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• Battle of the beauties: 'Kate Middleton' of the Himalayas set to greet royal namesake

  13-04-2016 23:56
  
  AN EASTERN beauty dubbed the 'Kate Middleton of the Himalayas' is set to meet her royal namesake during the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's whirlwind tour of Bhutan.
  
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• Christian holiday travel agent spared jail after 'stealing' £26k of customer's money

  13-04-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bob Fleming, 62, charged friends and long-standing customers to secure berths on a Thompson 'Bible Lands Cruise' but spent the money renovating a hotel he had leased in Turkey.
  
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• Top Tory John Whittingdale faces sleaze probe over trip to Amsterdam with dominatrix lover

  13-04-2016 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tory Culture Secretary John ­Whittingdale faces a probe after accusations of a “blatant” and “outrageous” breach of parliamentary rules over his MTV awards trip
  
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• Toddler 'murdered by mum and lesbian lover' had injuries 'similar to car crash victim'

  13-04-2016 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two-year-old Liam Fee suffered a ruptured heart as the result of blunt force trauma, a murder trial heard
  
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• Inside Buchenwald: Horrors of Nazi concentration camp are remembered in haunting exhibition 71 years after liberation

  13-04-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A haunting new exhibition at a Nazi concentration camp opens this week and will mark 71 years after it was liberated by allied forces. 
  
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• Terrifying scenes as huge explosion goes off and plane passengers lie injured on tarmac in airport disaster drill

  13-04-2016 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two-hour demonstration saw 500 emergency services and 150 volunteers take part
  
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• Police hounded vicar for 17 months on suspicion of KILLING his tragic stillborn grandson

  13-04-2016 23:31
  
  POLICE were tonight facing serious questions about why they hounded a vicar for nearly two years over unfounded accusations he was involved in the death of his tragically stillborn grandson
  
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• Watchdog probes claims police covered up allegations Tony Blackburn "seduced" tragic dancer

  13-04-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hertfordshire Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over its investigation into the 1971 suicide of 15-year-old Claire McAlpine
  
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• 'Affluenza' teen who killed four people in drink-drive crash after playing beer pong jailed for two years

  13-04-2016 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ethan Couch was just 16 when he killed four people after he drunkenly rammed a pick-up truck into a crowd that were helping a motorist
  
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• Ministers must publish the long-awaited Chilcot report by next month

  13-04-2016 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a debate to be held in Parliament tomorrow former shadow home secretary David Davis is expected to say it would be ‘unconscionable’ to delay the Chilcot report any further.
  
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• ‘I want to talk to the totty’ MP reported for sexist jibe at female reporter in Parliament

  13-04-2016 23:24
  
  A MALE MP has been forced to apologise after approaching a senior female journalist in Parliament and saying he wanted “to talk to the totty”.
  
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• Rome politician suggests using half a MILLION cats to fix rat problem

  13-04-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Razzi, who represents the centre-right Forza party, said the 500,000 cats could 'live with the old ladies' in Rome, Italy, as he discussed the potential plans.
  
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• Inquest begins into 'tragic and avoidable' death of widow crushed by boat

  13-04-2016 23:07
  
  A GRANDMOTHER was crushed to death when she fell between a luxury cruise liner and a boat returning her from a day trip, an inquest heard yesterday.
  
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• Woman arrested after five-year-old girl plunges from window

  13-04-2016 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 48-year-old woman was held on suspicion of assault after the child was injured in the fall in Gateshead on Wednesday morning
  
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• Euro 2016 football fans invited to "party" on beach where England yobs rioted during World Cup 1998

  13-04-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prado Beach in Marseille was the scene of violence 18 years ago when the Three Lions' match with Tunisia was shown on a big screen
  
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• Brave Alton Towers survivor Vicky Balch's fury after her kind cab driver handed parking fine

  13-04-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cabbie Michael Bright, 56, was giving Vicky a lift to St Pancras Station and parked in the disabled bay to help with her bags when he was given the ticket
  
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• PRODUCT WARNING: Supermarket rum bottles may contain potentially deadly shards of GLASS

  13-04-2016 22:53
  
  RUM bottles sold in Asda and Aldi supermarkets may contain potentially deadly shards of glass, the UK’s food watchdog has warned tonight.
  
