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• Valentine's blunder leaves man with learning difficulties heartbroken after romantic gesture falls through

  15-02-2016 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Debenhams delivery blunder left Samuel Kernohan, 30, in tears and his long-term girlfriend with no Valentine's Day gift
  
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• Sick ISIS thugs savagely rape four Iraqi women then STONE them to death for 'committing adultery'

  15-02-2016 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The militants arrested the four victims after claiming to have caught them in the act
  
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• Faulty tumble dryers that can burst into flames 'will take 4 years to fix'

  15-02-2016 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There are 5.3 million machines so it’s going to be four years before they have done them all
  
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• Turkey accuses Russia of 'WAR CRIMES' after bombing raids on hospitals in Syria kill dozens of civilians

  15-02-2016 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This comes as UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon condemned the attacks on medical centres and schools in the war torn country
  
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• Torquay boy in Pizza Express offers to use jar of pennies to treat his mum to meal

  15-02-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Max Schofield, aged four, reduced restaurant staff to tears when he took his mum, Emma, to a Pizza Express restaurant in Torquay, Devon, so she wasn't lonely on February 14.
  
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• British Airways set to use new in-flight announcement on peanuts

  15-02-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Heathrow-based carrier, which already doesn't serve peanuts as snacks or include them in its meals, will make the request in an in-flight announcement before take-off.
  
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• Being in a book group could boost health as much as exercise

  15-02-2016 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Being in one of more social clubs could be as good for pensioners as regular exercise, a study in BMJ Open suggests
  
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• See inside Britain's weird and wonderful council homes - and they will genuinely amaze you

  15-02-2016 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From a mock Sistine Chapel to a flat themed around baked beans and an abode suitable for Liberace - these are tower block homes as you've never seen them before
  
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• Horrifying footage shows Russian CLUSTER BOMBS exploding in residential neighbourhood of Aleppo

  15-02-2016 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The devastating payload was dropped by a Su-34 in Haritan, Aleppo earlier today
  
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• Man crushed to death after one-tonne of FROZEN FISH falls on top of him

  15-02-2016 23:11
  
  A COMPANY has admitted failings after one of its workers was crushed to death by a one-tonne "wall" of frozen fish.
  
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• Shocked builders dig up GUN while clearing ground at construction site

  15-02-2016 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cops were called to the site in Southall, West London, following the bizarre discovery at an old gas works
  
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• David Cameron’s auntie knows best - it's a pity he doesn't bother to listen to her

  15-02-2016 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister's auntie Clare will on Tuesday join a protest against the cuts to local services in Oxfordshire - all her nephew's doing
  
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• Can astroturf cause CANCER? Former NHS boss calls for ban on plastic pitches

  15-02-2016 22:51
  
  A FORMER health chief has called for a halt to playing on astroturf pitches as he fears his son's cancer was sparked by the synthetic playing fields.
  
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• Missing Janine Loddo is found safe and well after coming forward

  15-02-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Janine Loddo, 36, had last been seen at a club in Cardiff where she went out with a friend, but she became separated from them and had been missing since leaving alone at 3am on Saturday.
  
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• Police are banned from using water cannon so WHY are the Met training officers?

  15-02-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vehicles, which arrived from Germany in a trio at a cost of £200,000 to the taxpayer following the 2011 riots, were seen parked at the Met’s specialist training centre in Gravesend, Kent.
  
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• Indigestion pills taken by millions 'could raise the risk of dementia' 

  15-02-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A major study poublished in the journal JAMA Neurology showed elderly people who take proton pump inhibitor drugs, or PPIs, are 44 per cent more likely to suffer than those who don't take them.
  
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• ISIS used mustard gas to attack Kurdish forces in Iraq last year

  15-02-2016 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A source at the global chemical arms watchdog has confirmed that the Islamic State used mustard gas to attack Kurdish forces in Iraq.
  
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• Syrian district destroyed by Russian cluster bombs in Aleppo in video

  15-02-2016 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The airstrikes in Syria have been condemned by U.N. chiefs as being 'blatant violations of international laws' as the death toll, which includes children, rises to 50 today.
  
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• Syria hospital strikes 'killed 50'

  15-02-2016 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Up to 50 people are killed in air strikes on schools and hospitals in northern Syria, the UN says, calling the attacks a "blatant" violation of international law.
  
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• Viola Beach were 'living the dream'

  15-02-2016 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Family members of band Viola Beach and their manager - who died in a car crash in Sweden - come together to pay tribute to them.
  
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• Islamic studies teacher Ayman Shaukat accused of helping two extremists flee to Syria

  15-02-2016 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ayman Shaukat (pictured), 27, from the West Midlands, is accused of helping friends fight for ISIS in 2014. But his best friend today told the court that Shaukat has never expressed support for IS.
  
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• Aldi creating 5,000 jobs in 80 new stores as traditional supermarkets struggle to keep up

  15-02-2016 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The German-owned giant today announced plans to take its total UK estate to 700 stores and kicked off a recruitment drive by highlighting its increased pay rates
  
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• Adam Johnson's accuser 'tried to cover up giving him oral sex over his career'

  15-02-2016 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Appearing via video link at Bradford Crown Court, the teenager became upset as she explained how she panicked when rumours began to circulate about what she and Johnson had done.
  
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• Russians blamed for hospital blitz after devastating airstrikes on rebel Syrian towns

  15-02-2016 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rescue workers and rights groups say the bombing has killed dozens of innocent civilians but Moscow insists it is targeting 'terrorist groups'
  
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• Woman suffering 'battered woman syndrome' jailed for stabbing partner to death after he called her a 'whore'

  15-02-2016 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sophie Butler, 20, launched the attack after Norasab Hussain called her a 'whore' in a voicemail message to her mum for talking to another man on May 30 last year
  
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• Ukrainian drug dealer is tortured after being caught by pro-Russian rebels

  15-02-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The 'punishment' happened in the town of Communar, Donetsk Oblast, in southern Ukraine, which is currently occupied by pro-Russian rebels.
  
