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• David Cameron slaps down Andrea Leadsom over gay marriage stance

  08-07-2016 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister leapt to the defence of his equal marriage laws after they were branded as 'muddled' by the Tory leadership hopeful
  
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• Temple of doom: Worshippers at Chinese holy site better watch their feet as it's carved into a 260ft cliff face

  08-07-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Situated perilously on the side of a Chinese mountain, photographs show how reliant this temple is on just one wooden pole to stop it from hurtling hundreds of feet down the slope.
  
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• US expels two Russian diplomats over Moscow 'attack'

  08-07-2016 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US has expelled two Russian diplomats in response to an attack on an American diplomat in Moscow, the state department announces.
  
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• War memorial bearing names of fallen soldiers destroyed after car ploughs into monument

  08-07-2016 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The memorial was obliterated into pieces after the silver Mini ploughed into it
  
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• Twitter reacts over uncanny resemblance between Ed Milliband and Love Island star

  08-07-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Social media has gone into meltdown as Love Island fans noticed the uncanny resemblance between politician Ed Miliband and Terry Walsh, who stars on the ITV2 show.
  
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• In a jam

  08-07-2016 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will we still be able to rely on seasonal workers from Eastern Europe to bring in the strawberry harvest?
  
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• US cop shot by lone gunman 'angry at police shooting black people' in eerily similar incident to Dallas

  08-07-2016 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Details are only now starting to emerge of the shooting - but the two incidents appear to have several key things in common, not least 'anger at cops killing black people'
  
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• Russell Hotten: Take-off for the Farnborough Airshow

  08-07-2016 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's aerospace and defence industry descends on Farnborough this week with a display of civil and military hardware - but with an expectation of fewer orders.
  
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• Cara Kilbey and baby daughter Penelope Blu visit boyfriend Daniel Harris in prison

  08-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Months after joyously welcoming the birth of her first child, daughter Penelope Blu, Cara Kilbey is dealing with the devastation of her boyfriend, Daniel Harris, being on remand for drug offences.
  
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• Overdrafts more expensive than payday loans, says Which?

  08-07-2016 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Borrowing money on an unarranged overdraft from your bank can be more expensive than taking out a payday loan, according to Which?
  
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• 'Speak out' plea as rogue lettings agent is jailed

  08-07-2016 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nearly all scam and fraud victims "suffer in silence", councils say, but the jailing of a lettings agent shows billions of pounds could be saved.
  
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• Cheat your way to a bikini body in just 6 weeks! JILLY JOHNSON shows how sneaky tricks can transform you 

  08-07-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crepey cleavage, cellulite thighs, a jiggly mum-tum... I’ve got them all. For while I may be a former lingerie model, at 62 years old I’m not immune to the ravages of time, writes Jilly Johnson.
  
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• Fury at holiday money sharks: Exchange rate rip-offs as greedy currency firms cash in on falling pound

  08-07-2016 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Greedy currency firms are cashing in on uncertainty following the Brexit vote and are exploiting holidaymakers by offering less than a euro per pound, a Daily Mail investigation has found.
  
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• Sam Cam's exotic clan: Her rather racy family have been keeping a low profile but now Dave's leaving No10, watch out world! 

  08-07-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A cross-dressing half brother, a Tory peer step-father and a sister who is deputy editor of UK Vogue - these are some of the people who make up the family of Samantha Cameron.
  
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• Murdered widow killed by blunt trauma injury before being set on fire

  08-07-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Albertina Choules, 81, was found in the garden of her remote cottage after burglars targeted her £2million home
  
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• Police probe into feuding golfers after vile taunts, a smashed window and poison pen letters rock local club 

  08-07-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kaye Mater, 52, says a clique of senior lady members at Buckingham Golf Club has taken against her after finding a smashed window at her home and an abusive note in her locker.
  
