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• Will Katarina Johnson-Thompson or Jessica Ennis-Hill be the Queen of Rio?

  02-08-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In June 2012 Katarina Johnson-Thompson scored a huge lifetime best in the heptathlon at a low-key meeting in Kladno in the Czech Republic to unexpectedly qualify for the London Olympics.
  
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• Heartbroken bride 'refused honeymoon refund' despite dad dying just days after wedding ceremony

  02-08-2016 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "My dad got the all clear from cancer in November 2014. But the cancer came back in April 2015 and he never told us"
  
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• Donald Trump kicks crying BABY out of campaign rally just moments after telling mother ''Don't worry''

  02-08-2016 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Republican nominee initially did not mind the disruption but when the infant began howling again he told the mother: "You can get the baby out of here"
  
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• Donald Trump kicks BABY out of campaign rally for crying while he was speaking

  02-08-2016 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Republican nominee initially did not mind the disruption but when the infant began howling again he told the mother: "You can get the baby out of here"
  
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• Theresa May falls at the first hurdle with her failure to block David Cameron's cronyism

  02-08-2016 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tony Blair blocked a similar move by John Major, which set a clear precedent - but the PM's abject failure to act shows the Tories never change
  
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• London Police sergeant admits mistake at allowing rapist Ashraf Amrani out on bail

  02-08-2016 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A police sergeant who decided to leave a convicted rapist on the streets just days before he went on to kill his parents in west London said he got it 'very wrong', an inquest heard today.
  
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• Is this branch of KFC the messiest fast food restaurant you have ever seen?

  02-08-2016 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Every table in the basement dining area still has food packaging left on it - a sight which the company has now said is 'completely unacceptable'
  
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• School worker under investigation after vile 'suicide bombers' slur against women in burkas posted on Facebook

  02-08-2016 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A disgusted parent could not contain her anger after spotting the alleged comments
  
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• Osama Bin Laden's Pakistan hideout 'to be turned into children's PLAYGROUND' five years after Al-Qaeda leader was killed

  02-08-2016 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Locals have long debated what to do with the site in Abbottabad after American special forces stormed the compound in 2011
  
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• Church minister sheds almost half his weight after ballooning to 20st gorging on fast food and fatty snacks

  02-08-2016 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Danny Crosby has been named Slimming World's Man of the Year for his amazing turnaround
  
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• Chinese restaurant serves boob-shaped steamed dim sum custard buns that LACTATE when you poke them

  02-08-2016 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The popular dish is actually supposed to be the image of a baby's face based on a Japanese character - that vomits when you prod it in the 'mouth' with a chopstick
  
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• Tony Blair’s block on Tory donor peerage piles pressure on Theresa May over David Cameron honours

  02-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Downing Street has said it would set a “very bad precedent” if Mrs May interfered with a previous PM’s nominations – but that precedent is already set
  
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• Video reveals what it is like to fly U-2 spy plane to the edge of space

  02-08-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It isone of the Air Force's most recognisable planes - and one of its most secretive. However, in a new video a pilot finally reveal what it's like to fly the U-2 Dragon Lady.
  
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• Why a pub with no mobile phone signals is my idea of heavenly night out

  02-08-2016 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Landlord Steve Tyler has built an electronic shield into his bar to block the pesky gadgets which he says have killed the atmosphere in Britain’s boozers
  
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• Turkey sacks NINETY FOUR soccer referees as President's purge of all aspects of society continues after failed coup

  02-08-2016 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It comes after the government cancelled the passports of almost 50,000 people and shut down a number of media outlets
  
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• Bank of England 'like a ship that can't see it's headed for an iceberg'

  02-08-2016 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “Instead, it has achieved the exact opposite, portraying a weak banking system as strong"
  
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• Solicitor claims Muslim Raheelah Dar who sexually abused girl should not be jailed

  02-08-2016 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Raheelah Dar, 43, from Middlesbrough, has been jailed for seven years for carrying out a string of sex offences against a nine-year-old girl.
  
