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• Girl, 18, dies after being found unconscious at controversial Boomtown festival where three have died in past few years

  15-08-2016 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police this evening confirmed an 18-year-old girl from Buckinghamshire died at festival where 80 cars were destroyed in car park inferno on Friday
  
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• Nurse forgot to turn on machine to help tragic premature baby breathe

  15-08-2016 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Craig Wilson admitted "causing or contributing" to the death of the baby boy and now faces being struck off
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Mark Cavendish wins silver medal for GB in men's omnium

  15-08-2016 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain cyclist Mark Cavendish finishes second in the men's omnium to win his first Olympic medal.
  
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• Charlotte Dujardin defends dressage Olympic title to win another gold for Team GB

  15-08-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Dujardin has secured another gold medal for Team GB in the individual dressage freestyle final in Rio today.
  
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• Voice of the Mirror: Death of Dalian Atkinson shows police use of Tasers must be the last resort

  15-08-2016 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tragic death of Dalian Atkinson raises serious questions about the conduct of West Mercia Police
  
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• Singer of band Marion Jaime Harding is jailed after torching girlfriend's dresses

  15-08-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jaime Harding, 41, who achieved fame with his group Marion, was sentenced to two years in prison after the incident at a flat in Heaton Moor, Greater Manchester.
  
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• Man wanted for attacking young girls at Legoland Windsor

  15-08-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The attack took place at the Castaway Camp in the Pirate Shores area of the Berkshire resort between 12.15pm and 12.30pm on Thursday August 11. The man was said to be white and in his early 20s.
  
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• Migrants with knives targeting motorists using bats as weapons say Calais locals

  15-08-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One angry local, Maëva Mayla, uploaded four photographs to her Facebook page to show her brother-in-law's damaged Audi after it was allegedly attacked by migrants in Calais.
  
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• UK weather: Heatwave to bring 31C temperatures this week as summer arrives at last

  15-08-2016 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Monday was a beautiful day and the good news is forecasters predict the weather will be getting even better this week
  
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• Ex-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani claims ‘there was no successful Islamic terrorist attacks in US' - forgetting 9/11

  15-08-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The hitherto well-respected politician made the 'gaffe' as he was introducing Donald Trump on stage - using the rewrite of history to slate Clinton and Obama
  
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• 'UFO' seen shooting across the MOON in eerie live stream footage captured by amateur astronomer

  15-08-2016 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bizarre clip clearly shows a black sphere moving across the lunar surface before whizzing off into deep space which rules out a satellite
  
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• Could ethanol power the future for electric cars?

  15-08-2016 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The race is on to produce less-polluting electric vehicles (EVs), but could sustainably sourced ethanol prove to be the breakthrough fuel to take EVs mainstream?
  
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• "Worse than Hurricane Katrina": Coffins float down street as devastating Louisiana floods uproot caskets from graveyard

  15-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anna Johnson, of Denham Springs, near Baton Rouge, said: "We’ve never seen anything like this - it’s worse than Hurricane Katrina"
  
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• Why this £13bn withdrawal leaves a bit of a hole

  15-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It may look the pits but this vast crater is Diamond City, the former mine that yielded £13billion of the gems
  
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• Islamists hack to death over 60 people in revenge for military operations in DR of Congo 

  15-08-2016 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The death toll has risen to at least 64 from a massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo blamed on a part Islamist group, the Allied Democratic Forces.
  
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• Hunter who killed bear with 7ft spear pictured out with his wife as he says he EATS his prey

  15-08-2016 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fitness fanatic Josh Bowmar said he was maintaining a spear hunting 'heritage'
  
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• Forgotten man

  15-08-2016 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who was Joseph Chamberlain - the man who seems to be inspiring new Prime Minister Theresa May?
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Weightlifter David Katoatau dances after each lift

  15-08-2016 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kiribati weightlifter David Katoatau, who finished sixth in the men's +105kg Group B final, dances after he successfully lifts 204kg.
  
