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• Tatler Tory Mark Clarke refuses to comment over inquest 'bully' claims

  01-06-2016 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Elliott Johnson, who made allegations of bullying within the party, took his own life, a coroner has ruled
  
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• Kent company fined £1m after young apprentice died when huge tyre exploded in his face

  01-06-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthew Hoare, 21, from Chartham, Kent, had not received proper training when he began trying to repair a puncture on a Dresser loading shovel at Hammill Brickworks in Sandwich.
  
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• EgyptAir crash investigators rush to find black boxes after ship detects signals

  01-06-2016 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is hoped the flight recorders will have data which will reveal whether or not the plane was brought down by a bomb
  
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• East Cowes man and 6-year-old girl die after incident at house on Isle of Wight

  01-06-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officers were called to the home in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight at 10.10am and found the 44-year-old man dead when they arrived. The girl was found unconscious but died a short time later.
  
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• Woman is charged with the murder of Saima Khan who was found killed in Luton hallway 

  01-06-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sabah Khan is accused of killing 34-year-old Saima Khan (pictured) at a house in Overstone Road, Luton, on May 23. The 26-year-old was arrested on Tuesday and has been remanded in custody.
  
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• How Switzerland decided to mark opening of Gotthard Base Tunnel

  01-06-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Swiss have put on one of the most bizarre opening ceremonies in history to mark the completion of the world's longest tunnel at a fairground in Erstfeld, in the north of the country.
  
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• Germany, France and Austria, hit with heavy rain with hundreds of pupils stranded in schools

  01-06-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Torrential rain has hit Germany, France and Austria leaving hundreds of pupils stranded in their schools and families have been forced to scramble to their rooftops to escape the rising deluge.
  
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• Palestine's Hebron University graduation revealed in rare photos

  01-06-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Photographs show hundreds of students wearing traditional graduation attire celebrating the completion of their studies in the university, located in the West Bank.
  
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• Explorer enters abandoned cruise ship which sat rusting in estuary for decades and was stunned by what's inside

  01-06-2016 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Lancaster's last voyage was in 1978, it was then  beached at Llanerch-y-Mor in Flintshire in 1979 - and it has sat there ever since
  
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• Harambe shooting: Listen to mum's panicked 911 call after son falls in gorilla enclosure

  01-06-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum Michelle Gregg is heard screaming "I can't watch this" moments before the 17-year-old silverback gorilla was shot dead
  
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• Crunch time for BHS workers with only one bidder still in talks to rescue stores

  01-06-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If the team led by ex-Mothercare boss Greg Tufnell fails to make a deal, 11,000 staff face losing their jobs
  
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• Wayne Rooney happy he took England captaincy and ready for biggest test

  01-06-2016 23:30
  
  • ‘For Euro 2016 I’m as good as I ever felt going into a tournament – injury-free’
  • I need to be a good example to the other players, says RooneyWayne Rooney believes he will go into the European Championship as strong as he has ever been, mentally and physically, before a major tournament as he prepares for the “biggest test” of a 13-year international career. Related: Euro 2016: the complete guide to every squad and every player in FranceContinue
  
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• Versailles recap: episode one – certain to ruffle some ruffles

  01-06-2016 23:30
  
  This demented and sumptuously risible tale is perfect for viewers who prefer their 17th-century French politics served with plenty of boobsThe year is 1667. The place is the king’s hunting lodge in a small village called Versailles. La fallacy pathetique is working overtime and a storm is underway outside as Louis XIV grapples with his problems and assorted courtesans within. His mother, who had hitherto kept a firm hand on France and all its ministers, is dead and the country’s nobl
  
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• Roy Keane enjoyed Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2016 who was in and out process

  01-06-2016 23:30
  
  • It is cruel but was up to them to make sure they were in, says Ireland’s No2
  • The lads who missed out haven’t played enough games, Keane addsRoy Keane has never been one for sentimentality, so when it came to Martin O’Neill breaking bad news to those unfortunate to miss out on the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2016 squad on Tuesday evening, the assistant manager typically took it all in his stride. Related: Roy Keane ‘wanted to kill’ Republic of Irel
  
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• England forced to put plan to counter Wales’s Bale threat on back burner

  01-06-2016 23:30
  
  • Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence from Portugal warm-up prompts rethink
  • Roy Hodgson may play Wayne Rooney, Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane togetherOriginally, it all made perfect sense why England invited Portugal to be their final opponents before setting off for Euro 2016 and it all goes back to the fact Roy Hodgson’s team will encounter Gareth Bale in a couple of weeks and need to find a way to tie up the most expensive player on the planet.“One of the things we thought a
  
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• Police probe as six-year-old girl dies after being found unconscious next to bodies of man and two dogs

  01-06-2016 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The little girl was rushed to St Mary's Hospital in Newport, Isle of Wight, but tragically died a short time later
  
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• National Lottery results: Lotto winning numbers for £11.4 million jackpot on Wednesday, June 1

  01-06-2016 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Here are the winning numbers which could make you a millionaire tonight
  
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• Shropshire men killed when aircraft 'nosedived' and crashed over Bank Holiday are named

  01-06-2016 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Sumner died alongside his 64-year-old friend Tony Crocombe (pictured) when their small aircraft came down in a field in Shifnal, near Telford, Shropshire, on Monday evening.
  
