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• British stag party who forced plane diversion with boozy antics named as '12-man group from Hampshire'

  28-02-2016 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Six of the group were arrested but groom-to-be Josh Mariner, 26, from Southampton, is understood to have been allowed to travel on to the stag's destination Bratislava
  
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• 67 years jail for love-cheat Briton who strangled wife in front of two-year-old daughter

  28-02-2016 23:58
  
  A BRITON has been jailed for 67 years on a Caribbean island for murdering his wife in front of their two-year-old daughter.
  
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• KFC restaurant bans ALL children from eating on their own due to 'scary teens'

  28-02-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under-18s can only eat inside the Meir Park in Stoke-on-Trent restaurant if they are accompanied by adult after a spate of fights involving teen gangs. Neighbouring McDonalds has taken similar action.
  
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• Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey discharged from hospital after third treatment

  28-02-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 40-year-old was originally infected with the killer disease while working in Sierra Leone in December 2014, and she was flown from Glasgow to the London hospital on February 23.
  
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• Snoopers charter set to be rushed through Parliament by Tories despite calls for changes

  28-02-2016 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Investigatory Powers Bill is being brought forward by Home Secretary Theresa May amid pleas for more time
  
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• George Osborne’s callous raid on women’s pensions has sparked a revolt on behalf of millions

  28-02-2016 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor has shown a poisonous combination of incompetence and insensitivity and left people to fend for themselves among spivs and speculators
  
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• Conservatives' plans to extend Sunday trading hours will disrupt community life, church leaders warn

  28-02-2016 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The SNP signalled it was poised to drop its opposition - moving the plans a step closer - after minsters said workers could refuse to work longer hours on Sundays
  
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• Oscars: 12,000 people say they'll go to Leicester Square tonight if Leonardo DiCaprio wins best actor

  28-02-2016 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Odeon cinema is hosting free screenings of Titanic and Romeo and Juliet 'on a first come, first serve basis' into the wee small hours
  
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• Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey given all clear by hospital

  28-02-2016 23:47
  
  EBOLA nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been discharged from hospital after being treated for the third time for a complication linked to the disease.
  
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• William and Kate will visit streets from Slumdog Millionaire to see reality of poverty

  28-02-2016 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The couple will meet charities working in Mumbai to help the people who suffer the hardships depicted in Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning movie
  
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• Royal Mail increases parcel charges and stamp prices AGAIN as post offices struggle

  28-02-2016 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Internet customers will be exempt from the rise in parcel charges but traditional customers will be penalised
  
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• Horse racing icon Peter O'Sullevan plotted uprising against Hitler in 1939, documents reveal

  28-02-2016 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The commentator planned to drive to Germany and distribute pro-British leaflets to German workers before war was declared
  
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• Gulf War memorial unveiled to honour 47 Brits who died in conflict 25 years ago

  28-02-2016 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The striking memorial features a paving stone for each of those who were killed in the battles to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait
  
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• Company supplying Swedish steel for Navy's warships is owned by Tory donor

  28-02-2016 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  GCH Capital and its founder Greg Hutchings have pumped tens of thousands into the Conservative war chest, latest donation figures reveal
  
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• Sacked Tony Blackburn: 'BBC said I could quit and return when sex storm died'

  28-02-2016 23:32
  
  SACKED DJ Tony Blackburn has accused the BBC of offering to let him “quit” and then return when the Jimmy Savile controversy had died down.
  
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• Ads for barmaids and paperboys banned as 'sexist'

  28-02-2016 23:28
  
  RESTAURANTS that advertise for a “waitress” and hotels wanting to recruit a “handyman” could find themselves in court because of equality laws.
  
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• Wife finally walks out on shamed Stuart Hall after 58 years of marriage

  28-02-2016 23:18
  
  THE wife of shamed BBC presenter Stuart Hall has ended their 58-year marriage – after he blamed his victims for his downfall.
  
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• Ambulances referred by NHS 111 service deliberately delayed under secret trust policy, inquiry finds

  28-02-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Probe concludes decision to embark on the plan which affected 20,000 patients was taken by boss of South East Coast Ambulance trust
  
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• Tatler Tory case takes dramatic new twist

  28-02-2016 22:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Elliott Johnson was in relationship with me when he died, his alleged bully Andre Walker claims
  
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• David Lidington: Britons forced to stop living in France and Spain if Brexit

  28-02-2016 22:48 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Up to ten years to negotiate new trade deals with EU after exit, Europe minister claims
  
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• Gulf War anniversary: Veterans unveil memorial to mark 47 hero soldiers killed

  28-02-2016 22:44
  
  A MEMORIAL to the 47 British military personnel killed in the first Gulf War was unveiled 25 years after the conflict ended.
  
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• Oscars 2016: the winners so far

  28-02-2016 22:37 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Our guide to all the Academy Award nominees, along with Robbie Collin's expert view on tonight's ceremony
  
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• Poppi Worthington's father is given £117k legal aid to fund custody battle

  28-02-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A High Court judge said last month that Paul Worthington, 48, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, sexually abused his 13-month-old daughter Poppi shortly before her death in 2012.
  
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• Church leaders hit out at Sunday trading plan

  28-02-2016 22:25
  
  RELIGIOUS leaders have joined forces to oppose plans to extend Sunday trading hours.
  
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• Police question ex-paras over Sunday Bloody Sunday

  28-02-2016 22:16 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Up to 15 former paratroopers expect to be interviewed under caution, Telegraph can disclose
  
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• Police question ex-paras over Bloody Sunday shootings

  28-02-2016 22:16 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Up to 15 former paratroopers expect to be interviewed under caution, Telegraph can disclose
  
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• Even MORE difficult to win as National Lottery player numbers crash to 32%

  28-02-2016 22:07
  
  THE number of people playing the National Lottery has slumped dramatically following changes that make it more expensive and more difficult to win.
  
