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• The North v The South: Which side of the great divide are you on?

  09-09-2016 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A proud Yorkshireman and staunch southerner battle it out
  
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• Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith: 'I fought off hundreds of lads to get my wife so I know how to win'

  09-09-2016 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In his most revealing interview to date, the 46-year-old opens up about family history, rise to prominence and plans for the Labour Party
  
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• Teenager gunned down by Paris police was planning terrorist attack on railway station

  09-09-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Woman was one of three suspected of setting up an ISIS cell in town south of French capital
  
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• 15 years after 9/11 horror those who lived through the tragedy say time doesn't mellow the grief

  09-09-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sunday marks 15 years since the two hijacked planes flew into the Twin Towers in New York, killing thousands and changing the world forever
  
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• This 23-year-old from Wales has 8.4 million followers on Facebook – more than Cheryl Fernandez-Versini

  09-09-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ben Phillips, from Bridgend, started making videos less than two years ago – but has already culminated a massive social media following
  
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• Brit believed to be one of four killed after train derails at Spanish station

  09-09-2016 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Driver of Portugese train also died as one carriage came off tracks completely in horror smash
  
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• Puppy's horrific burns at hands of thug who poured boiling liquid on her during months of secret abuse

  09-09-2016 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES Mark Simon Sharp broke nine of the puppy's ribs and fractured the dog's pelvic bone 
  
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• Making a Murderer: Brendan Dassey's ordeal to continue as state appeals his overturned conviction

  09-09-2016 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dassey had been sentenced to 41 years in prison on charges of first-degree intentional homicide, second-degree sexual assault, and mutilation of a corpse
  
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• Shocking moment speed boat explodes into thousands of pieces after catching fire in 260mph horror crash

  09-09-2016 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Miraculously pilot Scott Lumbert survived the devastating impact that caused his boat to flip over and disintegrate
  
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• Voice of the Mirror: Theresa May fails every democracy exam by turning clock back to bad old days of grammar schools

  09-09-2016 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tory upstart has no manifesto backing to shake up education
  
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• UK and Netherlands smugglers who used helicopter transport £12m of Class A drugs jailed

  09-09-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch pilot Niels Wartenbergh, 28, along with passenger Ricardo Vorstenbosch, 27,andBritish driver Joseph have been sentenced for smuggling cocaine and heroin drugs by helicopter.
  
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• ISIS sympathisers who sold BMW to raise £10k to fund brother fighting in Syria are jailed 

  09-09-2016 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Hussain, 26, and Mohammed Rohaman, 23, from Walsall sent the cash to Musadikur Rohaman who fled to Syria along with his wife Zohura Siddeka in December 2014.
  
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• Heartwarming moment little girl hands her full plate of food to homeless man sitting outside restaurant

  09-09-2016 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eddie Scott captured Ella taking her plate out of the restaurant and handing it to the man after he taught her to help those less fortunate than herself
  
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• Facebook reverses decision to censor naked Vietnam war 'Napalm girl' picture after Mark Zuckerberg was savaged

  09-09-2016 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One of the most iconic images from the Vietnam war was censored by Facebook - because it breached nudity guidelines
  
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• Female terror suspect accused of Paris train station bomb plot was 'engaged to two other ISIS members'

  09-09-2016 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Identified only as Sarah H, the 23-year-old woman was believed to be part of a female jihadi cohort planning to bring carnage to the city
  
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• Cliff Richard faces fresh sex abuse claims hell as second alleged victim calls for probe into decision to drop charges

  09-09-2016 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A spokesman for the pop star insists he is innocent as the CPS confirm another man has asked for his case to be reviewed
  
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• Reading maths teacher who had 2-year affair with sixth former is banned for life

  09-09-2016 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maths teacher Mark Wade, 58, from Reading, has been banned from the classroom for life after a relationship with a sixth form student aged just 19. After she broke off the affair Wade harassed her.
  
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• 'Polish lorry driver smashed into family car on A34 while on his PHONE'

  09-09-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tomasz Kroker is accused of causing the death of Tracey, Josh and Ethan Houghton and Aimee Goldsmith (all pictured) by dangerous driving after a horror crash on the A34 in Oxfordshire last month.
  
