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• Gang of Somali drug dealers arrested in a dawn raid by police

  03-08-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kamal Liban, 19, Abdlmahad Adow, and Abdirahim Said, both 20, were arrested following the raid in Worcester at 6.30am on April 7. On Tuesday they were jailed for a total of 11 years.
  
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• British Pirates of the Caribbean actor returns to Syria to fight ISIS

  03-08-2016 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “Somebody has to stand up. Somebody’s got to. I mean as we speak right now, you know, little girls are being raped. You know we should stand up to that”
  
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• Lion on the loose in Cornwall was actually a puma, says lorry driver who spotted it

  03-08-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The driver, known as Duncan, said the mystery big cat appeared in front of his vehicle near a clay pit between Nanpean and Whitemoor in St Austell, but now believes he saw a puma.
  
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• Teenager obsessed with being skinny becomes social media sensation after ditching diet and embracing curves

  03-08-2016 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Courtney Black had punished her body with extreme diets for years but has now learned to embrace her curves
  
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• The Donald's actual hand size is revealed

  03-08-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mystery was solved after a bronze cast of the billionaire’s right hand was found on display at Madame Tussauds in New York. It reveals his right hand is 7 ¼ inches.
  
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• Firefighters use jaws of life to free baby with head stuck in stroller

  03-08-2016 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tot was playing at home when it somehow got its head stuck in the metal handlebars of its stroller
  
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• Beach goers stunned as family of BEARS emerge from forest and play in the water

  03-08-2016 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bears seemed happy to share the beach with the human sun worshippers, splashing around in the water like any other family on holiday 
  
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• Dad who beat son for playing adult PlayStation game said he 'didn't care if boy stopped breathing'

  03-08-2016 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old lost his temper and repeatedly hit the boy with a toy metal broom stick causing him “significant” injuries, a court heard
  
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• Stunning X-ray shows how boy swallowed lock after his older brother fed it to him

  03-08-2016 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The boy's parents had panicked after the older sibling, aged two, admitted to making the two-month-old eat the lock
  
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• America pays £300m to Iran as US citizens released but 'it wasn't ransom money'

  03-08-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "As we’ve made clear, the negotiations over the settlement of an outstanding claim were completely separate from the discussions about returning our American citizens home"
  
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• Hilarious moment BBC weather presenter descends into uncontrollable fit of giggles live on air

  03-08-2016 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Social media was soon alight after BBC presenter Louise Lear struggled to finish her weather report due to a serious case of the giggles
  
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• Quest for truth

  03-08-2016 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Czechs want to find the remains of resistance fighters who assassinated the notorious Nazi police chief Reinhard Heydrich, as Rob Cameron reports from Prague.
  
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• Video shows strangers working together to save woman from jumping off Minnesota bridge

  03-08-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A driver, Angela Martin, noticed the woman had climbed to the other side of the fence of a bridge above the busy Interstate 94 in St. Paul on Monday and rushed to help, along with a group of others.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Britain has been let down for too long - Labour will rebuild and transform the UK

  03-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn sets out his vision for Britain, which he says will be for the benefit of everyone
  
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• India Chipchase's killer and George Best were pub drinking buddies and neighbours

  03-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Edward Tenniswood owned a flat near the Manchester United legend’s home in West London and both were alcoholics who drank in the nearby Phene Arms
  
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• 10,000 opposition troops launch assault against President Assad's troops in Syrian city of Aleppo

  03-08-2016 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rebel fighters say the focus of the offensive is a district in Aleppo that contains a government artillery base, but Assad has been fighting back with the help of Russian air strikes
  
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• Death Row killer applies to be the first executed by gas rather than lethal injection

  03-08-2016 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Triple murderer Ernest Johnson, 56, has a brain condition which his lawyers say could lead to an cruel and unconstitutional reaction to existing execution methods
  
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• Celtic 2-1 FC Astana (agg 3-2)

  03-08-2016 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A late Moussa Dembele penalty seals Celtic's place in the play-off round of the Champions League with victory over Astana.
  