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• Glenrothes mother of Liam Fee's killer insists 'daughter didn't murder bairn' in Fife

  01-06-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mother of a woman who was convicted along with her lesbian lover of murdering a two-year-old boy has insisted her daughter 'didn't murder the bairn'. Liam Fee died at his home in Fife, Scotland.
  
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• EU referendum: union boss urges Corbyn to speak up on immigration

  01-06-2016 23:00
  
  GMB chief Tim Roache says leader must be ‘bolder and braver’ and tackle big issues to win over Labour voters to the remain campJeremy Corbyn must be “bolder and braver” in making the case for immigration in the UK if he is to win over Labour voters to the cause of remaining in the EU, according to the boss of one of Britain’s biggest unions. Tim Roache, who took over as general secretary of the GMB earlier this year and is a key Corbyn backer, told the Guardian he w
  
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• Weston-super-Mare beach hut renters are being driven out after being ‘abused’ by locals

  01-06-2016 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sun-seekers in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset have been targeted on social media and hassled by passers-by in a backlash against new beach huts which are thought to be an eyesore.
  
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• Tory split on Europe worsens with Prime Minister facing coup from Brexit rebels

  01-06-2016 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Employment Minister Priti Patel told supporters ‘Vote Leave’ is now “campaigning to take back control of our country and our Government”
  
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• UK weather feels colder than Christmas, despite being first day of June

  01-06-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beaches were deserted as maximum temperatures only made it to 14C in the South East today, compared to 15C on December 25 last year, and it’s not getting any warmer tomorrow.
  
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• Donald Trump WILL visit Britain to open new golf course day after EU referendum

  01-06-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The presumptive Republican nominee for the White House will arrive in Britain the day after the crunch referendum on EU membership - making it unlikely he will meet David Cameron.
  
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• David Cameron's former aide found GUILTY of making indecent images of young girls 

  01-06-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patrick Rock, 65, a former Downing Street aide to Prime Minister David Cameron, has been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court in London of five counts of making indecent photographs of children.
  
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• Harambe shooting: See first picture of barrier that was supposed to stop child getting into gorilla enclosure

  01-06-2016 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A short fence - apparently very easy for a child to climb over - surrounds the moat which the three-year-old boy fell in to come face-to-face with tragic Harambe
  
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• Muslim-majority Mauritania man crushes 8 elderly women to death while handing money to poor

  01-06-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eight elderly women were crushed to death in Mauritania when a Muslim businessman began handing out money to the poor as part of his religious duty. The incident happened in Nouakchott.
  
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• The Queen unveils a bronze bust of herself on a visit to the Honourable Artillery Company in London 

  01-06-2016 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Queen unveiled the magnificent new work by Antony Dufort today in a ceremony to mark her becoming the longest serving Captain-General of the company.
  
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• David Squires on ... Shane Warne and the ball of the century

  01-06-2016 22:30
  
  In the latest of his series on defining moments in Australian sport, David Squires turns his eye to the cricket great and the ball that launched his Test career. And you can find David’s archive of Australian sport cartoons here Continue reading...
  
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• Dr Pimple Popper cuts giant cyst the size of a GOLF BALL from football player's back

  01-06-2016 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The footage begins with Dr Lee, known to millions online as Dr Pimple Popper, beginning to cut around the cyst in order to loosen it from the inside of the man's flesh
  
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• Dagger in King Tut's tomb was made with iron from a meteorite

  01-06-2016 22:24
  
  Researchers who analyzed metal composition of dagger within wrapping of mummified teenage king say it ‘strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin’A dagger entombed with King Tutankhamun was made with iron from a meteorite, a new analysis on the metal composition shows.In 1925, archaeologist Howard Carter found two daggers, one iron and one with a blade of gold, within the wrapping of the teenage king, who was mummified more than 3,300 years ago. The iron blade, which had a gold han
  
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• SAS using Bollywood music to defeat ISIS after Pakistani intelligence

  01-06-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In one incident, special forces left two cars on the outskirts of ISIS-held Sirte and began blasting Bollywood music, which the terrorists consider 'blasphemy', through huge speakers at dawn.
  
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• Tories fail to block police investigation into alleged general election fraud

  01-06-2016 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tories tried to prevent the police being granted more time to investigate the claims, which could lead to the 2015 general election being declared void
  
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• Rafael Benítez’s No2 Pecchia leaves Newcastle to manage Hellas Verona

  01-06-2016 22:08
  
  • ‘I am sad to see Fabio depart but pleased he has been considered for this job’
  • Newcastle say good progress is being made over a replacementRafael Benítez’s bid to lead Newcastle United back to the Premier League at the first time of asking has suffered a blow after his assistant was appointed as the manager of Hellas Verona. Related: Newcastle: seven things Rafael Benítez needs to address in the ChampionshipContinue reading...
  
