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• Operations under way after government approves new badger cull schemes

  30-08-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Badger culling has been rolled out to more parts of England including Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire in a bid to tackle tuberculosis in cattle.
  
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• Heartbreaking scenes as funerals are held for earthquake victims in Italian town

  30-08-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Grieving family members gathered this afternoon under a hastily constructed tent in the central Italian town of Amatrice ahead of a service just yards away from collapsed buildings.
  
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• Horrific dashcam footage captures 60mph head-on smash that killed four people including two who were burned alive

  30-08-2016 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE Two people were reportedly killed instantly and two others were burned alive after the vehicles smashed into each other
  
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• Swiss military searching for pilot and plane after fighter jet went missing

  30-08-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Swiss air force fighter jet disappeared during a training exercise in the mountainous Alpine region on Monday. Commander Schellenberg (pictured) said he was deeply shocked.
  
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• Westminster Dog of the Year dies after losing nine-month battle with cancer

  30-08-2016 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Morely MP Andrea Jenkyns was left "heartbroken" after her 15-year companion Lady died yesterday
  
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• New drug could combat binge drinking by tricking your brain into thinking you are more drunk

  30-08-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The drug could be used to combat the behaviour of problem drinkers, many of whom are thought to be genetically programmed to over-drink
  
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• Sir Cliff Richard abuse claims twist as accuser challenges decision not to charge star

  30-08-2016 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Evidence against the star is being reviewed two months after the case was dropped - he will learn whether that decision is upheld in weeks
  
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• Meet the woman who's fostered 25 babies - and their mums too

  30-08-2016 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former pediatric nurse Yvette Collier is one of only a handful of foster carers around the country who look after not only babies but also vulnerable young women
  
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• Ex-Barclays trader faces £1m fine for rigging foreign exchange markets to cash in himself

  30-08-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Barclays trader Christopher Ashton, 42, pictured, was part of an elite group of euro dealers who called themselves the Cartel, according to the Federal Reserve.
  
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• Pensioner told he faces JAIL if he walks on grass verge outside his own home after eight-year neighbour feud

  30-08-2016 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Phil Taylor, 86, faces arrest and a possible prison sentence if he is caught stepping onto a strip of prized grass owned by his neighbours which runs outside his home
  
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• Burglar Darren Machon was caught by his distinctive underwear

  30-08-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Darren Machon, 39, was wearing novelty Topman boxer shorts with hotdogs, chips, doughnuts, and hamburgers printed on when he broke into the property in Bridgend, South Wales.
  
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• 'You are a big coward Philip Green': Ex-BHS worker confronts shameless tycoon as he hides on his £100million yacht

  30-08-2016 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Angry single mum Hannah Cullen says tycoon 'sold us all down the river' but Green refused to come out of his boat which is moored near Capri in Italy
  
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• Terrifying moment cement tanker careers across busy junction before rolling over and crushing car FLAT

  30-08-2016 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE At least four people are believed to have died after the car was crushed under the enormous tanker with some survivors seen pulled from wreckage
  
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• Frightened Baltic nation builds huge fake town so NATO troops can practice for urban warfare with Putin's Russia

  30-08-2016 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The multi-million dollar site, which features a church and a police station, is designed to help sharpen the fighting skills of Lithuania's forces ahead of a fear invasion by there giant neighbour
  
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• Labour rising star Dan Jarvis warns Jeremy Corbyn will steer the party to 'annihilation'

  30-08-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ex-soldier says Mr Corbyn would rather 'demonstrate outside Downing Street' than enter No 10 - and lacks 'basic competence'
  
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• Alison Phillips: Why it's cash over class for Lady Tina Green, sorry I mean Greed

  30-08-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While billionaire Si Philip has been in the spotlight for his role in the collapse of BHS it is his wife who should be hanging her peroxide head in shame
  
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• Tragic first picture of wife stabbed to death by husband before he slaughtered their three sons in murder-suicide

  30-08-2016 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Teacher Clodagh Hawe was stabbed to death by husband Alan before he murdered their three sons- Liam, 13, Niall, 11 and Ryan, six - and turned the knife on himself
  
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• Haunting final message of tragic schoolboy posted on Facebook just hours before he was struck by train

  30-08-2016 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lee Ridgway, 16, apparently wrote the chilling words, "Life's cruel. Life's just a game. I lost," on social media three hours before his death
  
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• France's economy minister Emmanuel Macron quits amid rumours he'll run for president

  30-08-2016 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron, an outspoken former investment banker who has encouraged startups and more labor flexibility, has quit the socialist government.
  
