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• Stricken grandma's wrong number after nasty fall leads to dramatic rescue by hero car salesman

  01-08-2016 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dang Vuong was having a typical Sunday afternoon working as sales manager at a BMW showroom when he suddenly received an unexpected phone call
  
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• After ad boss’ controversial claim, we ask - do women really lack the ambition to succeed at work?

  01-08-2016 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Roberts, executive chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, claimed “their ambition is not a vertical ambition. We asked two female writers to battle it out…
  
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• Horrific moment underground station ceiling collapses onto heads of panicked commuters - thanks to GUST OF WIND

  01-08-2016 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Passengers can be seen running for their lives as the ceiling begins caving in on them in the middle of the day - and they narrowly escape serious injury
  
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• Yorkshire 'land grab' in Lancashire and Cumbria as Dales national park is extended over the county line

  01-08-2016 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Yorkshire Dales is swallowing up territory in Cumbria, too, as part of a 188-mile extension creating the largest stretch of continuous national park in England
  
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• Angela Merkel and her husband enjoy a spot of Wagner at the opera

  01-08-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived with her husband to the Bayreuth Festival, a month-long cultural institution that has been overshadowed by a spate of deadly attacks.
  
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• Inventor patents sex robot design that uses men's grunts and groans to tailor its rhythms

  01-08-2016 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wai Kin Yeung believes he has identified a gap in the sex toy market and believes the responsive robot would be a huge hit
  
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• Winning Olympic gold is easier for private school kids says rowing hero Steve Redgrave

  01-08-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An analysis of the 366-strong Team GB suggests the proportion of privately educated athletes has increased since London 2012
  
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• Popular English teacher found dead at her home just days into the school holidays

  01-08-2016 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katie Humpage was found by her parents in her Walsall home last Tuesday, an inquest heard
  
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• Birmingham man is jailed after throwing a dog from SEVENTH floor of a tower block

  01-08-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mahmood Keshavarzi, 37, was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison at Birmingham Magistrates Court for killing the 15-month-old American bulldog cross.
  
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• Nazi monster Heinrich Himmler's long-lost diaries reveal how murderer nearly fainted when coat splattered with Jewish victim's brains

  01-08-2016 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In one entry, the head of the SS and Gestapo recorded how he had a massage before personally overseeing the shooting of 10 Polish detainees
  
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• My lover impressed me with tales of being a war hero - but he was just a conman

  01-08-2016 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “I feel foolish, but Stephen was so convincing. He was a real charmer with piercing blue eyes and I totally fell in love with him"
  
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• Ed Balls to become first male politician to appear on Strictly Come Dancing

  01-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Colleagues say the former shadow chancellor, who lost his seat in last year’s election, “has got some good moves”
  
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• Film memorabilia including from Jaws, The Goonies and Star Wars goes to auction

  01-08-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Batsuit worn by Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises is expected to fetch £60,000, while a Tie Pilot Helmet from Star Wars: A New Hope could go for £70,000 at London’s BFI Imax in Waterloo.
  
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• ISIS priest-killer's dad says his grief-stricken little sister could wreak revenge on police and civilians

  01-08-2016 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Franck Petitjean says he is still in a 'state of shock' after his adopted son Abdelmalik Petitjean, 19, carried out the brutal killing last week
  
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• Car on fire at Birmingham Airport as plume of smoke fills air outside terminal building

  01-08-2016 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fire crew are believed to be fighting the blaze - and there are no reports that the incident has brought flights to a halt
  
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• New War of the Roses brews as the Yorkshire Dales expand over the border

  01-08-2016 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Today the Yorkshire Dales' National Park grew by a quarter and in an extraordinary land grab also entered Lancashire for the first time, taking its highest peak.
  
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• Petrol and diesel prices cut by four supermarkets but motoring groups say it's long overdue

  01-08-2016 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Retailers have been accused of cashing in and were urged to cut prices further following a reduction in wholesale costs
  
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• Rio Olympic venue in chaos as officials fear it will not be ready to open on Friday 

  01-08-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rio de Janeiro's Lago Stadium, which is hosting rowing and canoeing competitions in the upcoming Olympic games, remains shrouded in scaffolding while bags of garbage litter the entrance.
  
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• Corrie star Brooke Vincent and radio co-host's show blasted by Ofcom for violating desperate divorcee's dignity during phone-in competition

  01-08-2016 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman lost out on £2,000 she needed to keep a roof over her children's heads so another caller on Greater Manchester's Key 103 station could go on holiday
  
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• Corrie star Brooke Vincent and radio co-host blasted by Ofcom for violating desperate divorcee's dignity during phone-in competition

  01-08-2016 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman lost out on £2,000 she needed to keep her children's home so another caller could go on holiday
  
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• Great Dane believed to be the world's tallest meets up with Britain's smallest dog 

  01-08-2016 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great Dane Major, who stands at an impressive 7ft 1ins, was visited by tiny Chihuahua Disney (pictured), who barely reaches more than three inches, at Major's home near Swansea, Wales.
  