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• New study reveals people in their sixties are the happiest

  28-02-2016 21:41
  
  MOST Britons in their sixties say they are approaching the age of 70 with increased confidence.
  
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• School in centre of fat shaming row tells girls to do Zumba to get fit for prom

  28-02-2016 21:14
  
  A SCHOOL, once dubbed the brainiest in Britain, has been branded "insensitive and outdated" after it promoted fitness classes for teenage girls - to get "fit for prom".
  
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• School at centre of fat shaming row tells girls to do Zumba to get fit for prom

  28-02-2016 21:14
  
  A SCHOOL, once dubbed the brainiest in Britain, has been branded "insensitive and outdated" after it promoted fitness classes for teenage girls - to get "fit for prom".
  
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• Big money divorce case secrecy row could trigger appeals, warns judge

  28-02-2016 20:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Disagreement between top judges over whether details of couples' lives can be publicised 'needs to be dealt with', says Mr Justice Moor
  
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• UK weather for Easter bank holiday sees plunging temperatures and train delays

  28-02-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Forecasters are predicting a cold snap at the end of next month for the Easter weekend with freezing temperatures compounded by train delays on six of Britain's main railway routes.
  
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• Hospital parking charges dubbed 'tax on the sick'

  28-02-2016 20:40
  
  HOSPITAL parking charges are the most hated fees facing motorists, the RAC claimed.
  
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• Three arrested after man stabbed in 'mass knife brawl' at car boot sale

  28-02-2016 20:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scotland Yard said violence broke out after a pedestrian was involved in a collision with a van near a car boot sale in Hounslow, west London at around 7am this morning
  
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• Snow forecast as cold weather sweeps in with no sign of spring around the corner

  28-02-2016 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Winter is clinging on as a cold front moves in, with predictions of rain, hail, sleet and snow
  
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• Stalker created fake dating profile sending men flocking to victim's home for sex

  28-02-2016 20:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bernard Mulgrew started a campaign of harassment after he was dumped for being violent and jealous
  
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• Obese women breast ops cost NHS £1MILLION a year

  28-02-2016 20:22
  
  THE NHS is spending more than £1million a year on reducing the breast sizes of obese women.
  
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• What is Kiddle? The 'child-friendly' search engine which returns some worrying results

  28-02-2016 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Many internet users appear to have mistaken Kiddle for an official Google spin-off but the engine has no association with the tech giant
  
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• Thugs in Rotherham chop off end of man’s finger in suspected race attack

  28-02-2016 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police in the South Yorkshire town have stepped up patrols amid fears of Islamophobic violence after the child abuse scandal which shook the town
  
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• London cyclist stores muddy bike between seats on busy Victoria train causing outrage

  28-02-2016 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man stowed his bike away by sliding its wheel between a window and the edge of a seat on a Southern service train into London Victoria on Saturday.
  
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• Missing Adam Alnajjar: Police appeal for teenage beatboxer who fled to UK from war-torn Syria

  28-02-2016 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam  taught himself himself how to produce electronic-sounding beats and rhythms using videos on YouTube after escaping to Britain four years ago
  
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• Instagram's Rich Kids of London 'sneer at Primark peasants and clean shoes with £50 notes' 

  28-02-2016 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Instagram account has recently surfaced online called 'Rich Kids of London' which features snaps of young, rich people flaunting their wealth across the English capital.
  
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• Penguins made to run on treadmill as experiment to prove 'fat ones are less steady on their feet'

  28-02-2016 19:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists have discovered that some birds are bigger than others when it comes to living in the Antarctic
  
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• Unite union accused of 'bullying' young Labour activists into voting for Jeremy Corbyn ally at the centre of anti-Semitism claims

  28-02-2016 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Texts revealed Unite officials ordered Labour members in their teens and early 20s to elect hard-left candidate James Elliott to the party's ruling executive and demanding to inspect papers.
  
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• Calais jungle camp where 3,000 migrants have lived for years is cleared

  28-02-2016 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Demolition crews entered the Calais 'Jungle' and started clearing its southern part after a court upheld an order to evict hundreds from the sprawling centre in France.
  
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• Elham Manea claims Sharia courts in UK 'may ignore marital rape, domestic abuse and child marriage'

  28-02-2016 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laws condoned by some of the courts are in some cases more extreme than in parts of Pakistan, according to the book, written by an expert in human rights and Islamic law.
  
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• Olympic medalist Beth Tweddle is seen walking in a neck brace for the first time since she broke her back during reality TV show The Jump

  28-02-2016 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle has been pictured for the first time since she underwent emergency surgery on her back. The 30-year-old enjoyed a lunch date in Cheshire.
  
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• Four women arrested in Paris after 'simulating terrorist attack to try and rob tourists on Metro'

  28-02-2016 19:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bangers were let off in the Tuileries underground station close to the Louvre Museum, reportedly to give the impression of gunfire today
  
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• Britain’s houses are getting smaller – even though prices are going through the roof

  28-02-2016 19:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The average size of a new-build three-bedroom home is four square meters smaller than Government guidelines recommend, a study found
  
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• British runner, 55, has collapsed and died just 50 metres from the finish line of the Malta marathon 

  28-02-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A British man has collapsed and died just 50 metres from the finish line of the Malta marathon today. Emergency services attended to the 55-year-old man at the scene, but were not able to save him.
  
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