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• National Lottery results: What were Saturday's winning numbers?

  20-02-2016 23:52 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  No one scooped the top prize for Wednesday night's Lotto draw, so this Saturday's rollover jackpot stands at £6.8million
  
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• Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds to close at least 400 banks with loss of thousands of jobs

  20-02-2016 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The closures over the next three years would see the loss of potentially thousands of jobs as more customers choose to bank online
  
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• Horrifying drug 'that can turn users into CANNIBALS' hits UK streets

  20-02-2016 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A surge in demand for the drug has been seen in London, according to websites used by addicts
  
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• British Gas cuts 296 sales jobs despite reporting recent 31% profit surge

  20-02-2016 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The positions are set to go at the energy firm despite the company's profits hitting a massive £574million last year
  
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• British Gas cuts 100 sales jobs despite reporting recent 31% profit surge

  20-02-2016 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The positions are set to go at the energy firm despite the company's profits hitting a massive £574million last year
  
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• Strength in numbers: Michael Fallon backs staying with Europe

  20-02-2016 23:48 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  In an interview with the Telegraph, the Defence Secretary says Vladimir Putin would be pleased by Brexit, as he warns the security threats facing Britain mean it is no time to "hide under the duvets"
  
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• We're the real winners: Polish prime minister claims victory over David Cameron after his failed crackdown on migrant benefits 

  20-02-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beata Szydlo, pictured with David Cameron, said the deal struck by European leaders would ensure Poles living and working in Britain could continue to receive welfare payments.
  
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• Soaring vacancies of hospital consultants, with 4 in 10 posts unfilled

  20-02-2016 23:42 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Steep rise in vacancy levels for hospital consultants, with concerns raised that NHS plans were not adjusted for rising numbers of women working part-time
  
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• Mesmerising horror of watching a middle-class accountant lose £3,000 in an hour on crack cocaine gambling machines 

  20-02-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bookmakers across Britain house almost 35,000 of these FOBTs, which made a whopping profit of £1.7 billion for companies such as Paddy Power, Ladbrokes, Coral and William Hill.
  
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• Mum 'waterboards 13-year-old son and ties rope around his genitals as punishment for touching dog'

  20-02-2016 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum Christi Howell and her boyfriend Casey Shackleford allegedly carried out the punishment after the boy said he had inappropriately touched the family dog
  
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• Stem cell donor plea for boy aged 4 diagnosed with leukaemia and seeking a match

  20-02-2016 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tommy Simpson has been in hospital since ­before Christmas but his white British and black Caribbean heritage makes a donor hard to find
  
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• Gove and Boris EXPOSED in secret EU plot: Pair are snapped at Johnson home on the eve of Cabinet rebel's 'exit'  

  20-02-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson had secret talks with Cabinet rebel Michael Gove last week on whether to defy David Cameron over the EU referendum, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
  
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• Shock poll lead of 15 POINTS for 'In' camp: One in two voters want to remain but one in five undecided and six out of ten say PM's new deal will not change way they vote 

  20-02-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Results are in for the first poll since the Prime Minister's talks in Brussels, and the 'In' camp has a 15-point lead over the 'Out' camp. However, one in five voters are still undecided.
  
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• Murderer Steven Pratt released from prison after 30-year sentence...and kills his mum two days later

  20-02-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 47-year-old told police after killing his mum: "I don't want a trial. I'm guilty"
  
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• EU referendum: Up to 100 Tory backbenchers could back Brexit as 'in' campaign 'cock a hoop' about convincing Sajid Javid and Theresa May

  20-02-2016 23:25 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  For the first time in 41 years, serving British ministers have joined a public campaign against their Government and Prime Minister - but Downing Street was 'delighted' only six Cabinet ministers backed Brexit
  
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• Revolt of the EU rebels: Emotional scenes in the first Saturday Cabinet for 50 years as Gang of Six race to defy Prime Minister within half an hour of his 'I'm in' pledge

  20-02-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The six rebel Ministers who plan to defy David Cameron by campaigning for the UK to leave the EU told him to his face why his new, hard-fought deal with other member states was not good enough.
  