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• Police to spend £1.7MILLION dealing with Twitter trolls - the arguments for and against

  15-08-2016 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Five officers will make up the Online Hate Crime Hub, which has been welcomed by campaigners fighting internet abuse, but dubbed the thought police by others
  
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• Dancing weightlifter entertains crowd

  15-08-2016 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kiribati weightlifter David Katoatau, who finished sixth in the men's +105kg Group B final, dances after he successfully lifts 204kg.
  
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• Egyptian judo player sent home in disgrace for refusing to shake hands with Israeli opponent after their bout

  15-08-2016 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Islam El Shehaby lost the fight to Or Sasson and while the rules of judo do not stipulate a handshake the IOC says his actions went against "rules of fair play" and "spirit of friendhsip"
  
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• Inside hidden mountain tribe where villagers mummify dead relatives using smoke to keep bodies for hundreds of years

  15-08-2016 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tribe would use smoke to preserve the bodies of the deceased and the remains are still intact hundreds of years later
  
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• Horror moment goalkeeper is grabbed around throat by masked attacker who ran onto football pitch and attacked him

  15-08-2016 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Masked man targeted keeper as stewards had to rugby tackle him to the ground before game abandoned in incident that will send chill down the spine of football authorities
  
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• Horror moment goalkeeper is forced to flee masked attacker who ran onto football pitch to grab his throat

  15-08-2016 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Although little is known about the attacker - or the reason behind the attack so far - it will send a chill down the spine of football authorities worlwide
  
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• BBC Olympics gaffe as they reveal chart of 'top searched athletes' - with murderer Oscar Pistorius at number two

  15-08-2016 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The embarrassing use of a graphic was quickly picked up by Twitter where users ridiculed faux pas with one saying: "Not sure his is running related"
  
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• BBC gaffe as they reveal chart of top searched athletes with murderer Oscar Pistorius at number two

  15-08-2016 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The embarrassing use of a graphic was quickly picked up by Twitter where users ridiculed faux pas with one saying: "Not sure his is running related"
  
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• Wetherspoon pub bans shell suits, tracksuit bottoms and baseball caps in 'birthplace town of the word Chav'

  15-08-2016 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bosses at the pub in Chatham - aka 'Chavham' - has banned 'sportswear' in a bid to attract a more upmarket kind of clientele but admit most of the town won't be able to drink there
  
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• 'Wrestling match' on the finish line of women's 10km marathon swim sees French silver medallist disqualified - as Britain's Keri-Anne Payne comes in seventh

  15-08-2016 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British marathon swimmer Keri-Anne Payne, 28, has finished seventh in the 10km race in Rio's Guarabana Bay, after the French competitor who came in second was disqualified.
  
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• Holidaymaker claims he lost extra legroom seat on flight to make way for Manchester City players

  15-08-2016 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chris Hunter treated himself to a premium seat while heading to Ibiza for a ten day break - but it didn't go according to plan
  
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• New 'Duke of Westminster Tax' proposed to prevent wealthy aristocrats passing on their fortunes tax-free

  15-08-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lib Dem leader Tim Farron wants tougher new laws to prevent billionaires dodging inheritance tax through
  
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• Transgender woman's mutilated body found BURNT in street follows streak of gay hate crimes in Turkey

  15-08-2016 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Politically active sex worker Hande Kader was last seen getting into a client's car - and her body was finally identified by prosthetics at the city morgue
  
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• More than a THIRD of asylum claims are made by illegal immigrants

  15-08-2016 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Figures show tens of thousands of illegal immigrants and overstayers claimed asylum in Britain only once they had been caught by immigration officers.
  
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• Trump foreign policy: Clinton 'lacks physical stamina'

  15-08-2016 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has claimed rival Hillary Clinton lacks the "mental and physical stamina" to tackle so-called Islamic State.
  
