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• Airport staff forced to push start 36-tonne plane packed with passengers in astonishing footage

  19-07-2016 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 90-seater Iberian Airlines jet had been stranded on the tarmac for about an hour after the tug truck that pushes it to the runway stopped working
  
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• Mother stunned to find rude note from Hermes courier telling her to stop shopping online

  19-07-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kim Thursfield, 27, had been enjoying a day off work out and about with husband Matt, 34, and her toddler daughter when she got back to her home in Bromley, south east London, to find the note.
  
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• Ice cream seller smashed up rival's van in bitter turf war

  19-07-2016 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Yousaf, 47, drove across a children’s park at speed last year in order to smash up a rival’s van
  
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• Is this the most optimistic umbrella user you've ever seen?

  19-07-2016 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Umbrellas are for staying dry. How's that working out for you fella?
  
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• Sick primary school teacher pretended to be teen girl to make young boys perform sex acts online

  19-07-2016 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Hart, 28, downloaded and shared hundreds of child sex abuse images, including some showing children as young as eight being seriously sexually assaulted
  
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• Revealed: Full horror of brutal animal testing at government military lab sparks campaigners' fury

  19-07-2016 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cruel experiments include pigs being shot, rabbits blown up, guinea pigs paralysed with toxic nerve agent and monkeys given smallpox
  
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• Pervert motorist asked lone woman if she wanted sex act but claimed he was just asking directions

  19-07-2016 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Yasser Ismail Hussain drew up alongside the female officer worker and asked if she wanted him to perform a sex act on her
  
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• Young graffiti artist shows his appreciation to his parents by paying off their mortgage

  19-07-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Evans, 22, informed his parents he had paid off the final eight years of the mortgage on their family home in Birmingham, costing him a 'few thousand pounds'.
  
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• Tory tuition fees hike passes first hurdle as Labour fails in bid to block it

  19-07-2016 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Higher Education Bill is set to raise fees as high as £11,697 by 2025 - tipping the cost of a top university degree over £35,000
  
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• Protesting pensioner who sat in middle of pavement while workers Tarmaced AROUND her reveals why she did it

  19-07-2016 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Battling Linda Mills, 70, took matters into her own hands after council 'ignored' her pleas
  
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• Kansas City police officer shot dead 'as he chased down gun suspect'

  19-07-2016 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The news was revealed by the city's Police Chief who asked people to "pray"
  
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• WikiLeaks HACKED after website releases thousands of emails from Turkey's ruling AKP Party in response to government's purge

  19-07-2016 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The website had released the emails in response to the purge by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the country's political, military and educational classes following the apparent attempted coup last week
  
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• Hyde Park 'water fight' on hottest day of year descends into violence as policeman hurt when bottles thrown

  19-07-2016 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A policeman was hit in the head after a crowd began hurling bottles towards the officers
  
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• Hyde Park 'water fight' explodes into violence as police officers stabbed and bottled on hottest day of year

  19-07-2016 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Another police officer was hit over the head with a bottle as the spontaneous party turned violent
  
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• Uber driver alleged dragged hairdresser down the road after returning mobile phone

  19-07-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sabrina Benltaief, 20, claimed the motorist drove off while she was leaning into the car in Elephant and Castle, South London, and left her unconscious in the street before she later woke up in hospital.
  
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• Brother of Pippa Middleton's fiance James Matthews was lost on Everest - and the tragic death still haunts him

  19-07-2016 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael was the youngest Brit to climb Everest but disappeared in the “death zone”, above 8,000 metres, in 1999 and his body has never been found
  
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• Spalding shooting: Husband who killed wife and daughter with shotgun in 'murder-suicide' near swimming pool pictured

  19-07-2016 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lance Hart, 57, is said to have opened fire on wife Claire, 50, and their 19-year-old daughter Charlotte in a sports centre car park on Tuesday morning
  
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• WikiLeaks releases thousands of Turkish ruling AKP Party's private emails in response to government's post coup purge

  19-07-2016 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It comes in response to the purge by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the country's political, military and educational classes following the apparent attempted coup last week
  
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• Gatwick Airport 'rogue' parking firm that left cars unattended in muddy field fined thousands of pounds

  19-07-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cars were left in muddy fields and the owners did not have permission to use the space for commercial parking
  
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• Murder does not deserve to be called honour killings says Saira Khan

  19-07-2016 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Loose Women presenter Saira Khan on the recent 'honour killing' of 'Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian'
  
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• Man jailed for carjacking woman in wheelchair and running her over with her car

  19-07-2016 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Career criminal Paul Anthony Moore left Dorothy Cooper, 78, with life-changing injuries after he stole her car and drove over her
  
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• Control freak Theresa May uses first Cabinet meeting to launch power grab across government

  19-07-2016 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new PM told Tory colleagues she is taking personal control of key priority areas - the economy, Brexit and social mobility
  
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• JK Rowling and Ross Kemp call for people to join Labour and vote out Jeremy Corbyn

  19-07-2016 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The campaign wants to get as many people to join Labour as possible to balance the recruitment drive by Mr Corbyn’s supporters
  
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• Why Facebook and Twitter need to do more to beat the trolls

  19-07-2016 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new Culture Secretary said she wanted to see more action from the social media firms to stop users posting racist, violent and sexist messages
  
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• Southern Rail customers create spoof game where the aim is to provide the WORST service

  19-07-2016 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The online video game was developed as a reaction to Southern Rail'sservice between the south coast and London which has been plagued by strikes, sickness and sinkholes.
  