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• Parents' heartbreak as three-month-old baby girl mysteriously dies on her first day of nursery

  13-04-2016 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her death is being treated as suspicious until the autopsy results are confirmed
  
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• Chibok girls captured by Boko Haram in Nigeria seen in terror group's 'proof of life' video

  13-04-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Filmed standing against a brick wall, the young women - taken by the terror group from the beds of their school dormitory in 2014 - were recorded to provide 'proof of life' to officials in Nigeria.
  
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• Woman said goodbye to her boyfriend just moments before seeing him die in horror motorbike crash

  13-04-2016 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dublin Crown Court heard that Vanessa Breen had been with her boyfriend Raymond Ring, 38, just before he died while test-riding a motorbike
  
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• Lotto loser Susanne Hinte denies swiping pensioner's purse after asking for help on her way to blind date

  13-04-2016 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Susanne Hinte, who hit the headlines over her National Lottery ticket claim in January, has pleaded not guilty to stealing £55 while en route to a blind date
  
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• Half-naked Richard Madeley ‘chased Peeping Tom in his boxer shorts’ as drone row erupts

  13-04-2016 22:23
  
  THE teenager accused of flying a drone over the home of TV couple Richard and Judy claims the former This Morning host chased him through the streets wearing only a pair of boxer shorts.
  
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• Half-naked Richard Madeley ‘chased Peeping Tom in his boxer shorts’ as drone row erupted

  13-04-2016 22:23
  
  THE teenager accused of flying a drone over the home of TV couple Richard and Judy claims the former This Morning host chased him through the streets wearing only a pair of boxer shorts.
  
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• Pope Francis in high spirits as he dons fireman's helmet and laughs with Paris emergency workers

  13-04-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Pontiff also urged Catholics to send him prayers before his trip to the Greek island of Lesbos, which has been affected by the migrant crisis
  
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• Parade of Tory MPs queue up to batter their own government's forced academies plan

  13-04-2016 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A dozen rebels turned publicly on David Cameron for forcing all schools to become academies
  
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• Milton Keynes grandfather ran over and killed his grandson as he reversed off driveway 

  13-04-2016 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlie Gaskin, 79, failed to see 'lovely and cheeky' Jack Smith behind his Ford Transit van before the boy fell under the rear wheel on an estate in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
  
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• 'Our twin boys, five, love wearing princess dresses and playing with dolls'

  13-04-2016 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gabriella Haughton-Malik and husband Joe are happy to let 'gender neutral' sons Caleb and Kai dance around the house as Frozen characters Anna and Elsa
  
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• Cardiff city centre closed as police respond to reports of man 'sitting on car park roof'

  13-04-2016 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Traffic has backed up and a large crowd has formed close to the police cordon near to the building
  
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• Palma police hunt vandals who wrote ‘Tourists go home’

  13-04-2016 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of the insulting messages (pictured) which appeared earlier this week was written on the four-star Palma Suites Aparthotel in Palma's Old Town and said: 'Tourist Go Home. Refugees Welcome.'
  
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• Gran and dog survived nine days in wild by drinking pond water and eating desert plants

  13-04-2016 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ann Rodgers, 72, and her pet pooch were eventually found in the White Mountains of Arizona after she wrote "help" on the ground with sticks
  
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• Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson launches new battle for Britain

  13-04-2016 21:38
  
  RUTH Davidson is to spearhead a new battle for Britain to thwart the SNP's renewed independence drive.
  
