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• US pushes for access to iPhones

  08-04-2016 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Department of Justice is to pursue its request for Apple to help unlock an iPhone that is part of a drugs case in New York.
  
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• Condolence event for killed shopkeeper Asad Shah cancelled after 'threats' made in MOSQUE

  08-04-2016 22:52
  
  A CONDOLENCE event planned for Muslim shopkeeper Asad Shah who was killed in a brutal attack in Glasgow has been cancelled after threats were made to the organiser at a MOSQUE.
  
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• Jailed: High-flier who MURDERED wife and STOLE £260k from father-in-law gets life

  08-04-2016 22:36
  
  A HIGH-flying computer programmer has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years after admitting the murder of his wife.
  
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• IT expert strangled wife amid eviction threat then left note for his four children

  08-04-2016 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Debt-ridden Stuart Andrews, 54, snapped following months of tension and throttled 52-year-old Caroline Andrews at their rented bungalow in Benenden, Kent, on February 4
  
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• Proof of God? Dying girl's MIRACULOUS recovery after dad spots priest and asks him to pray

  08-04-2016 22:26
  
  A STUDENT who lay dying in her hospital bed suddenly made a miraculous recovery after her dad spotted a priest in the corridor outside and asked him to pray for her.
  
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• Ayeeshia Smith scavenged in bins for food while her mother smoked cannabis

  08-04-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Esta Barrett, 25, pictured, believes that Kathryn Smith, 23, and Matthew Rigby, 22, should never be released from prison for their cruelty towards the 21-month-old, who died in Burton, Staffordshire.
  
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• Harley Street doctor who hunted elephants in Africa is charged with fraud

  08-04-2016 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Benjamin Chang, 54, an orthopaedic specialist from north London (pictured), was alleged to have written the bogus accident treatment claims in a bid to sting insurance firms.
  
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• Video shows Hope the Nigerian smiling after his breathtaking recovery 

  08-04-2016 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Danish care worker Anja Loven posted a new video of Hope, who was found emaciated and riddled with worms in Nigeria in January, smiling, clapping and playing with other boys.
  
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• Ayeeshia Smith's mother Kathryn and Matthew Rigby EMBRACE midway through trial

  08-04-2016 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Child killers Kathryn Smith and Matthew Rigby (pictured) were caught on CCTV embracing during their trial. The pair said they were no longer an item and the contact breached bail conditions.
  
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• CCTV shows Swansea robber beaten up by shopkeeper with a can of fizzy drink

  08-04-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drug addict David Janiszewski, 24, met his match when he tried to rob Vicarage Road Stores in Swansea, fleeing the shop with two black eyes and completely empty handed.
  
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• Husband and wife BBC presenters charged with child sex offences

  08-04-2016 20:08
  
  A HUSBAND and wife team of BBC presenters have today been charged with committing child sex offences.
  
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• Matthew Rigby GUILTY of allowing death of toddler Ayeeshia Jane Smith

  08-04-2016 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kathryn Smith, 23, killed her21-month-old daughter while at home in Burton, Staffordshire, with her partner, Matthew Rigby, 22, who was convictedof allowing or causing her death.
  
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• Facebook page set up PRAISING Muslim shopkeeper Asad Shah's killer Tanveer Ahmed

  08-04-2016 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tanveer Ahmed has said he killed Asad Shah because he claimed to be a prophet. A Facebook page now describes Ahmed as ‘Ghazi’, a title given to Muslim warriors
  
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• Harry Potter's Devon Murray is ordered to pay his former agent £210,000

  08-04-2016 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ruling came as Devon Murray, pictured, was sued by his former agent for unpaid commission fees from the estimated £1million that the Irish actor earned from his role in the popular film series.
  
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• Grand National 2016’s Aintree Ladies Day sees racegoers put on a stylish display

  08-04-2016 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's Ladies Day at Aintree and race goers put on a stylish display in the hopes of winning the Fabulous Friday style award, implemented by bosses at the course to improve sartorial standards.
  
