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• Cop gets seven years jail for using police info in plot to burgle cannabis farms

  29-07-2016 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Barry Parkinson, a former officer on Merseyside Police Major Crime Unit, scoured the force’s database for suspected crops
  
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• 'Bobby Moore had his feet up reading the paper - you wouldn’t believe the World Cup final was hours away'

  29-07-2016 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror's former chief footballer Ken Jones on England's historic victory in 1966 and a more innocent time for football
  
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• Challenge Cup: Wigan Warriors 12-16 Hull FC

  29-07-2016 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fetuli Talanoa pounces on a costly Wigan mistake to help Hull FC reach their second Challenge Cup final in four years.
  
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• Ex-Royal Marine killed in climbing accident in French Alps 'had recently got engaged'

  29-07-2016 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former serviceman, named as Duncan Potts, died on Wednesday as he climbed the Dent du Geant mountain in the Mont Blanc range near Chamonix
  
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• EuroMillions: British ticket holder wins mammoth £61 MILLION jackpot

  29-07-2016 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One lucky person is now a multi-millionaire after the incredible win
  
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• Ellie Butler's murder details revealed by London court

  29-07-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A family court ruling long kept secret sets out the horrific conditions of domestic violence in the Butler home in Sutton, south London in the run-up to Ellie's shocking murder.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan to drop lawsuits against people who insulted him

  29-07-2016 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Turkey's president says he will withdraw all lawsuits against people charged with insulting him, as a gesture to the unity shown since the failed coup.
  
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• Shocking NASA satellite pictures show 'dying' Iranian lake turning BLOOD RED as it rapidly disappears

  29-07-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The once blue waters turn a gruesome blood-red in the summer months as declining water levels continue to drop
  
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• 1966 World Cup: Looking back on 50 years since victory

  29-07-2016 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Allan Little reports on the significance of England's 1966 World Cup victory, and what it revealed about the state of the nation.
  
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• Pope Francis at Auschwitz - why silence was so right when confronted by unimaginable horror

  29-07-2016 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brian Reade on how passing through the gates into this, the most evil of Holocaust scenes, renders all decent human beings speechless
  
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• Horrific injuries of clubber who had part of his CHEEK bitten off for calling woman 'fit as f***'

  29-07-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Aaron Wanklyn needed 60 stitches to his ravaged face after he made the remark about Michelle Byrne on a night out
  
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• Father told by Apple to get court order for dead son's data

  29-07-2016 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A father is told by Apple he must obtain a court order to access photos and memories from his murdered son's computer.
  
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• Under scrutiny

  29-07-2016 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The media more often focuses on what women wear and their family status, but does that hurt the public's perception of their leadership?
  
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• Weekend tax credit and tax payment deadlines alert

  29-07-2016 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people face a deadline of the end of Sunday to renew tax credits and pay tax owed, or face losing payments or being hit with penalties.
  
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• ISIS terror threat to Channel ferries: Security fears over jihadists boarding UK-bound ship and executing passengers

  29-07-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reinforcements have been moved to Calais after intelligence service warnings that ferries sailing to Britain are at heightened risk of an Islamic State atrocity
  
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• Britain’s Olympic athletes ordered to download app so they can be located in Brazil

  29-07-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Team GB athletes in Rio have been told to download an app on their phone so they can be located in the event of a kidnapping or terrorist attack. The Olympics kicks off in Rio on August 5.
  
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• George Osborne's top tax adviser murdered in East Sussex home as suspect is held by police

  29-07-2016 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A teenager accused of the murder of a gay 'loner' who was a senior adviser to former Chancellor George Osborne (inset) can today be identified. Ben Bamford, 18, is from Crowborough, Sussex.
  
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• Shocking video shows teen lynch mob beat Russian paedophile who went to meet a girl

  29-07-2016 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage shows the vigilante teens kicking and beating the alleged paedophile as he lay prostrate in long grass near Efremovo, in Tula region.
  
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• Dover delays anticipated by authorities who stock up on cereal bars and water

  29-07-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  French authorities are warning heavy congestion is set to hit main routes on so-called Black Saturday, when there is a crossover between holidaymakers heading home and those beginning their breaks.
  
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• Brazil prepares for Olympics 2016 with warships and troops to defend Rio against ISIS

  29-07-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A massive security operation is under way in Brazil ahead of the Olympics beginning on Friday August 5. The country has deployed 88,000 military and police to keep the Games safe.
  
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• Testing times for Europe's banks

  29-07-2016 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The results of European bank "stress tests" have been announced, with the aim of establishing how well the banks could cope with a new financial shock.
  
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• Geneva Airport bomb scare falsely triggered by wife to stop husband and his mistress

  29-07-2016 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A jealous wife, 41, who triggered a bomb scare at Geneva Airport on Wednesday in a bid to prevent her husband's mistress from going on holiday has been jailed for six months.
  
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• Man 'dies from snake bite then wakes up at own funeral seconds before cremation'

  29-07-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Funeral attendees were stunned when the 23-year-old appeared to come back to life as his funeral pyre was set alight
  
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• TOWIE star's lover faces trial after being accused of being part of a drug gang

  29-07-2016 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daniel Harris, 33 - the boyfriend of The Only Way Is Essex star Cara Kilbey - will face trial next year accused of being involved in a gang which posed as taxi drivers in order to deal drugs in London.
  
