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• Mum-of-two dropped four dress sizes after being haunted by 'mummy tummy' comment

  30-07-2016 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emma Jobson, from Newcastle, dropped from a size 16 to a size 8 in less than six months after being spurred on to tackle her weight gain
  
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• Father Christmases flock to the sun for world's biggest Santa convention

  30-07-2016 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite the 90-degree-heat and an average of age 62.5, the Santas met for a range of activities including races and tug-of-war competitions.
  
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• Sacked hotel staff offer to work for free at couple's wedding reception despite venue closing down

  30-07-2016 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam Sanders and Amanda Mularczyk were devastated when they were given just 72 hours' notice on Thursday that the hotel was closing down
  
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• One in 10 GPs close lists to new patients as family doctors face 'crisis'

  30-07-2016 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Some 12 per cent of 508 GP partners responding to a survey said they had either formally or informally closed their lists
  
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• Man 'dies swimming close to beach in the Isles of Scilly'

  30-07-2016 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unnamed swimmer was reportedly pulled from the water at around 6pm this evening
  
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• Nearly naked car owner dashes out of house in towel after car burst into flames on drive

  30-07-2016 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Horrified Robert Byrne was just about to step into the shower when his car alarm went off so he went to investigate
  
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• England's 1966 heroes reunited at Wembley on World Cup triumph's 50th anniversary

  30-07-2016 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Lions of '66 lined up beside each other once more at Wembley Stadium, the scene of their history-making 4-2 victory against West Germany
  
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• Volkswagen embroiled in fresh scandal over 'false safety rating claims'

  30-07-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Salesmen for the German car giant told undercover investigators that a current model has a five-star safety rating when it has, in fact, expired
  
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• Muslim leaders in Rouen REFUSE to bury ISIS Normandy church attacker

  30-07-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The local Muslim cultural association in the French city of Rouen have refused to prepare the body or bury Adel Kermiche who along with Abdelmalik Petitjean murdered Father Jacques Hamel.
  
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• Cliff Richard lands big money record deal but still plans to sue BBC for £1million

  30-07-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The BBC has said it will back the 75-year-old star and play his new album in a bid to end the feud
  
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• Pregnant women offered holiday swaps or refunds after Zika outbreak in Florida

  30-07-2016 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Britain is advising expectant mums to delay travel to Florida after four people contracted the virus
  
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• NHS chaos means wife, 82, must take 200-mile taxi trip to see hubby in hospital

  30-07-2016 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marjorie and Eric Bazley have been together since they were teenagers but now they are being cruelly separated because of a lack of suitable dementia care facilities
  
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• This bikini-clad partygoer could not have stood in a more unfortunate place for this viral picture

  30-07-2016 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  On the first glance the picture appears to show a breath-taking fashion faux pas but look a little closer and all is not as it seems
  
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• This bikini-clad partygoer could not have stood in a more unfortunate place for this 'naked' picture

  30-07-2016 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  On the first glance the picture appears to show a breath-taking fashion faux pas but look a little closer and all is not as it seems
  
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• Video shows drunken woman stumbling on railtracks at Woking station

  30-07-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Horrifying footage showed the female tottering around and narrowly avoiding electrocution from the live third rail at Woking station. Panicked staff managed to pull her onto the platform.
  
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• Schoolboy lost his leg and almost died when coach door burst open at 60mph dragging him out

  30-07-2016 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Seb Goold lost his right leg above the knee and his family have now launched a campaign to prevent it happening to anyone else
  
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• Patients condemned to die - by NHS ban on leukaemia lifeline: Funding denied for second stem cell treatment if first fails

  30-07-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UK patients suffering a leukaemia relapse have been ‘handed a death sentence’ by an NHS decision to deny funding for a second lifesaving stem cell transplant if their first one fails.
  
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• Final disgrace of the dodgy duke: The thrice-married, blue-blood bigamist caught red-handed on a bungled burglary - and his ex-wives are the least surprised of all!

