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• Olympic wrestler 'BITES' opponent during Rio 2016 clash - but referee completely misses illegal move

  22-08-2016 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ukraine's Andriy Kvyatkovskyy appeared to chomp on the arm of United States' Frank Molinaro during the men's freestyle 65 kg quarterfinals on Sunday in Rio
  
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• Man stabbed in chest with sword in front of horrified shoppers in car park

  22-08-2016 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 36-year-old victim was chased around Hunts Cross Shopping Park in Liverpool before running into a carpet shop to escape
  
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• Olympic heroes sketch out their favourite moments from the Rio Games

  22-08-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Their combined sporting prowess saw them finish second in the Olympics. But now the games are over, the heroes of Rio 2016 have found another outlet for their talents, as they drew their victories.
  
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• Charlie Webster vows to read the 'thousands of messages of love and support'

  22-08-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TV presenter vowed to read the messages she has received after contracting malaria in Brazil. The 33-year-old fell ill on August 6, but is already showing signs of recovery.
  
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• Woman found 'staggering in street covered in blood' before police discover body in house as man is arrested

  22-08-2016 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Greater Manchester Police said a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in custody for questioning after the incident this afternoon
  
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• Junior doctors' 'seven day NHS' fears are shared by Jeremy Hunt's OWN staff

  22-08-2016 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Workforce overload is the biggest danger flagged up by Department of Health officials
  
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• Team GB's Rio 2016 heroes will be awarded with a bumper cache of Honours

  22-08-2016 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Medal heroes such as Mo Farah and Laura Trott could be among those given gongs as Theresa May's government plans to ignore guidelines on honours
  
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• PENGUIN Sir Nils Olav waddles past the King of Norway's Guards as it receives new title 

  22-08-2016 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Nils Olav was reunited with his friends from the King of Norway's Guards during a special ceremony at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, where he waddled past the soldiers as he received his honour.
  
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• Security fears after 'cat burglar' scaled wall of Ecuadorian embassy

  22-08-2016 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incident happened at around 2.47am on Monday at the side of the embassy in London, which has a window. Sources said the man fled after being caught by the embassy's security.
  
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• Hugh Schofield: Sarkozy to run again - five obstacles

  22-08-2016 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former French head of state Nicolas Sarkozy confirms that he will seek to run again in next year's presidential election. What obstacles does he face?
  
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• Doctor visited gran EIGHT HOURS after she died following NHS out-of-hours blunders

  22-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Myra Collins worried son Glenn phoned the 111 helpline when he mum had difficulty breathing - but a doctor didn't turn up until the next day
  
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• Coach driver who killed two pensioners on an Age Concern daytrip is jailed

  22-08-2016 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Driver Martin Chun was driving 51 people on a trip from Exmouth in Devon when he was distracted by making calls on his hands-free mobile phone, causing the death of two passengers on board.
  
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• Top Team GB Olympians DIDN'T go to private school as most athletes attended comprehensives

  22-08-2016 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The trend is challenging the traditional dominance of private schools in elite sports
  
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• Digging up graves and hiding with corpses: The death squads willing to die to assassinate the enemies of North Korea

  22-08-2016 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The deadly Unit 124 was created in 1967 to murder then-South Korean president Park Chung-Hee, but there are fears Kim Jong-un could revicve the deadly unit
  
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• Robot brothels could soon become reality in UK as nation's booming sex trade undergoes revolution

  22-08-2016 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cyborg prostitutes - similar to those seen in Channel's 4's Humans - could soon become a reality as the appetite for robot sex continues to grow
  
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• Jeremy Kyle breached Ofcom rules with a graphic discussion about sex

  22-08-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ITV were in hot water with Ofcom after the watchdog deemed an item, which Kyle probed his guests about their sex lives, on the March 27 edition of the chat show to be inappropriate for children.
  
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• Muslim convert Michael Coe ‘knocked out a schoolboy for hugging his girlfriend’

  22-08-2016 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Coe, 35, was driving through East London when he spotted the two 16-year-olds cuddling on the pavement and allegedly confronted the pair, demanding to know if they were Muslims.
  
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• Gothenburg boy dies after a GRENADE was thrown into his bedroom while he slept in Sweden

  22-08-2016 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yuusuf Warsame (pictured), from Birmingham, was sleeping in the apartment in Gothenburg, when the explosive was tossed through the window and detonated.
  
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• Bungling hitman trapped by dead victim's body after blasting him in back of head at traffic lights

  22-08-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A bus and a number of cars are just inches away as the shocking scene unfolds
  
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• ISIS fanatics are booby trapping copies of the Koran on the streets of liberated cities

  22-08-2016 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US military officials have confirmed the sneaky booby trap strategy involving leaving bombs inside Islam's holy book, the Koran, on the streets of Ramadi, Iraq, and waiting for locals to pick them up.
  
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• Muslim 'bully choked schoolboy until he passed out because he was hugging a girl in the street'

  22-08-2016 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Coe, 35, was driving through east London when he is said to have spotted the two 16-year-olds cuddling on the pavement and launched his attack
  
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• Kidnap gang beat musician and threw him in back of van then stopped off for McDonald's

  22-08-2016 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Victim James Davies managed to break free when the trio stopped for snacks - and alerted a police car to his plight
  
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• Former al-Qaeda rebel leader begs for forgiveness after smashing holy shrines

  22-08-2016 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ahmad al Faqi al Mahdi appeared before the International Criminal Court, charged with 'cultural destruction'
  
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• Builder's Banksy blunder as he DESTROYS £1million artwork when wall collapses

  22-08-2016 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The piece of art, depicting three spooks, was painted onto the side of a house in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  
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• UK weather: Emergency flood warnings issued after Britain is battered by torrential rain