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• Tory donor's plumbing firm's National Insurance row over dodge on staff contributions

  20-02-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charlie Mullins employs staff as contractors and has been slammed as causing "the erosion of the tax base"
  
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• Onshore wind farm subsidies could continue on islands

  20-02-2016 23:19 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Ministers face fresh accusations of breaking their manifesto commitment to end onshore wind subsidies
  
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• Airbus designs 'obese' seats to help airlines deal with the growth of big-bellied passengers

  20-02-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The aircraft manufacturer has submitted a patent for a “Re-Configurable Passenger Bench Seat” that would see planes able to accommodate all shapes and sizes with adjustable chairs and seatbelts
  
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• Hobbit battle becomes David vs Goliath fight as Hollywood firm targets UK wine maker over name

  20-02-2016 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “Giraffe” Elise and “Hobbit” Stuart Whittaker will face The Saul Zaentz Company, which owns the trademark to the word "Hobbit", at an Intellectual Property Office hearing in Newport on March 30
  
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• McDonald's is putting a new breakfast sandwich on trial... and it's pretty weird

  20-02-2016 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man behind the sandwich said: "I just think that's something that isn't out there right now"
  
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• Calais Jungle camp evictions could see more than 1,000 people left without homes

  20-02-2016 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The makeshift living quarters in the Jungle are to be demolished and removed with no alternative offered for the migrants
  
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• Pigeon poo-filled home leaves cleaners horrified and needing breathing masks to clear home

  20-02-2016 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shock find was made just moments away from the new Anfield stadium development in Liverpool
  
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• Should we remain in Europe? The arguments for both staying in and leaving the EU

  20-02-2016 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Six senior Tory ministers have announced their intention to back the OUT campaign
  
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• Prison authorities find 130 illegal mobile phones in one prison in ONE YEAR

  20-02-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The find, at Elmley jail on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, casts doubt over the the Prison Service’s ­ability to stop contraband reaching prisoners
  
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• What will David Cameron's European Union deal mean to YOU?

  20-02-2016 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has an "emergency brake" on in-work benefits when there are "exceptional" levels of migration
  
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• Boris Johnson holding old school pal David Cameron to ransom over EU referendum

  20-02-2016 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The London Mayor has kept his counsel for a further 24 hours after senior Tory figures were finally allowed to air their views
  
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• David Cameron's EU referendum deal sees 6 key cabinet members defect to OUT campaign

  20-02-2016 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Gove,  John Whittingdale, Iain Duncan Smith, Theresa Villiers and Chris Grayling are in the out campaign while Boris Johnson is undecided
  
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• Watch: Residents and tourists react in London to possible Brexit

  20-02-2016 22:27 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  On Saturday, Prime Minister David Cameron announced the UK-EU referendum will be held on June 23, watch how London reacted
  
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• Google is paying even LESS tax than thought as UK deal is just 2%

  20-02-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts had reckoned the sweetheart deal with George Osborne to pay £130million tax for 10 years’ profit was equivalent to 3 per cent
  
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• Two-year-old girl with 'meningitis' in critical condition after ambulance taking her to hospital came off the motorway and rolled over several times in horror crash

  20-02-2016 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Molly Hockey was being taken from Warwick Hospital to Horton Hospital in Banbury, Oxfordshire, with suspected meningitis when the ambulance crashed on the M40 at around 4am on Thursday.
  
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• National Lottery results: Lotto winning numbers for £6.8million jackpot on Saturday, February 20 revealed

  20-02-2016 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After one lucky player bagged the £32.8million prize last week, will someone else strike gold tonight? 
  
