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• Terminally ill actor Brian Rix fights for right to end his life, saying: 'I just want to go'

  07-08-2016 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 92-year-old says he's "like a beached whale" and that his children have backed his wish to die
  
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• 'I just want to go': Terminally ill actor Brian Rix fights for right to end his life

  07-08-2016 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 92-year-old says he's "like a beached whale" and that his children have backed his wish to die
  
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• The 'kindest' place in the UK has been revealed - but does your home rank in the top 10?

  07-08-2016 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A surprising 92 percent of Brits perform at least one act of kindness each week
  
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• Oscar Pistorius denies reports that he tried to kill himself in prison cell

  07-08-2016 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Oscar Pistorius has rubbished claims that he tried to commit suicide in prison
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Britain's Richard Kruse misses out on bronze

  07-08-2016 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Richard Kruse misses out on an Olympic bronze medal at Rio 2016 after losing to Russia's Timur Safin.
  
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• Russia's banned from Rio Paralympics 2016: IPC issues blanket ban

  07-08-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTHA KELNER IN RIO: The decision was announced by the International Paralympic Committee president Sir Philip Craven at a press conference in Rio, after weeks of speculation.
  
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• Rio Olympics: Politician mugged at knifepoint as games continues to be marred by crime and security scares

  07-08-2016 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Portugal's minister of education was robbed as he headed back to his hotel in the South American city after the cycling road race
  
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• Rio 2016 : Olympic security chief attacked after opening ceremony before knife-wielding robber shot dead by police

  07-08-2016 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Portugal's minister of education was robbed as he headed back to his hotel in the South American city as it emerged the Olympic security chief had also been attacked after the opening ceremony
  
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• Wandsworth Common train 'decapitation' witness claims 'head flew off' as man leaned out Gatwick Express window

  07-08-2016 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An unnamed female witness told Wandsworth Radio: "He lifted his head out and didn't notice the train was coming.
  
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• Pressure growing over Sir Philip Green as fraud busters probe BHS collapse

  07-08-2016 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The maximum sentence for fraud by false representation and fraud by failing to disclose information is 10 years in jail
  
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• Police investigating kidnap of Bernie Ecclestone's mum-in-law hunting 4th man 'behind threat to behead'

  07-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Formula One chief Mr Ecclestone has revealed his wife, Fabiana Flosi, was sent a video of a woman being beheaded eight days into Aparecida Schunck’s kidnap ordeal
  
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• Turkey coup: Massive Istanbul rally hails Erdogan

  07-08-2016 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people gather in Istanbul to protest against last month's attempted coup in Turkey.
  
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• Theresa May was warned not to look overseas for child abuse judge

  07-08-2016 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “The PM was advised by very senior people not to look outside because of the need for an intricate understanding of British law and the establishment"
  
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• Lizzie Armistead prepares to go for TeamGB's first Rio gold at the Women's Road Race

  07-08-2016 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 27-year-old cyclist said she was looking forward to spending more time with her family and 'people that care about her' after finishing fifth in the women's road race in Rio.
  
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• David Cameron for I'm A Celebrity? Alex Salmond snubs big money offer - but hints former PM might be keen

  07-08-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scottish politician Mr Salmond revealed he'd been offered "pots of money" to appear on the ITV show
  
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• Fuming student hits out after losing out on job with Holland and Barrett because of these tattoos

  07-08-2016 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  18-year-old Logan McNicholas was told he wasn't fit for a position with the high street chain because of his inkings
  
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• Labour vows to fight Theresa May's plan to bring back grammar schools

  07-08-2016 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "Rather than harking back to a mythical ‘golden age’ of grammar schools, the Tories must work to improve every school, to work with teachers to drive up standards, and to give schools investment they need"
  
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• Tory government spends SIX times more on transport per person in London than the north

  07-08-2016 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A think-tank has claimed developing other areas of the UK will be “critical” to prosperity in the wake of the Brexit vote
  
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• High speed rail link in the North 'should take priority over London's HS2' after Brexit

  07-08-2016 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A think-tank has claimed Developing other areas of the UK will be “critical” to prosperity in the wake of the Brexit vote
  
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• Fury over possible release of killer who cut up wife's body as children slept nearby

  07-08-2016 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Facebook page has been set up in protest of the potential parole of Mitchell Quy, who was jailed for life after he admitted his sickening crime
  
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• Fury as savage killer who carved wife's body up as children slept nearby could be released

  07-08-2016 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Facebook page has been set up in protest of the potential parole of Mitchell Quy, who was jailed for life after he admitted his sickening crime
  
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• Wandsworth Common train horror as person 'DECAPITATED after sticking head out of Gatwick Express window '

  07-08-2016 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Witnesses claimed the tragic person was looking out of the window when the accident happened
  
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• Wandsworth Common train horror as man 'DECAPITATED after sticking head out of Gatwick Express window '

  07-08-2016 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Witnesses claimed the tragic person was looking out of the window when the accident happened
  
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• Peckham stabbing: Schoolboy, aged 15, arrested on suspicion of murdering young rapper Showkey

  07-08-2016 20:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police launched a murder investigation after being called to a disturbance at a house party and finding the teenager in a pool of blood on the street
  
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• Bungling prison guards put gun thug in SAME cell as his terrified victim - who was then battered

  07-08-2016 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lewis Clarke shot at home of William Cowley, who then carried out a revenge stabbing
  
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• UK weather: Temperatures to dip before sunshine returns for the weekend - and stays for summer

  07-08-2016 20:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Forecasters say most of the UK will see a few cooler days before thermometers soar back into the mid 20Cs by the weekend
  
