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• Both sides of EU referendum should acknowledge their mistakes and promise to stick to the facts

  27-05-2016 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Voice of the Mirror says that both sides would be best served if they admitted their errors and corrected the blunders
  
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• Earth-like planet which 'could support human life' found 1,200 light years away

  27-05-2016 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kepler 62f is about 40% larger than our own planet - and is orbiting a star like the Sun at a comparable distance, suggesting it may even have water in liquid form
  
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• Cricklewood man who murdered flatmate and then mutilated her genitals is jailed

  27-05-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Purcell, 53, had knocked back rounds ofwhisky and coke when he burst into the room of 49 year-old Imelda Molina and plunged a knife into her back 48 times at their flat in north London.
  
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• Chef is tortured, raped, urinated on and robbed by evil hairdresser

  27-05-2016 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sadistic rapist is jailed after being found guilty of tying a man to a bed in a terrifying and humiliating attack
  
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• Swimwear model guilty of murder has got 'what she deserves', says victim's daughter

  27-05-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mayka Kukucova sobbed in court as she was found guilty of murdering Andrew Bush, which daughter Ellie said had been a 'tremendous ordeal'
  
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• Lifeboat team rescue LEATHER SOFA from the English Channel as it posed risk to boats

  27-05-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The large settee was spotted off the Kent Coast and was reported to Dover Coastguard who scrambled a lifeboat to recover it
  
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• David Cameron: Boris Johnson can STILL be Britain's next Prime Minister

  27-05-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Speaking at the end of the G7 Summit, the PM said Boris remains a "substantial figure" in the Tory party
  
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• Read the short stories that won junior BBC writing awards presented by Camilla

  27-05-2016 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Children were asked to let their imagination run riot and write a 500-word story for BBC Radio 2
  
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• Amber Heard granted restraining order after accusing Johnny Depp of domestic violence

  27-05-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TMZ reports that Heard and her lawyer Samantha Spector appeared in a California court on Friday where the 30-year-old actress filed for a domestic violence restraining order.
  
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• UK citizen 'who planned to blow up Heathrow airport' gets 40 years in US jail for supporting Al-Qaeda

  27-05-2016 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former McDonald's worker Ming Quang Pham, from South London, plotted to set off a suicide bomb packed with metal bolts in the airport's arrivals hall
  
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• 'Queen of the Gypsies' Ruby Pearl's four caravans are torched after her funeral in tribute

  27-05-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People came from all over the UK to pay their respects - two town centres were brought to a standstill by limousines, a horse-drawn carriage and police escorts
  
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• Is this Obama's next home? Sprawling £4.8 million Tudor mansion 'will be President's post-White House pad'

  27-05-2016 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The stunning nine-bedroom mansion in Washington DC's Kalorama neighbourhood will reportedly be leased by President Barack Obama from January 2017
  
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• Henry Heimlich performs technique named for him in emergency for the FIRST TIME

  27-05-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heimlich was sitting at a communal dining table at Cincinnati's Deupree House, where he lives, and noticed fellow resident Patty Ris, 87, in distress while eating an open-faced hamburger.
  
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• Boy covered head-to-toe in make-up worth £120 goes viral as mum reviews his efforts

  27-05-2016 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Make-up artist Sarah Chrisp posted a photo of young Damian on the Facebook page of make-up brand Urban Decay after he got his hands on the products
  
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• Is this the most extreme cup of tea ever? Heavy metal band give ear-splitting tips for perfect brew

  27-05-2016 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While your average metal track is about violence, drugs, sex and rebellion, Barnaby Oakley and fellow metalhead Paul Benford turned to tea for inspiration
  
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• A career in broadcasting isn't all it's cracked up to be - but I certainly can't complain

  27-05-2016 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fiona Phillips says her son, who wants a job like her mum because she doesn't 'seem to do much', is unaware of the ins and outs of a media career
  
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• Ex-police worker jailed for life for care home poisoning and threat to kill and eat sister

  27-05-2016 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Melissa Swift attempted to murder three colleagues in July 2014, adding bottles of bleach to water jugs in a fridge
  
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• Top ISIS commander 'killed by US-led airstrikes' during Battle for Fallujah

  27-05-2016 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A spokesman for the US-led military campaign against Islamic State said the coalition had carried out 20 strikes in support of the campaign to retake Fallujah over the past four days
  
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• Alex 'Hurricaine' Higgins' son rushed to hospital after 'row with fiancée

  27-05-2016 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jordan Higgins, 33, is believed to have had a row with his partner Leigh Buckley before she allegedly got into a car, hit him and left him with serious injuries outside their Stockport home.
  
