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• Gene Wilder appeared frail, but still with a sparkle in his eye at final public appearance last year

  29-08-2016 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The actor, who has died at the age of 83, was photographed at the US Open with wife Karen
  
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• First pictures of pilots who 'tried to board their flight to America while drunk' as pair appear in court

  29-08-2016 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Grebenc, 35, and Carlos Licona, 45, were allegedly under the influence of alcohol before they were due to fly 141 passengers from Scotland to Newark, US
  
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• You can buy this entire VILLAGE for less than the price of a one-bedroom flat in London

  29-08-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Welsh village, including 16 slate homes, could be yours for £1.5 million - £50,000 cheaper than the price of a one-bedroom flat in Chelsea
  
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• Rolf Harris could leave prison without completing his sex offender rehabilitation course

  29-08-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shamed entertainer, 86, was jailed in 2014 for five years and nine months for indecent assaults on four girls, one aged just seven
  
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• Philip Green attacks the Mirror for reporting his luxury holiday while BHS closes and thousands lose their jobs

  29-08-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir Philip, 64, lashed out after spending the day holed up on his £100million yacht off the Italian island of Capri, as former BHS workers faced finding a job
  
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• Madeleine McCann's parents dump a key member of their team in a bid to slash spiralling costs

  29-08-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate and Gerry axed PR expert Clarence Mitchell after nine years as they face uncertainty over the future of the £12million investigation
  
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• Germany to force mums in paternity cases to reveal which men they've had sex with

  29-08-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The exact wording states the mother would be obliged to provide details on the man "who has lain with her during the conception period"
  
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• Gene Wilder's final moments revealed in moving tribute by his nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman after losing battle with Alzheimer's

  29-08-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thestar was listening to Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Ella Fitzgerald when he "was taken away"
  
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• Gene Wilder dead at the age of 83

  29-08-2016 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wilder's nephew said that the actor and writer died late Sunday in Stamford, Connecticut from complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• A look back at actor Gene Wilder's life

  29-08-2016 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Nick Higham looks back at the career of actor Gene Wilder, who has died at the age of 83.
  
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• The 12-year-old girl who shoots majestic wild animals for fun vows NEVER to stop

  29-08-2016 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES Serial trophy hunter Aryanna Gourdin has a string of kills to her name and shares the images of each one on her Facebook page
  
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• Apple facing record bill for Irish tax

  29-08-2016 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple could be ordered to pay billions of euros in back taxes in the Republic of Ireland under a European Union ruling expected on Tuesday.
  
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• Wayne Rooney stays as England captain under new manager Sam Allardyce

  29-08-2016 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New England manager Sam Allardyce says retaining Manchester United's Wayne Rooney as captain was an "easy decision" to make.
  
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• British chef arrested at gunpoint after brandishing meat cleaver at bar staff in Australia

  29-08-2016 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Graham Paterson, 25, from Belfast, had only arrived in country a few weeks before the incident in Melbourne
  
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• Tory Transgender councillor reports Labour opponent for calling her 'he' during a meeting

  29-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tory Zoe Kirk-Robinson accuses Labour's Guy Harkin of a hate crime, though he insists it was a slip of the tongue
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn plans an online revolution to give voters more say on running the government

  29-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader is to set out plans to use the internet to allow voters a say in running the Government through online meetings
  
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• Joe Hart: Man City keeper to have Torino medical before loan move

  29-08-2016 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart leaves England training to have a medical at Torino with a loan move edging closer.
  
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• Gene Wilder death: Star of Willy Wonka dies aged 83

  29-08-2016 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US actor Gene Wilder, remembered by many for his lead role in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, dies aged 83, his family confirms.
  
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• Gene Wilder dies aged 83 after secret Alzheimers battle following glittering Hollywood career

  29-08-2016 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Hollywood star had a long and storied movie career but was by far best known for his role as Willy Wonka
  
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• Newlyweds 'ordered to open cards on wedding night to settle £500 room bill' by hotel staff

  29-08-2016 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sarah O’Leary, 40, was still in her wedding dress when she claims security guards at 30 James Street in Liverpool city centre made the demand
  
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• Raging fans storm football pitch and attack their OWN players in violent protest over 'corrupt' bosses

  29-08-2016 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The supporters also stole equipment as they carried out the demonstration amid claims the directors of Sao Paulo FC in Brazil are 'corrupt'
  
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• Chronic fatigue discovered to be a real condition

  29-08-2016 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People with symptoms of the debilitating condition - also known as ME - have a specific chemical signature in their blood. These are similar to those in hibernating animals, say Californian researchers.
  
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• Danielle Lloyd saved from raging pitbull by fiancé who was then raced to hospital amid fears of TETANUS

  29-08-2016 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The model was on a bike when the rampaging animal went for her
  
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• Gene Wilder dead Aged 83

  29-08-2016 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wilder's nephew said that the actor and writer died late Sunday in Stamford, Connecticut from complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• Cops have Land Rover stripped bare by thieves - after warning drivers about a spate of thefts

  29-08-2016 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The £50,000 Land Rover Defender - painted in Leicestershire Police markings - was stripped of its bonnet and all four doors by the thieves
  
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• Willy Wonka star Gene Wilder dies aged 83 after glittering movie career

  29-08-2016 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Hollywood star had a long and storied movie career but was by far best known for his role as Willy Wonka
  
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• Breck Bednar's killer Lewis Daynes taunts his victim's mother from jail

  29-08-2016 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Daynes (pictured), 20, lured 14-year-old Breck Bednar to his flat in Grays, Essex, and launched a 'sexually or sadistically motivated' knife attack in February 2014.
  