  22-08-2016 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Millions of people have been warned about flooding after heavy downpours left rivers bursting their banks
  
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• Brilliant footage shows pensioners on night bus belting out Billy Joel hit and pole dancing for fellow passengers

  22-08-2016 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The group were filmed singing the classic song at the top of their lungs and now the clip has gone viral on social media
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn targets deputy Tom Watson in 100-day Labour Party purge to tighten his grip on power

  22-08-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader has ordered a team of advisers to draw up a secret ‘100-day blitz’  on opponents and plans to overhaul party rules to give more power to his supporters
  
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• Hate preacher Anjem Choudary faces probe by French and Belgian security services over ISIS links

  22-08-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The fanatic is facing up to 10 years behind bars after being convicted of whipping up support for the terror group
  
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• Transgender woman caught with working stun gun spared jail 'because she lived in fear over potential hate attack'

  22-08-2016 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katrina Harte told the court she lived in fear over her safety having been attacked in the past over her gender
  
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• Julian Assange assassination attempt fears after man spotted scaling Ecuadorian Embassy walls

  22-08-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People panicked after Wikileaks revealed that an unknown man had climbed the building where Assange has been holed-up for four years
  
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• Fury as Tory MP mocks up Rio Olympics medals table with 'British Empire' at the top

  22-08-2016 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Government whip Heather Wheeler posted an image showing countries formerly in the ‘British Empire’ collected 396 medals
  
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• Drunk woman who attacked policeman with a bottle is spared jail because she is PREGNANT

  22-08-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lori Clayton, 23, attacked PC Sean Clapham outside a bar in Middlesbrough, leaving him with scars to his head and ear, but avoided jail after a judge said it may 'do more harm than good'.
  
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• Boyfriend Jordan Matthews accused of murdering his Chinese girlfriend

  22-08-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jordan Matthews, 23, was arrested on suspicion of killing Xixi Bi, 24, after police found her dead at the couple's home in Llandaff, Cardiff.
  
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• Horror moment massive car bomb explodes outside wedding party seconds after cheering guests dance to celebrate newlyweds

  22-08-2016 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The massive blast killed three people and injured more than 70 in the Turkish city of Van near the Iranian border
  
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• Retired headmaster John Coatman 'head sex with 14-year old boy in the 1970s' 

  22-08-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Coatman, 75, is on trial at the Old Bailey charged with buggery and two counts of gross indecency with a youth over a 12-month period in the 1970s. Coatman denies all charges.
  
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• Aer Lingus pilot leaves passenger blushing by using speaker system to pass on message from her aunt

  22-08-2016 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pilot relayed a surprise message to a woman named Sarah McCarry from her aunt in London
  
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• Man ‘pretended to be Premier League striker Loic Remy as he raped a woman’ 

  22-08-2016 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Robinson (pictured), 37, met his victim in a London nightclub and ended up back at her flat, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her in July 2014.
  
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• World's most sexist parking spaces? Shopping centre introduces spots that are wider, pink and surrounded by flowers

  22-08-2016 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new "girly" design includes floral prints and glossy pink paint alongside a symbol of a woman
  
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• North Korea threatens nuclear strike that will reduce US and South Korean armies to 'ashes'

  22-08-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US and South Korea insist the drills - which involves around 50,000 Korean and 25,000 US soldiers - are purely defensive in nature, but Pyongyang views them as being provocative.
  
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• Team GB's Olympic heroes receive special thanks from the Queen, Prince William and Kate Middleton

  22-08-2016 21:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince William, Kate and Prince Harry wrote a special message to all of the Team GB athletes
  
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• Young dad posted sick Hillsborough 'murderers' banner photo as his cover picture on Facebook

  22-08-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ainsley Meanock's upload was screen-grabbed and shared all over the internet by outraged Liverpool fans
  
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• Miriam Stoppard: Why napping could be really good for your health

  22-08-2016 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Research shows that napping is good for us physically and mentally
  
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• Cave in Yorkshire Dales countryside filled with rain water spills over the edge

  22-08-2016 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK is set to be split by the weather in a north-south divide - as the south sizzles and parts of the north remain on flood alert. Today, White Scar Caves in Yorkshire overflowed with water.
  
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• 22 children under 14 were among the dead after ISIS terror attack in Turkey

  22-08-2016 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saturday's attack in the southeastern city of Gaziantep is the deadliest in Turkey this year. President Tayyip Erdogan said it was carried out by a suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14.
  
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• Rio 2016: City counts the human cost of Olympics after eight killed by police and thousands of families evicted

  22-08-2016 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Violent police operations were carried out in several areas of Rio de Janeiro - and two officers died in the first ten days of the Games
  
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• Rio 2016: City counts the human cost of Olympics after at least 22,000 people were evicted from favelas

  22-08-2016 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As an army of 10,000 Olympic stars of track and field headed for home today, the city was counting the huge cost of hosting the 'Greatest Show on Earth'.
  
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• Rio 2016: City counts the human cost of Olympics after at least 22,000 families were evicted from favelas

  22-08-2016 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As an army of 10,000 Olympic stars of track and field headed for home today, the city was counting the huge cost of hosting the 'Greatest Show on Earth'.
  
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• JulianAssange

  22-08-2016 20:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  @wikileaks Maybe one of Hillary's assassins? #saudimoney #neverhillary
  
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• Boris Johnson is running the country while Theresa May is on holiday

  22-08-2016 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson hosted his New Zealand counterpart Murray McCully in London today - and it appears he gave him a warm welcome as he and his aide were spotted walking into his offices with a crate of wine.
  
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• First picture of eight-year-old British schoolboy taken day before he was killed in Sweden grenade attack

  22-08-2016 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An explosive was thrown into the window of the apartment where Yuusuf Warsame slept during a family holiday to see relatives in the Nordic country
  
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