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• The Robin Hood of Rio whose crime empire supported thousands of slum dwellers in Olympics host city

  03-08-2016 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, alias Nem, was Brazil's most wanted man before his capture but was a hero and king to the poor in South America’s biggest slum, Rocinha
  
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• US election 2016: When are election polls most reliable?

  03-08-2016 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new round of US election polls shift momentum behind Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the three-month dash to November
  
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• Police say 'honour killing victim' was strangled

  03-08-2016 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police in Pakistan have confirmed that a 28-year-old woman from Bradford found dead in the Punjab at the end of July was strangled.
  
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• Innocent-looking one bedroom flat for sale comes with wonderfully entertaining surprise in the basement

  03-08-2016 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mastermind behind the property - on sale for £135,000 - is Welsh finance officer Dan Jones
  
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• Grateful prisoner pens thank you note to custody officers praising respectful treatment during 'weekend bang up'

  03-08-2016 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The female prisoner's handwritten note thanked officers for the 'respect and dignity' she was shown while in custody
  
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• Valery Spiridonov set to undergo the world's first human head transplant

  03-08-2016 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Valery Spiridonov, from Russia, is set to undergo the risky procedure next year. The 31-year-old, who is wheelchair reliant due to a muscle-wasting disease, spoke at a press conference today.
  
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• Murdered jogger's body was found by her father: Retired firefighter discovered his daughter's remains after she was sexually assaulted and strangled in broad daylight

  03-08-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Karina Vetrano's body was found by her father hidden deep in marsh in Howard Beach in Queens near a path he told the 30-year-old aspiring writer never to run down.
  
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• National Lottery results: Lotto numbers for £7.3 million jackpot on Wednesday, August 3rd

  03-08-2016 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  These numbers could mean you're rich beyond your wildest dreams
  
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• Desperate British couple who flew to Korea to get their beloved dog cloned celebrate birth of two puppies - for £67,000

  03-08-2016 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Remde and Laura Jacques's new pets - Shadow and Chance - were created from late boxer Dylan after he died from a brain tumour and have spent six months in UK quarantine
  
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• Desperate British couple who flew to Korea to get their beloved dog cloned are celebrating birth of two puppies - for £67,000

  03-08-2016 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Remde and Laura Jacques's new pets - Shadow and Chance - were created from late boxer Dylan after he died from a brain tumour and have spent six months in UK quarantine
  
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• Desperate British couple who flew to Korea to get dead dog CLONED for £67,000 return home with puppies

  03-08-2016 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Remde and Laura Jacques's new pets - Shadow and Chance - were created from late boxer Dylan after he died from a brain tumour and have spent six months in UK quarantine
  
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• Surgical stitch used to prevent premature birth actually TRIPLES risk of miscarriage

  03-08-2016 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The thick stitch is sewn into the cervix to stop it opening early, but Imperial College London experts discovered it it a breeding ground for bacteria that can trigger dangerous infections in the womb.
  
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• Travel warning for UK tourists after dozens of Brits 'struck down with food poisoning bug' in Mexico

  03-08-2016 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The outbreak has reportedly hit a number of luxury hotels near to popular Cancun
  
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• Why are the younger generation having less sex than their parents?

  03-08-2016 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Millennials might catch more Pokemon but they aren't getting more sex
  
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• Donald Trump has dismayed senior Republicans so much they are 'actively exploring' ways to dump him as Presidential nominee

  03-08-2016 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officials have been left furious by the billionaire's attack on the family of a Muslim soldier who died in Iraq
  
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• Radio 5Live researcher asked people 'why the Welsh language should die'

  03-08-2016 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The BBC researcher felt the full force of the patriotic Welsh public after she asked about the death of one of Europe's oldest languages, which is still spoken by more than 580,000 people.
  