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• I'm a Celebrity want Nigel Farage in the jungle - and they're offering a huge sum

  08-07-2016 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UKIP man could be following in the footsteps of Edwina Currie, Neil Hamilton, Lembit Opik and Kilroy
  
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• 'My whole world was turned upside down': Bereft mother who watched her husband and son be mowed down by a careless driver speaks of heartache as motorist is jailed over deaths 

  08-07-2016 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heartbroken mother Anna-Louise Bates, 39, said her 'whole world was turned upside down' after she watched her husband and her seven-year-old son get killed by a careless driver in South Wales.
  
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• Prosecuting lawyers 'are lacking brain cells and don't understand criminal trials', blasts retiring judge

  08-07-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Senior judge Christopher Ball QC has blasted the crown prosecution service, accusing them of making 'daft decisions' and failing to understand trials because they 'don't have sufficient brain cells'.
  
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• Darlington bus crash: Pensioner named after being killed when bus crashed into Halifax bank

  08-07-2016 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 82-year-old was killed when she became trapped under the single decker
  
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• It's a game of phones! Hidden mobile on this carpet is driving the internet crazy - but can you spot where it is?

  08-07-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An image of a floral carpet, uploaded by a woman from the Philippines, has been shared nearly 16,000 times and reached 120,000 reactions. Can you spot the phone hidden in the photo?
  
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• Chinese couple are still happily married after spending 96 YEARS together 

  08-07-2016 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heart-warming images show a devoted couple in a village near Guilin, China who have been together for 96 years. The 103-year-old wife moved in with her husband when she was just six years old.
  
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• ISIS jihadis are using drones equipped with cameras and explosives to target US

  08-07-2016 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  $20 million has been requested to be shifted by the US Defence Department to step up a counter-drone effort after it was revealed ISIS are using the devices to wage war.
  
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• Sugar addict finds a wizened yellow 'TOOTH' in his packet of Wine Gums 

  08-07-2016 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leigh McClelland, 38, from Chester, says he has been put off the sweets for life after discovering what he claims is a yellow 'tooth' while eating a packet.
  
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• Female soldiers allowed to serve in frontline combat roles says David Cameron

  08-07-2016 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has announced the lifting of the ban at the Nato summit in Warsaw after receiving a recommendation from the head of the Army, Sir Nick Carter.
  
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• Hundreds join Black Lives Matter march through London

  08-07-2016 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people have marched on the Houses of Parliament in protest at the killings of two men at the hands of police in the USA.
  
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• Was the Big Bang actually a 'Big Bounce'? New theory claims universe sprang into life

  08-07-2016 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new Imperial College study, the universe may experience alternating periods of expansion and contraction, moving from one state to another without collapsing itself.
  
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• Shoppers queue for up to 14 HOURS in the rain for opening of new Aldi store

  08-07-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Excited customers arrived at 6pm on Wednesday nightahead of the new Worcester store opening its doors at 8am on Thursday. They were desperate to scoop some freebie giveaways.
  
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• Envelopes of white powder with 'P*** filth' scrawled on them are sent to mosques

  08-07-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 3,000 hate crimes and incidents were reported to police across the UK in the second half of June - a jump of 42% compared to last year, new figures.
  
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• Bullies who kicked and spat at girl - only 'remove their gold stars' as punishment 

  08-07-2016 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brooke Howes, from Essex, endured regular beatings including scratches on her back, Chinese burns and was even spat on for singing pop songs.
  
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• Mother-of-12 in 'breathtaking' £154,000 benefits fraud avoids jail

  08-07-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melanie Edwards, 40, from Tavistock, Devon, received benefits she wasn't entitled to because she did not tell authorities her husband Brian was living in her three-bedroom home with her 12 children.
  
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• T in the Park teen 'raced to hospital after falling unconscious when drink spiked at festival'

  08-07-2016 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pals of David Higgins were frantic over his condition and spoke of their fears on social networks
  
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• Man whose shooting death at hand of cop was streamed live had been pulled over 31 times and charged 63 times by officers near his home 

  08-07-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shooting of Philando Castile, 32, by a cop in Falcon Heights, St Paul, Minnesota, has caused outrage. He had been puled over and charged 31 times by cops since he got his driving license.
  
