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• Baton Rouge police shooting suspect is Gavin Eugene Long, an ex-Marine who 'killed three cops on his 29th birthday'

  17-07-2016 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The three dead officers have also been named, one of the officers, Montrell Jackson, had recently celebrated the birth of a baby boy
  
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• Baton Rouge police shooting suspect is ex-Marine who 'killed three cops on his 29th birthday'

  17-07-2016 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One of the officers killed has also been identified as Montrell Jackson, who recently celebrated the birth of a baby boy. The other is named as Matthew Gerald
  
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• Pokemon Go player falls into pond after failing to pay attention while live streaming himself on the game

  17-07-2016 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unlucky player was left with a soggy phone and bruised ego after accidentally walking into the water
  
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• Breast cancer and ovarian cancer genes can be passed on by men to their children

  17-07-2016 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Miriam Stoppard says most families don’t realise that the father’s side can raise their risk of getting breast and ovarian cancer
  
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• Is this the moment masked gunman 'dressed in black' fled after gunning down Baton Rouge cops

  17-07-2016 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man dressed in black and with his face covered began shooting indiscriminately after walking out of a convenience store and car wash in the Louisiana city
  
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• Author Helen Bailey's body discovered hidden in secret cesspit at her Hertfordshire home

  17-07-2016 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were unaware of the existence of the tank until neighbours revealed a former resident told them it was there
  
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• Turkish president threatens death penalty in brutal crackdown on rebel military coup leaders

  17-07-2016 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Six thousand suspects including 3,000 soldiers have been arrested and thousands of top judges have been sacked
  
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• Nice terror killer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel 'used dating sites to pick up men and women'

  17-07-2016 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite claims that he was a strict Islamist, it is reported he was a practicing bisexual, drank alcohol and smoked drugs
  
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• Labour leadership race: Owen Smith reveals radical plans to make Britain a fairer place

  17-07-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The MP says he will tackle inequality and transform the tax system if he becomes leader of the Labour Party
  
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• Turkey turmoil shows why appointing bungling Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary is no joke

  17-07-2016 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire says the blond buffoon is simply the joker in the Nasty Party pack as May's reshuffle brings more of the same
  
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• 'This is the moment I heard my dead daughter Jade's heart beating again in the girl she saved'

  17-07-2016 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jade Stoner was killed in a car crash aged seven, but her organs have given another child the gift of life
  
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• M20 closure: People stuck on motorway filmed hoola hooping and playing football to pass the time

  17-07-2016 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The motorway was closed for more than two hours today - but that didn't stop some people's fun
  
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• Anyone with housemates who don't pull their weight will understand why this man filmed his dishes

  17-07-2016 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The clip shows just one of the frustrations of living with housemates - especially when they don't pull their weight
  
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• Nice terrorist was only recently radicalised wife tells as she is released from custody after 3 days

  17-07-2016 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Estranged wife Hajer Khalfallah said they split several months ago, after which he underwent a “sudden radicalisation” and “changed dramatically”
  
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• Early Lucian Freud painting attributed to artist even though he insisted it WASN'T his work

  17-07-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  BBC1's Fake or Fortune has managed to prove the painting WAS by the acclaimed portrait artist despite his repeated denials
  
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• Families hit by lowcostholidays collapse told to 'pay up again or go home' after arriving at resorts

  17-07-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The company went into administration on Friday night leaving 27,000 at risk of being stranded abroad while 110,0000 yet to travel may lose their money
  
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• Turkey coup: Live updates as tens of thousands march in Turkish cities after 290 killed

  17-07-2016 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands marched through the streets in half a dozen Turkish cities in support of President Tayyip Erdogan
  
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• Labour MP Chuka Umunna weds lawyer fiancee and posts on Facebook he is 'the luckiest man alive'

  17-07-2016 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The politician announced that the two had hitched in a six-word message on his Facebook page
  
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• Dinosaurs wiped out by SOOT after giant asteroid crashed into Earth, say scientists

  17-07-2016 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New research suggests the asteroid impact spread soot across the globe when it hit 66 million years ago
  
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• Jeremy Hunt warned new NHS whistleblowing tsar Dr Henrietta Hughes is not independent enough

  17-07-2016 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scottish National Party MP Philippa Whitford warned that “what comes back from whistleblowers I meet is they are concerned that the person who has been appointed is an NHS manager.”
  
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• Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's plane 'makes emergency landing at UK airport'

  17-07-2016 21:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The newly appointed Tory MP had to make an unscheduled stop, it has been reported
  
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• Chris Boardman's mother Carol killed in Wales after cycling accident

  17-07-2016 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carol Boardman was killed after being hit by a car while on her bike in North Walesin the early hours of Sunday morning, her Olympic cyclist son revealed on Twitter this evening.
  
