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• Chris Grayling's stiffer penalties for using phone at the wheel is a welcome first step

  16-09-2016 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's a welcome move towards making texting while driving a total taboo
  
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• Top 50 reasons we're proud to be British - do you agree with them?

  16-09-2016 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The NHS has topped the poll of things most Brits are proud of about their country
  
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• Lucky British punter wins whopping £34million EuroMillions jackpot

  16-09-2016 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Brit has become the fourth person in the UK to correctly pick all seven numbers - this month
  
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• Lucky British punter revealed as winner of whopping £34million EuroMillions jackpot

  16-09-2016 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The lucky Brit has become the fourth person in the UK to correctly pick all seven numbers - this month
  
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• Liverpool into top four with Chelsea win

  16-09-2016 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Antonio Conte suffers his first defeat as Chelsea manager as Liverpool move into the top four of the Premier League.
  
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• Great Western Rail bosses tell commuters to give up their Friday after train delays

  16-09-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Commuters have been asked to try to make their journeys tomorrow instead of getting home for the weekend tonight as rail companies try to reinstate the usual timetable after a day of delays
  
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• What London Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes to learn from his visit to Chicago

  16-09-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With high crime rates, debt and unemployment, what can the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan learn from Chicago, America's third largest city and the murder capital of the USA?
  
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• Ben Needham prime suspect 'got angry' as soon as the youngster's name was mentioned

  16-09-2016 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Konstantinos “Dino” Barkas is the man at the centre of the new probe into the missing youngster
  
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• Cockroft wins third gold

  16-09-2016 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft wins her third gold of the 2016 Rio Paralympics comfortably claiming victory in the women's T34 800m final.
  
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• Belgian city installs 3km-long underground beer pipe that can carry 4,000 litres an hour

  16-09-2016 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  De Halve Maan brewery has installed the pipe to stop beer-laden 40 tonne trucks crashing over cobbled streets in the medieval city
  
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• Calls for mobile phones to come with 'drive mode' as standard to stop motorists using them

  16-09-2016 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Safety groups called on tech giants to build the safety measures into all phones
  
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• Expert reveals what police in Ben Needham search expect to find

  16-09-2016 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts believe the tragic tot's clothes and hair could still be visible if his remains are found
  
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• Lost in grief

  16-09-2016 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Older people are increasingly saving their loved ones from the cost of a funeral by paying in advance - but many families are unaware because they are scared to talk about death.
  
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• Drivers are risking lives by playing Pokemon GO behind the wheel

  16-09-2016 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New research has revealed that tons of drivers are still using their mobile phones while driving - just so they can play Pokemon Go at the same time.
  
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• Suffolk schoolgirl died of heart attack after being prescribed the Pill over the phone

  16-09-2016 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Lockwood, 15, from Thetford, Norfolk, tragically died after she was prescribed a powerful contraceptive pill without her family being told about the risks of taking it, an inquest heard.
  
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• Man who raped a friend then apologised to her on WhatsApp jailed for nearly six years 

  16-09-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man from Bradford who raped a friend and sent a stream of messages to her on WhatsApp, telling her: 'I wanted you to say no one more time', has been jailed for five years and nine months.
  
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• Davis Cup: Juan Martin del Potro beats Andy Murray, Guido Pella beats Kyle Edmund

  16-09-2016 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Juan Martin del Potro beats Andy Murray as Argentina take a 2-0 lead against Great Britain in the Davis Cup semi-final.
  
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• Reckless drivers who use mobile phones behind the wheel WILL face tougher penalties in Mirror victory

  16-09-2016 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tory Transport ­Secretary Chris Grayling is looking to raise the punishment to an automatic six penalty points
  
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• Ben Needham's mum has been warned her missing son could be discovered in fragments

  16-09-2016 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kerry Needham says she just hopes her beloved boy didn't suffer if he was crushed under the wheels of a giant digger
  
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• Bratislava EU talks bring Merkel-Hollande pact for renewal

  16-09-2016 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France and Germany say the EU has set priorities for renewing itself, despite the tough challenge of Brexit.
  
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• Digger driver at centre of Ben Needham police probe was successful businessman who 'knew everyone on the island'

  16-09-2016 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Konstantinos “Dino” Barkas had a network of contacts all over Kos, the Mirror can reveal
  
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• Brave cancer bride Anna Swabey danced to 'Stayin' Alive' just days before she died from brain tumour

  16-09-2016 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anna, a successful blogger, passed away just hours before she was due to marry the man of her dreams Andy Bell
  
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• Pro-gun 11-year-old girl "can't wait" for Donald Trump to be president because Hillary Clinton "would let terrorists vote"

  16-09-2016 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In an extraordinary interview the forthright youngster - sporting a pair of  Trump long socks - fully supports the Republicans much-criticised proposal to build a wall to stop Mexicans coming to the US
  
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• Saracens RFC among backers of 77 new free schools to get go-ahead

  16-09-2016 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The free school approvals will create more than 45,000 additional pupil places and contribute to Ministers’ goals of opening 500 new free schools in the UK by 2020.
  
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• Rio 2016 Paralympics: Weir ‘gutted’ about missing son’s birth

  16-09-2016 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Weir says he has "let country and team-mates down" during Rio and is "gutted" to have missed the birth of his fourth child.
  
