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• Taxi driver who knocked down pensioner spared jail after deathbed wish for him not to be punished

  21-03-2016 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mary Johnson, 88, forgave Ronald Singleton, 62, for the careless driving which led to her death and said she did not want to see him punished
  
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• Brave sex assault victim wins award after leaving her attacker looking like THIS

  21-03-2016 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Johnathon Holmes, 35, followed the 21-year-old woman before pouncing on her and launching his sickening attack
  
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• RNLI rescues seriously injured French trawlerman off the coast of Cornwall

  21-03-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rescuers rushed to the aid of a French fishing vessel 20 miles southeast of Lizard Point on Thursday evening amid reports a man had been badly hurt.
  
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• Should female sports stars be paid the same as male counterparts?

  21-03-2016 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After Novak Djokovic said men should earn more because their game sells more tickets, a battle of the sexes has broken out
  
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• Negligent nursery ordered to pay huge £180,000 fine after tragic toddler choked to death o

  21-03-2016 23:52
  
  A NURSERY has been ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds after a toddler choked to death on a cube of raw jelly.
  
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• Illegal immigrant jailed for life for killing British wife by setting her on fire

  21-03-2016 23:41
  
  AN ILLEGAL immigrant who murdered the wife he allegedly only married for a British visa by pouring white spirit over her and setting her on fire during a row over decorating has been jailed for life.
  
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• Dicky Birds Nursery where Tiya Chauhan died ordered to pay almost £200k in fines

  21-03-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tiya Chauhan (pictured) was found unconscious and not breathing on the floor of the Dicky Birds Nursery, Wimbledon, south London, in August 2012.
  
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• Chuckle Brother sparks fury by sharing Britain First Facebook post - but denies he is member of controversial group

  21-03-2016 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Barry Elliott was accused of supporting the far right organisation when he shared one of its posts on his personal Facebook page
  
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• Newcastle United supporting gran in hospital after getting caught in street brawl after Tyne-Wear derby

  21-03-2016 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Widow Alice Austin needed hospital treatment after she was knocked to the ground when a brawl erupted in a taxi rank following the match on Sunday
  
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• Doctor who had sex with prostitute while on duty at maternity hospital keeps his job

  21-03-2016 23:20 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Dr Rupert Pemsel, who had a sexual encounter with an escort in an on-call room was described as a 'highly competent doctor'
  
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• The liberal dream team! BBC uses EU cash to film sycophantic eulogy to pro-Brussels Obama

  21-03-2016 23:19
  
  THE BBC used EU cash to produce a sycophantic documentary series about pro-Brussels Barack Obama as the US leader ramps up his anti-Brexit lobbying ahead of a visit to the UK.
  
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• Is Stephen Crabb's claim of 'no more welfare cuts' all it seems to be?

  21-03-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Here's why people are confused about the new Work and Pensions Secretary's claims about future cuts to the benefits bill
  
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• Illegal immigrant in Birmingham who murdered his wife has been jailed for life

  21-03-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Muhammed Hammad, 30, carried out the brutal killing of his wife Nazia Akhtar, 31, following an argument at their home in Birmingham on April 25 last year.
  
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• Buncrana accident's hero Davitt Walsh who risked his life to save baby speaks out

  21-03-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bystander Davitt Walsh, pictured, risked his life to reach the Audi Q7 after it lost traction in a thick layer of algae at the Buncrana, a beauty spot in County Donegal, north-west Ireland.
  
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• Ayeeshia Jane Smith's mother says her partner was the last to see girl alive 

  21-03-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ayeeshia Jane Smith, from Burton, suffered injuries so severe that she resembled a car crash victim. Her mother Kathryn Smith and ex-boyfriend Matthew Rigby are on trial accused of the baby's murder.
  
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• Speeding double death driver smashed into wall and fled as pals burned in wreckage of mangled car

  21-03-2016 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Maughan was overtaking two vehicles at more than twice the speed limit when he crashed into a garden wall in Branton, near Doncaster
  
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• Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc in another Top Gear row as they film at rugby club

  21-03-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Evans' revamp of Top Gear has hit another bump in the road after bosses at Kent-based Folkestone Rugby Club accused BBC producers of filming on their site without permission.
  
