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• Stray dog waits SIX MONTHS outside Argentina hotel for German air stewardess

  09-08-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  German flight attendant Olivia Sievers gave the stray dog some food and attention six months ago while she was visiting Buenos Aires.
  
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• Police probe Pokemon Go link to drowning death of nine-year-old boy

  09-08-2016 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The boy and his friend are feared to have been hunting Pokemon characters in a rowing boat when the youngster fell into the water and drowned
  
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• Voice of the Mirror: Tory delays on vital operations must be stopped

  09-08-2016 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  it is a slippery slope for our most-loved national institution
  
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• Obese plumber sheds 6st after seeing himself in party video - then wife points out its not him

  09-08-2016 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Philip Busby repeatedly watched the clip on his mobile phone as inspiration to lose weight - but what he didn't realise was he had filmed the footage himself
  
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• Binghams Vanilla Stout named Britain's best beer after year-long quest to find perfect pint

  09-08-2016 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Local tasting panels and regional heats culminated in the country's best beers competing at Camra's Great British Beer Festival in London
  
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• Turkey President Erdogan cozies up to 'dear friend' Vladimir Putin to rebuild ties

  09-08-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reccep Tayip Erdogan wants to send a message to Western allies who he believes didn't support him after the coup - by building ties with Putin. Russia, in turn, wants Turkey to move faster on energy projects.
  
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• Is she nervous? Team GB gymnast Ellie Downie FALLS OFF beam in final... just days after landing on her neck

  09-08-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ellie Downie, 17, fell from the balance beam during the women's artistic final at the Rio Olympic Arena. She previously fell and landed on her neck after a somersault during a competition on Sunday.
  
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• ISIS publishes pictures of Belgian suicide bomber striking Iraqi army moments after chilling final embrace with fellow jihadi

  09-08-2016 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Abu Anwar al-Baljiki was among four jihadis who attacked Iraqi army positions
  
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• Supercar season kicks off in Mayfair with Rolls Royce and Lamborghini

  09-08-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stunning Arab-owned cars are among hundreds flown into London from the Middle East each summer - and were seen today parked outside The Dorchester hotel in London's Mayfair.
  
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• Billionaire Duke of Westminster Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor dies aged 64

  09-08-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  London's richest landowner passed away at Royal Preston Hospital in Lancashire, a spokeswoman for his estate said
  
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• Man lay bleeding in Wembley after being stabbed in liver and lungs

  09-08-2016 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old man was rushed to hospital after the stabbing in Wembley, London, and is said to be recovering. Three youths were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
  
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• Five survive RAF helicopter crash on mountain peak in Snowdonia

  09-08-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A photo shows the charred remains of a crashed RAF helicopter in Snowdonia which five passengers and crew miraculously escaped from before it burst into flames.
  
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• Belgian police hunt radicalised 15 year old as he calls for murder of all 'Christians'

  09-08-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police officers in Belgium have launched a desperate manhunt for a radicalised 15-year-old son of an imam who appeared in a video pleading for the 'annihilation of Christians'.
  
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• Ashton house explosion: Man dies after huge blast destroys family home

  09-08-2016 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police confirmed a 63-year-old man has died in hospital following the explosion in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, at around 5am this morning
  
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• Hundreds of crack British troops to be sent to smash ISIS in the Middle East

  09-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Elite SAS and SBS squads have been in the Middle East targeting jihadi thugs and calling in air strikes
  
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• Health bosses could suspend 'non-vital' surgeries for FOUR MONTHS in shock cost-cutting measures

  09-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Doctors in Merseyside may also be banned from giving prescriptions for some over-the-counter medicines in what experts fear could bring misery to millions
  
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• Terrified mum finds scorpion scuttling across her kitchen floor - and is told home could be infested

  09-08-2016 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  RSPCA officers said the creature could have been an Emperor scorpion, which usually gives birth to 100 young and can grow up to 23cm long
  
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• Helen Thomas: Looming Brexit headache for Nissan

  09-08-2016 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's biggest car plant - the Nissan factory in Sunderland - could face a crunch point for investment as soon as next year, sources tell BBC Newsnight.
  
