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• Mystery over new 'Bigfoot' footage after cameras capture mysterious giant ape-like creature

  04-09-2016 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cameras set up to catch drug gangs in northern California show a large ape-like animal which some claim could be Bigfoot
  
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• Milly Dowler killer Levi Bellfield 'is getting extra security in jail'

  04-09-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Serial killer Levi Bellfield is being targeted by fellow Muslim inmates in Wakefield Prison after the Islam convert, known as Yusuf Rahim, is being accused of 'bringing shame on their religion'.
  
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• Grumpy dog earns her owner £20,000 thanks to his famously steely stare 

  04-09-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jasmine Milton, 20, from Shropshire, says her Siberian Husky Anuko has amassed nearly 11,000 Instagram followers, hundreds of gifts and even modelling jobs.
  
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• Voice of the Mirror: This time it will stick as Teflon MP Keith Vaz faces calls to quit

  04-09-2016 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Muted response from Westminster is deafening as Keith Vaz comes unstuck after revelations he paid prostitutes to visit his flat
  
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• Guilt-ridden mum left heartbroken because she can't afford to buy headstone for her tragic baby's grave

  04-09-2016 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kayleigh Davis, 23, was forced to watch her baby girl, Brooke, die in her arms after she was born with a serious kidney problem
  
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• Paul O'Grady to be honoured with Daily Mirror and RSPCA Animal Hero Award

  04-09-2016 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  O'Grady is an Ambassador for Battersea Cats and Dogs Home,  is a patron of the Orangutan Appeal UK and CROW based in Durban, South Africa and a patron of several UK-based animal charities
  
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• 'Charge killer hit-and-run drivers with manslaughter', say grieving parents

  04-09-2016 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The call came from the parents of James Gilbey, 25, who was mown down and left for dead by Majid Malik and Kaiz Mahmood as they raced their cars at twice the speed limit through Leeds.
  
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• Gardeners begin their annual task of sculpting the world's biggest topiary garden 

  04-09-2016 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The gardening team will spend up to six months trimming the topiary at Levens Hall in the Lake District. There are over 100 trees and bushes on show, with some designs dating back 300 years.
  
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• Theresa May refuses to rule out MORE welfare cuts if economy suffers in run up to Brexit

  04-09-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new Prime Minister refused to offer any guarantees that she will not again take the axe to struggling families’ benefits
  
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• Britain could STILL have to pay into EU after Brexit, admits Theresa May

  04-09-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister also dismissed talk of points-based immigration policy and suggested there would be no cash boost to NHS
  
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• MP Keith Vaz's angry constituents says he has brought shame on Leicester and should quit

  04-09-2016 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Furious constituents are demanding Keith Vaz quit as MP, saying he has brought shame on the city of Leicester.
  
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• MP Keith Vaz's angry constituents say he has brought shame on Leicester and should quit

  04-09-2016 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Everyone is  discussing Mr Vaz's fall from grace at pubs, cafes, shops and garden centres across the city
  
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• Gatwick airport flight chaos after 'HOLE' found on runway during inspection

  04-09-2016 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The closure was a "precautionary measure" after something was discovered on the runway during an inspection, an airport spokeswoman said
  
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• Man who wore bullet proof vest every day found dead after being kidnapped and brutally murdered

  04-09-2016 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Phillip Finnegan, 24, was reportedly living in fear of his life after allegedly being targeted by crime gangs in Dublin
  
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• Sex shame politician Keith Vaz told quit now: 'He's not fit to be an MP, call in cops'

  04-09-2016 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The disgraced politician, who paid male escorts for sex at his London flat, has been told he must quit. One MP said this was just 'the tip of the iceberg'
  
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• Giant pandas no longer 'endangered' after major conservation efforts by Chinese government

  04-09-2016 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The numbers of giant pandas have been boosted through efforts to protect and recreate forests according to endangered animals study
  
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• ISIS militants lose all territory along the Syrian-Turkish border

  04-09-2016 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Turkish forces and Syrian rebels expelled Islamic State from the last areas of the Syrian-Turkish border under their control today, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
  
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• Keith Vaz once launched investigation into the effects of cocaine

  04-09-2016 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Labour MP Keith Vaz, 59, launched an investigation into the harmful effects of cocaine with Amy Winehouse's father (left) - and then allegedly offered to buy it for two male prostitutes.
  