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• 'Bell's Palsy left me looking like melted Olaf in Frozen': Mum describes battle with debilitating facial condition

  15-08-2016 21:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum-of-two Hannah Clark lost mobility in half her face overnight due to Bell’s palsy – and has since had to learn to live without her smile
  
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• Being struck down with Bell's palsy left me looking like Olaf from Frozen

  15-08-2016 21:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum-of-two Hannah Clark lost mobility in half her face overnight due to Bell’s palsy – and has since had to learn to live without her smile
  
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• Cheeky 'striptease' just before she dives into pool gains Ukrainian synchronised swimmer a legion of new fans

  15-08-2016 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anna Voloshyna's impromptu dancing and wriggling before practice makes her Olympic sex symbol as she tells admirers: 'having good humour is a precondition for good training'
  
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• Scottish farmer Bruce Ferguson died of asphyxiation after falling in grain storage tank

  15-08-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bruce Ferguson, who left a £3m fortune and had rubbed shoulders with royalty and top politicians, died on his farm in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, in March last year. He was found dead by his son, Andrew.
  
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• Women posts hilarious take-down of body shamer who shouted abuse at her while out jogging

  15-08-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lucy Silver filmed an angry but hilarious tirade aimed at men who shout abuse at her while trying to exercise in her local area
  
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• Rock photographer Baron Wolman reveals archive of evocative images from Woodstock Festival

  15-08-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Woodstock Years retrospective featuring iconic pictures taken by Baron Wolman is running at the Mr Musichead Gallery in Los Angeles. Photographs on show include 300,000 Strong.
  
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• Russia is building dozens of additional nuclear command bunkers

  15-08-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Kremlin has been secretly building underground nuclear command bunkers, with the number of facilities said to number dozens in Moscow and around the country.
  
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• The athletes who fought their way to Olympic glory before being killed in World War I 

  15-08-2016 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They were Olympic heroes at the 1908 or 1912 games but died on another battlefield - World War I.A book, The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War, tells their stories.
  
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• Legoland sexual assault suspect e-fit released as police hunt man who attacked two girls at theme park

  15-08-2016 20:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shocking incident took place at the Windsor attraction last Thursday
  
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• University lecturer who beat up 24-year-old student lover and poured salt in her eyes finally loses his job

  15-08-2016 20:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Some 3,000 people signed a petition after University of Sussex lecturer Lee Salter was convicted of assaulting Allison Smith who he'd been having affair with - but kept his job
  
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• Boris Johnson 'can barely run a bath - let alone the UK' blasts furious Labour MP

  15-08-2016 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Downing Street admitted the hapless Foreign Secretary is the most senior Minister left in Whitehall this week with Theresa May and Philip Hammond both on holiday
  
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• BBC presenter woke from coma after bike smash thinking he was American racing driver from 1950s

  15-08-2016 20:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Points West presenter Will Glennon suffered extreme head trauma after a head-on collision with a delivery van and would have died if he hadn't been wearing a helmet
  
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• 'Depraved' pervert who flew 5,000 miles to the UK in hope of abusing two young girls is jailed

  15-08-2016 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Glen Schulz was arrested by Kent Police when he arrived on an early morning flight into Gatwick Airport from his home in Vancouver, Canada, in May.
  
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• Marco Pierre-White Junior appears in court accused of stealing ex-girlfriend's bank card

  15-08-2016 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marco Pierre-White Junior (pictured) allegedly took Carina Evans’ card without her knowledge in February. He failed to surrender to police and was arrested in Bristol on Saturday, the court heard.
  
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• One of Britain's last traditional puppeteers says he's fed up with children throwing rocks

  15-08-2016 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Poulton, 43, has vowed to end his traditional slap-stick Punch and Judy show on Weymouth beach in Dorset after growing frustrated with his audience's bad behaviour.
  
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• Louis Smith denies Max Whitlock rift and says gymnasts will be going for a beer together soon

  15-08-2016 20:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage appeared to show Smith reacting angrily when Whitlock's scores were announced but the Team GB gymnast says insists there's no problem between them
  
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• Police officer Graham Wise is found guilty of gross misconduct for offensive tweets

  15-08-2016 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As well as insulting Westbrook (pictured), PC Graham Wise also described Gemma Collins as a 'fat c***' and called Nick Kyrgios as 'be**end', a disciplinary hearing in Middlesbrough heard.
  
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