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• 'Saddest polar bear on Earth' who sparked global campaign for his freedom dies in sweltering zoo

  04-07-2016 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Arturo was reportedly driven insane by his zoo enclosure and is thought to have become depressed after his partner died in 2012
  
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• Devoted dad killed himself after nurses told him to go home because it was boring, inquest hears

  04-07-2016 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Husband and father Andy Fleming had previously tried to kill himself and his wife says nursing staff failed to keep him safe
  
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• Hotel room in stunning 17th Century mansion could be yours - for whopping £180,000

  04-07-2016 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The historical site was once home to an accountancy school, but redevelopment plans are set to give it a luxury face-lift
  
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• Hard-right Tories believe Andrea Leadsom is on her way to Downing Street

  04-07-2016 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Following Boris Johnson's backing, Ms Leadsom now has the support of more Vote Leave Tories over fellow Brexiteer Michael Gove
  
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• Super-luxury yacht like floating five-star hotel boasting £8.5 million cabins stops off in London

  04-07-2016 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 644ft vessel - called 'The World - has 165 privately-owned apartments, ranging in cost from £660,000 to £8.5 million for a suite
  
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• Boris Johnson backs Andrea Leadsom in Tory leadership campaign

  04-07-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has given his backing to Andrea Leadsom in the Conservative Party leadership contest having ruled himself out of the running following Michael Gove's attack on him.
  
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• Men injured jumping out of taxi to avoid fare take legal action - against the driver

  04-07-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joseph Beaumont and Lewis O’Neill, now both 24, jumped from the vehicle as it drove along
  
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• Dad and unborn son killed in 70mph head-on crash 'with speeding driver' that left mum alive

  04-07-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Simon Lewis, 33, died in a "cloud of smoke" when Kyle Kennedy, 29, smashed into him while overtaking his car in the New Year's Eve tragedy.
  
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• Tom Watson wants deal with unions to avoid Labour leadership battle with Jeremy Corbyn

  04-07-2016 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Watson will hold crisis talks with trade union bosses - who are publicly supporting Corbyn - hopeful of preventing a potentially disastrous split
  
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• Tom Watson holding crisis talks with trade unions in bid to thrash out last minute Labour leadership deal

  04-07-2016 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Watson will hold crisis talks with trade union bosses - who are publicly supporting Corbyn - hopeful of preventing a potentially disastrous split
  
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• Life inside Jeremy Corbyn's 'paranoid' HQ laid bare as Labour staffers blow the lid on leader's top team

  04-07-2016 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sources claim the top team spend hours discussing possible plots, sent "moles" to spy on the Shadow Cabinet and planted questions at events
  
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• Notorious gangland boss Jamie Daniel dies at home after battle with cancer

  04-07-2016 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The kingpin of a massive drugs and crime empire had many enemies but was spared the violent death that met many of those who crossed him
  
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• Mob of 'youths' sexually assault 35 females at Sweden's 'Party in the Park' festival

  04-07-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police say the attacks happened during the 'Party in the Park' festival in the city of Karlstad, 250 miles from Stockholm in Sweden's Varmland County on Friday and Saturday night.
  
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• Malin slams Terry as a 'c***' and new girlfriend Emma as a 'h**' after explosive Love Island row

  04-07-2016 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Malin returned to the show to confront her former boyfriend, after he openly cheated on the show just days after she was axed
  
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• Bolton policewoman killed after being hit by lorry after stepping out of car

  04-07-2016 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samantha Derbyshire, 23, a former special constable who had just fulfilled her dream of becoming a full-time officer, suffered a minor collision with the central reservation of the M61 near Bolton.
  
