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• Arsenal lining up £50million Alvaro Morata swoop? Transfer news and gossip from Saturday’s papers

  11-03-2016 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  PLUS: Borussia Dortmund have put Premier League clubs on alert over Ilkay Gundogan, Chelsea keen on Blaise Matuidi
  
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• David Cameron is ''cruel or a dimwit'' after effectively sacking his own mum, says Labour MP Chris Bryant

  11-03-2016 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror revealed recently that the children's centre where she volunteers will be axed, proving that cuts do indeed have consequences
  
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• Secret 'porn star professor' suspended from teaching while university investigates secret x-rated career

  11-03-2016 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The University of Manchester says it is 'assessing the situation' and has asked him not to teach while the investigation is ongoing
  
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• Ben Jennings on Barack Obama's remarks about David Cameron and Libya – cartoon

  11-03-2016 23:54 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
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• Most tasteless Instagram account ever lists 'Hot Migrants' to show 20 attractive men who are trying to reach Europe

  11-03-2016 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The account dedicated to all the 'handsome men on their journey to Europe' has been blasted online for its insensitivity
  
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• Defiant Louis van Gaal adamant three-year Manchester United plan on track

  11-03-2016 23:40 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  • ‘We are in three different competitions and a lot of others cannot say that’
  • Manchester United preparing for Cup tie at West Ham after Liverpool lossIf Louis van Gaal is fighting for his Manchester United future after the humbling defeat at Liverpool in the Europa League, his defiant response was to point out that his side were still fighting on three fronts and claim his three-year plan is working.“We are in three different competitions, and at this stage of the
  
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• UK sends more troops to Iraq to fight ISIS with more than 1,000 now in region

  11-03-2016 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is the biggest figure since our withdrawal from the country nearly seven years ago and signals an escalation in the fight against terror there
  
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• World's biggest cruise ship which has SIXTEEN decks and can carry 6,000 passengers is given first sea trials

  11-03-2016 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people gathered to watch in the port of Saint-Nazaire in western France as the Harmony of the Seas was guided out to sea
  
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• Everton’s Oumar Niasse: ‘I am a fighter, someone who always wants the ball’

  11-03-2016 23:29 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  It’s been a slow start at Goodison but Senegal forward who could have been playing for Chelsea at Everton in the FA Cup is determined to show his worthThere is only a hint of frustration from Oumar Niasse when discussing an inauspicious start to his Everton career. “I have to be on the pitch to know exactly what’s going on in the Premier League,” says the Senegal international. “When you don’t start, you never know.” Six weeks after his £13.5m tran
  
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• Sickening footage shows suspected thief being burnt alive by angry mob who accuse him of stealing bus

  11-03-2016 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT - He can be seen sprawling on the ground as flames lick around his body and head
  
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• Rafael Benítez is ‘good coup’ as Newcastle manager, says Alan Shearer

  11-03-2016 23:25 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  • Spaniard’s appointment to replace Steve McClaren surprises former captain
  • ‘It’s a tough challenge; he’s never been in a relegation battle before’The former Newcastle United captain Alan Shearer has insisted that the appointment of Rafael Benítez is a “good coup” for the club.Benítez, 55, was named on Friday afternoon as Newcastle manager and tasked with staving off the threat of relegation from the Premier League with just 10
  
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• Is this the best squash rally ever? Watch exhausted players battling it out to a thrilling finish

  11-03-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New Zealander Paul Coll showed his hunger for the title  with an outrageous display of diving squash at the Canary Wharf Squash Classic
  
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• Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer dies at 71

  11-03-2016 23:17 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The experimental musician and keyboard player with 1970s supergroup ELP has died at his home in Los AngelesKeith Emerson, the keyboardist with the progressive rock ‘supergroup’ Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died at the age of 71, his bandmates have confirmed.Emerson was known as one of the most successful and experimental musicians of his era, with most of his work with the band being released in the 1970s. Continue reading...
  
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• UN security council adopts resolution to curb alleged sex abuse by peacekeepers

  11-03-2016 23:16 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  US-drafted resolution endorses new policy of sending entire units back home if soldiers face sexual assault allegations amid scandal in Central African RepublicThe UN security council has adopted a resolution that calls for the repatriation of peacekeeping units whose soldiers face allegations of sexual abuse.
  The US-drafted resolution – the first by the security council to confront the rise in sex abuse claims against peacekeepers – was adopted by a vote of 14 in favour, with Egypt
  
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• HARRY STYLES joins acclaimed actors in Christopher Nolan version of war film Dunkirk

  11-03-2016 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harry Styles has reportedly been offered a role in Christopher Nolan’s Second World War epic Dunkirk alongside critically acclaimed actors Sir Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy and Mark Rylance.
  
