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• John De Benham-Crosswell is fined £1,000 for draining lake which was their home

  06-10-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John De Benham-Crosswell (pictured) pleaded guilty to damaging the breeding site and home of great crested newts after draining a lake on his property.
  
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• Pensioner, 102, reveals secret to her long and happy life - cigarettes and booze

  06-10-2016 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Maysie Strang smoked for 75 years until going into hospital with a broken femur but then came out and took up drinking instead
  
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• First for the Army as soldier weds his groom on base in Cyprus

  06-10-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sergeant Alastair Smith married civilian Aaron Weston on British forces territory in Dhekilia, Cyprus in what is believed to be the first gay wedding on a UK overseas military base.
  
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• Ben Needham's mum reveals she 'wanted to scream' when she heard rubble dumped on day of disappearance

  06-10-2016 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kerry Needham says she was stunned when officers started searched a roadside builders' dump
  
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• Disney World closes for first time in 11 years as hurricane puts Florida in state of emergency

  06-10-2016 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  President Obama has declared a state of emergency in Florida with the death toll currently standing at 140 people
  
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• Huge £136million EuroMillions jackpot is up for grabs 

  06-10-2016 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The biggest lottery win in the UK - and across Europe - remains that of Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs, North Ayrshire, who scooped a £161,653,000 EuroMillions jackpot in July 2011.
  
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• Florida residents told Hurricane Matthew 'will kill you' as millions flee 'extremely dangerous' 150mph storm

  06-10-2016 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 150mph storm is due to hit Florida tonight after killing more than 100 people in Haiti with people told to "evacuate, evacuate, evacuate"
  
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• Diane Abbott is made shadow home secretary as Jeremy Corbyn launches his reshuffle

  06-10-2016 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diane Abbott was sensationally made shadow home secretary and Shami Chakrabarti shadow attorney general tonight as Jeremy Corbyn launched a sweeping reshuffle.
  
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• Millions of pounds unclaimed in fight delay compensation but are you due a refund and how to apply?

  06-10-2016 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  You could be due a refund if your flight was cancelled or delayed - but thousands of Brits are not taking advantage
  
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• That's got to hurt! Fireman runs fund-raising half-marathon in full gear and ends the race with GIGANTIC blister 

  06-10-2016 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This was the heavy price Kevin Summerhayes paid for his success after setting a new world record - by a margin of just one second.
  
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• Clubber stabbed in eye with stiletto 'was locked in room by nightclub staff when she pleaded for help'

  06-10-2016 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sophie Roberts, 28, fears she may lose her sight after a fellow drinker launched an unprovoked attack while she was waiting at the bar for water.
  
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• Sir cliff richard sues bbc and police over apartment raid coverage

  06-10-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Cliff Richard has said his life was 'effectively turned upside down' as he confirmed he was suing the BBC and South Yorkshire Police over live coverage of a raid on his home in 2014.
  
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• Joshua Clements who stabbed people for fun with a hunting knife faces life in prison 

  06-10-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joshua Clements, 18, pictured, slashed two men with a hunting knife after thousands of people gathered in Hyde Park, in London, to enjoy the warm weather on July 19.
  
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• Airbnb offering Hurricane Matthew evacuees FREE accommodation as Florida battens down for 140mph storm

  06-10-2016 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The popular online service has launched its disaster response tool for the first time ahead of an expected disaster
  
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• Sperm donor fathers '100 children' in four years by offering his services for free on FACEBOOK

  06-10-2016 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matt Stone, 37, has revealed he is contacted "by ten people a day" through the social media site who are seeking his siring service
  
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• Damien Hirst's latest gallery is named best new building in Britain

  06-10-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newport Street Gallery transformed a south London street that faces a railway line into a free public gallery under the direction of Caruso St John Architects, who won the RIBA Stirling Prize.
  