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• Newcastle man and woman are arrested on suspicion of murder after a baby dies

  02-08-2016 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The infant was taken to hospital from an address in Velville Court in Newcastle upon Tyne with serious injuries on Friday, and police were told on Monday that he had died.
  
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• Nazi monster Heinrich Himmler described Holocaust as 'a small matter' in speech revealed by long-lost diaries

  02-08-2016 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Gestapo and SS leader's long-lost diaries have been unearthed in Russia and
  
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• Rochdale Council to investigate death of Charlotte Baron

  02-08-2016 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Baron (pictured) was found hanged in February but Rochdale Council has now announce they will launch an investigation to find out if chances were missed to help her.
  
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• Terrified mum's horror at seeing daughter hang motionless by her NECK during freak climbing wall accident

  02-08-2016 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katie Jarvis, eight, lost consciousness while scaling the wall - after the strap from her helmet got stuck in the equipment and "throttled" the youngster
  
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• Age gap romances CAN work says woman who married gardener 37 years her senior

  02-08-2016 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jen Rennie was a student on work experience when she met soulmate Willie and they are now married with two children, proving that age gap romances CAN work
  
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• 8,000 refugees are rescued from the Mediterranean in just five days

  02-08-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Italian rescuers lifted 1,800 migrants from 14 packed inflatable dinghies and two small wooden fishing boats off waters off Libya on Monday alone.
  
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• Strikes hit record low in 2015 - with Northern Ireland and London levels highest

  02-08-2016 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At total of 170,000 working days were lost to industrial action, well down on the 788,000 figure for 2014
  
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• Police release images of suspects wanted over Hyde Park water fight that ended in stabbing

  02-08-2016 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One police officer was stabbed and another injured when crowds at an event in the London park became aggressive on July 19. A branch of McDonald’s in Marble Arch was also ransacked.
  
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• World's last ocean swimming elephant trained to carry logs to ships from remote island dies aged 66

  02-08-2016 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Much loved Rajan was famous for his ability to glide through the Bay of Bengal with ease
  
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• Mass brawl breaks out at wedding after groom's dad assaults police called to stop guests drinking from car

  02-08-2016 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The family has been torn apart after four members ended up in court following Melanie Harrison and Anthony Dingle's wedding ceremony
  
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• Over 100 holidaymakers are stuck in Manchester Airport for more than A DAY

  02-08-2016 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 100 passengers expecting to board their flight at 11am on Monday morning have been told their flight, which was delayed due to a technical fault, will leave on Wednesday morning.
  
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• Couple ‘tried to molest woman as they begged her for threesome after drunken night out’

  02-08-2016 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David and Sarah Finan allegedly took it in turns to try to entice the woman into a threesome after a drunken night out
  
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• Disabled man arrested for 'being drunk in charge of mobility scooter' at McDonald's drive-thru under Victorian laws

  02-08-2016 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Security guard Jack Solomon took a series of pictures as he was breathalysed at a McDonald's in Skegness
  
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• Vain dad splashes £18k-a-YEAR 'looking good' to stop wife getting FAT and claims he's mistaken for teenager

  02-08-2016 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donavon Nelson, 56, spends £50-a-month on Ryanair flights to London to get his HAIR styled and claims he is chatted-up by young women in Ibiza when he takes his top off
  
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• India Chipchase killer Edward Tenniswood fearing for his life behind bars after being threatened by inmates

  02-08-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tenniswood himself was threatened with strangulation, that they are going to ‘get that sick b*****d in the showers’
  
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• India Chipcase killer Edward Tenniswood fearing for his life behind bars after being threatened by inmates

  02-08-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tenniswood himself was threatened with strangulation, that they are going to ‘get that sick b*****d in the showers’
  
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• India Chipcase killer Edward Tenniswood fearing for his life behind bars