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• Charlotte Crosby pays tribute to teen schoolgirl who lost her three-year long battle with bone cancer

  27-05-2016 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The reality star took to social media using the hashtag #StellasArmy following the tragic news of Stella Anderson-Scott's death
  
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• Bobby the cocker spaniel is rescued after falling down well for two WEEKS 

  27-05-2016 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adorable Bobby's barks and whines were eventually heard by two farmers and an emergency team was scrambled to rescue him after he fell down the well in Gimingham, Norfolk.
  
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• David Cameron says soaring migration figures is a price worth paying for being in Europe

  27-05-2016 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minster also denied being a 'closet Brexiteer' at the end of the G7 summit in Japan
  
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• Road rage driver who paralysed two children tells judge: 'I hate myself'

  27-05-2016 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrew Nay was jailed for four years for deliberately smashing his Land Rover into a family's car
  
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• US Special Forces fighting with Kurds in Syria are 8 miles from ISIS capital Raqqa 

  27-05-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  American soldiers were seen at an outpost in Fatisah alongside Kurdish soldiers just hours after ISIS militants were forced from the town near Raqqa.
  
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• EuroMillions results: Tonight's winning numbers for £35 million jackpot on Friday, May 27

  27-05-2016 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  These numbers could make you a VERY rich person - check to see if you've won
  
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• Popular Cheetos cheese-flavoured snack recalled over allergy fears

  27-05-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Food Standard Agency put out an alert tonight to anyone who has purchased a packet of Cheetos Cheddar Jalapeno Crunchy - especially if they have a milk allergy
  
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• Calais refugee camp is reduced to ashes as hundreds of migrants burn tents

  27-05-2016 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police believe the migrants, mainly Afghans and Sudanese, were fighting over disputed trafficking routes into Britain at the Jungle in Calais, leaving over 40 people injured.
  
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• Medical experts say Rio Olympics should be moved or postponed because of Zika virus outbreak in Brazil

  27-05-2016 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "Our greater concern is for global health," the letter, signed by more than 100 health professionals, said
  
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• Bank Holiday drivers face travel chaos with worst traffic for three years

  27-05-2016 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 15 million car journeys are expected during the weekend, with the peak coming on Saturday
  
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• Cian Robinson missing: Fears vulnerable 13-year-old could have taken deadly 'legal highs'

  27-05-2016 21:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare and safety of the young teenager
  
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• Bank Holiday chaos: Families' misery as camper van fire, crashes and emergency repairs result in 30-MILE motorway tailbacks

  27-05-2016 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Drivers took to Twitter as they waited impatiently in queues on the M4 and M25, with some fearing they would miss scheduled flights at Heathrow and Gatwick airports
  
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• Why every pupil needs oddball teachers like TOM UTLEY's opera-singing maths master

  27-05-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TOM UTLEY: The lion's share of the blame for killing off oddball teachers must surely lie with successive governments and their increasingly bureaucratic demands of the profession.
  
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• Schoolchildren crawl to Seven Sisters cliff edge yards where slab plunged into the sea

  27-05-2016 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coastguards have slammed a school group after students posed for a photograph just metres away from the edge of a crumbling cliff (pictured) along the Seven Sisters coastline in East Sussex.
  
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• How David Cameron's relative set up Britain's biggest WW1 munitions factory putting women's lives at risk

  27-05-2016 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A blast at Barnbow, set up by the PM's step-great grandad, killed 35 "munitionettes" and left more than 100 horrifically injured
  
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• Scotland surgeon threatened wife so violently one of their children was sick

  27-05-2016 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Top weight loss surgeon Jamie Young, 39, has walked free from court after admitting threatening his wife at their home in Melrose, Scotland, in a confrontation so fierce one of their children was sick.
  