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• Eddie the Eagle living in a shed and surviving on egg sandwiches after being 'wiped out' by divorce

  04-09-2016 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Skijump underdog who came last in the 1988 Winter Olympics says he has lost 85% of his wealth, including film rights windfall
  
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• MPs warn Tory plan to slash funding for teenage apprenticeships will hurt the poor

  04-09-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Some 55 Labour MPs are writing to skills minister Robert Halfon pleading with him to rethink the change
  
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• Mum of teens who dragged schoolgirl to ground by hair and stamped on her 'disgusted' by park attack

  04-09-2016 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE The woman's daughters were filmed punching and stamping on their 14-year-old victim in a Birmingham park
  
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• Mum 'disgusted' after finding deep fried MEALWORM in her son's McDonald's chips

  04-09-2016 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Clements, who found the creepy crawly inside her son's chips, said: "To say I'm absolutely disgusted is an understatement"
  
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• Shoplifting granny caught red-handed hiding entire weekly shop down her underwear

  04-09-2016 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman was snared by security, who watched as she pulled item after item out from under her long skirt
  
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• Shocking footage shows biker ploughing into the side of a turning car

  04-09-2016 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The car was turning into a petrol station when the motorcycle ploughed into its side at high speed
  
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• London's Burning: Watch live as giant 1666 model is set ablaze on Great Fire's 350th anniversary

  04-09-2016 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 400ft wooden model went up in flames on the River Thames tonight - and you can watch how it unfolded here
  
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• London's Burning: Watch in full as giant 1666 model set ablaze on Great Fire's 350th anniversary

  04-09-2016 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 400ft wooden model went up in flames on the River Thames tonight - and you can watch how it unfolded here
  
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• Queen voted world's greatest achiever, as kids say being happy is their main life goal

  04-09-2016 21:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her Majesty came ahead of football star David Beckham and author JK Rowling in the poll
  
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• Inside ghostly children's hospital with abandoned dolls, beds and equipment frozen in time

  04-09-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The spooky footage was taken by a group of 'urban explorers' at the former Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool
  
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• Eerie footage shows inside former children's hospital where dolls, beds and equipment lie abandoned

  04-09-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The spooky footage was taken by a group of 'urban explorers' at the former Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool
  
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• Former Everton striker Michael Branch talks openly about rebuilding his life after being jailed for drug dealing

  04-09-2016 21:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Branch was likened to Robbie Fowler when he burst onto the scene aged 17 - but his life changed dramatically after hanging up his boots
  
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• One in six of us spend two hours in bed every day doing this - when we should be sleeping

  04-09-2016 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Instead of snoozing we are using our valuable sleeping time... looking at Facebook and Twitter
  
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• Mum calls for Aldi to put brakes on trolleys after one crashed into her car

  04-09-2016 20:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nicola Gee says the rogue trolley could have easily hit her disabled daughter or an elderly person
  
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• 'We've all got grubby secrets': Outrage as some politicians and celebs SUPPORT Keith Vaz over male prostitute scandal

  04-09-2016 20:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Vaz, a married dad of two, is leading a double life paying young male Eastern European escorts for sex - but the likes of John Whittingdale and Simon Danczuk are not prepared to condemn him for it
  
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• Keith Vaz profile: Labour MP and 'Teflon politician'

  04-09-2016 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A prolife of long-serving Labour MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee.
  