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• Secret EU plan to deport 80,000 Afghans

  21-03-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Revealed: Confidential EU discussion document proposes using aid summit as 'leverage' for removal of migrants to Afghanistan, as Brussels relies on chequebook diplomacy to curtail the crisis
  
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• Black tie at the opera isn't elitist say Glyndebourne - people just like to dress up

  21-03-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Gus Christie, the chairman of Glyndebourne, says dress code snobbery has no place in opera, but black tie shows performers respect
  
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• MPM who created dog food that's so good humans can eat it sell stake for £50m

  21-03-2016 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roger Wood, Roger Coleman and Jon Kinsey co-founded pet food manufacturer MPM Products in 2002. Private equity firm ECI fended off rival bidders to buy a stake for around £50m.
  
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• Missing Paige Doherty: Body found in hunt for schoolgirl half mile from where she was last seen

  21-03-2016 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  15-year-old Paige disappeared on Saturday morning in Clydebank after leaving a sleepover at a friend’s home to go to collect her wages from a part-time job
  
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• 'I hate you...if hell’s real I’m living in it', widow tells PC killer

  21-03-2016 22:54
  
  THE tearful widow of brave PC David Phillips yesterday told his killer she “hated” him and the only justice would be if he rotted in jail “his entire life”.
  
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• Hatton Garden 'Guvnor' behind bars for masterminding multi-million pound jewellery heist

  21-03-2016 22:54
  
  THE ringleader of the 'gang of grandpas' who committed the Hatton Garden raid has finally been sentenced for masterminding the multi-million pound jewellery heist.
  
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• Store worker becomes social media hero after going above and beyond to help elderly shopper

  21-03-2016 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keith Berkeley, 60, who works at a Home Bargains in Walton Vale, Merseyside, was spotted helping an older man with his shopping list and carrying his bags
  
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• Heart-stopping moment passenger run over by taxi driver trying to escape police - but miraculously survives

  21-03-2016 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The driver was captured on video putting his car in reverse to escape police at the exact moment his passenger is grabbing his luggage from the boot
  
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• Beverley mother of girl with special needs pens open letter to bus driver

  21-03-2016 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lauren Oglesby and her husband James were at a pub in Beverley, East Yorkshire, with their daughter Jasmine, 4, when they heard a customer make the crude remarks.
  
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• Top Gear sparks row at rugby club by filming without permission

  21-03-2016 22:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Presenters Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc turned up at Folkestone Rugby Club in Kent to film for an episode of Top Gear
  
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• Dutch volleyball star Steven Van de Velde jailed for raping 12-year-old British girl

  21-03-2016 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Van de Velde, who was tipped for Olympic stardom, flew from Amsterdam to Milton Keynes to have sex with the girl. The 21-year-old was jailed at Aylesbury Crown Court today.
  
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• Man films himself trying to make girlfriend jealous with cruel prank but it backfires spectacularly

  21-03-2016 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prankster Brad Homes planned to film Jenny Davies's jealous reaction when he tricked her into thinking he was going to help another girl fix her bed
  
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• Naked thief caught raiding off-licence in hilarious CCTV showing him stalking shop with bum on show

  21-03-2016 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wearing just his socks, and with a pink t-shirt on his head, the nude man was filmed pulling items off the shelves in the shop in Port Shepstone, South Africa
  
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• Jurors were kept in dark about evidence during COP KILLER case

  21-03-2016 22:32
  
  THE jury that cleared Clayton Williams of murder was never told the full details of his nefarious criminal career and was kept in the dark about evidence from his co-accused.
  
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• Classical musician murdered concert pianist wife Natalia Strelchenko after becoming jealous of her career

  21-03-2016 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Martin, 48, has been told he must serve at least 17 years after being found guilty of murdering Natalia Strelchenko at their home in Manchester
  
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• Pictures show how a Nottingham widow is forced to endure squalid conditions

  21-03-2016 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pensioner lives alone in her semi-detached home in Nottingham and is paying around £1,000-a-month for carers to look after her, clean her home and take care of her medical needs.
  
