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• Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a birdwatcher, who's about to turn the sedate hobby into an EXTREME SPORT! 

  25-08-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sacha Dench, 41, is planning a 10 week trip in a motorised paraglider to follow a group of swans across 11 countries as they migrate.
  
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• Owen Smith abandoned his podium to plead for party unity - but it didn't quite go to plan

  25-08-2016 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Owen's man of the people moment was slightly dampened when the crowd gave their biggest cheer of the night...for Jeremy Corbyn
  
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• Italian earthquake in Amatrice killed at least 3 Britons

  25-08-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old boy from London has been killed in the Italian earthquake while on holiday with his parents and sister. An official in Amatrice has said 'at least three Britons' were killed in the town.
  
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• Usain Bolt takes a taxi to his hotel alone after night out in London - but three ladies follow in the cab behind

  25-08-2016 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Jamaican ace, 30, who has long-term girlfriend Kasi Bennett, 26, stayed out until 5am after taking the group of female pals to exclusive restaurant Nobu in Mayfair
  
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• Headteacher obsessed with 'urination pornography' used spy pen to watch children and adults use school toilet

  25-08-2016 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ashley Yates, 45, was so obsessed with "urination pornography" that he covertly hid a James Bond-style camera pen in toilets at a school
  
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• The road to nowhere? Cyclists ignore Boris's £50million bike 'superhighway' through London 

  25-08-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pictures have emerged appearing to show cyclists ignoring the superhighway routes in favour of using normal main roads. Former Mayor Johnson pledged the world's greatest cycling routes.
  
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• Loner who blackmailed men he contacted on gay dating app Grindr is jailed

  25-08-2016 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Liam Hull targeted scores of men - many married with children - on Grindr and threatened to expose them unless they paid him money
  
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• Hillsborough police probe looks into Freemason influence in aftermath of disaster

  25-08-2016 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Independent Police Complaints Commission is examining the concerns from the families of the 96 victims of the football stadium disaster
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn would legalise cannabis for medicinal use

  25-08-2016 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader says he doesn't take drugs, and wants people to be "educated away" from doing so
  
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• Man given flights with 47 YEAR stopover on trip from New Zealand to Britain

  25-08-2016 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Skyscanner told James Lloyd to wait for more than 413,000 hours for a plane on a layover in Bangkok
  
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• Sports Direct has been told it MUST make changes as shareholders call for independent probe

  25-08-2016 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 12 shareholders, through a body called The Investor Forum, have been trying to persuade Sports Direct to make changes during eight behind-the-scenes meetings with bosses since July last year
  
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• Antiques Roadshow expert left STUNNED at incredibly rare dolls worth £200,000

  25-08-2016 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fergus Gambon can't believe his eyes when he is brought the super-rare 300-year-old dolls
  
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• Fallen pastor who used witch doctor magic is exorcised in jaw-dropping footage

  25-08-2016 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pastor Victory Chiaka was so desperate to save his church in Imo State in Nigeria he went to an occult specialist
  
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• BBC 'should avoid scheduling its popular shows at peak times' claims a rival TV boss 

  25-08-2016 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former BBC controller Jay Hunt has been speaking to audiences at the Edinburgh TV festival about the difficulties for commercial companies versus the BBC.
  
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• £1,000 dolls designed to stop teen pregnancies make babies MORE likely

  25-08-2016 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The simulators are part of sex education classes across the world and are considered to be a key weapon in discouraging girls from having sex
  
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• £1,000 baby dolls designed to stop teen pregnancies have actually INCREASED number of underage mums, research claims

  25-08-2016 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The simulators are part of sex education classes across the world and are considered to be a key weapon in discouraging girls from having sex
  
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• RAF pilot dies days after his 100th birthday 

  25-08-2016 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stanley “Rocky” Rockminster, from Swansea in Wales, had recently celebrated his 100th birthday before death took him just a few days later.
  