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• Pagham siege: Gun-toting pensioner suffering from cancer set for second night in armed stand-off with police

  29-08-2016 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man, named locally as Terry Bridger, 72, reportedly sparked the siege by taking a woman hostage at his home
  
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• Edinburgh teacher accused of having sex with a pupil

  29-08-2016 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Teacher Isabelle Graham, 28, insisted she was a practising Christian and had been saving herself for her wedding but was allegedly found in bed with a pupil, 17, at a Travelodge in Edinburgh.
  
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• Tall Ships Regatta in Sunderland attracts thousands of spectators

  29-08-2016 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Families and naval spotters flocked to the coast in Blyth, north of Sunderland, for the event which experts think will inject £13million into the local economy.
  
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• Tributes paid to teacher couple and three children butchered in 'murder-suicide stabbing' horror at countryside home

  29-08-2016 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alan and Clodagh Hawe and their sons Liam, 13, Niall, 11, and six-year-old Ryan, were found dead in different rooms inside their home this morning
  
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• The comedy legacy of Gene Wilder

  29-08-2016 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wild-eyed star who became one of Hollywood's top comedy talents.
  
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• Syria war: US warns over Turkish-Kurdish violence

  29-08-2016 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US says fighting between Turkey, pro-Turkish rebels and Kurdish-aligned forces in northern Syria is "unacceptable" and must stop.
  
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• Heartache as brave tot supported by Simon Cowell in rare cancer battle rejects pioneering treatment

  29-08-2016 21:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Little Kian Musgrove flew back out to New York at the weekend as US medics desperately try to find a way of saving the four-year-old
  
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• County Cavan: Bodies of five members of family found

  29-08-2016 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bodies of five members of a family are found at a house in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• Grandmother praises Man United's Marouane Fallaini after he ran over and rescued her

  29-08-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gale Allen, 59, from Stretford, near Manchester, was trapped against an advertising board, and Fellaini quickly broke away from his team-mates to point out her distress on Saturday.
  
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• Chickens being boiled ALIVE just one of 4,000 horrific cases of animal suffering at British abattoirs

  29-08-2016 21:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chickens being boiled alive was just one of more than 4,000 serious breaches of animal welfare regulations at British abattoirs in the last two years
  
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• Terrified autistic boy robbed, beaten and stripped by knife-wielding thugs on first journey to city alone

  29-08-2016 21:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Curtis McDonnell  was left in agony crawling to an escalator to try and get help and was ignored by several people
  
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• Pensioner beaten with 5ft-long stick and left covered in blood over row about his dogs

  29-08-2016 20:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bill Sherwood, 75, was left covered in blood following the shocking incident in Alfreton, Derbyshire, last week
  
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• Home Secretary in Calais crisis talks as French call for shift of border controls back to Britain

  29-08-2016 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Right wing candidates in the race for the French presidency have called for the 2003 Le Touquet agreement, that allows British immigration officials to check passports in Calais, to be scrapped
  
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• Labour wants new Commons vote to halt Tory plot to slash number of MPs

  29-08-2016 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Move comes after a Tory peer revealed proposed boundary changes would cost the Opposition up to 30 seats - sparking 'gerrymandering' claims
  
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• Man 'too fat for Alton Towers ride' sheds 17 STONE after shame of missing theme park attraction

  29-08-2016 20:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Dunn, 28, felt so humiliated he gave up pasties, sausage rolls and sugary drinks to transform his body - and his life
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival revellers twerk with police, flash their flesh and fight in street on memorable final day

  29-08-2016 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people turned out for the final day of the annual street party, which has seen more than 250 arrests and at least four stabbings
  
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• Early human ancestor Lucy 'died falling out of a tree'

  29-08-2016 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New evidence suggests that the famous fossilised human ancestor dubbed 'Lucy' by scientists may have died falling from a great height - probably from a tree.
  
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• Driverless Roborace car speeds around Donington

  29-08-2016 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A prototype racing car, testing self-driving technology for the forthcoming Roborace contest, takes a lap around Donington Park's circuit.
  
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• Error Borealis: Thousands are told to expect an amazing display of the Northern Lights after a nationwide alert accidentally triggered by university's ride-on LAWNMOWER

  29-08-2016 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A groundskeeper driving a lawnmower at Lancaster University has been blamed for triggering an alert which suggested astronomy fans would be able to view the Northern Lights in the UK.
  
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• Taiwanese navy accidentally fires NUCLEAR MISSILE at fishing vessel as tensions in China Strait reach boiling point

  29-08-2016 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The deadly Hsiung Feng III missile was launched from a Jin Jiang-class warship docked at a naval base in south-western Kaohsiung City
  
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• Sussex thieves steal a 30ft hedge from homeowners garden

  29-08-2016 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthony and Daphne Hawley, from Copthorne, West Sussex, have been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket, after thieves made off with the entire laurel hedge from their front garden.
  
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• Olympic gold medallist Joe Clarke carried in his KAYAK for emotional homecoming victory parade

  29-08-2016 20:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Great Britain’s canoe slalom hero got back in a kayak for the first time since Rio - as he was carried along by hand in his home town of Stone in Staffordshire
  
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• Triathlon competitor collides with deer

  29-08-2016 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Triathlons are tough at the best of times, but one competitor in the Dublin city event got more than he bargained for when he and a deer collided.
  
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