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• iPhone SE: Release date, price and specs following Apple's new 'mini' smartphone launch

  21-03-2016 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Here's everything you need to know about Apple's iPhone SE - successor to the popular 4-inch iPhone 5s
  
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• Young dad repeatedly stabbed by masked thug as he walked home from visiting baby son

  21-03-2016 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jamie Hogg, 23, says he was repeatedly knifed in the leg by the thug, with one of the wounds missing an artery by just half an inch
  
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• Dad stabbed by masked thug as he returned from visiting baby son in attack that just missed artery

  21-03-2016 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jamie Hogg, 23, says he was repeatedly knifed in the leg by the thug, with one of the wounds missing an artery by just half an inch
  
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• PC Dave Phillips widow reveals how her devastated girls beg her to bring their dad back

  21-03-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cowardly Clayton Williams did not even have the guts to look her in the eye as she delivered an emotional impact ­statement after he was found guilty of the causing the officer’s horrific death
  
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• Mother of murdered schoolgirl Tia Sharp 'racially abused and punched' woman in Lidl car park, court hears

  21-03-2016 22:18 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Selvete Selmani said she feared Natalie Sharp was 'going to kill' her during the attack
  
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• Porn-addicted anaesthetist Rupert Pemsel who paid for prostitute KEEPS job

  21-03-2016 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Rupert Pemsel, (pictured with wife) 32, had sex in an on-call room at Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton with prostitute. He was not struck off, instead being suspended for 10 months.
  
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• Search for 'abducted teen who escaped triple kidnap plot before police swarmed area'

  21-03-2016 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers were alerted to the alleged kidnapping attempt after receiving an abandoned 999 call
  
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• Thousands of British holidaymakers stranded abroad after strike by French air traffic controllers

  21-03-2016 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Passengers left in limbo as more than 400 flights cancelled by easyJet and Ryanair in wake of the walkout over job cuts
  
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• FlyDubai passenger posted image of herself minutes before plane took off

  21-03-2016 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian Anna Sergeeva, 25, smiled into her smartphone camera just hours before the flight from Dubai came down near Rostov-On-Don airport killing all 62 on board.
  
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• Essex pilot killed after his microlight aircraft crashed into an electricity pylon

  21-03-2016 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 56-year-old man from Essex died after his microlight plane hit a pylon and crashed into a field in Rochester, Kent. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch are investigating the crash.
  
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• Child refugees trapped in Calais jungle camps arrive in Britain to be reunited with their families

  21-03-2016 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Three Syrian boys were the first to travel legally and safely to Britain under an international treaty and campaigners say many more cases are pending
  
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• George Osborne HIDES from MPs after Budget black hole revelation

  21-03-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The under-fire Chancellor ducked an emergency debate on his unravelling Budget - and was then forced into full-scale retreat on welfare
  
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• Met chief urged to quit as police scrap £2m child sex probe

  21-03-2016 21:48
  
  BRITAIN’S top policeman was under pressure to resign last night as Scotland Yard refused to apologise over the shambolic inquiry into the so-called VIP child sex ring.
  
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• Boris Johnson breaks cover to brand George Osborne's disability cuts plan a 'mistake'

  21-03-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The elusive London Mayor has popped his head up for the first time since Iain Duncan Smith resigned - and called the whole thing a "storm in a teacup"
  
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• Moazzam Begg REFUSES to condemn stoning of women in university talk 

  21-03-2016 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Begg made the comments at the University of Exeter and when pushed on a response about stoning he simply said he had never heard of the brutal practice happening in the UK.
  
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• Disgraced doctor who had sex with prostitute while on duty in hospital can continue working

  21-03-2016 21:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Porn addict Dr Rupert Pemsel had faced being struck off but a tribunal ruled he should be suspended for 10 months for his "sordid sexual encounter"
  
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• Cowboy roofer who tried to rip off couple in their 80s for nearly £10,000 jailed for two years

  21-03-2016 21:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One the victims was so badly affected by the scam that he became withdrawn - before dying a year later aged 84
  
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