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• Labour rebels plan to start their own party if Jeremy Corbyn gets re-elected

  29-07-2016 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leading moderates disclosed that they are looking at plans to set up their own “alternative Labour” in a “semi-split” of the party if Mr Corbyn remains in post
  
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• Carlisle men fight for their lives after taking fake 'Blue Valium' imported from Pakistan

  29-07-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three young women from Renfrew in Scotland have died after reportedly taking the tablets (similar to those pictured), and two men in Carlisle, Cumbria, were today being treated in hospital.
  
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• Athletes flee Olympic village as fire breaks out in Australia team base week before Rio 2016 games open

  29-07-2016 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The blaze broke out in the basement of one of the buildings just days before the games are due to begin
  
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• Prince death: Judge snubs claims by 29 would-be heirs

  29-07-2016 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A judge in the US state of Minnesota dismisses claims by 29 people who said they were Prince's heirs, including five men who said they were his father.
  
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• Old Labour voter’s powerful words are an urgent warning to a party bent on self-destruction

  29-07-2016 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  85-year-old Len from Cheshire has dreamed of a Labour government that brings fairness and justice – but now fears the party will not regain power in his lifetime
  
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• Pope Francis visits Auschwitz in set of somber photos

  29-07-2016 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pope Francis paid a sombre visit to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Friday.
  
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• Photos of Samia Shahid's body show red marks on her neck and suggest she was murdered

  29-07-2016 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samia Shahid, 28, originally from Bradford, also has saliva and blood oozing from her mouth and nostrils when she died while visiting family in her ancestral village last week.
  
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• Horror moment dozens of spiders burst out of Aldi banana as mum cuts fruit for three-year-old son

  29-07-2016 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keely Pritchard thought there was mould on the skin but was shocked when dozens of spiders jumped out
  
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• Mysterious sudden death of popular teen, 13, may have been caused by 'fatal allergic reaction during bathroom experiment'

  29-07-2016 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Devastated Suzzanne Douglass is battling to find out why her beloved son and "best friend" Mason suddenly collapsed at their home
  
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• Paris bombings suspects extradited to France from Austria

  29-07-2016 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two alleged members of the IS cell that carried out the Paris attacks are extradited from Austria to France and reportedly charged with terrorism.
  
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• Checklist shows symptoms of Alzheimer's before memory loss

  29-07-2016 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new checklist was introduced at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Toronto as a possible tool to test for early warning signs of neurodegeneration.
  
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• Parkinson’s could be slowed by new drugs if research on gene-tracking pays off

  29-07-2016 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There is no cure for the condition and doctors are only able to treat the symptoms, which include tremors, slow movement and stiff muscles
  
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• Maternity hospital backed by British charity bombed in Syria leaving two dead

  29-07-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The hospital is the largest in the Idlib province and delivers around 700 babies a month
  
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• US PGA Championship 2016: Rory McIlroy misses cut as Walker and Streb lead

  29-07-2016 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy misses the cut at the US PGA Championship for the first time in his career as Robert Streb and Jimmy Walker lead at Baltusrol.
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers for £60 million jackpot on Friday, July 29

  29-07-2016 21:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  These numbers could mean you're rich beyond your wildest dreams
  
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• Sickening video shows mob beating 'paedophile' who thought he was meeting 13-year-old just day before he was killed

  29-07-2016 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE The youths allegedly attacked the man, 47, as he arrived to meet the girl - before returning the next day to kill him
  
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• Murder probe after police divers find body of missing angler in River Thames

  29-07-2016 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The grim discovery came after fears for the safety of a man who vanished while fishing in Walton-on-Thames
  
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• Veteran Hillsborough campaigner Gerry McIver mourned following his death at the age of 81

  29-07-2016 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gerry ran the Hillsborough Justice Campaign shop in Liverpool for free for many years after being persuaded by his pal Ricky Tomlinson
  
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• Furious 'poltergeist' hurls crockery across room at terrified dad-of-five after he calls in paranormal investigator

  29-07-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Father-of-five Ian Hawke, who feared his home was haunted, had cups and plates thrown at him by an apparently angered spirit when a paranormal activity investigator came to visit
  
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• Stunning images capture the majesty of the Milky Way over historic British castle

  29-07-2016 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Photographer Allessio Putzu took a series of pictures of our galaxy as it made a magnificent backdrop for St Michael’s Mount
  
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• Jeremy Hunt MUST tackle A&E waiting times as shocking pictures show patients left on trolleys

  29-07-2016 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Patients, many of them elderly, were left lying on trolleys for hours at 3am at the Royal Stoke University Hospital
  
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• Turkey cancels 50,000 passports as President Erdogan tightens noose around suspected dissidents after failed coup

  29-07-2016 20:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is the latest stage in President Erdogan's clampdown on alleged dissidents in the country, and signals his regime's increasingly authoritarian policies
  
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• Sex beast raped disabled pensioner in her own home as she tried to get off mobility scooter

  29-07-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Evil John Scanlon claimed his vulnerable victim tried to SEDUCE him after he broke into her house
  
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• Frail 90-year-old forced to wait TWO HOURS in freezing cold for an ambulance after she fell

  29-07-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eva Mason was left shivering after her walking frame got stuck between the kerb and a hole in the road in Grimsby
  
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• Care home abuse shames all of us says Fiona Phillips

  29-07-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kat Ward’s life was miserable from the moment she was born. Her mum hated her. Her stepdad regularly raped her. She was put in a children’s home from where she first came across Jimmy Savile
  
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• Parents' drug warning as teenagers 'offer pills and powder' to kids as young as FIVE in popular park

  29-07-2016 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The teenagers allegedly told the youngsters the drugs' effects would wear off before they returned home to their parents
  
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