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• Callous teen mum lures man out of pub into street where he is run over and left for dead

  30-08-2016 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Owen Williams was badly injured when he was struck by a car driven by Robert Taylor  after going to meet Abbey-Lee Liptrot
  
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• National Lottery results: Euromillions winning numbers for tonight's £25m jackpot on Tuesday, August 30

  30-08-2016 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Here are the winning numbers which could make you rich beyond your wildest dreams
  
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• Boy, 17, is rushed to hospital after being found in the sea off Sunderland

  30-08-2016 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paramedics have rushed the 17-year-old to hospital after he got into difficulties whilst in a dinghy near the Sunderland Yacht Club.
  
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• ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani killed in Syria

  30-08-2016 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Abu Muhammad al-Adnani (pictured) was said to have been killed 'while surveying the operations to repel the military campaigns against Aleppo' in Syria.
  
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• Turkey moves heavy armour towards Syrian border

  30-08-2016 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  French president Francois Hollande today warned Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan against attacking US-backed Kurdish rebels in Syria and instead concentrate on wiping out ISIS.
  
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• Teen 'illegal immigrants' rescued after trying to paddle their way to Spain on a SURFBOARD

  30-08-2016 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bare-chested youngsters risked their lives as they left the coast of north Africa and headed towards mainland Spain on the 7ft board
  
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• Grandfather 'fined £100 for spending too long in McDonalds car park after visiting twice in one day'

  30-08-2016 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robert Newton was shocked after he was hit with the fee after he had his lunch at the fast food venue and then went back later to buy his grandchildren a happy meal
  
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• Grandfather fined £100 for spending too long in McDonalds car park - after visiting twice in one day

  30-08-2016 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robert Newton was shocked after he was hit with the fee after he had his lunch at the fast food venue and then went back later to buy his grandchildren a happy meal
  
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• Top Jeremy Corbyn ally calls for MPs expenses rules and watchdog to be scrapped

  30-08-2016 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow Welsh Secretary Paul Flynn says MPs waste too much time working out the rules and submitting receipts, so they should just be paid a flat allowance
  
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• Policewoman responsible for protecting Kate Middleton and Prince William dramatically quits with Twitter outburst

  30-08-2016 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ch Con Hamlin had served since 1986 and in her current role was responsible for protecting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Sandringham Estate
  
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• BBC investigators hack into staff members' email accounts to stop 'moles'

  30-08-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The corporation, which has been rocked by scandal in recent years, has snooped on its staff in a bid to see who is responsible for giving away its secrets.
  
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• Police couple vow to jail great-grandfather if he steps on the verge between their houses

  30-08-2016 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jon and Sara Webb obtained a court order which means great-grandfather Phil Taylor, 86, faces arrest if he steps one foot on the roadside verge next to his home in Whitby, Yorkshire.
  
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• Fossil of 'Little Dragon' that lived 77 million years ago rewrites the history of our prehistoric skies

  30-08-2016 21:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tiny pterosaur has a wingspan of 'just' 4,9ft making it tiny in the flying stakes - but find is a big discovery as it proves smaller winged creatures mixed it with larger cousins
  
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• 'Party girl' who weighed 24 stone loses half her body weight after breaking her best pal's TOILET SEAT

  30-08-2016 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gemma McKelvey, 30, was shocked into ditching her unhealthy lifestyle after the seat 'snapped' between her legs during a girls' night in
  
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• Driver caused a horrific head-on crash as she inhaled hippy crack near Man United’s ground

  30-08-2016 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jordanna Best, 21, still had an inflated balloon of nitrous oxide in her mouth when she careered into the van in her Ford Ka near the Carrington training ground, Greater Manchester.
  