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• Revealed - the households where Theresa May is 'bribing' residents with £20,000 for fracking

  07-08-2016 20:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “An incentive to do the wrong thing is called a bribe and Theresa May is using this bribe to set neighbour against neighbour”
  
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• Horror moment 15-year-old schoolboy gored by huge bull after tripping as he fled at Costa Blanca festival

  07-08-2016 20:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The youngster was injured after falling over as the animal chased revellers in the controversial practice
  
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• Double tragedy for family after 24-year-old killed in mass brawl just four years after teen sister's tragic death

  07-08-2016 20:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gary, known as Bigit to friends, was fatally injured following a battle involving around 15 men outside the 21st celebrations
  
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• Heaven on the edge of hell: Five-star hotel gets rave reviews - despite ISIS terrorists on doorstep

  07-08-2016 20:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The luxury Four Seasons in Damascus is just five miles from a war-torn region of the city where ISIS battles the forces of tyrant Bashar al-Assad and rebel groups
  
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• First picture of tragic Brit Peter Rumble found 'frozen to death' on Matterhorn with best pal Dennis Robinson

  07-08-2016 19:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two climbers were caught out by a sudden change of weather, Italian rescuers said
  
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• RNLI in desperate search to find schoolboys, 14 and 15, who disappeared at sea while swimming

  07-08-2016 19:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The boys are thought to be from Birmingham as part of a community centre
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Rowing events in Rio postponed because of high winds

  07-08-2016 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  High winds force all 10 of Sunday's Olympic rowing events at the Lagoa Stadium in Rio to be postponed.
  
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• Southern Rail strike to cause travel chaos as workers stage walkout over conductor role row

  07-08-2016 19:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said they had been forced into the action by "the arrogance" of Southern owners Govia Thameslink Railway
  
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• Iran executes nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri accused of giving CIA information

  07-08-2016 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shakram Amiri went missing in 2009 after leaving for a pilgrimage to Mecca, but appeared in a video in which he claimed to have been put under pressure to 'reveal information' to the CIA.
  
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• Religion back on the rise? Figures reveal decline in faith has "come to a halt" in UK

  07-08-2016 19:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Today, 48% of people people in Britain say they have no religion - compared to a peak of 51% in 2009
  
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• Dr Ivo Pitanguy inventor of the Brazilian butt-lift dies after he carried the Olympic flame

  07-08-2016 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Ivo Pitanguy, who helped make Brazil a popular destination for the rich and famous to get work done, died in his 90s on Saturday.
  
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• Is there something in the water? Rebecca Adlington causes a stir by appearing to squeeze Rio Olympics co-presenter's thigh after Helen Skelton is accused of ditching knickers in VERY short skirt

  07-08-2016 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Double Olympic gold-medal winning Adlington (centre), 27, is working in Rio de Janeiro as a pundit alongside Foster (left), 46, himself a former Olympian, and host Skelton (right).
  
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• Children as young as FIVE accused of sex attacks in schools

  07-08-2016 19:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "Girls are facing 'day in day out, everyday harassment' in schools"
  
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• These shocking images show what happened when a high-powered Audi 'went racing' on a normal road

  07-08-2016 19:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The high powered car is alleged to have been 'racing with another vehicle'
  
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• A toddler's chickenpox turned into horrific flesh-eating necrotising fasciitis

  07-08-2016 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Charlie Cave, from Kempston, Bedfordshire, was just 13-months-old when he developed the early stages of the secondary flesh-eating infection.
  
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• Desperate search for missing pilot as plane crashes into the sea Rye Harbour

  07-08-2016 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The plane plummeted into the water just after 5pm today around half a mile off Rye Harbour (pictured), East Sussex. Wreckage has been washed ashore and police are appealing for witnesses.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016 struggling to sell tickets as stadiums only 20% full

  07-08-2016 18:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "We did see the empty seats but I think that it is still early in the tournament. It may be that people are waiting until later in the competition and I know they have been queueing for two hours to get in"
  
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• Inside three kilometre-long ISIS terror tunnel where Islamists cowered from air strikes just 100 metres from Kurdish base

  07-08-2016 18:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Peshmerga (Kurd militia) soldiers discovered the three-kilometre long tunnel in the city of Sinjar
  
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• Good Samaritans raise thousands for tragic widow, 27, forced to bring up eight children alone

  07-08-2016 18:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People have been really moved by the story of Cloe Green whose husband James died aged 31
  
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• Three sightings of 'lion or puma on the loose' in Cornwall - as woman spots big cat on riverbank

  07-08-2016 18:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “As the boat was spinning around with the tide I suddenly became aware of a female lion right down at the water’s edge"
  
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• Giant Pikachus parade in Japan

  07-08-2016 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dozens of giant Pikachus, a character from Pokemon, have paraded through Yokohama in Japan.
  
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• Man arrested as father left unconscious following 'road rage attack' in Birmingham

  07-08-2016 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 37-year-old father-of-one was on his way home from work when he was involved in a minor collision at a busy junction with a van at around 6.30pm on Friday in Kitts Green, Birmingham.
  
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• Pink Panther diamond heist gang 'arrested by police after stealing £282 MILLION during 380 robberies'

  07-08-2016 18:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The five suspects were swooped on by police as they allegedly attempted a getaway after raiding a jeweller's in Barcelona's upmarket Passeig de Gracia
  
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• Mother's plea to test teens for cardiac arrhythmia after losing daughter to condition

  07-08-2016 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John and Heather Reid, of Nottingham, have called for blanket heart testing for 12-to-39-year-olds after they lost their 16-year-old daughter Alexandra to an undiagnosed cardiac condition.
  
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