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• Rochdale child sex gang jailed for total of 125 years

  08-04-2016 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Afraz Ahmed was a former bus driver who picked up two of his victims from school and offered them free tickets. He and nine other men have been jailed for a total of 125 years
  
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• St James's Park Tube station evacuated and bomb squad called over 'suspect package'

  08-04-2016 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  St James's Park tube station(pictured) in London was closed for a short while this morning while officers investigated and cordoned off an area near the Metropolitan Police's headquarters.
  
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• BBC News makes unfortunate mistake in Large Hadron Collider coverage

  08-04-2016 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BBC News made a very unfortunate cock-up when reporting on the restarting of the Large Hadron Collider, one of the world's largest atom-smashing machines.
  
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• Rush hour evacuation at major train station over HOAX bomb scare

  08-04-2016 19:04
  
  STRATFORD International railway station was evacuated over fears of a bomb planted on a bus during Friday rush hour.
  
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• Jan Kroll killed when he tripped and fell into the path of a lorry in Bamber Bridge

  08-04-2016 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jan Kroll, (pictured) from Germany, was hit by a lorry in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, last December. An inquest heard he 'was not in possession of any reflective material.'
  
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• Neighbours of man arrested over Gordon Semple's murder complained about smell

  08-04-2016 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pc Gordon Semple (pictured), who was gay, vanished on April 1 shortly after leaving the five-star Shangri La hotel in The Shard skyscraper, which is next to London Bridge.
  
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• Gran Canaria resort holidays ruined by deafening building work

  08-04-2016 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holidaymaker David Marriott, 45, was left devastated after he and a friend had hoped to enjoy a relaxing sunshine break in Gran Canaria - only to be met with deafening construction work.
  
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• Accomplices of school massacre plotter revealed

  08-04-2016 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Piggin was detained after he was caught with weapons in his bedroom in Loughborough. Jacob Crouch and Ryan Towell admitted possessing petrol bombs and pipe bomb parts
  
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• Mother Kim West falls for the son she gave up for adoption 32 years ago

  08-04-2016 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British-born Kim West, 51, has been in a relationship with her son Ben Ford, 32, since the pair met two years ago and realised they were sexually attracted to each other and now live in Michigan.
  
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• Why it's getting harder to lose track of time

  08-04-2016 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why it's getting harder to lose track of time
  
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• Photographs reveal how England's boys of '66 prepared for World Cup glory 

  08-04-2016 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 1966 England football squad (pictured) was photographed preparing and relaxing between games. The contest is best remembered for England'sonly World Cup trophy and controversial third goal.
  
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• Kate Middleton's visit sees Foreign Office 'ask for Taj Mahal scaffolding to go'

  08-04-2016 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prince William, 33, is expected to make a pilgrimage to the Taj Mahal with wife Kate, 34, during their tour of India which begins next week, but a row has erupted over scaffolding at the site.
  
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• Toyota Land Cruiser tryies to cross an estuary and is submerged in 30 minutes

  08-04-2016 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  he brand new 4x4 (pictured), believed to be a Toyota Land Cruiser, got stuck in the mud at Crow Point near Braunton, Devon, and 30 minutes later it had become totally submerged.
  
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• Titanic letter emerges from German who survived WW1 to be killed by Nazis in WW2

  08-04-2016 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Danby visited the ship with his uncle before it set sail on April 10, 1912, and took the opportunity to write the letter (pictured) - in German - to his wife, Rose, on the unique Titanic-headed paper.
  
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• BBC boss vows to END mumbling dialogue that hit Happy Valley and War and Peace

  08-04-2016 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fans of Happy Valley complained that the popular BBC drama, starring Sarah Lancashire, was impossible to follow because its characters mumbled their lines.
  
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• Could Trump really save the US $19tn?

  08-04-2016 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Economists say Donald Trump's plan to balance the US budget in eight years is unfeasible. Here's why.
  
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• Pret A Manger worker blasted for telling disabled five-year-old girl to be quiet

  08-04-2016 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melissa Stewart took her five-year-old daughter Gabriella to Pret A Manger in Windsor for a lunchtime treat when she was told by an employee that her child needed to stop making noises.
  
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• Jeremy Paxman savages the French saying their language is 'useless'

  08-04-2016 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The BBC broadcaster says English as ‘the language of science, technology, travel, entertainment and sport’ and the ‘only language that you must have’.
  