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• Desmond D'Mello who sparked NHS recall of 22,000 patients insists he cared for them

  09-08-2016 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Desmond D'Mello, who ran the Daybrook Dental Practice in Gedling, Nottinghamshire faces more than 50 allegations of malpractice - a series of alleged hygiene failure.
  
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• Tortoise saved by Westminster City council after sneaking into rubbish bag

  09-08-2016 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zuma the 90-year-old tortoise was found in a bag headed to a waste plant after his owner realised he was missing. Westminster City council workers sifted through ten tonnes of waste to rescue him.
  
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• Up the creek: Team GB's canoe star David Florence BLOWS gold as he crashes into a barrier and finishes LAST

  09-08-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canoe slalom star David Florence blew his hopes of a gold medal in the kayak final tonight as he crashed into a barrier and ended up finishing in last place.
  
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• Eerie images of the abandoned coastal forts built to protect London

  09-08-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Red Sands Sea Forts were built in the Thames Estuary in 1943, off the coast of Whitstable, Kent. The Maunsell towers were constructed to help gunners shoot down opposition aicrafts.
  
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• Royal Household property manager faces jail for taking more than £50,000 in bribes

  09-08-2016 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronald Harper was paid more than £50,000 in return for showing favour to heating, building and energy firmsfor work at royal residences including Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
  
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• Donald Trump hints that gun owners should ASSASSINATE Hillary Clinton

  09-08-2016 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "Hillary wants to abolish, essentially, the Second Amendment... if she gets the pick of her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I dunno"
  
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• Satellite pictures reveal Beijing is building aircraft hangars for its fighter jets on islands in South China Sea

  09-08-2016 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hangars on Fiery Cross, Subi and Mischief Reefs in the South China Sea's Spratly islands, have room for any jet in the Chinese air force, a Washington-based think tank claims.
  
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• Donald Trump denies joking about Hillary Clinton being assassinated

  09-08-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Donald complained Hillary wanted to tear up the second amendment - and appeared to float a second amendment solution
  
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• Chilling moment woman drinks cup of ice coffee 'her friend had laced with cyanide' before collapsing and dying

  09-08-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirna Salihin was allegedly poisoned by her friend Jessica Wongso in a twisted revenge plot
  
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• Boy who was injured at a Cumbria holiday park swimming pool dies in hospital 

  09-08-2016 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A four-year-old boy injured following an 'incident' at a holiday park swimming pool in Cumbria has died. Police were called to Old Park Wood holiday park in Grange-over-Sands on Monday.
  
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• Married Kent couple cleared of molesting woman they tried to entice into threesome

  09-08-2016 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David and Sarah Finan invited the woman to join them in their bed for sex after a boozy night out in Chatham. The two women had earlier in the evening had been rubbing their bare breasts together.
  
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• Birmingham teens who went missing while swimming off Welsh beach are named

  09-08-2016 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The search has been called off for Waseem Al-Muflehi and Yahye Mohamed, who disappeared while swimming off Barmouth beach on Sunday.
  
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• Michelle Mone shares pictures of her luxury £1.5m mansion as she moves back in after buying out ex-husband

  09-08-2016 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The entrepreneur tweeted: "Some things in life are worth waiting for! 3 new homes in 4 weeks... incredible but never again. Time to celebrate"
  
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• Bra tycoon and baroness Michelle Mone shares pictures from inside her luxury £1.5m mansion after moving back in

  09-08-2016 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The entrepreneur tweeted: "Some things in life are worth waiting for! 3 new homes in 4 weeks... incredible but never again. Time to celebrate"
  
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• TV architect George Clarke pulls out of plans to build beach huts on Dorset coast

  09-08-2016 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  George Clarke's Amazing Spaces proposed for 12 winning designers to be given £8,000 each by the local council to build a dozen innovative huts at Highcliffe, Dorset.
  