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• New Horizons' highest resolution snaps of Pluto are compiled into detailed image

  27-05-2016 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This mosaic strip of the dwarf planet extends across the hemisphere that faced the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015.
  
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• A 17th police force has asked for more time to investigate alleged Tory election fraud

  27-05-2016 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Devon and Cornwall Police are also investigating their own boss Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez who was an electoral agent
  
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• Embarrassing Bodies' Bail Ammori 'attacked his daughter with both his fists'

  27-05-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Obesity expert, Professor Bail Ammori from Altrincham, Cheshire is accused of beating his 22-year-old daughter Huda after the pair traded insults about his new partner Hayley Pritchard.
  
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• Britain's first baby gorilla born by C-section discovers how to smile in image

  27-05-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Afia, Bristol Zoo's adorable baby gorilla, made history this year by being the first gorilla to be born by c-section in the UK - and now this heartwarming video has been released of her smiling.
  
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• Islamic State militants 'have Euro 2016 in their sights' German intelligence claims

  27-05-2016 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The comments come after France's spy chief said ISIS is gearing up for a campaign of bomb attacks on large crowds in his country
  
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• Key building blocks of DNA and proteins discovered by Rosetta spacecraft on 67P

  27-05-2016 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evidence beamed back the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe has provided new evidence that comets may have carried the raw ingredients for life to Earth billions of years ago.
  
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• How Harmony of the Seas' first trip became a PR disaster

  27-05-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £800million Harmony Of The Seas 'serious risk to all passengers' by its first outraged customers since setting sail for Rotterdam from Southampton on a four-night trip on May 22.
  
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• GoPro attached to a cheetah to capture the world's fastest land animal in video

  27-05-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, in Cincinnati, Ohio, had the idea to mount a Go Pro camera to a harness attached to the back of a cheetah as it reached a speed of 60mph.
  
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• What are legal highs? - video explainer

  27-05-2016 20:44
  
  Legal highs have been taken off the shelves and put on the controlled substances list. Typically referred to as spice, the drugs described as being more powerful and addictive than crack or heroin, has taken a heavy toll on many who thought it would be a legal substitute for cannabis. Addicts on the streets of Manchester talk about the drug and its ban Continue reading...
  
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• Alexander Economou 'said he wanted woman who falsely accused him of rape behind bars'

  27-05-2016 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alexander Economou, 37, is standing trial accused of harassing David de Freitas, whose daughter killed herself a few days before she was due to stand trial for perverting the course of justice.
  
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• Edward Tenniswood denies raping and murdering India Chipchase found dead after night out

  27-05-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Edward Tenniswood, 52, denied killing India Chipchase and the new charge of raping the part-time barmaid during a five-minute appearance from prison via videolink.
  
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• London driving instructor who used car park so learner could practice is fined

  27-05-2016 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Fitzsimons was caught on CCTV as he gave a novice driver the chance to perform two bay parks at the end of a lesson in south-east London.
  
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• Special Ops soldiers rapel from helicopters to 'save' Tampa mayor during demonstration

  27-05-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These are the amazing scenes as special forces operatives fast-rope down from a Blackhawk helicopter to rescue Tampa mayor Bob Buckthorn during dramatic demonstration exercise.
  
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• Natalie Gentle died 5 days after taking a lethal cocktail of drugs, inquest hears

  27-05-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former beauty queen Natalie Gentle, 33, of Plymouth, died after taking a lethal mix of drugs just days before Christmas, an inquest heard - and her mother said her death was down to no one helping.
  
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• Lynda Whalley who stole almost £166,000 from a garden centre is jailed

  27-05-2016 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lynda Whalley falsified accounts at ACW Garden Centre in West Yorkshire over a nine-year-period so she could splash the cash on a brand new kitchen worth £4,500 and an all-inclusive trip.
  
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