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• One of world's tallest men dies aged 38 after suffering massive heart attack in his sleep

  13-04-2016 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tomas Pustina - who had been dogged by health problems all his life - measured a staggering 7ft 4.2 inches on his deathbed
  
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• Domestic abuse survivor: 'I emailed myself: If I die tonight, it was my boyfriend'

  13-04-2016 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  DJ Ellie Phillips has told of the horrific abuse she endured at the hands of her once-loving boyfriend
  
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• Prince William and Kate Middleton show they are up to the TUSK as they feed baby elephants

  13-04-2016 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate and Wills tenderly fed baby elephants as they continued their tour of India
  
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• SpareRoom listing of wooden shed to rent for £550-a-month in Orpington doesn't have a kitchen or bathroom

  13-04-2016 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Landlords advertise a 'lovely log cabin' to share in a garden in St Mary Cray, Orpington, Greater London. The cabin has one large room and two smaller rooms, and does not include any furniture.
  
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• Pastry wars as legal battle erupts over famous Killie pie

  13-04-2016 21:16
  
  THE future of the famous "Killie Pie" is under threat after a bitter legal battle broke out over naming rights to the tasty treat.
  
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• Angry dad told to leave daughter's inquest after telling doctor: ''Watch your back''

  13-04-2016 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mark Polmear blames Dr Robert White for the death of his child Esmee, seven, from an undiagnosed ultra-rare heart condition
  
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• Armed cops swarm outside Bethnal Green police station after reports of gunman shooting at a car

  13-04-2016 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police confirmed a man reported someone had fired shots at his car near London's Victoria Park
  
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• The diamond fraudsters conning unwary investors out of millions of pounds

  13-04-2016 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Customers never likely to make a profit as the coloured gems they were sold were marked up by as much as 550 per cent
  
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• 'Super bed bugs' becoming immune to insecticides thanks to growth of thicker skins

  13-04-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bugs have become immune to insecticide over the past two decades - and now they've evolved further
  
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• ISIS now calls for jihadists to slaughter British Muslim IMAMS who oppose brutal regime

  13-04-2016 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The sickening message was written in the new issue of the terrorist group's propaganda magazine
  
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• Grandad ran over and killed two-year-old grandson in tragic Boxing Day accident

  13-04-2016 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Toddler Jack Smith fell under the rear wheel of Charlie Gaskin's Ford Transit van as he reversed out of a parking space to pop to the shops
  
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• Former primary school head teacher 'abused boys during reading lessons'

  13-04-2016 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clifford Stott, 69, allegedly abused the young boys while making them read aloud on his knee in the 1970s
  
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• Kate Middleton and Prince William feel Myanmar earthquake during Indian tour

  13-04-2016 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 7.0-magnitude quake struck Myanmar this afternoon, with powerful tremors felt for hundreds of miles across eastern India and Bangladesh.
  
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• Tragic toddler at centre of murder trial suffered 'car crash' injuries

  13-04-2016 20:48
  
  A TODDLER allegedly murdered by his mother and her lesbian partner died of severe blunt force trauma normally associated with a car crash victim, a court has heard.
  
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• Woman desperate to become a mum left heartbreaking note saying she 'wanted to be loved' before hanging herself

  13-04-2016 20:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Janice Ramona Tucker, 30, hanged herself at her Cumbria home after arguing with her long-term partner about starting a family, an inquest heard today
  
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• Tragedy as woman dies on flight from sunshine isle of Majorca to Glasgow

  13-04-2016 20:44
  
  TRAGEDY has struck on a flight to Glasgow after a woman died in her seat despite the best efforts of cabin crew to save her.
  
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• Young mum suffers miscarriage after hit and run driver smashes into her and her two young sons

  13-04-2016 20:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mum was eight weeks pregnant when she was hit by a driver while travelling with her two young sons, who were also injured
  
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• Tesco shares drop despite return to the black after boss warns of rocky ride

  13-04-2016 20:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The retailer posted its first quarterly rise in UK sales in three years but chief executive Dave Lewis says the recovery “won’t be smooth”
  
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• Ex boss of Scots gaming giant alleges Grand Theft and sues for £105million

  13-04-2016 20:32
  
  THE former boss of the Scots video games studio behind Grand Theft Auto is suing the firm for £105million, claiming he was ousted by "deception".
  
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