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• Prince George accompanies Kate Middleton to Royal International Air Tattoo

  08-07-2016 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prince George stole the show in as he joined his parents at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire for the Royal International Air Tattoo, the largest event of its kind in the world.
  
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• Ryanair brands France football team ‘cheating b******s' after Euro 2016 win

  08-07-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Irish budget airline, still reeling from a Thierry Henry handball which saw France qualify for the 2010 World Cup at Ireland's expense, took to social media to vent their anger over another handball.
  
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• Miracle dad who broke his back in 100ft fall is up and walking just one month later

  08-07-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Neil Ellerington suffered devastating injuries from the fall in Spain, but has now made the 1,400 mile journey home
  
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• Wimbledon 2016: Serena Williams 'heavy favourite' to beat Angelique Kerber

  08-07-2016 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Serena Williams attempts to win a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam title when she meets Angelique Kerber in Saturday's Wimbledon final.
  
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• Family of cops' victim Alton Sterling plead: Don't meet violence with more violence

  08-07-2016 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Quinyetta McMillon, the mum of Alton Sterling’s eldest son, deplored the revenge killings in Dallas
  
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• Could your daily latte increase your risk of going DEAF? Caffeine 'can make temporary hearing loss permanent' 

  08-07-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to research by McGill University, daily consumption of caffeine blocks the ears from recovering after temporary hearing damage, often the result of loud music at a gig or nightclub.
  
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• All-American assassin shoots dead 5 white policemen in revenge for killing of black men

  08-07-2016 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former corporal Micah Xavier Johnson carried out his massacre in Dallas using an AR-15 style rifle after targeting white only officers
  
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• Til Darth Do Us Part: Star Wars mad bride led down the aisle by R2-D2

  08-07-2016 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Guests even had lightsabers fitted to their chairs as a Star Wars soundtrack played for the bride's entrance
  
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• Japanese pensioner who waited for 45 minutes before trying to kill a stranger by pushing her in front of a Bakerloo Line train sentenced to a mental hospital 

  08-07-2016 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Japanese pensioner who waited on a busy London tube platform for 45 minutes before he tried to kill a stranger by pushing her in front of an oncoming train was today locked up in a mental hospital.
  
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• My sex slave hell with ISIS was horrific but now I hope Britain will help us

  08-07-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Agony of Yazidi woman Nadia Murad who escaped the Islamic State in Iraq
  
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• Dallas All-American assassin will have been trained to fight and kill in Afghanistan

  08-07-2016 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Micah Xavier Johnson was deployed to Afghanistan as a construction engineer but he would still need to know how to defend himself
  
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• Two thugs beat dad-of-six who thought ex-wife was sleeping with one of them to death with golf clubs

  08-07-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It was the second time in two days they had attacked him - and a witness heard one of them scream: 'Beat him more, beat him more'
  
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• Euromillions results: Winning numbers for tonight's £20 million jackpot on Friday, July 8

  08-07-2016 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Here are the winning numbers which could make you rich beyond your wildest dreams
  
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• Struggling families underpaid £1.8BILLION last year in vital benefits by bungling DWP officials

  08-07-2016 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Blunders at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) saw underpayments soar to an all-time high while overpayments topped £3bn
  
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• Hospital bosses vow to fight NHS plans to axe specialist children's heart surgery

  08-07-2016 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Royal Brompton and Glenfield have failed to meet the required standards according to NHS England
  
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• Mum shocked to find defrosted pork joint looked like something VERY rude

  08-07-2016 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nicole Hillman was left "screaming with laughter" after spotting the resemblance
  
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• Man fined for Hillsborough slur t-shirt admits he 'deserves' everything he's got

  08-07-2016 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Grange was fined £600 at Worcester Magistrates' Court and said he's lost his home, job, friends and family as a result
  
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