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• Machete gang member who threatened heavily pregnant woman during horrifying home invasion dies in prison

  04-07-2016 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An investigation into Robert Chapman's death has now been launched by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's companions get told off for 'passing notes and whispering' in anti-semitism committee

  04-07-2016 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shami Chakrabarti and Steve Rotheram were sitting behind Jeremy Corbyn when Keith Vaz turned schoolmaster at the Home Affairs Committee
  
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• Who will succeed Nigel Farage as leader of UKIP? Here are five contenders

  04-07-2016 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Potential successors include deputy leader Paul Nuttall, MEP Steven Woolfe and Douglas Carswell MP.
  
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• Baby choking to death on banana at music festival is saved by mystery hero medics

  04-07-2016 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eight-month-old Beatrice Canning stopped breathing while trying to digest a lump of the fruit - and could have died - but thankfully Good Samaritans came to the rescue
  
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• YouTuber downs huge bottle of 'vodka' in one go for dangerous online drinking challenge

  04-07-2016 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - DO NOT TRY AT HOME: The man - who goes by the name theSHOENICE - was taking part in the ill-advised stunt as part of an online feud
  
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• 'Vasily the killer' denies masterminding Marseille violence between Russian Ultras and English fans

  04-07-2016 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Vasily the killer' was believed to have orchestrated the sickening scenes following the Euro 2016 match on June 11
  
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• Manchester police release CCTV footage of man trying to lure girls to his van

  04-07-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Greater Manchester Police have released CCTV footage of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an attempted abduction in Moss Side on Sunday June 5.
  
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• Reheating rice, cheese before bed, the 3 second rule and other food myths

  04-07-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ever wondered if that you really burn off more calories than you gain eating celery? Or if sugar really is sending your kids hyper?
  
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• 12 food myths busted: From the 3 second rule to eating cheese before bed

  04-07-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ever wondered if that you really burn off more calories than you gain eating celery? Or if sugar really is sending your kids hyper?
  
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• Hunt for grinning thug filmed throwing helpless puppy off roof of apartment building

  04-07-2016 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The video has been shared over 5,000 times with many commenting on the smiling man's "lack of conscience"
  
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• Boy of 15 arrested over murder of A-Level student who was stabbed to death in Notting Hill after being chased by a gang of youths on bikes

  04-07-2016 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 17-year-old, named locally as sixth form student Fola Orebiyi, was attacked in Portobello Road at around 8.45pm last night. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of his murder.
  
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• Nigel Farage must take his share of the responsibility for the damage he's caused

  04-07-2016 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Voice of the Mirror says the departed UKIP leader must not be allowed to escape his portion of the blame for the damage caused by Brexit
  
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• John McDonnell accuses George Osborne of trying to turn Britain into a 'giant tax haven'

  04-07-2016 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Shadow Chancellor claimed Mr Osborne's proposal to cut corporation tax to below 15% would undermine looming EU negotiations
  
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• Boris Johnson backs Andrea Leadsom for Tory leader after being knifed out of the race himself

  04-07-2016 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The move, taken after poll showed her neck and neck with Theresa May, is a massive boost to Ms Leadsom's chances ahead of MPs' first vote
  
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• Rio de Janeiro prostitutes launch 'sale' for Olympic Games after World Cup flop

  04-07-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prostitutes in Rio de Janeiro are offering a 'sex sale' for visitors to the Olympic Games - after hopes of a boom during Brazil's hosting of the World Cup two years ago flopped.
  
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• Child stars of Channel 4’s Gogglesprogs are targeted by internet trolls

  04-07-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Children aged between five and 12 on hit UK show Gogglesprogs have been slated by trolls on social media who have called them 'fat' and told them to 'get off the sofa'.
  
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• Couple ordered to chop down hedge that made neighbours lives a 'misery'

  04-07-2016 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ian Ledward and his wife Pat Holland, who live in Ladybank, Fife, have been at loggerheads with Jim and Sheila Cameron for 16 years over the hedge, which they said blocked sunlight from their home.
  