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• Royal Navy ship that has had £29million worth of refits now axed four years early

  06-10-2016 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  RFA Diligence is the only vessel dedicated to repairing stricken Navy boats and submarines at sea
  
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• Drunk driver Jodan Hunt who killed a couple when he smashed into their car is jailed

  06-10-2016 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maria Smith, 48, andRichard Lewis-Clements, 46, died on August 12 when Jodan Hunt (pictured) smashed into their car - before heading to a wedding reception in Eastbourne.
  
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• Luxury three-bedroom Brighton seafront penthouse on sale for £750,000

  06-10-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The plush apartment, overlooking the pebbled beaches of Brighton, was once visited by King George VI and rumours are he had the tunnel installed so he discreetly could visit its owners.
  
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• Baby boy found dead with multiple injuries as campaign to give him ''best send-off ever'' launched

  06-10-2016 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leyton Flynn was just eight months old when he died - his mum and dad have both been charged in connection with his death
  
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• Private healthcare blunders cost NHS £21MILLION as compensation doubles in a year

  06-10-2016 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Damages payouts for healthcare blunders by private contractors have cost more than £54million in total since the Tories took office
  
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• Candice Haines logged on to Facebook and saw news feed claiming she was DEAD

  06-10-2016 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Candice Haines, from Birmingham, was shocked to discover her photo (shown) being used on health website, Daily Records, about another woman and fellow Crohn's sufferer who had died.
  
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• Labour reshuffle live: Jeremy Corbyn appoints Shami Chakrabarti and Diane Abbott to top jobs in Shadow Cabinet

  06-10-2016 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader sacked Rosie Winterton - who has been his chief whip since his election - as the first move in an expected reshuffle of his top team
  
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• 'We'll shoot down US warplanes': Russia warns coalition jets carrying out air strikes over Syria will be targeted

  06-10-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Russian army bosses have warned that their anti-aircraft weapons' radius may be 'a surprise' to unidentified planes, helicopters and drones in the area
  
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• Kevan Stables makes Turkey's Got Talent after breakdancing skills were spotted on holiday

  06-10-2016 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kavan Stables and his mother Cazzie Franks, from Broomfield, had already returned home when Studio 21 (pictured together) called them and asked them to come to Istanbul for the final.
  
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• Circus sword swallower sells his own EARLOBES after getting them cut off when they were stretched too far

  06-10-2016 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Professional sword swallower Hannibal Hellmuerto, 41, ended up in hospital after he stretched his earlobes to an astonishing 2.4ins
  
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• Pope, Anglican leader, vow joint action on poverty and environment

  06-10-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The heads of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches said they remained 'divided' on gay marriage and women priests but would continue to work together after a meeting in Rome.
  
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• Couple celebrate 50th anniversary by wearing same outfits they wore on wedding day

  06-10-2016 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carole-Ann, 71, and Jim Stanfield, 74, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by wearing the same outfits they wore on their wedding day.
  
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• Explosion in Istanbul leaves at least 10 people are injured

  06-10-2016 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The blast occurred in the Yenibosna neighbourhood of the Turkish city and one of the people injured is in a serious condition as police hunt for a man who was seen fleeing the scene on a second bike.
  
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• Savage paedophile leaves girl, 6, 'brain damaged' and in coma after horrifying rape attack

  06-10-2016 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tragic youngster is fighting for her life in hospital after she was left bleeding to death on a beach following the horrifying attack
  
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• Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey tests negative for deadly disease as her condition is 'stable'

  06-10-2016 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The nurse, who worked in Sierra Leone, has been admitted to hospital four times since her return
  
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• Terrified mum and teenage daughter left wrestling with out-of-control car after husband dies at wheel on motorway

  06-10-2016 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jackie Porter told how she and Lydia battled to keep the car on the road after her 45 year-old husband collapsed on the M18 in Yorkshire
  
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• Sex monster caged for horrific stash of 105,000 images of children and babies being abused and tortured