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• Department store accused of insulting the poor by selling 'pre-distressed' battered trainers for £450 a pair

  30-08-2016 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Barneys New York has drawn criticism from across the world over the product, which has been 'styled' with duct tape
  
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• London broadband speeds 'slower than a small Indian village' as Britain lags behind rest of world

  30-08-2016 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A tech study has found that Britain is way behind other countries, including the Bahamas, Costa Rica and Poland
  
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• Burglar caught with his pants down as eagle-eyed cop notices novelty underwear

  30-08-2016 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Darren Machon, 39, was under arrest for a separate crime when a police officer saw that his pants matched a witness's description
  
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• Shocking moment a bag containing £35,000 of jewellery stolen at Notting Hill pub

  30-08-2016 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The antiques dealer was keeping his bag of jewellery close by him but was distracted when the thief's accomplice fell over - providing the perfect moment for it to be stolen.
  
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• ISIS second-in-command Muhammad al-Adnani killed in Syria drone strike in "major blow" for terror group

  30-08-2016 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He was widely tipped to be the next leader of the terror group
  
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• Thug who punched a pedigree pug breeder and stole a puppy is jailed for five years 

  30-08-2016 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thomas Stokes, 47, attacked Elizabeth Swain leaving her badly injured after entering her home in Abergavenny, South Wales, to view a litter of young black pug puppies she'd advertised online.
  
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• Mum of toddler snatched from Primark says teenage girls who kidnapped her are 'not evil'

  30-08-2016 20:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two-year-old's mother says she has forgiven the two girls, aged 13 and 14, who took her daughter and were detained for three years for the crime
  
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• Syrian toddler burned by napalm smeared with cold mud to ease her pain as it's only treatment they have to help her

  30-08-2016 20:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Harrowing footage was filmed in city of Homs as doctors say you can't use water on burns that are so fierce they can melt right through to the bone
  
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• Parents of 12-year-old girl who hunts wild animals for fun face demands for child welfare probe

  30-08-2016 20:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES:
  Aryanna Gourdin was pictured next to a dead giraffe and her father has said: 'We're proud to be hunters and we'll never apologise'
  
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• Cyclist punches the air in celebration after 'winning' race - and ends up badly regretting it

  30-08-2016 20:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jamie Wilkins thought he had won - but he failed to notice fellow racer Jamie Penton powering towards the line
  
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• 'Vladimir Putin' arrested in US supermarket after 'screaming at employees and refusing to leave the store'

  30-08-2016 20:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 48-year-old suspect, who shares the same name as the President of Russia - and is definitely not him - is now facing trespassing charges
  
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• Thief breaks both ankles after jumping through Winchester cathedral window to escape

  30-08-2016 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Wild has been jailed for 20 months and remains in considerable pain a little over three months later in what a court heard was 'perhaps a Biblical punishment' after the theft in Winchester.
  
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• Bride outraged at M&S boss's text of damning verdict on her wedding cake design

  30-08-2016 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trinity Hughes, 52, had ordered the four-tier cake from the M&S create your own wedding cake range, which cost £130 and received the shocking message from the manager.
  
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• 'Bank Holiday battleground': Top cop's Notting Hill Carnival warning after four stabbings and 43 attacks on officers

  30-08-2016 19:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police 'dread' working during one of Europe's largest street parties, where 454 arrests were made this year, and feel they are used as 'professional punchbags'
  
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• Woman suffers horrifying allergic reaction after drinking cocktail containing raw egg

  30-08-2016 19:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rown Bridgwod quickly realised the drink must contain raw egg - an ingredient which can cause potentially fatal anaphylaxis for her
  
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• Vulnerable pensioner who went missing while carer moonlighted was found dead on golf course two weeks later

  30-08-2016 19:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  William Gardner, 75, took Daniel McSwiggan, 69, along with him as he travelled to fill machines at hospital sites
  
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