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• Two British women 'raped while on holiday in French seaside city Nice'

  04-07-2016 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The women, aged 16 and 20, claim they were walking near Nice's train station when they were attacked
  
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• Mother-of-five denies urinating on war memorial on 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme

  04-07-2016 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kelly Martin is accused of outraging public decency in front of shoppers on the Essex high street, and appeared in court today
  
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• Britain's 'loneliest dog' FINALLY finds a home after being rejected more than 18,000 times

  04-07-2016 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Freya, a six-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier cross, has spent her whole life in kennels
  
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• Netto supermarkets to close as joint venture with Sainsburys ends - see full list of affected stores

  04-07-2016 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The joint venture was billed as an attempt to muscle in directly on the booming discount grocery market - but Sainsbury's have changed their minds after two years
  
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• Takeaway boss was 'hacked to death by two men' in curry war court hears

  04-07-2016 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohiuddin Bablu was convicted of the murder of Abdul Samad in 2012, while accused Foyjur Rahman insists he was not present on the night of the killing
  
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• Flybe boss calls on ministers to cut flight taxes in half to deal after Brexit 'damage'

  04-07-2016 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Flybe chief executive Saad Hammad said Air Passenger Duty should be slashed by 50 per cent and funded by a tax hike at the UK's major international airports.
  
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• Chemistry teacher 'plotted online to acquire a caged child then murder them' 

  04-07-2016 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Disgraced chemistry teacher Scott Whitlock, 45 - who taught at the prestigious Kimbolton School in Cambridgeshire - has been jailed after he discussed killing a child in a sick fantasy online.
  
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• The aneurysm test all men should have - says Dr Miriam Stoppard

  04-07-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Miriam had a stark reminder of the importance of aneurysm tests when a family friend died
  
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• 13 blockbuster moments from Jeremy Corbyn's grilling about Labour anti-semitism

  04-07-2016 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Home Affairs Select Committee was political theatre as MPs liined up to attack the leader - and he didn't budge. Here are the key moments
  
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• Tony Blair 'had decided to invade Iraq before he asked UN' says former Navy chief

  04-07-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “Well, you can argue that you never make the final decision till you make your decision. But actually they’d bloody decided. That’s the reality"
  
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• Gang jailed for 94 years for plot to sneak heroin and cocaine into Britain

  04-07-2016 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six British crooks have been jailed for a total of 94 years for helping smuggle £1.6billion of drugs into the UK inside ambulances via Channel ferry crossings with the help of Dutch gangsters.
  
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• Dad's Army creator Jimmy Perry explains why people still watch BBC sitcom today

  04-07-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dad's Army, based around the Home Guard during World War Two in Britain, originally ran in the 1970s but repeats still attract more viewers than big budget shows such as The Hollow Crown.
  
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• Brothers relive horrific moment musician sibling slipped from their grasp and fell 60ft to his death

  04-07-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dean Zaccarini had been enjoying a night out with friends and family when he lost his balance, an inquest heard
  
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• Toddler dies on holiday after being knocked over by van in Channel Islands

  04-07-2016 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clinton Pringle was flown to hospital after paramedics rushed to the scene, but following a brave fight for life tragically passed away
  
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• Child sex robots for treating paedophilia 'could revolutionise therapy for sex offenders'

  04-07-2016 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts have even said the robots could be used to treat paedophiles in the same way methadone is used on drug addicts
  
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• Suicide bomb blasts in Saudi Arabia as terrorists carry out 'coordinated attack'

  04-07-2016 20:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two people have reportedly been killed in an explosion outside the Prophet's Mosque in the city of Medina - after incidents in Qatif and Jeddah
  
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• Policewoman killed after being hit by HGV when she got out of car on busy motorway

  04-07-2016 20:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Special Constable Samantha Derbyshire, 23, died on the M61 after getting out of her car to check damage after a minor collision with the central reservation
  
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• Jobless mother-of-five denies urinating on town centre war memorial on the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme

  04-07-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kelly Martin, 42, was charged with outraging public decency after shocking photos that appeared to show a woman relieving herself on poppy wreathes in Grays, Essex emerged.
  
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