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• Outrage as World Dog Show is set to be held in China despite 'ghastly' meat trade revelations

  09-09-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: Upsetting content. A petition calling for Shanghai to be stripped the flagship event has gained 550,000 signatures after cruelty cases came to light
  
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• In the dock: Wife of devout British Sikh and her lover who 'plotted to murder her husband by putting sleeping pills in his dinner then slitting his throat with a butcher's knife' on holiday in India are paraded on TV

  09-09-2016 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Devout Sikh Sukhjit Singh, 34, (pictured) a father-of-two from Derby, Derbyshire, was found in bed with his throat slit last Thursday while he was on holiday at his mother's house in India.
  
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• BRIAN READE: Parliament's £4billion makeover should be a time MPs can reconnect with the people

  09-09-2016 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Parliament needs a £4billion makeover, which means MPs will have to move out for six months
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers for tonight's £20 million jackpot on Friday, September 9

  09-09-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tonight's jackpot would make you a very rich person - but have you got a winning ticket?
  
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• Mr Whippy ice-cream man says he's been wrongly branded a paedophile after bitter turf war with rivals

  09-09-2016 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Javed Ahmed says he was wrongly accused of "trying to kidnap a child" during an incident in Manchester last week
  
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• Striking graphs reveal reality of grammar schools and disadvantaged pupils despite Theresa May's 'social mobility' claims

  09-09-2016 21:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has announced a major shake-up of the education system, with a big push for more selective schools - but how much will disadvantaged children really benefit?
  
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• Theresa May uses BREXIT as a reason to justify controversial grammar schools plan

  09-09-2016 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The PM suggested the EUvote was triggered by a “frustration” at a raft of issues – including parents being unable to get their children into good schools
  
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• FIONA PHILLIPS: School uniforms mean a level playing field and parents need to obey the rules

  09-09-2016 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rules is rules and all that. If the school stipulates plain, black leather shoes, wouldn’t it be sensible to wear said shoes? Fashion shows are not part of the curriculum
  
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• Tourists - including one Brit - trapped in cable cars above French Alps finally freed

  09-09-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Freezing holidaymakers forced to spend the night in swinging cabins after crossed cables caused cars to grind to a halt and rescue was stalled due to failing light
  
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• St George's Schoolteacher becomes third staff member to be jailed for sexually abusing boys

  09-09-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gerard Singer, 69, was jailed for 21 years. The offences took place between 1979 and 1981 at St George's School, based in Wicklewood, Norfolk and later Great Finborough, Suffolk.
  
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• Founder of Zara fashion chain overtakes Bill Gates to become world's richest man

  09-09-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amancio Ortega's personal fortune leapt by $1.7billion this week to $79.5billion - taking the Spanish entrepreneur past the Microsoft cofounder's estimated $78.5billion.
  
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• Exeter bride-to-be bit fiance's ear and slashed his face with a broken glass

  09-09-2016 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sian Allen, 24, from Paignton, Devon, bit Scott Williams' nose and ear before slashing him with broken glass during what was supposed to be a romantic evening planning their wedding.
  
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• Languages teacher at notorious private boarding school becomes the third member of its staff to be jailed for sexually abusing boys

  09-09-2016 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gerard Singer, 69, was jailed for 21 years. The offences took place between 1979 and 1981 at St George's School, based in Wicklewood, Norfolk and later Great Finborough, Suffolk.
  
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• Horrifying pictures show parents 'overdosed on heroin' passed out in car with four-year-old boy in back seat

  09-09-2016 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGES. 47-year-old James Acord claimed he was taking the passenger who was slumped over in the passenger seat to a hospital – but he soon collapsed himself and police were forced to call in paramedics
  
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• UFO hunter claims he's spotted 'ancient alien antenna' sticking up off surface of Moon

  09-09-2016 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Conspiracy theorists claim the spire could be more than 3 miles tall and provide a method of communication for extra-terrestrials
  
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• Brothers who raised £10,000 on eBay for ISIS fighter by selling wedding dress, BMW and jewellery are jailed