  30-07-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alexander Montagu, the Duke of Manchester, faces trial in the US in September over burglary charges. The bigamist has twice been convicted of fraud in Australia and was deported from Canada.
  
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• 'How's the driver?' First words of compassionate schoolgirl, 15, as she wakes from three-day coma after school coach crash 

  30-07-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sophie Herbert, a 15-year-old pupil at Cheltenham Bournside School in Gloucestershire was seriously injured during the smash near the Swiss border on the A39 motorway in France.
  
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• ‘They yanked my wheelchair in the air’: Disabled mother tells of her horror as four burly bouncers haul her out of an MTV gig in front of her daughter

  30-07-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anna Roberts (pictured) moved to the front of the standing area while at the MTV Crashes Plymouth event, having been turned away from the empty disabled viewing area as she hadn't pre-booked.
  
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• Cocaine is found in bars where hit TV comedy Benidorm is filmed

  30-07-2016 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As concern grows over drug use in the resort, we found traces of the powder in the toilets of venues used in the show as Neptune’s Bar and the Solana hotel
  
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• Daughter arrested after sending sick hoax kidnapping video to mother showing her bound and gagged on hotel bed

  30-07-2016 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jessica Johnson, 22, filmed herself on a bed bound and gagged in a hotel room but police quickly became suspicious about her story
  
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• Daughter arrested after sending sick hoax kidnapping video to mother showing her bound and gagged

  30-07-2016 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jessica Johnson, 22, filmed herself on a bed bound and gagged in a hotel room but police quickly became suspicious about her story
  
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• John McDonnell reveals how Labour will protect all workers from another BHS disaster

  30-07-2016 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thousands of workers were left heartbroken when high street chain BHS was plunged into ­administration earlier this year
  
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• Sir Shifty strikes back: Philip Green moans that MP's hard-hitting report into collapse of BHS was 'a kangaroo court' 

  30-07-2016 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ex-BHS boss Sir Philip Green, 64, has written a letter which accuses Labour MP Frank Field of turning a parliamentary inquiry investigating the collapse of the store into a 'kangaroo court'.
  
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• Mum's kids taken away after boyfriend nearly shook their baby to death – and blamed her

  30-07-2016 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Montandon seemed to be a doting dad but his girlfriend Kirsty Lister was horrified to learn he had caused their daughter Mollie-Grace’s brain haemorrhage
  
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• ‘Disgusting’ couple who stole a charity box raising money to help a teenage cancer sufferer are caught on CCTV 

  30-07-2016 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The collection box was stolen from a shop in Hythe, Kent and contained funds intended to help 16-year-old Kelly Turner travel to America for potentially life-saving cancer treatment.
  
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• Shops sell out of bottled water as more than 3,500 homes are told not to drink from taps after bacteria contamination scare

  30-07-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The alarm was first raised in Thorne, near Doncaster, after high levels of bacteria were found in water samples. Families have been warned they must boil their water before drinking it or cooking.
  
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• Former Brazilian hostage taker gives chilling insight into Bernie Ecclestone kidnap case

  30-07-2016 22:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Speaking as his country prepares to host the Olympics, a reformed gang boss says the abduction trade is lucrative – if you are prepared to kill
  
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• Anorexia cases in kids as young as eight as sufferers blame social media and cyber-bullying

  30-07-2016 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “Children feel under pressure to have this perfect life that it looks like everyone else is having according to Instagram and that’s really hard to deal with”
  
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• Family of mum found hanged after son killed himself over withdrawn rape claim vow to get justice

  30-07-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jay Cheshire hanged himself following a police probe over the false allegation and his mum was found hanged two weeks ago
  
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• Eight-year-old schoolboy hauled in for questioning after ISIS T-shirt mix-up

  30-07-2016 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The boy from East London wore a top to school and staff thought words were praising the leader of ISIS
  
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• Hairless chimpanzee and internet hit Mongo dies suddenly, aged 22

  30-07-2016 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The chimp had suffered from alopecia and was being treated for an infection picked up on a routine health check
  
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• Man, 31, is stabbed to death outside Tube station as passers-by battle in vain to save him amid 'massive puddles of blood' 

  30-07-2016 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officers were called to a BP garage near Bethnal Green underground station in East London after a 31-year-old man was found collapsed on the forecourt lying in puddles of blood.
  