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• EastEnders star Ross Kemp named in Afghan gunship crash probe that's taken eight years

  20-02-2016 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The EastEnders star watched an incident where an Apache craft hit the ground and was destroyed
  
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• Watch moment motorist 'checks Facebook' on his phone while driving along busy motorway

  20-02-2016 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The oblivious driver doesn't seem to notice fellow motorists trying to catch his attention as he carries on looking at the smartphone
  
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• Nelson's Column: Yes, yes, yes - a sex machine in the White House is better than Donald Trump

  20-02-2016 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Are robots about to take over our jobs and even our sex lives? Sunday People
  political editor Nigel Nelson
  thinks not
  
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• Volvo recalls 7,000 cars in the UK because of software glitch that shuts down engine

  20-02-2016 21:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The manufacturer is recalling 59,000 cars - 7,000 of them in the UK - because of the software problem
  
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• Stricken A&E patients told 'go home unless you're dying' as hospital is hit by seven-hour delays

  20-02-2016 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  North Middlesex Hospital put a message over a Tannoy advising people to go home unless they had a life-threatening illness
  
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• Top Gear's Matt LeBlanc and Chris Evans don heavy-duty waterproofs for filming

  20-02-2016 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Their first road trip as hosts of the BBC series saw them race from the British capital to the seaside resort. Once there the rains came and the wind followed, forcing them to bundle up.
  
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• Terror boss who helped mastermind Tunisia attacks killed in US airstrike in Libya

  20-02-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Seifallah Ben Hassine is said to have brainwashed Seifeddine Rezgui, who killed 38 holidaymakers on a beach in Sousse last June
  
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• Police close off 'Liverpool’s premier gay sauna' after man collapses and is rushed to hospital in critical condition

  20-02-2016 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 54-year-old man has been taken to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, with forensic experts called in to investigate
  
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• Moment Manchester clubber slams into a glass door with his jumper covering his face

  20-02-2016 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the CCTV footage of the incident at the Level club in Bolton, Greater Manchester, the unidentified man puts on his jumper which covers his face so he cannot see the door in front.
  
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• Secret air pollutants in our homes 'claim thousands of lives'

  20-02-2016 21:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Thousands dying each year from the effect of poor air quality, including pollutants from everyday objects and appliances in their homes, claims landmark new report
  
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• Pervert Rolf Harris in bid to move prisons to be closer to his sick wife

  20-02-2016 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shamed TV star wants to move to a prison in the south to be nearer his wife Alwen's home in Berkshire as she battles health problems
  
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• Floyd Mayweather leaves £1,200 tip to British drivers after boxing legend's trip to UK

  20-02-2016 21:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Digbeth-based Phantom Hire was booked to pick up the athlete and his 24-strong entourage from Cannock’s Premier Suite, where the unbeaten champ delivered an after-dinner speech
  
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• Woman killed as car hits shoppers in Guildford crash

  20-02-2016 21:06 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A Land Rover careered off the road and into pedestrians leaving one woman dead and two injured in Guildford, Surrey
  
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• Paedophiles, rapists and a murderer among those who have applied to be taxi drivers

  20-02-2016 21:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kidnappers and applicants who have been convicted of indecent assault on women have also tried to enter the profession - and some were successful
  
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• Tragic meningitis boy Mason Timmins' final moments revealed in heartbreaking photo as parents issue warning to other families

  20-02-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Claire and Mark Timmins have released a picture of seven-year-old Mason Timmins just before he died in hospital a fortnight before Christmas in 2013
  
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• East Yorkshire 1960s six-bedroom bungalow goes on the market for £1.25million

  20-02-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It may seem like it is stuck in the swinging '60s but this property in east Yorkshire has been described as an 'architectural wonder' after going on the market for £1.25million.
  
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• Railways rip-off as British passengers pay SIX TIMES more than in Europe

  20-02-2016 20:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The second week of a Sunday People investigation into rail travel reveals more evidence that UK travellers are getting a raw deal
  
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• The Queen sells her Jaguar X-type for £15,000

  20-02-2016 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Jaguar X-Type that belonged to the Queen has sold for £15,000 to a buyer who had no idea they were buying a slice of royalty, according to London used car firm Fletchdale Ltd.
  
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