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• Home Secretary Theresa May plans to strip grooming gangs of their British citizenship

  26-02-2016 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a major crackdown on child exploitation groups, the Tory MP wants to deport offenders at the end of their prison sentences
  
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• Black mould in Aldi apple juice carton leaves horrified mum 'feeling sick'

  26-02-2016 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clara Sickling only noticed the disgusting bacteria when she poured the drink out into a cup for daughter Poppy because the straw was missing
  
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• "You ugly, fat b*****d, I'm gonna break your FACE": Watch angry bare-knuckle fighters arrange bout on YouTube

  26-02-2016 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dougie Joyce, an amateur boxer, and fellow traveller Simon ‘Simey’ McGinley exchanged expletive-ridden threats during the bizzare clips
  
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• Prince George and Princess Charlotte are getting up to mischief as Prince William jokes: "Please tell me it gets easier"

  26-02-2016 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Asked how his children are getting on, William quipped:"No broken bones yet, but they're trying. Running around, pushing things, jumping"
  
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• James Bond legend Roger Moore backs Tony Blackburn saying 'don't let the b******s get you down'

  26-02-2016 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Legendary 007 actor branded the Beeb 'b******s' as he backed DJ pal
  
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• The Dress all over again: What colour is this jacket? The internet can't agree

  26-02-2016 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One Twitter user posted a photo of her new jacket online but said some of her friends could see white and blue, while she sees black and brown
  
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• Anger as competition aimed at getting girls interested in science is won ... by a BOY 

  26-02-2016 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EDF Energy's 'Pretty Curious' competition - linked to a campaign which was launched to get young girls interested in science - has been won by a 13-year-old boy, sparking outrage online.
  
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• Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc's Top Gear series won't be ready for May 8

  26-02-2016 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new BBC Top Gear featuring Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc is being delayed by two weeks until May 22 and the final two episodes are being postponed for 12 months due to problems with filming.
  
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• Little boy begs for 'magic legs' so he can walk like his sister but NHS won't allow it

  26-02-2016 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New op lets Ava walk but NHS refuse to give her brother the same chance
  
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• Rotherham sex abuse victim 'attacked by own brothers' when they heard she was abused by Asian men

  26-02-2016 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When her brothers found out, they were furious with her and physically assaulted her because she was involved sexually with Bannaras Hussain, the prosecutor said
  
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• Rotherham child abuse gang victim's dad had begged cops to protect his family from ringleader for YEARS

  26-02-2016 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The dad, who is known only as "Alex" to protect his daughter's identity - claims he contacted South Yorkshire Police when his daughter became a runaway
  
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• BBC bosses told Tony Blackburn 'resign or we will sack you'

  26-02-2016 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Blackburn says BBC's memos are part of a whitewash and cover-up and no quiz on suicide girl took place
  
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• British tourists who died at Vietnam's Datanla waterfalls pictured

  26-02-2016 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bodies of Christian Sloan, 24, and Beth Anderson, 24, and Izzy Squire, 19, who are believed to be sisters, were recovered from the Datanla waterfalls this afternoon.
  
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• Tony Blackburn to launch personal libel action against BBC director-general Tony Hall

  26-02-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Dame Janet Smith, author of the Jimmy Savile report, insists that she 'categorically stands by' her decision to reject Tony Blackburn's evidence
  
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• The Telegraph will report both sides of the EU argument - the stakes are high but we can provide clarity

  26-02-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Amid the political friction the EU vote is producing, unbiased facts are hard to come by, but The Telegraph promises to help readers to make an informed decision
  
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• Driver high on cocaine and cannabis two days after party

  26-02-2016 22:59
  
  A WOMAN driver was nearly eight times over the drug-driving limit two days after partying on cocaine and cannabis, a court heard.
  
