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• Tory day of treachery: Most savage blood letting since the fall of Margaret Thatcher as 'cuckoo in the nest' Gove knifes Boris in battle to be Prime Minister 

  30-06-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Gove was accused of treachery and of presiding over an ‘orchestrated plot’ to destroy his fellow Brexiteer Boris Johnson after announcing he wanted to be the next Tory leader.
  
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• Doomed from the moment Gove stuck the knife in: How Tory master strategist who guided Cameron to election victory told Boris to quit an hour after Justice Secretary said he would stand for the leadership 

  30-06-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tory master-strategist Sir Lynton Crosby told Boris Johnson to quit just an hour after Michael Gove launched a devastating assault on his character yesterday, it has emerged.
  
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• Tesla confirms first death involving Autopilot car after vehicle smashes into tractor trailer

  30-06-2016 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The driver was killed while operating in Autopilot mode in Williston, Florida, in what the company has described as "extremely rare circumstances"
  
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• Brexit fallout has made zero rates an outside possibility - but that is a sign of desperation

  30-06-2016 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Zero rates might sound good if you’ve got a variable rate mortgage or credit card, but Mirror Business Editor Graham Hiscott says it’s a double-edged sword
  
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• Cinemagoer brutally stabbed in throat, arm and lung while watching horror movie The Shallows

  30-06-2016 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old man is fighting for his life after being attacked from behind about 30 minutes into the screening of Blake Lively's new movie
  
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• Selfish coward Boris Johnson deserves every word of scorn heaped on him

  30-06-2016 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Voice of the Mirror says that Britain deserves neither Johnson nor his former pal Michael Gove
  
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• Boris Johnson waited years for the ball to come loose - but was too cowardly to pick it up

  30-06-2016 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When Michael Gove played dirty to kick his pal out of the leadership race, Johnson failed to stand up
  
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• Istanbul airport video shows passengers fleeing from 'man in black' before ISIS attack 

  30-06-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CCTV footage, filmed from behind the counter of an Ataturk Airport shop, shows holidaymakers starting to flee after a commotion breaks out at the entrance to the terminal.
  
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• Conservative leadership contenders - in 90 seconds

  30-06-2016 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five Conservative MPs announce themselves as contenders in the battle to become the next party leader and British prime minister.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party 'not safe for Jews' blasts MP who stormed out of anti-Semitism inquiry

  30-06-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ruth Smeeth blamed Corbyn of a “catastrophic failure of leadership” for failing to stop Marc Wadsworth,  who accused her of conspiring with right-wing press
  
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• Carer, 21, receives hideous scars when she is glassed in the face by her best friend for being 'boring' on a night out

  30-06-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sophie Hobson (pictured) was left with a nasty gash on her forehead that required stitches after she was glassed in the face by her friend and work colleague Victoria Doran, in Leeds.
  
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• Why you should NEVER let your dog lick your face: 70-year-old nearly dies from blood poisoning after affection from her canine friend

  30-06-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is thought bacteria which can live in cavities in dogs’ mouths was passed on to the woman from her pet because she often petted it closely and let it lick her, the British Medical Journal reports.
  
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• Live: Boris Johnson told aide: "I don't want to be a Jeremy Corbyn"

  30-06-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour coup gets nasty as the Conservative leadership contest takes a spectacular turn. Follow updates here
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn facing a SECOND Shadow Cabinet rebellion in less than a week

  30-06-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Six members of his new-look Shadow Cabinet, including several only appointed on Monday, plan to meet with the beleaguered Labour leader
  
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• Somme centenary: Royals attend vigil in France

  30-06-2016 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have attended a vigil in France, to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, where Prince Harry gave a reading.
  