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• '4ft monster rat' found by gas man on London housing estate is from GAMBIA

  11-03-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gas engineer Tony Smith says he found the huge rodent while working in Hackney, east London. But is his picture a trick of the camera?
  
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• Yohan Cabaye penalty eases Crystal Palace past Reading in FA Cup

  11-03-2016 23:08 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Crystal Palace can thrill at the prospect of a trip to Wembley. A team who have been rudderless of late in the top-flight edged into only the fourth FA Cup semi-final in club history at Reading’s expense here, all that frustration at the concession of a late penalty which was so costly at home to Liverpool last Sunday eased by the manic celebrations of one of their own. This side’s fortunes have fluctuated wildly within a matter of days.A tight contest had been drifting towards a rep
  
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• Contaminated water supply triggers panic buying after thousands of households are warned not to drink or wash with it - and it's even too toxic to clean TOILETS 

  11-03-2016 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Severn Trent Water said high levels of chlorine were detected in a reservoir in Derbyshire butthey would not disclose the exact levels or how thehow the contamination started
  
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• Labour's biggest donors abandon party and pump £140k into leadership challengers

  11-03-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Exclusive: 24 of 30 biggest donors have not given to Labour since Jeremy Corbyn's victory while Umunna, Hunt, Kendall and Jarvis build funds
  
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• Justice minister: David Cameron can only deliver promise to cut migration by leaving the EU

  11-03-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Exclusive: Dominic Raab said the Prime Minister will miss his target to cut net migration unless the UK leaves the EU as he warned Britain cannot curb the power of European courts
  
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• American accused of assisting men in Isis attack at anti-Islam event in Texas

  11-03-2016 23:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem faces a terrorism charge over providing guns and support to two Isis followers in an attack on a draw Muhammad contestFederal prosecutors on Friday asked a jury to convict a Phoenix moving-company owner of a terrorism charge, saying he provided the guns, ammunition and motivation to two Islamic State followers in an attack on an anti-Islam event last year in Texas.Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem is charged with providing support to Isis for what prosecutors describe as a crucia
  
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• Banks 'must do more to serve customers'

  11-03-2016 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A duty of care from banks to their customers should be enshrined in law to prevent further mis-selling scandals, a consumer watchdog says.
  
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• Former US first lady Nancy Reagan is buried next to husband Ronald following funeral service in California

  11-03-2016 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The great and good of America's political and celebrity classes attended the emotional funeral of matriarch Nancy Reagan in California today
  
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• WATCH: BMW worth £35k SWEPT AWAY by tide and then 'sinks' at bottom of River Thames

  11-03-2016 22:52
  
  A BMW owner was left devastated after their parked car drifted away into the River Thames yesterday after a superstrong tide wreaked havoc.
  
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• Miracle of two teen sisters found alive and well ELEVEN MONTHS after being abducted

  11-03-2016 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ky-Lea Fortner and Shaeleen Fitch-Fortner, then aged 13 and 15, disappeared last April and were thought to have run away from home
  
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• House fit for a princess goes on the market and it boasts its very own TURRET

  11-03-2016 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former chapel of Harlow Hill in Northumberland is on sale for £250,000, along with three other stone buildings on the same road
  
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• Michael Sheen ''humbled'' by Syrian children as he opens school library in refugee camp

  11-03-2016 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Hollywood star met 12-year-old Majd, whose hands are rough and calloused as the patriarch of his family - and who misses his dad
  
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• 'Dragon' spotted in sky over Edinburgh

  11-03-2016 22:28 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  It could almost be an image from the forthcoming Game of Thrones series
  
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• Repton School teacher banned from teaching after engaging in sexual activity with a pupil

  11-03-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Mitchell, 41, groped the 16-year-old girl at the £32,000-a-year Repton School in Derby. A disciplinary panel heard that he also touched her leg when he drove her home after a school event.
  
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• Madonna tells judge she wants to 'heal wounds' of dispute with Guy Ritchie over Rocco

  11-03-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Her representatives told a High Court judge in London that of her hopes as the custody battled continued today. Rocco was at the hearing today - but not Madonna or Mr Ritchie.
  