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• Sir Philip Green's luxury holiday is a brutal contrast compared to the the reality of his BHS casualties

  25-08-2016 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The billionaire is cruising around the Med on his luxury yacht Lionheart while his former BHS empire crumbles and leaves lives in tatters
  
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• Owen Smith accuses Jeremy Corbyn of hypocrisy over use of the word 'lunatic'

  25-08-2016 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Smith dredged some old speeches up from Jeremy Corbyn's past, pointing out his previous use of "fruity language"
  
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• Labour leadership debate recap: Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn clash over Europe

  25-08-2016 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The candidates to be the next leader of the Labour Party had another fiery showdown tonight. Here's how it happened
  
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• Owen Smith all-but accuses Jeremy Corbyn of voting 'Leave' in the EU referendum

  25-08-2016 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Smith said Mr Corbyn had "never supported staying in the EU", and claimed he was "happy" with the Brexit vote
  
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• British teenage girl suffers broken nose and her friend taken to hospital after being attacked by 'gang of French Muslims who tried to grope her' 

  25-08-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A gang of French men of Arab origin have been accused of assaulting a several British women tourists at a popular Spanish resort. The incident happened in Puerto Banus (pictured).
  
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• 'Assassination attempt on Angela Merkel foiled' as armed man arrested 'trying to infiltrate German chancellor's motorcade' in Prague

  25-08-2016 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Czech police halted an armed man in a black 4x4 Mercedes as he allegedly tried to join Merkel’s motorcade during her visit to the capital
  
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• Who won the Labour leadership debate in Glasgow?

  25-08-2016 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The gulf between Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith over Europe was the only story in town.
  
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• 'Child abducted in black VW van during rush hour' as police launch urgent witness appeal

  25-08-2016 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The child has been described as being white, approximately 4ft tall and around six or seven years-old
  
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• Belittling women and filled with stereotypes? Don't be a snob! Literary expert says Mills and Boon novels are 'great works of feminism' 

  25-08-2016 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Val Derbyshire, a doctoral researcher at Sheffield University, says there is literary value in the Mills and Boon books and they are 'works of feminism'.
  
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• 'Three Brits among Italian earthquake dead' after 6.2 magnitude tremor claims at least 250 lives

  25-08-2016 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 6.2 magnitude quake struck a cluster of mountain communities 85 miles east of Rome early on Wednesday as people slept, destroying hundreds of homes
  
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• Dr Miriam Stoppard has some shocking news for people who have lost a lot of weight on strict diets

  25-08-2016 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Miriam Stoppard reveals shocking news that your body will find a way to regain weight after a massive weight loss
  
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• Brother of Camber Sands tragedy victim claims he would still be alive if beach had lifeguards

  25-08-2016 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pals Nitharsan Ravi, 22, Kobi Nathan, Ken Nathan, Kurushanth Anna, and Inthustan Sri, 27, died in the perilous waves at the popular beach in Sussex
  
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• Hidden iPod found filming cashpoint users entering their PIN at ATM

  25-08-2016 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One victim said: "I use that machine a lot, it looks a bit shabby, all beaten up and scratched, but I didn’t notice anything wrong with it at first"
  
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• Moment dinghy packed with desperate 'migrants' trying to reach UK is intercepted in English Channel

  25-08-2016 21:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Photographs show the red dinghy the men were using to apparently cross the Channel being towed back to the port of Dover by HMC Valiant
  
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• Chilling moment USS Nitze 'intercepted' by Iranian fast attack craft Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Persian Gulf

  25-08-2016 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A US defence official made the announcement tonight and we'll have more on this breaking story to follow
  
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• Mum's horror as mobile phone that overheated in pram leaves red burn on baby's leg

  25-08-2016 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Gleeson says her daughter Rose was burnt after the device accidentally switched to camera mode, which caused the screen to become hot
  
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• Man and woman die in hospital after being rescued from car that slipped backwards and crashed into a lake

  25-08-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Witnesses saw the man being given CPR and he was rushed to hospital after the car plunged into Hooe Lake in Plymouth. But his life could not be saved. The woman's body was also recovered.
  