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• Dementia cure may be just five years away, says world expert

  26-02-2016 22:58 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  As he steps down as chairman of the World Dementia Council, Dr Dennis Gillings says he is optimistic that the first cure to halt or reverse the disease is on the horizon
  
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• Bankers have not learnt the lessons of the Great Crash

  26-02-2016 22:56 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lenders are still taking too many risks with savers' money, warns former Bank of England governor
  
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• George Osborne warns of more spending cuts in the Budget next month

  26-02-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The announcement is set to humiliate Mr Osborne as he revises his plans after just three months. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said it was a 'total humiliation' for Mr Osborne.
  
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• £275,000 reward to catch goose's killers

  26-02-2016 22:38 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The much-loved village bird was reportedly shot in the head by a gang of thugs on Sunday
  
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• Student has just two months to live unless she finds stem cell donor

  26-02-2016 22:29
  
  A STUDENT who discovered she has just two months to live unless she finds a stem cell donor is searching the world for the perfect match.
  
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• BBC Question Time panel left speechless by Brexit-backing young woman

  26-02-2016 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Brexit-backing 16-year-old who shredded the arguments put forward by 'In' campaigners on BBC's Question Time last night has been revealed as a grammar schoolgirl from Dorset.
  
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• Rotherham sex gang victim's joy as ringleader jailed for 35 years - "He'll die in prison so I'm happy"

  26-02-2016 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Arshid Hussain and his brothers Basharat and Bannaras raped and sexually assaulted at least 15 girls in the South Yorks town for more than two decades
  
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• Footage shows what horrified doctors found inside 'golf ball-sized' lump on man's neck

  26-02-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: Graphic content. A doctor can be seen making an incision into the huge lump before it pops and something from his worst nightmares bursts out
  
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• British Vietnam waterfall deaths: Three tourists killed while climbing at beauty spot are named

  26-02-2016 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  According to local media he body of Christian Sloan, from Deal in Kent, Beth Anderson, 24, and Izzy Squire, 19, were recovered at the Datanla waterfalls in Lam Dong province - a popular tourist spot
  
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• Here's one who didn't make it earlier: Blue Peter star falls four miles short in bid to cross Irish Sea from Northern Ireland to Scotland in giant inflatable ball 

  26-02-2016 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lindsey Russell (pictured) managed to travel 17 of the 21 miles between Northern Ireland and Scotland in a three-metre zorb in aid of Sport Relief. She was greeted by friends and family in Dumfries.
  
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• First drug to reverse Huntingdon's disease begins human trials

  26-02-2016 21:58 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The new drug, called IONIS-HTTRx, silences the gene known to be responsible for the production of a protein which causes Huntingdon's
  
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• Dog owner sues family who found and decided to KEEP her missing pedigree pooch

  26-02-2016 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite putting up lost posters, scouring the streets and notifying the local dog kennels and police, nothing was seen of Mickey again
  
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• 75-year-old convertible police car could fetch £25k at auction

  26-02-2016 21:52
  
  A TWO-seater convertible used by police in the 1930s is expected to attract bumper bids when it is auctioned next month.
  
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• Winning EuroMillions results: Numbers for £11 million jackpot on Friday, February 26

  26-02-2016 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Did you buy a EuroMillions ticket for tonight's draw? You can check the results and find out if you're a winner here...
  
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• Bungling thieves caught after 'struggling to walk' because they couldn't see through cushion cover disguise

  26-02-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wayne Billingsley, 42, and Adam Roberts, 48, cut eye-holes in the brown patterned covers when they ambushed Kathleen May as she withdrew money from an ATM
  
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• Revealed: The Brexit supporter who shocked the Question Time panel

  26-02-2016 21:40 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The young woman whose passionate argument left Liz Truss lost for words is Lexie Hill, a 16-year-old grammar-school girl who is taking her GCSEs this year
  
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• Pupil hauled out of class and questioned by police after he looked at UKIP WEBSITE

  26-02-2016 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mick Taylor, father of the 15-year-old, has hit out at police saying their action was 'inappropriate' after they questioned him over his beliefs
  
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• David Cameron's public school tie is strangling the country

  26-02-2016 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brian Reade says David Cameron's comments are a prime example of the Tory toff's attitude
  
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• David Cameron slams Lord Howard's claims that Brexit vote in June could secure SECOND referendum

  26-02-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lord Howard, who employed Mr Cameron as a special advisor 20 years ago, today urged voters to back Brexit as the best way of securing the change Britain needs.
  
