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• Lynn Faulds Wood on danger of washer and dryers in our homes as 6,000 have caught fire

  17-02-2016 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Consumer expert Lynn Faulds Wood, who chaired the government report, outlines the dangers in our homes – and spells out the changes she wants in the product recall system
  
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• Drunk boyfriend attacks girlfriend after she refused to have Valentine's sex at The Ritz

  17-02-2016 23:48
  
  A DRUNK boyfriend attacked his girlfriend because she refused to have sex with him on Valentine's Day at The Ritz.
  
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• Young man 'crushed to death' by lorry arm while investigating oil leak

  17-02-2016 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Eric Lloyd, 23, was fatally injured after failing to use a prop to support the hook arm while it was in a raised position
  
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• Stockholm explosion: 'Blast' reported at Turkish cultural centre in Swedish city

  17-02-2016 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All the windows of the centre were blown out according to Swedish media reports - we'll bring you more on this as we get it
  
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• Stockholm explosion: 'Blast' reported at Turkish cultural centre 'destroying building' in Swedish capital

  17-02-2016 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A powerful blast took place at 21:35 local time at the in Botkyrka Turkish cultural association premises in the Fittja district of the city
  
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• Boy with no arms and legs told he must prove he is disabled to keep his benefits

  17-02-2016 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lad of 16 who lost all 4 limbs to meningitis is threatened with having benefits stopped
  
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• Tragic baby aged 5 months dies following suspected attack in her own home

  17-02-2016 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The little girl was being treated for injuries at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh since an incident
  
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• Met Police worker Tony Hanley died after shooting himself following stand-off

  17-02-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tony Hanley, 51, turned the weapon on himself when negotiations with armed officers broke down, after he was spotted with the firearm near his home (pictured) in Wallington, South London.
  
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• CCTV captures heart-stopping moment little boy slips down gap between train and platform at station

  17-02-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the terrifying video the youngster is seen walking along at a station in Brisbane as the locomotive pulls up
  
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• Brighton police release footage of man buying lighter fluid after hit and run case 

  17-02-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sussex Police released fresh CCTV taken just 40 minutes after the January 14 collision of a man in a convenience store (pictured). He is wanted in connection with an horrific hit and run in Brighton.
  
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• Saudi Air Force engineer cadets training in UK are arrested over rape claims

  17-02-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Middle Eastern recruits, both 21, who are currently stationed at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, were held after a woman complained she was sexually assaulted last week.
  
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• Britons whose neighbourhoods change with an influx of migrants are LESS happy

  17-02-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britons who leave diverse neighbourhoods in favour of a community made up of others from their own ethnic group reported feeling happier than those who stayed in changing communities.
  
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• Kilsyth woman confronts convicted paedophile in Facebook video

  17-02-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gillian Martin was left shaking with rage when she spotted sex offender Brian Docherty standing in a bus stop in Kilsyth, Lanarkshire. She asked him how he could possibly return to the town.
  
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• Evil rapist may stay in jail forever

  17-02-2016 23:27
  
  A SEX predator who snatched a 15-year-old schoolgirl off the street and subjected her to a horrific, 32-hour rape ordeal may never be freed from prison.
  
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• Darren Byrne charged with murdering his wife in Theydon Bois, Essex

  17-02-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Darren Byrne, 39, appeared before Chelmsford Magistrates' Court following the death of his wife, Maria, at their £450,000 home in theEssex village of Theydon Bois, pictured.
  
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• Young dolphin dies on a beach in Argentina after being dumped by people taking photos

  17-02-2016 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A young dolphin has died of suspected dehydration after being paraded around like a trophy and stroked by a crowd of sunbathers who then abandoned it on the sand.
  
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• Brasserie Vacherin diner ‘hurled racist abuse at chef Malcolm John calling him a black ****'

  17-02-2016 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kevin Boxall, 43, is accused of racially abusing French brasserie owner Malcolm John while he was working at his restaurant, Brasserie Vacherin in Sutton, Surrey.
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow's alleged stalker found not guilty

  17-02-2016 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Hollywood star told a court in Los Angeles that Dante Soiu had sent her 66 letters between 2009 and 2015
  
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• Young dolphin dies when it's carried on the beach for people to stroke and take photographs

  17-02-2016 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The rare species, which quickly dies when out of the water, lay dying on the beach as the crowd continued to take pictures
  
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• Viola Beach: Warning lights on bridge that could have saved Britons' lives 'were faulty'

  17-02-2016 23:20
  
  TWO sets of lights that could have stopped British indie band Viola Beach being killed were faulty, it has been claimed.
  
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• Scotland faces power crisis warns expert

  17-02-2016 23:18
  
  SCOTLAND will face serious electrical supply problems when Longannet coal-fired power station is closed next month, a leading energy expert has warned.
  
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• Ankara bombing video captures explosion that killed 28 people in Turkish capital

  17-02-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The target of the blast in the Turkish capital of Ankara, which killed at least 28 people and left 61 others injured, was a convoy of military vehicles at an crossroads just 500m from parliament buildings.
  
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• Are these 180 women victims of the killer nicknamed the Grim Sleeper?

  17-02-2016 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ex-police mechanic Lonnie D Franklin Jr has gone on trial accused of killing nine women and a 15 year-old-girl between 1985 and 2007
  
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• Two teenage girls 'battered woman to death then asked police for lift home', court hears

  17-02-2016 23:01
  
  TWO teenage girls asked police for a lift home after brutally battering a woman to death, a court has heard.
  