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• Rail watchdog launches probe into rip-off ticket machines at train stations

  30-07-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Office of Rail and Road has decided to act after research suggested at least one in 20 passengers are overpaying
  
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• Man jailed after robbing Ladbrokes bookmakers to pay for journey home after missing train

  30-07-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Craig Parkes managed to escape with £295 after demanding money from the bookies in the Granton area of Edinburgh so he could get back to his native Manchester
  
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• Devastated dad of murdered photographer warns her killer will strike again if he is moved to open prison

  30-07-2016 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Benson's daughter Lorraine was strangled by "downright evil" John Dunne after leaving a Christmas party in 1988
  
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• Cyber crooks hack into Amazon accounts to place pricey orders and steal the goods

  30-07-2016 21:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The cyber criminals are exploiting the retail giant’s Prime Now service, where customers can get items like games consoles
  
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• Prison boss enjoys bumper pay rise - despite a year of budget cuts and turmoil behind bars

  30-07-2016 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Spurr, chief executive of the National Offender Management Service, now earns £180,000 annually
  
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• British pirate-hunter may be released from jail after fiancee finds fresh evidence

  30-07-2016 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Billy Irving was imprisoned for five years in India last January but fiancee Yvonne MacHugh believes she has proof he didn't break the law
  
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• German protesters prepare for Angela 'Merkel Must Go' demonstration

  30-07-2016 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands gathered to protest in Berlin (pictured) and thousands more across Germany, while a key political ally in the coalition that keeps her in power slammed her immigration policy.
  
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• Welsh woman 'locked up in makeshift cell by father because she kissed a man'

  30-07-2016 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amina Al-Jeffery - who grew up in Swansea - has taken legal action against her father who she claims is keeping her imprisoned in Saudi Arabia
  
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• British woman who claims father imprisoned her in Saudi Arabia 'sends friend picture of her cage'

  30-07-2016 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amina Al-Jeffery - who grew up in Swansea - has taken legal action against her father
  
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• Couple's £36,000 dream wedding turns into nightmare after accident meant they had to wed in HOSPITAL

  30-07-2016 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Steph Murphy and hubby to be James Goss had thought of everything for their luxury wedding - and then disaster struck
  
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• Lockhart balloon crash: First picture of tragic pilot killed as footage emerges showing devastating wreckage

  30-07-2016 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Skip Nichols was chief pilot at Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides, the company involved in what is now America's worst balloon disaster
  
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• Zoo bosses 'humiliate' autistic worker AFTER signing up as a champion for the condition

  30-07-2016 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chester Zoo bosses told the 21-year-old to "make better eye contact" with customers in his performance review
  
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• Freak condition that left woman looking eight months pregnant - for eight YEARS

  30-07-2016 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The affliction also cruelly robbed Beryl Romain of her chance to have children, prompting the break-up with her fiance
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn tells rebel MPs to think again if they want to take the Labour name with them if they split from party 

  30-07-2016 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The under-fire Labour leader posed for selfies at a rally in Hull today after warning rebel MPs they cannot take the party's name if they decide to breakaway following a leadership contest.
  
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• Brexit has left Britain at back of queue for trade deals, just like Obama said

  30-07-2016 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Liam Fox has been talking up his efforts to negotiate with other countries but we have no plan, total chaos and investment diving faster than Tom Daley
  
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• HM Prison Sudbury inmate gets locked OUT of jail after picking up synthetic drugs

  30-07-2016 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Inmate Joseph Graham, 35, has been jailed for a further six months after he got locked out of HM Prison Sudbury in Derbyshire when he left to pick up a parcel containing vodka and synthetic drugs.
  
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