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• Builder facing child sex charges found dead same day he was due to face trial

  26-02-2016 21:25
  
  A BUILDER was found dead in a park the same day he was due to face trial over a string of historic sex offences against young girls, an inquest heard.
  
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• Sex-change carer murdered father stricken with MS

  26-02-2016 21:21
  
  A TRANSGENDER woman who claimed she suffocated her father to spare him the pain of illness was found guilty of murder.
  
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• Thousands sign petition to give Muhammad Ali honorary knighthood

  26-02-2016 21:17 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Nicola Adams, Anthony Joshua and Boris Johnson are among the high-profile names on the petition
  
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• Rotherham abuse gang jailed for total of 102 years including 35-year term for 'Mad Ash'

  26-02-2016 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brothers Arshid, Basharat and Bannaras Hussain (pictured) were sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court today after a series of women told a jury how they were sexually assaulted in their early teens.
  
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• 'Unicorn' chased by police for 3 hours in front of gobsmacked drivers

  26-02-2016 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A force helicopter was used to try and track down the spooked animal which evaded her pursuers by running across busy roads
  
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• Family of scientist beheaded by her husband pay tribute to 'kind-hearted lady'

  26-02-2016 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Timothy Allen was due to stand trial for the gruesome killing of his wife Samantha Ho but his plea to manslaughter was accepted by prosecutors today
  
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• ENO chorus set to stage walkout

  26-02-2016 21:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Singers from the English National Opera's chorus are set to strike next month in protest at plans to cut pay by 25 per cent and axe four jobs
  
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• Jail for ATM cushion mask robbers: CCTV catches dopey duo donning dreadful disguise

  26-02-2016 21:01
  
  THESE crooks tried to rob a woman at knife-point wearing cushion covers over their heads – but were captured on CCTV before donning the makeshift masks.
  
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• Looking for a dogfight, Alfie? Ground-breaking TV documentary teaches lurcher-collie cross to take control of an AEROPLANE 

  26-02-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It may seem barking mad. But this lurcher-collie cross’s training is part of a TV experiment in Sussex which will attempt to produce the world’s first four-legged pilot.
  
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• Disabled pensioner has to drive half a mile to reach his home less than 10ft away after workmen put dropped kerb on wrong side of the road 

  26-02-2016 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pensioner must drive half a mile on his scooter to reach his home. Alan Chambers requested a dropped kerb outside his front door in Hucknall, Nottingham, but it was placed elsewhere.
  
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• England's best gardens to be celebrated in Capability Brown festival

  26-02-2016 20:49 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Capability Brown festival marks 300 years since his birth and will give visitors the opportunity to see some gardens normally closed to the public
  
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• Prince Charles is given a picture of himself parachuting on royal visit to Wales

  26-02-2016 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales, 67, took part in a series of engagements in South Wales today and was presented with the flashback picture during a visit to the Airbourne system in Llangeinor.
  
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• How Britain was kept in the dark about Sir Winston Churchill’s secret stroke

  26-02-2016 20:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Smith, historian and author of the book Churchill's Secret which is adapted for television on Sunday night, on a crony-led cover-up which could never happen today
  
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• Third person arrested after shocking CCTV showed a pedestrian cheating death when he was thrown 40ft through the air by a hit-and-run driver 

  26-02-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A third person has been arrested after a shocking hit-and-run incident in Brighton in January where a pedestrian was thrown into the air 'like a rag doll'. CCTV of the incident has been viewed three million times.
  
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• Staggering £275k reward to find 'evil goose killer' who gunned down bird in 'drive-by shooting'

  26-02-2016 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bird, who features on the village welcome sign in Sandon, Hertfordshire, died on Sunday amid reports he was shot in the head
  
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