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• Fury as stores slash Sunday pay to cover the cost of George Osborne's Living Wage

  15-02-2016 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Campaigners fear staff at B&Q, Morrisons and Tesco could be left on 'an existence wage' if the plan to axe extra cash for working unsociable hours goes through
  
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• McNamara 'poorly handled' by England

  15-02-2016 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Steve McNamara's exit as England coach was badly handled by the Rugby Football League, says his club boss.
  
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• 'Angel' schoolgirl killed and sister fights for life after horror early morning car smash

  15-02-2016 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Elif Kaya died when the car she was travelling in crashed in the early hours of Saturday morning
  
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• Christopher Jeffrey-Shaw claims he did not know Janet Muller's body was in boot of car

  15-02-2016 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 27-year-old who stands accused of murdering a German exchange studentnear Horsham, West Sussex, has claimed he did not know her body was in the boot of the car he torched.
  
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• Widow told by judge 'she has enough' money

  15-02-2016 21:35 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Woman told by a judge that "she has enough" money after she sought to obtain millions of pounds from her late husband's estate
  
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• David Cameron's aunt to join a SECOND protest against Tory cuts

  15-02-2016 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clare Currie will join hundreds demanding an end to the austerity wrecking children’s services in Oxfordshire
  
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• Pet cat found hanged from phone charger cord as RSPCA hunt sick killer

  15-02-2016 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vets say the five-year-old animal, which was strung up from a garden wall, had broken nails which suggested a struggle with the yobs who attacked it
  
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• Elderly woman lost down well for 9 days survives by chewing tree bark and drinking her own urine

  15-02-2016 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  She was found by a local shepherd who heard a faint cry coming from down the well she had accidentally fallen into
  
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• Saudi Arabia launches huge military exercise involving 20 nations

  15-02-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The exercise, taking place in King Khalid Military City in north eastern Saudi Arabia will involve ground, air and naval forces and will be the biggest ever manoeuvre staged in the region.
  
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• Norfolk woman who did not know how to drive accidentally ran over her son

  15-02-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mother-of-two Lyndsay Turner, 34, described how her 'foot slipped' and the family's Citroen C4 'jolted forward' and ran over her much-loved little boy Liam, pictured, in Watton, Norfolk.
  
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• Student nurse who died after 5 hour ambulance wait 'could have been saved'

  15-02-2016 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Diabetic Lisa Day would still be alive is she had received "appropriate treatment", a coroner has said
  
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• Shocking video shows entire district destroyed by Russian cluster bombs in Aleppo as air strikes hit five hospitals and two schools and death toll has hit 50

  15-02-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The airstrikes in Syria have been condemned by U.N. chiefs as being 'blatant violations of international laws' as the death toll, which includes children, rises to 50 today.
  
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• Nina Paunova who hanged herself was 'obsessed' by social media

  15-02-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nina Paunova, 20, was found hanged in a field near her ex Sam Scott's East Yorkshire home after driving her car through a hedge at 60mph and also cutting her wrists on September 8.
  
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• Bradford dental nurse and performed a FACE LIFT on friend

  15-02-2016 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A tribunal heard dental nurse Adele Royston, 41, of Bradford, West Yorkshire, planned the operation for two years before performing the gory procedure at her friend's house in February 2014.
  
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• Construction worker is crushed to death by five tonnes of falling steel at business tycoon's £2million home 

  15-02-2016 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man is believed to have been killed when a crane operating on site dropped its heavy metal load earlier today. He was working on the renovation of a mansion home in Weybridge, Surrey.
  
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• Man accused of murdering student by locking her in car boot before setting it ablaze

  15-02-2016 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christopher Jeffrey-Shaw, 27, claims he was ordered by drug dealers to burn the car but had no clue that 21-year-old student Janet Muller was inside
  
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• Macaques photobomb model Cecilia Kallin's shoot at Amber Fort, India

  15-02-2016 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swedish model Cecilia Kallin was shooting with professional photographer Jesper Anhede next to a window at the Amber Fort in Jaipur, India, when the two monkeys took the attention away from her.
  
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• Gloucester Square fire: Massive blaze breaks out in one of London's most exclusive areas

  15-02-2016 21:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dozens of firefighters are tackling a huge fire in Gloucester Square near Paddington
  
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• Repulsive footage shows doctor SCRAPING back layers of infected toenail with scalpel

  15-02-2016 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The video was uploaded by Vikram Yadav who hopes to educate people on the correct way to treat a dirty toenail
  
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• VIDEO: How dangerous are lasers to pilots?

  15-02-2016 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Should laser pointers be banned after a flight was forced to turn back when one was shone into the cockpit?
  
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• Taking your driving test? Study finds you're 50 percent more likely to pass if you do this

  15-02-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The findings were from a three-year study looking at how our brains performed at different points of the day
  
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• 'It's more patriotic to want to stay in European Union', insists Gordon Brown

  15-02-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former PM, writing in the Daily Mirror, issues a powerful warning of the dangers of the UK voting to leave in the referendum
  
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• Gordon Brown on why we need to LEAD Europe and not leave it

  15-02-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Writing for The Daily Mirror, the former Prime Minister, explains why we have to stay in the European Union
  
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• Jealous ex boyfriend stabbed carpenter to death for sleeping with his former partner

  15-02-2016 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bernardas Petreikis knifed Mantas Augenas to death in his bed after sleeping with his ex Eliana Podlesnaja, a court heard
  
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