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• Vital support for the disabled slashed by 20% as Iain Duncan Smith approves town hall cuts

  17-02-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ministers say the measures are fair because the number of claimants will fall – but campaigner Linda Burnip says this is 'based on the hope enough people will die'
  
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• HRT for elderly men could boost libido and make them happier

  17-02-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A 'landmark' new study has suggested that should consider taking hormone replacement therapy to boost their sex drive and improve their moods
  
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• Boy, 11, who faces 'brutal and agonising death' if he doesn't have urgent surgery for jaw cancer is back in UK after he was found in Poland with his mother

  17-02-2016 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An 11-year-old boy who vanished after specialists said he had cancer in his jaw and needed 'urgent surgery' is back in the UK after being found with his mother in Poland, a family court judge has heard.
  
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• 'There is no guarantee of a deal,' says EU chief running talks

  17-02-2016 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EU Council president Donald Tusk tonight pleaded with EU leaders to finalise a deal on Britain's membership warning failure would be a 'defeat both for the UK and the European Union'.
  
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• Mum horrified to find 2 cm screw in baby's Pampers which 'could have gone up his bottom'

  17-02-2016 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tamara Dennis only discovered the sharp piece of metal when four-month-old Calobe began howling with pain after she changed him
  
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• Sickening picture shows desperate leopard EATING another leopard as animals starve to death in Yemen zoo

  17-02-2016 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lions, leopards and other animals are starving to death, turning to cannibalism and suffering from weeping wounds thanks to lack of funding and access to resources
  
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• Women who give birth after the age of 40 are 60% more likely to have a stroke 

  17-02-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Minnesota researchers say older women are more likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol when they become pregnant. Singer Mariah Carey had IVF twins at 41.
  
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• Pervert secretly filmed up the skirts of more than 130 schoolgirls on buses and women in supermarkets

  17-02-2016 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christopher Baker was jailed for 12 months after also admitting filming a work colleague and a relative who was using the bathroom
  
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• Cancer mum SAVED by pioneering op after being told there was no hope

  17-02-2016 22:41
  
  A CANCER patient who was told she was terminally ill eight years ago is now clear of the disease after undergoing pioneering treatment.
  
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• Incredible baby scan shows dying twin HOLDING unborn sister's hand in heartbreaking photo

  17-02-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A baby scan picture has given the parents Britanni and Ian McIntire an unexpected piece of comfort as it appears to show the unborn twins looking after each other in the womb
  
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• Older mothers have far higher risks of stroke and heart attack, study suggests

  17-02-2016 22:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Amid rising numbers of births to older mothers, research suggests those giving birth after 40 have far higher risks of heart attacks and strokes
  
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• Climber dies after avalanche in Scottish Highlands

  17-02-2016 22:19
  
  A CLIMBER has died following an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands.
  
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• Ed Miliband scraps Oxford University Labour Club talk over claims members have a 'problem with Jews'

  17-02-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former Labour leader said he was "deeply disturbed" by the reports and has postponed a March 4 speech until an investigation is finished
  
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• Do NOT reset your iPhone date to unlock 'retro' mode - you'll just break it

  17-02-2016 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An online hoax tells users if they change the date of their device to a certain date they will reveal the classic Apple logo
  
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• Mum and son who ran heroin and crack cocaine dealing operation in street are jailed

  17-02-2016 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pair, who have 56 previous convictions between them, were arrested after police uncovered the class A drugs operation
  
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• Prince Charles meets mini-me who loves to dress just like him

  17-02-2016 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Little Benjamin Cooper met his favourite Royal who had come to Redcar to meet workers and hear about the closure of the steel plant
  
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• Two men arrested after shooting of wealthy businessman in his luxury Essex home

  17-02-2016 22:01
  
  DETECTIVES hunting armed robbers who shot a wealthy businessman in his luxury home were questioning two men today.
  
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• Migrant boy accused of gang-raping classmate in Austria NOW living in BRITAIN

  17-02-2016 22:01
  
  A TEENAGER accused of taking part in a gang rape in Austria was allowed to move to the UK despite being on bail, it has emerged.
  
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• A teenager accused of rape moved to Britain while on bail

  17-02-2016 22:01
  
  A TEENAGER accused of taking part in a gang rape in Austria was allowed to move to the UK despite being on bail, it has emerged.
  
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• Brexit could push the Falklands closer to Argentina, warns Michael Poole

  17-02-2016 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Falklands MP Michael Poole MP (pictured left talking to Defence Secretary Michael Fallon today) has written to the Tories pleading to stay in the EU, warning that Brexit would harm the island.
  
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• Real-life Catch Me If You Can teen conman caught practising as doctor without a licence

  17-02-2016 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police arrested Malachi Love-Robinson, 18, at the office of his New Birth New Life Medical Centre & Urgent Care
  
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• Union plea to save 270 jobs at UK’s last train-maker as Bombardier plans global cuts

  17-02-2016 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  RMT leader Mick Cash says ministers should “end this cull of skilled train-building jobs and secure a long-term future for the Derby plant”
  
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• Andrea McNicholas wins £900k from NHS after medics missed mouth cancer

  17-02-2016 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Andrea McNicholas, 49, of Wigan, had complained of symptoms - including a hole in the roof of her mouth that wouldn't heal - for more than a year.
  
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• NHS now prescribing drugs to gambling addicts as the number seeking help soars

  17-02-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There are now more than half a million problem gamblers and calls to the UK’s biggest helpline rocketed by a third last year
  
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• National Lottery results: Lotto winning numbers for £2.2 million jackpot on Wednesday, February 17

  17-02-2016 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There was no outright winner during Wednesday's draw, meaning someone could be winning big tonight
  
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• National Lottery: Have you scooped the £2.2m top prize?

  17-02-2016 21:40 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  One winner scooped the jackpot of £32million on Saturday night, so this Wednesday's top prize was £2.2million
  
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