  09-09-2016 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Hussain, 26, and Mohamed Rohaman, 32, went on a funding drive on eBay to try and gather the cash for their brother and his wife, who had fled to Syria
  
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• 'He's my superhero': Kidney transplant boy thanks donor after he's able to eat chocolate pud again

  09-09-2016 20:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matthew Pietrzyk, 11, met donor Edward Batch for the first time since his operation and thanks him for giving him his life back
  
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• Gran claims 'evil spirit' caused burns around her neck on ghost hunt in former rope factory

  09-09-2016 19:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Carol Fieldhouse was investigating spooky sightings at the abandoned building with a group of ghost hunters when she says she developed the strange marks on her throat and neck
  
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• Seven-year-old girl made goddess in Nepal because she has 'eyelashes like a cow and voice of a duck'

  09-09-2016 19:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The youngster's feet are not allowed to touch the floor meaning her parents must carry her around – and even the Nepalese prime minister had to bow before her
  
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• Woman died from 95% burns after brother 'doused her in petrol from Pepsi bottle and set her alight'

  09-09-2016 19:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen Archer wrote "karma has punished you through me" in the card to his sister Julie Archer before also sending an apology letter to his mum, Manchester Crown Court heard
  
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• Man 'set fire to sister with flammable Pepsi bottle but only wanted to maim her'

  09-09-2016 19:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen Archer wrote "karma has punished you through me" in the card to his sister Julie Archer before also sending an apology letter to his mum, Manchester Crown Court heard
  
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• Revealed: Worst place in the country to crash into reckless drivers with NO insurance

  09-09-2016 19:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One in every 97 drivers in England and Wales are operating vehicles without insurance, a Freedom of Information investigation by The Mirror can reveal
  
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• How stroke tragedy turned into Paralympic gold

  09-09-2016 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Megan Giglia, who won Britain's first gold medal at the Rio Paralympics, says sport gave her something to live for after she suffered a stroke and a brain haemorrhage aged 27.
  
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• Meet the tycoon who toppled Bill Gates as the world's richest man with £67bn fortune

  09-09-2016 19:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tycoon's glamorous daughter is reportedly set to inherit his staggering fortune that you may have contributed to
  
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• 'Maniac' Kim Jong-un's fifth North Korea nuclear test condemned by world leaders

  09-09-2016 19:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  US President Barack Obama has announced more sanctions against North Korea following Kim Jong-un's actions
  
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• Kingsmill massacre vehicle palm print 'belongs to a suspect arrested last month'

  09-09-2016 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The massacre in January 1976 claimed the lives of ten Protestant workmen who were lined up and shot at a bogus army checkpoint in Co Armagh. Only Alan Black, who was shot 18 times, survived.
  
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• UK and Netherlands smugglers who used a helicopter to transport £12million of Class A drugs into country sentenced to 52 years in prison

  09-09-2016 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch pilot Niels Wartenbergh, 28, along with passenger Ricardo Vorstenbosch, 27,andBritish driver Joseph have been sentenced for smuggling cocaine and heroin drugs by helicopter.
  
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• Shirtless thug kicked and punched in middle of road after attacking couple in street

  09-09-2016 19:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bust-up, caught on taxi cam footage, shows two men brawling in the street in London's posh Maida Vale district
  
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• 'Despised' Jeremy Corbyn told to stay away from Sheffield election campaign

  09-09-2016 19:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader was ordered to stay away from the campaign because they said even the mention of his name is poison on the doorstep
  
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• Inspirational moment veteran Paralympian falls while carrying torch and is willed back to her feet by crowd

  09-09-2016 19:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The world watched as Marcia Malsar made her way across the jam-packed stadium with a walking stick in one hand and the famous torch in the other
  
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• Man famous for iconic double glazing adverts ordered to pay £53,000 or face jail over tax returns

  09-09-2016 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jeff Brown earned nearly £350,000 during a six-year period working for Safestyle UK and as a match day host at Burley FC but didn't file any tax returns
  
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• Cash machine robber blows up a petrol station after filling an ATM with GAS in bid to get the money

  09-09-2016 18:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is thought a gas - like butane - was pumped into the machine before being ignited
  
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