs won't give you a heart attack', new study reveals

  14-02-2016 21:01
  
  GOING to work on an egg will not raise the risk of a heart attack, according to a health study.
  
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• Baftas ceremony begins with 'awkward' kiss cam, where celebs are encouraged to share an embrace

  14-02-2016 20:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  An exciting new feature of tonight's Baftas is a 'kiss cam'. Read on to find out whether Idris Elba and Michael Fassbender locked lips
  
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• Levi Bellfield accused of playing mind games after DENYING he admitted killing Milly

  14-02-2016 20:51
  
  SERIAL killer Levi Bellfield was accused of playing twisted mind games today by trying to deny the murder of schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
  
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• Dr Rose Polge: Major hunt underway for young junior doctor missing for two days

  14-02-2016 20:51
  
  FEARS are growing for a 25-year-old junior doctor who has been missing for two days.
  
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• Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond accuses Russia of 'carpet bombing' civilians in Syria

  14-02-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He also said Russian warnings of a new "world war" if states such as Saudi Arabia intervene on the ground were "gross exaggeration"
  
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• Viola Beach’s record company pays tribute to band and says singles sales cash will go to their families

  14-02-2016 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Their record company Communion said in a statement: "[They] had everything going for them – great songs, passion, talent, drive… everything that a band should have"
  
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• Tory MP's freebie at Liverpool game where fans walked out in ticket price protest

  14-02-2016 20:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There were no worries about entry fees for Charlotte Leslie, who was at Anfield as a guest of the Premier League at a cost of £1,680
  
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• Islington Council 'hires professional witness to get tenants thrown out of homes'

  14-02-2016 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A letter to tenants from Islington Council in north London warned it had appointed a 'professional witness' to gather evidence against whoever was responsible for feeding the pigeons.
  
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• How the Oscars 2016 beats the BAFTAs in the battle of the goodie bags

  14-02-2016 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tonight's Bafta nominees will walk away with a goodie bag worth £1,800, a modest offering compared with the exclusive haul offered by the Oscars $200,000 swag bag later this month.
  
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• What are a snowball's actual chances in hell? This experiment throws up some surprising results

  14-02-2016 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's a well known phrase to describe something with only the remotest of chances - but these scientists decided to put the theory to the test
  
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• Brave woman battling terminal cancer writes incredible and heartbreaking letter to her brutal illness

  14-02-2016 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rowena Kincaid was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, just after she returned from travelling in New Zealand
  
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• UK told to stop tasering children after 38% rise in police use of stun guns

  14-02-2016 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The United Nations will publicly shame England and Wales for continuing to allow police to fire tasers at children and will also tell the UK to ban police from stopping and searching toddlers.
  
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• Secret papers reveal police plotted to arrest Ronnie Biggs in MID-AIR over South America

  14-02-2016 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scotland Yard planned to ambush and handcuff the Great Train Robber as he flew out of his hideout in Brazil
  
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• Fears that hand grenades will be thrown at funerals of Dublin's gang murders

  14-02-2016 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (pictured) and Christy 'The Irish Godfather' Kinahan are said to have met in Dublin to broker a deal that would prevent an escalation in tensions between two rival gangs.
  
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• Boris Johnson tells voters there is 'no reason to be afraid' of leaving the EU

  14-02-2016 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Mayor of London promised to 'come off the fence with deafening' effect when the PM finalises back his EU deal this week but said London would 'flourish in or out' of the EU.
  
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• #BaftaBlackout: Sacha Baron Cohen, Kate Winslet and Stephen Fry discuss race protest at Bafta awards

  14-02-2016 20:07 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Bryan Cranston has spoken out as support for #BaftaBlackout erupts on Twitter
  
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• Brave ISIS sex slave survivor relives the moment her family were massacred in terrorist raid

  14-02-2016 20:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nadia Murad, 21, said: "When I speak I didn't speak just on my behalf, but on behalf of all the women and children affected in the war zone"
  
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