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• Animal lover filmed playing with baby tiger until it all goes horribly wrong

  01-08-2016 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you ever needed to be told not to play with tigers, here's the reason why
  
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• US Air Force pounds ISIS positions in Libya after UN-backed government pleas for help

  01-08-2016 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Libyan government hopes US air strikes can hammer ISIS positions in Sirte, softening them up for a final push into the city
  
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• Zika Florida outbreak: Pregnant tourists urged to avoid parts of Miami as virus spreads

  01-08-2016 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Men and women who visit a square mile of the popular US city are also urged to avoid conceiving until eight weeks after they've left
  
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• Horny couple's sex antics in public park draws large crowd of disbelieving onlookers

  01-08-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The randy pair appear to be having full intercourse underneath a tree in broad daylight
  
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• Teenager films terrifying moment lightning bolt strike misses him by inches in middle of fierce thunderstorm

  01-08-2016 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum Elaine Riozzi-Bodine says son Ethan is being hailed a ‘walking miracle’ after his dice with death near their home - and has become something of a celebrity among medical staff
  
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• Girl aged two can recite capital cities of 196 countries - in UNDER five minutes

  01-08-2016 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rakshitha Kumar's parents became aware of their daughter's remarkable memory after playing a game to keep her occupied on an 11-hour flight from India
  
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• Bull gores spectator to death as he tries to escape over fence at controversial Spanish festival

  01-08-2016 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tragedy at the Fiestas de Valrío in Cáceres in the Extremadura district of western Spain is believed to be the first in the event's long history
  
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• Obese mum loses more than seven stone by ditching coffee - and the results are incredible

  01-08-2016 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lorraine O'Loughlin, 28, dropped seven dress sizes after giving up her usual 15 coffees a day habit
  
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• How being naughty on while holiday can actually be nice for your health

  01-08-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Relaxing and letting go of your good health habits during your annual getaway can actually do you good - as long as its in moderation
  
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• Exclusive look inside North Korea as tourist spends 7 days inside highly secretive country - and films it

  01-08-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jacob Laukaitis, a keen traveller fascinated by the secretive state, made the film to show people the country in a way they'd never seen before
  
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• Japanese 'ghost' smears poo and urine over front door of woman it claims is a 'homewrecking mistress'

  01-08-2016 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Like something out of a Japanese horror movie a woman has been repeatedly targeted by a ghostly figure in a white sheet, long black-haired wig and eerie-looking white mask
  
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• Italian PM Renzi hits out at Cambridge University over student Giulio Regeni's murder

  01-08-2016 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has condemned the University of Cambridge for its 'inexplicable silence' during the ongoing murder investigation into PhD student Giulio Regeni, 28.
  
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• Child murder suspect falls out with pal who helped smuggle him out of the country illegally

  01-08-2016 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Watson taunted police with photos of him relaxing on European beaches after being questioned on suspicion of killing six-year-old Rikki Neave in 1994
  
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• Glamour model who 'bedded Cristiano Ronaldo' and slammed Messi strips off for Playboy magazine

  01-08-2016 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daniella Chavez - who claims to have slept with Ronaldo - posed for a raunchy photo-shoot with the famous magazine
  
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• Shocking YouTube video captures 4x4 driver stopping at roundabout to ATTACK a motorcyclist

  01-08-2016 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shocking video shows the car driver pushing the biker to the ground before the two men begin tussling with each other in the middle of Westfield roundabout in Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
  
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• Interest rates expected to drop as Bank of England battles Brexit turmoil

  01-08-2016 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Bank is under pressure to act after the UK manufacturing sector posted its worst set of figures in over three years
  
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• Docklands Light Railway suspended after person struck by train at Westferry station

  01-08-2016 21:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police confirmed a person was 'under a train' causing delays and chaos during rush hour
  
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• Last population of woolly mammoths died on remote Alaskan island 'after fresh water supply ran out'

  01-08-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The prehistoric beasts survived for 5,000 years longer than populations on the mainland before succumbing to a lack of water
  
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• British children taught by trainee teachers who don't even have an A-level in their subject

  01-08-2016 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “How can we ever hope to inspire children to study maths and science in further education when not even their teachers have?"
  
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• Viola Beach set to reach number one 6 months after band and manager were killed in Sweden 

  01-08-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Before their untimely death, the indie rock group recorded a number of tracks which have now been released and their self-titled album is currently number one in the midweek charts.
  
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• First picture of man killed outside McDonald's as four youths as young as 12 appear in court charged with murder

  01-08-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police found Brad Moore - who was aged in his 40s and from the Manchester area - lying seriously injured on the street and rushed him to hospital but he died hours later
  
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• Twisted mum makes sick amateur sex films with 14-year-old schoolboy SON and takes vile photos of daughter, 3

  01-08-2016 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 36-year-old filmed herself having intercourse with her teenage offspring before sending the vile footage to a relative abroad
  
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• Jamie Leppard and friend were filmed raping a 'completely comatose' woman is jailed

  01-08-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Leppard, 19, was hailed a 'legend' by his friends after he assaulted the 18-year-old who was unconscious and 'completely unable to consent', Maidstone Crown Court heard.
  
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• Hundreds turn out for funeral of murdered six-year-old girl found dead with dad

  01-08-2016 20:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hundreds held balloons in Newport on the Isle of Wight to pay respects to little Keziah Flux-Edmonds, who was found unconscious next to the body of her father Darren Flux-Edmonds
  
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• 'I've dated more than 250 toyboys': UK's cougar queen reveals why she's addicted to younger men

  01-08-2016 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Businesswoman Juney Smith has dated more than 250 younger men since she turned 30 and like actress Demi Moore who has a love of younger blokes
  
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• Collapse of debt management firm Brightsource plunges their clients into further misery

  01-08-2016 20:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brightsource offered debt management solutions to those in need, but their clients lost-out when the firm went into administration
  
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• Phone trade-in website sees customers fork-out for return of their rejected handsets

  01-08-2016 20:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One customer, Stephen Rothwell, was offered £75 for his iPhone 4, only to be told it was in poor condition and he'd have to pay for its return
  
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• Desperate job hunters ripped-off by charlatans offering fake vacancies

  01-08-2016 20:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The fakes behind the scam are charging applicants a fee for a criminal background check, with no prospects of a job in the pipeline 
  
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• Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law freed WITHOUT ransom

  01-08-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jorge Eurico da Silva Faria was arrested on suspicion of masterminding the kidnap of Aparecida Schunk who was snatched from her home last week in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  
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