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• David Cameron escapes Tory leadership crisis for intimate Italian meal with wife Samantha

  30-06-2016 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister was spotted leaving family Italian bistro Il Posto in London's Victoria, far from the backstabbing engulfing his party
  
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• Housesitter stole £10,000 of businesswoman's belongings after raiding wardrobe and posing for selfie on her bed

  30-06-2016 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Luke Hathway, 32, was trusted to look after the luxury home of 41-year-old Sarah Barnes and walk her dogs - but sent alarm bells ringing with the selfie snaps
  
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• Tony Robinson retraces the steps of WWI soldier from harrowing Battle of the Somme diary

  30-06-2016 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Private Frank Meakin broke Army rules to keep his record of the catastrophic battle – and as a result left us a powerful account of the horrors of war
  
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• Israeli girl stabbed to death by Palestinian inside bedroom

  30-06-2016 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 13-year-old Israeli girl is stabbed to death by a Palestinian inside her bedroom at a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank.
  
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• Cecil the lion died a year ago - but killing goes on as trophy hunters dodge import ban

  30-06-2016 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sneaky hunters can get permits from the US Fish and Wildlife Service if they can show any trip they make will “enhance the survival” of the species
  
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• 'New trial' for Serial's Adnan Syed who was jailed for murdering ex-girlfriend

  30-06-2016 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adnan Syed has been battling for 16 years to overturn his conviction for the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999
  
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• Samurai sword double-murderer 'almost decapitated one victim and sliced off other's hand during 'frenzied and brutal' attack'

  30-06-2016 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Father-of-five Albert Armstrong inflicted "catastrophic" injuries to both victims before telling his partner "nobody is going to f*** me over again”, a court heard
  
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• Few get the chance to write their own obituary - but Boris Johnson did it twice

  30-06-2016 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In laying out a sloppy argument for post-Brexit Britain, Johnson made a career-ending blunder
  
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• Boy stabbed classmate in the face with a broken milk bottle in Cardiff

  30-06-2016 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cardiff Crown Court heard the two boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, began fighting during a school trip to Cardiff city centre, with one needing 12 stitches to a wound to his face.
  
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• Sex fiend addicted to pleasuring himself in front of female passengers on buses and trains is jailed

  30-06-2016 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jason Mallett, 38, admits he has a problem and has exposed himself more than 100 times on public transport
  
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• Wimbledon 2016: Viktor Troicki in incredible on-court meltdown after overrule

  30-06-2016 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Serbia's Viktor Troicki loses his cool with the umpire after the official overrules a line call to give his Spanish opponent a match point that he then takes to win.
  
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• Boris Johnson branded a COWARD by furious Tories queueing up to bury former London Mayor

  30-06-2016 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Less than a week after leading Britain out of the EU, Johnson bottled out of the contest to become Prime Minister - but the knife blows kept coming
  
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• Number of British female terror suspects arrested reaches record high

  30-06-2016 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A total of 36 women were held as part of counter-terrorism investigations in the 12 months to the end of March 2016
  
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• ''Iron harvest'' on the Somme battlefield is still yielding its grim reminders of war

  30-06-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Farmers are still finding rusting weapons 100 years after the offensive, which saw 57,000 British soldiers killed or wounded on the first day alone
  
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• Stomach-churning moment surgeons realise schoolgirl's 'appendicitis' was actually WORMS wriggling around it

  30-06-2016 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES The unnamed schoolgirl was suffering from an intestinal infection called pinworm - but doctors were none the wiser
  
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• 'Healing' detected in Antarctic ozone hole

  30-06-2016 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers say they have found the first clear evidence that the thinning in the ozone layer above Antarctica is starting to heal.
  
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• Gambling addict choked partner and attacked her with chocolate cake in row over unpaid bills

  30-06-2016 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Prescott subjected his then-partner of more than six years to violence in their home after his betting habit landed him in debt
  
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• Gang sentenced to 35 years in jail after committing 120 burglaries on vacant homes across country

  30-06-2016 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The gang used screwdrivers to gain access to empty homes by prising open doors and windows
  
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• Leicester police hunt for a racist white driver who threw banana at black father’s car

  30-06-2016 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charles Etoru, 46, was driving his sons, aged five and 10, in Leicester when he said an 'angry white man' driving in the opposite direction threw a banana at his car.
  