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• Mission to secure oil rig carrying flammable diesel in the Outer Hebrides

  09-08-2016 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Coastguard has warned people to stay away from the rig after fears curious locals could out their lives at risk trying to get a good view from nearby cliffs on the Isle of Lewis.
  
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• BBC handed Wimbledon Centre Court tickets worth £1,600 to staff, MPs and businesses

  09-08-2016 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The BBC has come under fire for treating hundreds of its own staff, politicians and journalists from Russian and Turkish state TV to free tickets for Wimbledon.
  
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• Adam Peaty's proud parents almost missed the moment he won gold - but were saved by a washing machine

  09-08-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Olympic swimming champion's mum and dad were faced with sky-high bills for travelling to Rio to see their son compete
  
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• Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony sumba star reveals family weren't given a ticket

  09-08-2016 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thawan Lucas da Trindade stole the show when he performed on Friday night in Rio - but despite dancing for free, and the empty seats in the stadium, he will not see any of the competitions.
  
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• Euromillions results: Winning numbers for tonight's £25 million jackpot on Tuesday, August 9

  09-08-2016 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you bought a ticket, you can check your numbers right here
  
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• BBC Rio Olympics anchor Clare Balding earned £500,000 in a year

  09-08-2016 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The veteran sports commentator, 45, who is currently fronting the BBC's Rio Olympics coverage, earned £516,712 in 2015 thanks to a number of lucrative gigs.
  
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• Adolf Hitler's marble desk goes under the hammer after being used as a paperweight for 58 years

  09-08-2016 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Nazi dictator's office furniture was split into three parts, with one chunk languishing in a drawer for decades
  
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• German rower collapses out of his boat with exhaustion and frustration after finishing fourth in his last ever Olympics 

  09-08-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A person was seen giving medical assistance to German rower Marcel Hacker, 39, after the competition at the Lagoa lagoon in Rio. He and partner Stephan Krueger came fourth in the race.
  
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• Man charged with attempted child destruction after heavily pregnant partner suffers life-threatening stab wounds

  09-08-2016 21:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman, in her 30s, is fighting for her life in hospital after suffering critical injuries during the alleged attack in Edmonton, north London
  
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• Going under cover - the secret history of the bra

  09-08-2016 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As M&S open their archives to celebrate 90 years of lingerie we look at the changing shape of the bra from its invention to modern day
  
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• Morrisons pledges to create 5,000 new jobs in next five years as it plans nationwide delivery service

  09-08-2016 21:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New home delivery deal has been struck with supermarket's online partner Ocado to double its reach
  
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• Bikini-clad Miss BumBum competitors put their enviable posteriors on parade during Rio Olympics

  09-08-2016 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 100 competitors from each of Brazil's 27 states have clambered to be one of the 15 finalists to strut their stuff for judges
  
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• Trampoline left with bullet holes after gunshots fired through Manchester home

  09-08-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gunshots were fired through the door of a home in Harpurhey, north Manchester, yesterday evening, as well as in the garden, where netting around the trampoline was pierced by bullets.
  
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• Totton man 'violated neighbours for over 2 years playing monkey and chicken noises'

  09-08-2016 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ian Wheatcroft, 44, (pictured) from Totton, near Southampton is accused of harassing Clive Jones and his family, who live nearby.
  
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• 'Like Dante's Purgatory': Shocking pictures show thousands of prisoners crammed into 'inhumane' Philippines jail as country wages war on drug dealers

  09-08-2016 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Desperate inmates take it in turns to sleep on an open-air basketball court and a staircase in Quezon City Jail in the Philippines,which is holding 4,000 prisoners despite being built for just 800.
  
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• Disgusting monster cyst growing out of man's thigh looks just like an eyeball

  09-08-2016 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gruesome footage shows the huge puss-filled sebaceous cyst on a man's thigh, where it had been left to grown for years
  
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• Priest who waved blood-stained handkerchief during Bloody Sunday is laid to rest 

  09-08-2016 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heartbroken parishioners today queued up in Derry, Northern Ireland, to pay their final respects to Bishop Edward Daly who waved a blood-stained white handkerchief during Bloody Sunday in 1972.
  
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