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• EuroMillions winning numbers: Tonight's results for the £37 million jackpot on Tuesday, July 19

  19-07-2016 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  You could be rich beyond your wildest dreams if your ticket matches with these numbers
  
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• Sunderland man ripped a veil from a Muslim woman's face in an 'racist attack'

  19-07-2016 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Scotter, 55, was in court today accused of ripping a veil from a Muslim woman's face before throwing it on the floor of a busy shopping centre in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
  
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• Turkey bans Islamic funerals for dead coup supporters as government warns thousands of imams off performing ceremonies

  19-07-2016 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - DISTRESSING FOOTAGE:
  It comes as the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan carries out a massive purge of people alleged to have supported the coup attempt
  
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• Donald Trump’s ego brings chaos to Republican convention – and could set America back years

  19-07-2016 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The billionaire took his policies to the extremes and met with cheers and jeers at the event, which was boycotted by party heavyweights
  
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• Kansas City police officer 'fights for life' in hospital after being shot

  19-07-2016 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The news was revealed by the city's Police Chief who asked people to "pray" for the officer
  
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• Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith claims he is the people's champion

  19-07-2016 21:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Welsh MP will now go head-to-head with Jeremy Corbyn in the battle for the leadership after Angela Eagle dropped out
  
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• 'UK-backed Syrian rebels behead 11-year-old boy they claim is pro-government fighter'

  19-07-2016 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - UPSETTING CONTENT: The men appear to taunt the terrified child, who they claim is a captured pro-government Palestinian fighter, before cutting his throat with a knife
  
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• Lord Hanningfield's trial collapse prompts fresh calls for House of Lords reform

  19-07-2016 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pilfering peer walked free from court on Monday after Parliament stepped in at the eleventh hour
  
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• Eurostar passengers evacuated onto track side outside Paris after 'transformer fire' leaves services cancelled

  19-07-2016 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Passengers on board service ES9051 have tweeted pictures of themselves on the train, which they claim had reached up to 37C because the A/C was not working
  
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• Poll hands Jeremy Corbyn 22-point lead for Labour leadership even with Angela Eagle out of the race

  19-07-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Asked to imagine Ms Eagle was off the ticket, 56% of Labour members said they would vote for Jeremy Corbyn and 34% chose Owen Smith
  
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• Student killed in horror crash with her boyfriend may have fallen asleep at the wheel

  19-07-2016 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sarah Delf and Oliver Appleby, both 24, died instantly after she veered into the opposite lane and they were hit head on by a lorry
  
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• Is it ever right to tell off other's people's children?

  19-07-2016 20:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Every parent tells off their own children - but should you admonish other people's kids? Two of our writers have differing opinions
  
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• Hooded thug filmed slashing dozens of car tyres in sickening attack on small business

  19-07-2016 20:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The CCTV captures the moment the man hacked his way through tyres on SIXTEEN different cars
  
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• Shamefaced Boris Johnson cringes in first press conference as US journalists mock his 'outright lies'

  19-07-2016 20:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Appearing in a joint press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Boris was humiliated by journalists over his past gaffes
  
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• Shocking CCTV shows man firing 'machine gun' at house where mum and two young children slept

  19-07-2016 20:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The young woman and her daughters, aged seven and 12-months, were uninjured after the shooter, dressed in a boiler suit, blasted bullets through their window
  
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• Two men injured jumping out of taxi to dodge fare lose bid to sue taxi driver

  19-07-2016 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joseph Beaumont and Lewis O’Neill, now both 24, jumped from the vehicle and suffered life changing injuries
  
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• Cricket star Tom Allin plunged to his death from 200ft bridge after 'tough few months'

  19-07-2016 20:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The cricketer, who played for Warwickshire CC, leapt from the bridge after leaving three suicide notes – including one to his parents
  
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• Brexit will slow growth in Britain by £21bn next year warn experts at the IMF

  19-07-2016 20:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The International Monetary Fund said the referendum had “thrown a spanner in the works” of the economy and Britain’s households would feel the pinch
  
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• Drunk teen raided McDonald's till and stole £450 after ordering two Big Macs as party ended

  19-07-2016 20:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jenson Plumber jumped up onto the counter and demanded staff force open the till
  
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• Bob Stewart blasts leaky Nato for handing classified intel to the Russians

  19-07-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bob Stewart said 'secret' was the last thing intelligence documents marked as such were while he served in Nato forces during the 1990s.
  
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• Fashion student turning Alexander McQueen's skin into leather says she's no "creepy mad genius"

  19-07-2016 20:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tina Gorjanc is exploring the use of DNA to grow real skin 'leather' as part of her 'Pure Human' project
  
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• Relatives of British Iraq War dead launch crowdfunding appeal for possible legal action against Tony Blair

  19-07-2016 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The group is led by Roger Bacon and Reg Keys, whose sons were both killed in Iraq.They said there had been speculation that Mr Blair and others "can and should" be taken to court
  
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• Mother and daughters STABBED in French holiday resort because they were 'scantily dressed'

  19-07-2016 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The family were attacked on holiday in the Hautes Alpes near Montpellier in the south of France by 37-year-old knifeman Mohamed Boufarkouch, who fled but was later arrested by police.
  
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• 'Don't shop online because you're never in' says delivery man's note to shocked mum

  19-07-2016 20:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kim Thursfield is still waiting for parcel company Hermes to resolve the issue and says she’ll avoid using the company wherever possible
  
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• Hilarious video shows prankster ride into a pub on a horse but struggles to leave

  19-07-2016 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the hilarious moment Mick Lavin, 58, trotted inside a pub in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, on horseback - knocking his leg on a door frame as he struggled to get the animal out.
  
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