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• Weak industrial data raises growth fears

  08-04-2016 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK industrial output fell 0.5% in February from a year earlier, official figures show, the biggest decline since August 2013.
  
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• Brexit would make UK airlines unable to 'freely fly between cities'

  08-04-2016 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain's exit from the EU would mean UK-based airlines such as EasyJet would not be able to operate freely between the remaining member states,according to Defence Secretary Michael Fallon.
  
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• Bodies of two dead dogs are dumped in recycling bins by their heartless owners

  08-04-2016 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The Alsatian and Terrier cross had been dumped in kerbside recycling bins in Grantham, Lincolnshire. and were found among therubbish.
  
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• X Factor's Ella Henderson's father arrives in court to face fraud allegations

  08-04-2016 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sean Henderson (pictured with daughter Ella and wife Michelle), 49, from Tetney, near Grimsby, begins a three-week fraud trial at Sheffield Crown court today.
  
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• Ministers 'didn't listen over tests'

  08-04-2016 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teaching unions accuse ministers of failing to listen over shelved assessment tests for reception pupils in England.
  
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• Tesco customer's Facebook complaint about ice cream gets a FAIRYTALE response

  08-04-2016 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dav Nash, 25, from Swansea, complained on Tesco's Facebook page. The store responded with a 200-word fairytale. The post has now been shared and liked more than 6,000 times.
  
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• Vijay Sisodiya JAILED for refusing to leave £800k home after splitting from wife

  08-04-2016 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Company boss Vijay Sisodiya, 50, turned their four-bedroom detached home (pictured) in Tolworth, Surrey, into a fortress after his wife Maya left, and he is now in Pentonville Prison.
  
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• Failed asylum seeker who sexually assaulted two women appeals to stay in the UK

  08-04-2016 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 17-year-old east African, who groped the women three times on a night out in Maidstone, Kent, first grabbed one of them between the legs as she stood in the street.
  
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• Benjamin Bennett who punched Soul II Soul's Charlotte Kelly singer avoids jail

  08-04-2016 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Bennett, who has a previous conviction for assault after cracking two of Charlotte Kelly's teeth, was found guilty of harassment at Hammersmith magistrates, but avoided jail.
  
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• Mental health nurse Harribeto Akpan suspended for letting patient eat a lightbulb

  08-04-2016 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harribeto Akpan has been suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council after a self-harming patient smuggled a lightbulb into his pillowcase at the Frenchay Hospital in Bristol.
  
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• Huge leap to mass produced platelets

  08-04-2016 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have made a significant leap towards mass producing platelets - the part of the blood that forms clots.
  
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• Great War Steam Fair and the heroes who helped win World War 1

  08-04-2016 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A century after the war was won, the Beamish Museum in County Durham, will hold an exhibition of 120 machines, including steam engines (pictured) and military vehicles.
  
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• Mark De Claiterosse cleared of his girlfriend's assault in Nando's

  08-04-2016 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark De Claiterosse, 31, insisted he was just trying to calm down Victoria Bryden after a chicken dinnerfollowed by drinks, in Vauxhall, south London.
  
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• Boots optometrist Honey Rose denies negligent manslaughter of eight-year-old boy

  08-04-2016 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vincent Barker, 8, died after suffering a fatal build-up of fluid on the brain four months after an appointment with optometrist Honey Rose, pictured, at the branch of Boots in Ipswich, Suffolk.
  
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• NHS Direct call handlers repeatedly failed to tell dead mother to go to A&E

  08-04-2016 14:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kirsty Louise Childs, 20, from Denby Dale, Yorkshire, died on January 2, 2013. Her family were told to take her to a walk-in-clinic and not A&E where doctors could have saved her life.
  
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• Hong Kong-based British teacher goes missing after crossing into China

  08-04-2016 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hilary St John Bower, 60-year-old lecturer went missing on 22 March after crossing into the city of Shenzhen, in South China's Guangdong Province to visit his girlfriend and young son.
  
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• Stepfather GUILTY of causing death of tragic tot Ayeeshia Jane Smith

  08-04-2016 14:31
  
  THE mother of tragic baby Ayeeshia Jane Smith has been found guilty of cruelty and the child's stepfather guilty of causing or allowing the death of the "happy and smiley" 21-month-old toddler at the family home.
  
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