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• Campaigner jailed after he shone powerful light at RAF jet

  16-09-2016 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Arthur Jones was branded arrogant by a court judge after it was heard that he aimed a powerful torch at the aircraft coming in to RAF Mona in Anglesey.
  
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• Rush hour commuters left stuck on Virgin train after worker gets hand caught in coffee machine

  16-09-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fire crews had to cut the man free before he was taken to hospital with lacerations on his hand
  
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• Gloucestershire drug dealer who used card machine to take payments caught through receipts

  16-09-2016 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Slender (pictured), 35, of Gloucestershire, tried to 'bring drug dealing into the 21st century' with the card reader and even provided buyers with thank you receipts that read: 'Cheers, Gup.'
  
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• British primary schools class sizes are among biggest in developed world

  16-09-2016 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Class sizes in British primary schools are among the largest in developed world according to findings from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
  
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• US election: Trump accepts Barack Obama was born in US

  16-09-2016 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump, the main supporter of false claims about Barack Obama's birthplace, finally accepts the president was born in the US, "period".
  
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• First pictures of Harvest Lunar Eclipse as phenomenon is viewed from UK for last time until 2024

  16-09-2016 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  During the eclipse the Harvest Moon - the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox - will be darkened by the Earth's shadow
  
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• Theresa May has selective hearing when it comes to grammar schools

  16-09-2016 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has, with undue haste, embarked upon her unwise mission to reintroduce grammar schools – schools which select, cream off, buff up and elevate those considered to be the nation’s best prospects
  
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• Culture Minister claims to be big fan of Mercury Prize winner Skepta - but can't name ANY of his tracks

  16-09-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tory, 37, gushed about the grime star’s “go-getting nature” and said he listened to his music in the ­ministerial motor
  
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• Alan Barnes' 'angel' gets help from fundraisers who offer to pay her £7,000 PR bill

  16-09-2016 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katie helped raise £330,000 for the disabled pensioner after cruel thugs broke his collar bone in a savage mugging - but now she's the one who needs help
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers for tonight's £33 million jackpot on Friday, September 16

  16-09-2016 21:37 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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• How is this road crucial in Syria truce?

  16-09-2016 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UN is still waiting to deliver aid to the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, four days after a ceasefire came into effect.
  
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• US says it killed IS information minister al-Fayad

  16-09-2016 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Pentagon says a US air strike has killed one of so-called Islamic State's most senior leaders, information minister Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad.
  
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• Mum 'killed and hanged from tree by husband in savage honour killing after having affair with her cousin'

  16-09-2016 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Khalida Bibi and the man said to be her boyfriend Mohammad Mukhtar were murdered by her other family members
  
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• Maria Ozawa is left furious after immigration officials shared her passport details online

  16-09-2016 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adult actress Maria Ozawa, 30 - star of X-rated lesbian, bondage and group sex films - gave her ID card and passport to immigration officials to update her work permit in Manila, the Philippines.
  
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• Rio Paralympics 2016: Great Britain close in on London 2012 tally

  16-09-2016 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Paralympics team close in on their London 2012 medal tally of 120 on day nine in Rio.
  
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• 'Golden toilet? Something I've always dreamed of'

  16-09-2016 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Guggenheim Museum in New York is letting visitors sit on a solid gold throne, but only in private.
  
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• Insane moment man stumbles across two huge bears - and then chases after THEM

  16-09-2016 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Armed with only his video camera and sheer enthusiasm the fearless man filmed himself chasing the animals while screaming 'get that shaggy g**'
  
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• U.S. Air Force Airman found dead at house close to RAF Lakenheath

  16-09-2016 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The body of the officer was found in off-base housing near RAF Lakenheath (pictured) in Suffolk. His cause of death is currently under investigation and his family is in the process of being notified.
  
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• Stalybridge abduction fears after girl and her 13-year-old brother go missing

  16-09-2016 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Camelia Lupu, 16, was last seen leaving her home address in Stalybridge at around 4.05pm on Wednesday last week. Noevelle 13, her brother, has also been reported missing.
  
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• Homophobic preacher who said Orlando massacre rid world of 'paedophiles' banned from entering UK

  16-09-2016 20:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gay-hating Stephen Anderson gained notoriety for his homophobic comments after 49 people were murdered in a gay nightclub.
  
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• TUE system can be abused by athletes - Dr Richard McLaren

  16-09-2016 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The therapeutic use exemptions allowed in top-level sport can be abused, says the man who led the probe into Russia's doping programme.
  
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• Fury as Norman Tebbit brands miners attacked by police at Battle of Orgreave as 'a bunch of hoodlums'

  16-09-2016 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lord Tebbit was commenting on reports the government is finally set to launch a full inquiry into the 1984 Battle of Orgreave
  
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• Afghan migrant jailed after forcing 4-year-old Iraqi boy to perform sex act on him in asylum centre toilet

  16-09-2016 20:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 22-year-old denied the attack but was snared when the boy's DNA was found on his private parts
  
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• Thousands of Japan's Love Hotels where couples go for sex 'will be turned into Olympics accommodation'

  16-09-2016 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Japanese government reportedly wants to transform the erotic hotels into places for tourists to stay during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
  
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• Teeth whitener sold at Royal Welsh '110 times over legal limit'

  16-09-2016 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two people who sold teeth whitener with 110 times the legal limit of hydrogen peroxide are jailed and a third receives a suspended sentence.
  
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