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• Pride of Britain winner Tilly Griffiths reveals how the award changed her life forever

  01-06-2016 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 16-year-old suffers with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, yet still manages to compose music and has raised £5million for charity
  
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• French president Francois Hollande unveils Bordeaux's £62m theme park dedicated to WINE

  01-06-2016 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  La Cité du Vin in Bordeaux has 20 themed rooms all dedicated to wine. For 20 euros, visitors can see, touch, smell and taste wine in an immersive environment.
  
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• Bottlenose dolphin stranded on sand by retreating tide is saved by volunteers

  01-06-2016 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tourist Lorraine Culloch, 38, from Arbroath, spotted the distressed animal while she was driving along the coast at Nigg Bay in the Scottish Highlands before calling animal rescue services.
  
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• Hotel tells Brit footie fans at Euro 2016: 'We'll only serve you water and you'll have to ask in French'

  01-06-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Up to 100,000 fans are headed for the city of Lens, which is hosting the England v Wales match, against a backdrop of strike action and unrest
  
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• Is Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho planning to make £3.9m castle complete with 'dragon' his new home?

  01-06-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The luxury property comes with a library, cinema room and has plans for an infinity pool 
  
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• London woman 'raped and forced to sit in beach bath' by man met on Match.com

  01-06-2016 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Siblings Colin Leacock, 33, and Mandy Leacock (pictured), 35, of St John's Wood, London, subjected a vulnerable woman to rape and abuse in a year-long ordeal, a court heard today.
  
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• Gloucestershire bin lorry driver tells jury experience of reversing truck over grandmother

  01-06-2016 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alan Cole, 57,gave his first description of the collision involving dog walker Teresa O'Regan to Gloucester crown court today. He claims he did not see the grandmother walking when he reversed.
  
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• Facebook-gloating thug spared jail after beating up Royal Marine in Cornwall back in court

  01-06-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drug dealer Ben Scott, 31, (pictured) was originally handed a suspended prison term after launching the 'cowardly' assault on Corporal Marc Jolly, 27m who was enjoying leave in Camborne, Cornwall.
  
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• How cold-callers are ignoring the Telephone Preference Service to bombard you with marketing scams

  01-06-2016 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Research by Which? has shown that four out of every 10 phone calls to our home is a nuisance call - with those ringing rarely revealing where they are from
  
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• Andy Murray looking past Stan Wawrinka to final glory at French Open

  01-06-2016 21:34
  
  • ‘I’m here to win the tournament,’ says Scot after reaching semi against holder
  • Murray comes from a set down to beat Richard Gasquet and reach last fourAndy Murray stands on the verge of tennis history yet again. He knows a win over Stan Wawrinka in the semi-finals of the French Open on Friday will put him in his first final here – completing the list for all four majors and becoming the first British player to get to the concluding day in Paris since Bunny A
  
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• Inside the secret bedrooms where cabin crew put their feet up and take a rest

  01-06-2016 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Some crew members said it can feel a bit like sleeping in a coffin, but taking your own pyjamas helps
  
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• London art collector Marion Lambert dies aged 73 after hit by bus on Oxford Street

  01-06-2016 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Baroness Marion Lambert, 73, was knocked over by a double decker as she crossed the road outside Bond Street tube station in central London, she suffered severe injuries and did not recover.
  
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• I fear the Birmingham bombings inquest will only bring heartache | Chris Mullin

  01-06-2016 21:13
  
  Even if fresh evidence emerges, there is the danger of expectations being raised that cannot be fulfilledThe author Robert Harris once wrote that “whoever planted the bombs in Birmingham … also planted a bomb under the British legal establishment”. Say that again. Even now, 42 years after the event, shock waves from the explosions continue to reverberate.Wednesday’s decision by the Birmingham coroner to reopen the inquest into the death of the victims is only the latest
  
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• Spike in Alaska wildfires is worsening global warming, US says

  01-06-2016 21:09
  
  Report from US Geological Survey says northern wildfires must now be seen as significant driver of climate change, not just a side-effectThe devastating rise in Alaska’s wildfires is making global warming even worse than scientists expected, US government researchers said on Wednesday.The sharp spike in Alaska’s wildfires, where more than 5 million acres burned last year, are destroying a main buffer against climate change: the carbon-rich boreal forests, tundra and permafrost that h
  
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• Steve Bell on the Australian-style immigration system – cartoon

  01-06-2016 21:07
  
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• Kangaroo bursts cyclist's boob implants after jumping on her in Outback 'and now she wants even BIGGER ones'

  01-06-2016 21:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sharon Heinrich, 45, needs surgery to fix her injured boobs after she was jumped on by a kangaroo while cycling along a tourist route in Australia
  
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