  06-10-2016 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A police officer said some of the photographs found in the sickening haul downloaded by Stephen Mark Lord were among the worst she'd ever come across
  
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• Child abuse images pervert spent months filming drunk women urinating in the street for twisted pleasure

  06-10-2016 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “It’s clear from the clips we have seen, he has a particular interest in large industrial bins...because he knows that’s where drunk women tend to retreat”
  
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• Pepe tries to copy Cristiano Ronaldo's ridiculous skill at Portugal training - and fails miserably

  06-10-2016 20:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anything Ronaldo can do, Pepe can't do better
  
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• Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle at a glance: Who Jeremy Corbyn has appointed so far

  06-10-2016 20:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The leader of the Labour party was expected to announce a number of changes to his top team early next week, but he began the process today
  
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• Britain's top 15 most visited museums and galleries REVEALED

  06-10-2016 20:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The number of visitors to museums and galleries in the UK fell by nearly three million in the last year
  
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• What is the creepy clown craze? Everything you need to know about the eerie phenomenon sweeping UK

  06-10-2016 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reports of the menacing masked characters have emerged from across the globe in recent weeks with the frightening figures occasionally falling foul of the law 
  
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• Baby boy Eden Robinson' died of extensive brain damage after being ‘shaken by father’

  06-10-2016 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eden Robinson's lifeless body was found by paramedics lying on his side in the bedroom of his father Easton Robinson's flat in Nottingham. Robinson, 39, denies murder.
  
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• Job loss fears as one of the country's biggest airport baggage handlers quits UK

  06-10-2016 20:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ground handling firm at five major airports to pull out next month, sparking concerns for jobs and travel disruption
  
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• Rough sleeper 'crushed to death' after bin he was sleeping in was picked up by rubbish truck

  06-10-2016 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Henryk Piotrowski was alive when he was picked up by a truck and delivered to a waste sorting facility
  
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• Alleged serial killer chef 'planted suicide note on victim to frame him for death of next target'

  06-10-2016 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen Port, 41, is charged with murdering four men after plying them with lethal doses of party drug GHB
  
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• UKIP's Mike Hookem DENIES punching fellow MEP Steven Woolfe during 'altercation' in Strasbourg

  06-10-2016 20:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The politicians were involved in an 'altercation' during a gathering of MEPs held in Strasbourg's Parliament building which was held to discuss the party's leadership
  
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• Author Simon Scarrow puts his restored thatched cottage up for sale for £750,000 

  06-10-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Simon Scarrow moved into his idyllic 17th-century cottage in Norfolk, squatters had only recently vacated it and there were pigeons roosting in the living room.
  
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• Dog owner dresses Jack Russell in sunglasses, cap and booties 'for medical reasons'

  06-10-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maria Domanic said she is 'fed up' with people pointing, laughing and taking photos whenever she takes 14-year-old Jax for walks in her home town of Kingsbridge, south Devon.
  
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• Shami Chakrabarti made shadow attorney general months after joining Labour in major Jeremy Corbyn reshuffle

  06-10-2016 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The top human rights lawyer has soared from non-member to anti-Semitism investigator to peer to shadow minister in just 5 months
  
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• Parents fed up of struggling to find space while dropping children off at Sharow School

  06-10-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Parents of children who attend Sharow School in Yorkshire, secured a £100,000 Heritage Lottery Grant for the community car park and now hope to crowdfund an additional £30,000 themselves.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn has a capital idea for his new shadow cabinet

  06-10-2016 20:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new Labour team is forged very much in Corbyn's own image
  
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• Barnoldby-le-Beck turns itself into 'Piccadilly Circus' with jumble of 12 road signs

  06-10-2016 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The idyllic village of Barnoldby-le-Beck has even had its green blighted by three separate speed signs - one after the other and has two more warnings painted on the road.
  
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• Mum-to-be gives birth in back seat of a taxi outside firm's head office

  06-10-2016 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rhianne Morris called a cab on the way to work when she began having contractions
  
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