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• 'I don't know how we will ever recover from this' - Just two people survive in village hit by earthquake

  25-08-2016 21:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror reporter Andy Lines visits tiny hill-top hamlet where only three of the 20 houses were left standing after tremors
  
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• Boys robbed of bikes and mobile phones after being targeted by teenage gang near subway

  25-08-2016 21:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have now released CCTV images of five males they wish to trace following the robbery near a Sainsbury's car park
  
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• Hillsborough police watchdog pursues whether Freemason membership influenced decisions

  25-08-2016 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The police watchdog is pursuing a 'further line of inquiry' over whether Freemason membership influenced decision-making over the Hillsborough disaster.
  
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• Government slashes alcohol intake for men but doctors fear amount is still unsafe for women

  25-08-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is a change from existing guidelines which state while women should stick to 14, men can have as much as 21 units a week. The advice also states drinking is no riskier than driving a car.
  
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• Japanese firms hiring 'handsome weeping boys' who show films about dying pets in bid to make staff cry

  25-08-2016 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unusual workshops supposedly bring staff together by showing their vulnerabilities to each other
  
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• Hyde Park knifeman pleads guilty to wounding with intent

  25-08-2016 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A teenager who ‘stabbed people for fun’ when a water fight in Hyde Park exploded into violence is facing years behind bars.
  Joshua Clements, 18, stabbed two men with a hunting knife.
  
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• Epileptic teenager who was repeatedly fed her dad's powerful painkillers 'intended to take her own life'

  25-08-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rachel Murphy, 15, had searched for ways to kill herself online before she was found dead in her bed by her mum after taking a fatal overdose
  
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• Museum of London creates maps to mark 350 years since Great Fire of London

  25-08-2016 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three maps have been created by the Museum of London to mark 350 years since the blaze broke out. The latest map will show how the fire started and spread through the city.
  
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• Peeping Tom Bristol headmaster who called himself a 'sexual monster' is jailed

  25-08-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ashley Yates placed a spy pen in the school toilets at The Tynings in Bristol. He was jailed for two years, eight months after admitting voyeurism and making indecent images of children.
  
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• London Uber users will soon be able to book their journey up to a month in advance 

  25-08-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Business users of Uber in London will be able to book a car up to 30 days in advance of their journey. Previously, they could only book when they were ready to leave.
  
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• Ibiza clubber who accidentally bid £30,000 for a BUS while drunk is now refusing to buy the vehicle

  25-08-2016 20:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Little, from Durham, made the outrageous purchase just after midnight on Wednesday - but now he is backing out
  
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• Qatari sheikh flies amazing fleet of supercars into London's Knightsbridge

  25-08-2016 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The row of ultra-exclusive motors was seen lined up in Knightsbridge in London on Thursday, including a Porsche 918 Spyder, a McLaren P1, two Ferraris and a £1.8 million Bugatti Veyron.
  
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• Everyone is freaking out over Starbucks' Churros Frappuccino - here's how to get the exclusive drink

  25-08-2016 20:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There's only one place in the world you can get it - but don't worry Starbucks fans, we know what's in it
  
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• Peace after 52 years of war as deal with Colombian rebels ends conflict that killed 220,000

  25-08-2016 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One of the world’s longest-running conflicts has finally ended almost four years of negotiations and 24 months of secret talks
  
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• More than a QUARTER of babies born in Britain have foreign-born mothers

  25-08-2016 20:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said a record 27.5% of British babies born in 2015 had a foreign-born mother
  
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• Woman found in frozen wilderness a MONTH after hiking partner fell from slope and died

  25-08-2016 20:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tourist, who hasn't been named, was discovered after concerns were raised that the couple hadn't returned from the 20-mile walk in July
  
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