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• 'Hot Migrants' Instagram account listing 20 attractive men divides the Internet 

  11-03-2016 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A controversial Instagram account listing attractive male Syrian and Afghan refugees has caused a backlash on social media, with people accusing the anonymous creator of objectifying a tragedy.
  
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• Royal Marines given the Jihadi stopper as standard rifles weren't deadly enough against Taliban

  11-03-2016 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Elite troops from the 43 Commando battalion are now armed with the C8 Diemaco carbine rifle
  
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• What has happened to the ashes of evil Dunblane killer Thomas Hamilton?

  11-03-2016 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The monster shot himself after killing 16 primary school children and their teacher 20 years ago on Sunday
  
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• McDonald's branch hires bouncers to deal with unruly school children

  11-03-2016 22:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  McDonald's beefs up its security measures?
  
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• 10 science life hacks from soothing curry burn to demisting your car's windscreen

  11-03-2016 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Author and The One Show science guy Marty Jopson reveals some of his favourites
  
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• Five Children and It to be made into new film

  11-03-2016 22:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The film is to star a CGI sand fairy and Bill Nighy as a newly-created baddie and have youngsters who crave YouTube followers
  
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• Crufts 2016 results: All the winners from day two of the coiffured canine extravaganza

  11-03-2016 22:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Here are the top dogs from an action-packed second day at Birmingham's NEC
  
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• The unsung genius who secured Britain's computer defences and paved the way for safe online shopping

  11-03-2016 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The story behind the work of James Ellis, one of Britain's great unsung heroes, and his role in strengthening the country's national security can today be revealed in full for the first time
  
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• British Isil suicide bomb recruit studied at Jihadi John's university

  11-03-2016 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The disclosure, revealed in cache of leaked Isil documents, will raise further concern that the university had become a hotbed for radicalising young Muslims and failed to crack down on the problem
  
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• North Korea has lost contact with submarine say US Navy spies

  11-03-2016 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  US spies have been watching North Korean navy searching for the submarine for days
  
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• Fingerprints and DNA of at least 45 terror suspects must be destroyed

  11-03-2016 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material, Alastair MacGregor QC revealed the error and said that the UK now holds DNA and fingerprints (file photo) of 7,800 terror suspects.
  
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• Horrifying moment sinkhole SWALLOWS bus whole after ground opens up at busy junction

  11-03-2016 21:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With terrifying speed the vehicle tips forward onto its front before slithering down into the crater
  
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• Driverless cars may be on our motorways next year

  11-03-2016 21:36
  
  DRIVERLESS cars are to be trialled on Britain’s motorways as early as next year, Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce next week.
  
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• High-flying life of Britain's most wanted £71m cocaine fugitive who was 'living like an African king'

  11-03-2016 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Married to the daughter of the Governor of Ghana's Central Bank cocaine plot fugitive David McDermott was tracked down and arrested at his private estate
  
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• Mum tried to claim £10,500 in child maintenance payments for wine

  11-03-2016 21:26 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Mother Veronica Antonio said the wine was to entertain other parents
  
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• Muslim fasting for Ramadan who ‘fell asleep’ at wheel and killed dad-of-eight avoids jail

  11-03-2016 21:23
  
  A MUSLIM who “dozed off” at the wheel before he ran over and killed a dad-of-eight after fasting for over 10 hours for Ramadan has escaped jail.
  
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• Harrowing images show Syrian rescuers dragging bleeding man from rubble of building following massive airstrike

  11-03-2016 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bombing took place as Syria's main Western-backed opposition groups have said they will attend indirect peace talks with the
  Damascus government
  
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• Grantchester criticised for using same extras

  11-03-2016 21:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Fans spot same extras in many of the Cambridge street scenes in Grantchester
  
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• 'Sorry' Obama attempts to reconcile with David Cameron over Libya comments

  11-03-2016 21:10
  
  A DESPERATE charm offensive was launched yesterday by the White House to quell British anger at President Obama’s attack on David Cameron over Libya and defence spending.
  
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• Russell Crowe among pallbearers as New Zealand cricket legend Martin Crowe laid to rest

  11-03-2016 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Hollywood star, a cousin of the batting hero, was  among 1,000 mourners to pay their respects to the cricketer, who lost his cancer battle aged 53
  
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