  02-08-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He himself was threatened with strangulation, that they are going to ‘get that sick b*****d in the showers’
  
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• India Chipchase killer Edward Tenniswood's history of violence with 3 people claiming he'd assaulted them

  02-08-2016 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jurors were not told that one of the alleged victims said she was repeatedly raped by the evil killer
  
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• India Chipcase killer Edward Tenniswood's history of violence with 3 people claiming he'd assaulted them

  02-08-2016 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jurors were not told that one of the alleged victims said she was repeatedly raped by the evil killer
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers for £12 million jackpot on Tuesday, August 2

  02-08-2016 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  These numbers could mean you're rich beyond your wildest dreams
  
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• Kenwood home in Surrey that John Lennon bought during The Beatles' heyday goes on market

  02-08-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iconic singer moved to Kenwood (pictured) in St George's Hill, Surrey, in 1964 when his band were arguably the biggest on the planet, but sold it in 1968 after divorcing his first wife Cynthia.
  
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• Firefighter up for Woman of the Year award used to be a Royal Marine before gender reassignment

  02-08-2016 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dad-of-two Peter Cornhill became Katie after surgery last November and is now in the running for the fire service's for the service’s Woman of the Year
  
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• Olympians don high-tech kit developed from 3-D printing, body scanners and wind tunnels

  02-08-2016 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Companies including Nike have turned to 3D printing technology, wind tunnels and more to increase the innovation in apparel for athletes during the Rio Olympics, to give athletes that extra edge.
  
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• Aid workers at Greek asylum centre try to convert Muslim detainees to Christianity

  02-08-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Muslim detainees held at the Moria detention camp on the Greek island of Lesbos have reportedly been given conversion forms by Christian workers who want them to change their religion.
  
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• Greg Rusedski has plans to build a court at family home rejected by council planners 

  02-08-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former world number four was hoping to build a tennis court in the grounds of his home (pictured) in the village of Kirdford, West Sussex. The council also rejected similar plans to build a court in 2008.
  
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• Surrey binmen refused to move wheelie bins because they were 'too difficult'

  02-08-2016 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Hove filmed his daughter Mya, from Caterham, Surrey, lifting the bin out of its cupboard and shifting it to the side before putting an empty one back - which binmen said they couldn't do.
  
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• Thousands of wildebeest stampede across river during migration from Kenya to Tanzania

  02-08-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Every year around one million zebra and wildebeest migrate from Masai Mara in Kenya to Serengeti in Tanzania. But they must cross the Mara River, which is plagued with hungry crocodiles.
  
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• Car giant Audi tests MOON ROVER in Qatari desert in preparation for trip into space

  02-08-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The team of boffins are hoping to launch the rover into space next year
  
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• Court hears Muslim woman who sexually abused girl, 9, shouldn't be jailed because 'shame is punishment enough'

  02-08-2016 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Raheelah Dar was in fact locked up for seven years for a string of sordid sexual assaults on a young girl - but not before her defence made the bizarre claim
  
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• David Buchanan who hacked Mumsnet has avoided jail 

  02-08-2016 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Buchanan, 18, from Surrey, used computer scripts he had created during a moment of 'boredom' during the school holidays to access 2,000 account details of Mumsnet members.
  
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• Woman streams Facebook Live video of boss asking her to perform SEX ACT so she can leave early

  02-08-2016 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Makana Milho, 21, was carrying out a six-day community service order when she began filming her exchange with supervisor Harold Vallanueva Jr
  
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• India Chipchase's parents tell of void left in their lives after shocking murder 

  02-08-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Chipchase, the devastated father of 20-year-old India who was murdered in Northampton, has told of his heartbreak after realising he will never get the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle.
  
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• Besieged Aleppo ranks alongside Rwanda and Srebrenica as a symbol of international shame

  02-08-2016 20:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MP Andrew Mitchell says the world is standing by paralysed while one of the world’s great cities is reduced to rubble and its people murdered
  
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