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• Supermarket Sweep! Closed Netto store which reopened to give away all its remaining stock for FREE is completely emptied by bargain hunters in just FOUR MINUTES 

  03-08-2016 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bargain-hunters flocked in their droves to the Netto discount store in Lincoln today after a Facebook post advertised that it would be allowing customers to take home goods for free.
  
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• 'Dreadful, stupid and verging on racism!' Fury after Radio 5Live researcher asked for people to take part in a debate about 'why the Welsh language should die'

  03-08-2016 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The BBC researcher felt the full force of the patriotic Welsh public after she asked about the death of one of Europe's oldest languages, which is still spoken by more than 580,000 people.
  
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• Man who died in motorway bridge fall 'murdered his partner then reported her missing weeks before his death' 

  03-08-2016 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police suspect David Stokes murdered Gina Lander, from Walsall, before disposing of her body and falling to his own death five weeks later.
  
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• Deck officer accused Wallem Ship Management of sexism

  03-08-2016 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sophia Walker, 24, claims she was denied the chance to speak with bosses at Hong Kong-based firm, Wallem Ship Management, despite being a qualified deck officer.
  
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• One in ten children believe parsnips grow on trees

  03-08-2016 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A further seven per cent of eight-year-olds in the UK believe sausage rolls are made by rolling sausages down hills covered in flour. The research was carried out among 2,010 children aged 7 to 11.
  
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• Cumbria man cannot sell his flat to move into dream home after Land Registry blunder

  03-08-2016 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Meyer, 30, from Carlisle in Cumbria has been left in an impossible position after a Land Registry mix-up means he has been living in flat nine, thinking he had been in flat eight.
  
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• 'Mugabe must go'

  03-08-2016 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pictures of police in Zimbabwe clashing with demonstrators protesting against President Robert Mugabe's handling of the economy.
  
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• Solicitor has to pay young female lawyer £20k after asking her to wed him in interview 

  03-08-2016 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Asghar Ali (pictured), boss of Bolton-based AA Solicitors Ltd, treated Sunna Majid 'as a woman evidently to be present in the office for his pleasure and gratification, rather than to work.'
  
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• Labour will SPLIT if Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected leader, warns Owen Smith

  03-08-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If Corbyn (pictured last night) remains leader just 13 per cent would vote for the new breakaway party of moderates, leaving the remaining Labour party with just 21 per cent, a poll revealed today.
  
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• Zika virus outbreak in Florida leads police to hand out mosquito spray to the homeless

  03-08-2016 20:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers in Miami are handing out repellent to those most at risk of being bitten and infected after the virus reached the US mainland
  
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• How old is too old for a safe pregnancy?

  03-08-2016 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The number of first-time mothers in their 30s has doubled since 1991. But what are the risks involved? University of Adelaide childbirth expert Hannah Brown explains the science of later births.
  
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• Murder detectives arrest man and woman over killing 'by appointment' of Michael McGibbon

  03-08-2016 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Father-of-four Michael McGibbon, 33, died after he was shot three times in the legs in north Belfast in April.
  
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• Emirates plane crash: Footage from INSIDE the aircraft shows terrifying moment smoke fills the cabin

  03-08-2016 20:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Passengers began recording as the jet slumped onto the runway before bursting into flames, which later killed a firefighter tackling the huge blaze
  
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• Why did the Emirates plane crash? Five theories which could explain why passenger plane smashed into Dubai runway

  03-08-2016 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Flight EK521 was approaching Dubai International Airport when it got into difficulty and crashed
  
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• Woman who dropped iPhone in the sea amazed to find it STILL working a month later

  03-08-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stacey Sarre lost her handset in the English Channel while walking her dog but it was found in full working order by metal detectorist Mihal Stratulat four weeks later
  
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• Men spend more than women on pre-holiday prep to get their body 'beach ready'

  03-08-2016 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New research suggests that men splash out more on gym visits grooming and accessories than their beach bound girlfriends
  
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