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• Tory MPs demand ban on doctor strikes as junior medics prepare for more walkouts

  04-09-2016 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Backbench Conservatives want the Prime Minister to put doctors in the same category as the armed forces and police, with a bar on industrial action
  
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• Scientists teach Disney's autonomous robot a sense of humour so he can play with children

  04-09-2016 20:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage shows water-powered 'Jimmy' the robot waving, dancing, drumming and playfully patting a young child on the cheeks
  
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• Girl aged 8 arrested for being a lesbian in Uganda and 'having sexual relationships with children'

  04-09-2016 20:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Local reports in Uganda, where homosexuality is illegal, claim the girl has been teaching other children sexual acts
  
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• Pensioner finally sees the light after winning an 18-YEAR battle to get a council-owned tree chopped down that blocked her windows

  04-09-2016 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A persistent pensioner, from Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, has finally got the council to cut down an overhanging tree that blocked sunlight into her house after an 18 year battle.
  
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• Merkel is smashed in her home state polls by the far-Right a year after she let hundreds of thousands of migrants into Germany 

  04-09-2016 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exit polls in the Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania election show Mrs Merkel's CDU conservatives slumped to a tied second place with the hard-right Alternative for Germany party.
  
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• Donald Tusk says Europe is 'close to the limits' of its ability to accept migrants

  04-09-2016 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  European council president Donald Tusk delivered the stark message as he joined world leaders at the G20 summit in China.
  
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• Cop who saved the life of battered England fan during Euro 2016 gets top bravery gong

  04-09-2016 19:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chief Brigadier Patrice Martin came under a barrage of missiles as he rushed to help Andrew Bache after he was attacked in Marseilles
  
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• Chequered past of Keith Vaz revealed after he's filmed with prostitutes - is this the end of the Teflon MP?

  04-09-2016 19:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Vaz, nicknamed “Vazeline” for his ability to slip away from trouble had a month-long suspension from Parliament for obstructing a Commons inquiry and faced allegations of ‘house flipping’ during the MPs’ expenses scandal
  
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• Right-wing group surges past Angela Merkel's party in German state elections

  04-09-2016 19:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  According to TV exit polls, the German Chancellor's Christian Democrats are on course to finish behind both the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and the anti-immigrant AfD.
  
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• Couple spend three years turning their back garden into a nine-hole course 

  04-09-2016 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul and Mandy Kinder, from Sherborne, Dorset, were inspired to create the nine-hole course after numerous holidays to the USA. Mrs Kinder, 51, said: 'It's taken us just over three years to get to this point.'
  
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• Motorist recorded telling Jeremy Vine 'I will knock you out' claims SHE was provoked

  04-09-2016 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman (pictured) has claimed that Vine pulled out in front of her without signalling and forced her to make an emergency stop. She claims she has since been targeted and received racial abuse.
  
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• Prince Harry looks at buying £3.6m mansion in Norfolk

  04-09-2016 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The seven-bedroomed house near the Norfolk village of Wighton has a pool overlooked by a terrace and bar. And it is just 17 miles from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Anmer Hall.
  
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• Pope Francis names Mother Teresa a saint as Rita Ora performs at the Basilica

  04-09-2016 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rita Ora sang at a concert in honour of Mother Teresa in the Vatican last night ahead of the nun being proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis.
  
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• Musician's grieving daughter pleads for mercy for the driver who killed her father

  04-09-2016 18:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  73-year-old  Raymond Mills was knocked off his motorbike by Andris Kalnins - who had never read the Highway Code - but Raymond's daughter Stacey asked for the judge not to jail him
  
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• Keith Vaz blasts newspaper sting and says his lawyers are probing the story

  04-09-2016 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Labour MP Keith Vaz, 59, has hit back at allegations that he met two male prostitutes at his flat in north London by saying he was a victim of a 'deeply disturbing' newspaper sting.
  
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• Driver accused of kicking gay couple off London bus after launching 'vile homophobic tirade'

  04-09-2016 18:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Theatre director Omar Okai claimed the "humiliating and disgusting" rant happened in central London last Friday evening
  
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