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• Gay couple illegally paid surrogate mothers to give birth to three babies

  30-06-2016 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The civil partners created a family of five by going on an online surrogacy forum and finding three women willing to have their children - before lying to social workers about how much she paid them.
  
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• Mum reunited with ashes of baby daughter 13 years after tragedy - following discovery in funeral parlour cupboard

  30-06-2016 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Julie Morrison was shocked to learn stillborn Erin's ashes had been found after she was told in 2003 her baby was too small for any to be collected
  
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• US military lifts transgender ban

  30-06-2016 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US military lifts its ban on transgender members, allowing them to openly serve in the country's armed forces.
  
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• Euro 2016: Wales set for 'biggest game' since 1958 World Cup

  30-06-2016 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales face Belgium in the last eight of their first European Championship on Friday - and boss Chris Coleman is refusing to "play the occasion down".
  
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• Nadine Dorries bursts out crying as Boris Johnson quits Tory leadership contest

  30-06-2016 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nadine Dorries (pictured) couldn't hide her emotion as he told a shocked audience in central London he was not standing because he was not up to the job of being Prime Minister.
  
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• Sex robot 'Dutch wives' offer hope for generation of lonely, unmarried Japanese men

  30-06-2016 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As a frighteningly realistic humanoid called Erica is released in Japan the gap between humans and machines seems to be getting smaller
  
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• WWI Somme soldiers commemorated by artist Rob Heard who creates 19,240 figures

  30-06-2016 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Artist Rob Heard from Watchet, Somerset, spent six months handcrafting each of the 12-inch figures and has been patiently laying them at Northernhay Gardens in Exeter, Devon.
  
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• CCTV footage reveals what really happened when woman claimed she was assaulted by nightclub bouncer

  30-06-2016 21:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old reveller been attempting to take a table outside into the smoking area when the door supervisor took her arm and guided her back inside
  
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• Almost 200 more British soldiers being sent to Iraq to boost fight against ISIS

  30-06-2016 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fifty experts will be providing training on improvised explosive devices, infantry skills and combat first aid at the Al Asad Airbase in the west of the country
  
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• PIERS MORGAN: I won’t be shedding too much blood, sweat and tears for Boris Johnson

  30-06-2016 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boris, the greatest character in British politics since Churchill, fell victim - just as his hero did - to ignominious failure and defeat after victory in a clash of European nations, writes PIERS MORGAN.
  
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• Queen attends Westminster Abbey's Battle of the Somme centenary service as Kate and William pay tribute in France

  30-06-2016 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her Majesty will lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior before an all night vigil will be held around the tomb - the first in 50 years
  
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• Britain to double its number of troops in Iraq to 500 in wake of Brexit

  30-06-2016 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A total of 250 military personnel are to deploy to war-torn Iraq to help in the fight against ISIS at the end of the summer, joining the 300 soldiers already there.
  
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• Toddler whose eczema was so severe no longer scratches until he bleeds thanks to oatmeal ointment

  30-06-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joey Bottrill, from Solihull, was initially treated with steroid creams but started to become resistant. His mother Christina Clinton said the cream from Australia has had 'amazing' results.
  
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• Couple who bought 98ft of fabric to cover wedding chairs are given 15ft long receipt 

  30-06-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kerry Brown (right), 29, from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, bought the material for £50.97 at The Range for her upcoming wedding to her fiance Mike Day (left), 35, in March.
  
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• Brexit has caused 'economic PTSD' warns Mark Carney

  30-06-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Bank of England Governor said further 'monetary easing' could be required over the summer - hinting at further cuts to already historically low interest rates.
  
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• Parents and children are banned from flying Ryanair after son 'repeatedly spat' at passengers

  30-06-2016 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman, her husband, and their three children were escorted away by police waiting at Liverpool John Lennon Airport last night after trouble flared in Barcelona and continued on the way back to the UK.
  
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