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• Organ donors save 4,400 people in UK a year - but the number of donors has fallen

  17-07-2016 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror has launched the Change the Law For Life campaign, calling for an opt-out organ donation policy to be adopted across Great Britain
  
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• Burger King hostage drama as 'armed rape suspect barricaded inside with child'

  17-07-2016 20:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The standoff is taking place in a branch of the restaurant in Baltimore, USA, where a seven-year-old child is reportedly amongst those inside
  
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• Nurse went to Turkey with man she met day before and ended up in middle of coup

  17-07-2016 20:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "I am a spontaneous, fun-loving girl. I am all about the banter, and I thought it was better than going on my own"
  
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• Breighton Aerodrome crash: Five rushed to hospital with 'serious' injuries after helicopter accident

  17-07-2016 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are on the scene but it is not clear how badly the victims were injured as yet
  
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• Breaking - Breighton Aerodrome crash: Five casualties after helicopter accident

  17-07-2016 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are on the scene but it is not clear how badly the victims were injured as yet
  
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• Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman's mum Carol dies after being knocked off her bike by pick-up truck

  17-07-2016 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The gold medallist paid tribute to her, calling his mum the "most positive outgoing person you could ever hope to meet"
  
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• Nigel Farage caught out on live radio by caller's clever trick question

  17-07-2016 20:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The outgoing Ukip leader got stopped in his tracks in his weekly phone-in on LBC
  
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• Search for three men killed at Didcot power station resumes

  17-07-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Demolition workers Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, South Yorkshire and Chris Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, were killed following the collapse.
  
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• Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan breaks down in tears at coup victim's funeral

  17-07-2016 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Recep Erdogan, pictured surrounded by a phalanx of heavily-armed bodyguards warned that those behind Friday's attempted coup would 'pay a heavy price' for their treachery.
  
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• Gulf War soldier wins MoD payout after secret anthrax injections left him with lung disease

  17-07-2016 19:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A former soldier with 19 years service will get a payout after secret Gulf War vaccinations to combat anthrax - despite Saddam not using chemical weapons against Brits - left him seriously ill
  
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• Massive UFO looms over New York in mysterious footage captured by puzzled motorists across the city

  17-07-2016 19:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The huge black object hung in the sky as it resembled scenes from sci-fi film Independence Day
  
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• Reddit users reveal craziest stories on cruise ships

  17-07-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new thread on the US-based website Reddit, current and former cruise line employees have shared their secrets about everything from sex and parties to food and pay on board.
  
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• Tories leave the door open to new wave of grammar schools under Theresa May

  17-07-2016 19:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Justine Greening said she was "open minded" after Tory MPs urged her to scrap Labour's 1998 ban on new selective schools
  
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• 'Shots fired, officer down' - Horrifying audio of desperate Baton Rouge cops after three officers killed

  17-07-2016 19:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man dressed in black and with his face covered began shooting indiscriminately after walking out of a convenience store and car wash in the Louisiana city
  
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• Baton Rouge witness saw 'men armed with assault rifles fire at least 30 gunshots BEFORE police arrived'

  17-07-2016 19:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brady Vancel was working on a site when he claims he came within metres of one of the gunmen before running into a house and locking all the doors
  
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• Thousands of UK families may not be allowed to cancel or change holidays booked in Turkey

  17-07-2016 19:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  ABTA says it is up to individual travel companies whether or not customers can cancel or amend their holidays after the weekend's attempted coup
  
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• Olympic hero cyclist Chris Boardman's mother is knocked off her bike and killed by driver 

  17-07-2016 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carol Boardman was killed after being hit by a car while on her bike in North Walesin the early hours of Sunday morning, her Olympic cyclist son revealed on Twitter this evening.
  
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• Baton Rouge police shooting eyewitness streams dramatic Facebook Live video saying shooter 'looks like a ninja'

  17-07-2016 19:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A terrified woman at the scene in Louisiana this afternoon can be heard saying: "This man is shooting at the police. He is military"
  
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• Photo shows Turkish soldiers bound and naked in gymnasium after coup

  17-07-2016 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The group of soldiers (pictured), who were being held in Sirnak, Turkey at the time, are part of more than 6,000 rebels to be detained in the aftermath of the failed coup that killed at least 250 people.
  
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• Summer is here with hottest day of the year on its way - but the scorching weather won't last long

  17-07-2016 19:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People are being urged to keep an eye on elderly friends and neighbours as temperatures soar into the 30s
  
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• UK tourists in Turkey told to stay indoors and avoid public places as flights return to normal 

  17-07-2016 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The warning comes from Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which says travellers in Turkey should avoid demos as the first Brits returned to the UK since Friday's coup (pictured).
  
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• Lift plunges 18 floors to the ground in construction site disaster leaving eight dead

  17-07-2016 18:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After the incident all the victims were rushed to hospital, however none survived
  
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• Classmate who defeated Theresa May in 'general election' 40 years ago recalls 'she wasn't very charismatic'

  17-07-2016 18:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rosalind Hicks-Greene, 60, was victorious over the new PM in their school’s 1974 mock ballot and says Mrs May 'was extremely right-wing'
  
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• Olympic Games could spread Zika virus around the world infecting thousands more mums and babies

  17-07-2016 18:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Games begins in Rio in August and experts fear it could spark the spread of the dangerous virus, which causes birth defects
  
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• Didcot power station demolished by robots as search resumes for bodies of three workers

  17-07-2016 18:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The structure collapsed in February and the search for bodies was stopped in May due to safety fears
  
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• World's most terrifying tourist attraction shut down as tourists seen feeding crocodiles

  17-07-2016 18:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "‘I’d hate to think what happened if the raft cracked. This is the riskiest tourist activity I’ve seen"
  
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• A boy of THREE is quizzed by police for racism as number of children accused of hate crimes soars

  17-07-2016 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There were at least 138 incidents in England and Wales last year according to data from police forces around the country - almost double the figures from 2011. (file photo used)
  
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• Lee Pickthall joked on Facebook he might leave dents in a car hours before crash

  17-07-2016 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lee Pickthall, 25, and Courtney Cowan, 19, were killed after the Audi A6 they were travelling in came off the road on the A710 near Dumfries, Scotland.
  
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