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• Brothers who tortured and beat young boys almost to death granted indefinite anonymity

  09-12-2016 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pair were sentenced to an indeterminate period in custody, with a minimum of five years, following the horrific incident in 2009 which became known as the Edlington Case
  
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• British holidaymaker killed after plunging from the third floor of Costa del Sol hotel

  09-12-2016 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 51-year-old was named locally as Mark Woodward and was staying with his girlfriend at the Hostal El Cid in tourist hotspot Fuengirola
  
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• Long term parking: Rusty car that has not moved for a DECADE despite being fully taxed and insured becomes a local landmark 

  09-12-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Barnes, 51, owns a Rover 90 with a great story. The car, first registered in 1956, was once owned by a Welsh gold miner. Now it's a local landmark after being in the same spot for 10 years.
  
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• Gang of masked robbers with sledgehammers, machetes, hammer and crowbar terrorise staff at B&M store

  09-12-2016 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One frightened checkout girl was dragged towards the exit of the shop
  
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• Hospital doctor cleared of performing sex act on male patient at sexual health clinic

  09-12-2016 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Paul Fox denied causing a person to engage in sexual activity involving penetration and was found not guilty by jurors
  
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• Chilling CCTV released of gunman shooting prison officer at point-blank range as police hunt her killer

  09-12-2016 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Authorities have released the footage in the hope someone can identify the hooded gunman
  
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• Wanted, your local conman: Furious mother exposes shameless fraudster after police refused to arrest him because it was a 'civil matter' 

  09-12-2016 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Karen Spencer, 56, went on the warpath when she found out that the man she knew as Jamie Maxwell was in fact a career criminal. She plastered a poster across her Sussex town of Horsham.
  
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• Welcome to the 'town that Christmas forgot' with NO tree or festive lights - and it's been like this for two years

  09-12-2016 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Huyton near Liverpool even set up a group called "Save the Christmas Lights" but it's dubbed a place where you wouldn't even know 'tis the season to be jolly
  
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• Researcher reveals why there's almost no recorded criminal cases of NECROPHILIA in the UK

  09-12-2016 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Criminologist Dr Jason Roach's looks at how British people are 'embarrassed by necrophilia and justice system may be downgrading cases to grave robbing'
  
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• Boris Johnson refuses to apologise for diplomatic gaffe after getting slapped down for Saudi Arabia comments

  09-12-2016 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Defiant Foreign Secretary refuses to apologise for criticising the UK's key ally in the Middle East
  
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• Radioactive fish contaminated by Fukushima nuclear disaster found off US coast 6,000 miles away

  09-12-2016 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Salmon carrying traces of caesium 134 particles - the so-called fingerprint of the Fukushima - were found by researchers in the seas off Oregon
  
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• In one of the poorest countries in Asia, Ronald dela Rosa, director general of the Philippine National Police (PNP), is treated more like a rock star than a police chief

  09-12-2016 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronald dela Rosa, director general of the Philippine National Police, is treated more like a rock star than a police chief. A trail of fans follows him around the country. As does a trail of dead bodies.
  
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• Inside the simple Dignitas apartment where grandad Andrew Barclay took his own life

  09-12-2016 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The apartment is on the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland and sits inside a building of blue corrugated iron
  
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• Two hotel staff sacked after cat is 'battered to death with a rolling pin'

  09-12-2016 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Manager apologises for death of the 'beautiful' feline, named Cali, but denies it was bludgeoned with kitchen utensil
  
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• At sea with Britain's secret submarine defender as it plays cat and mouse with Russians

  09-12-2016 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Submarine Service is at the forefront of the Royal Navy’s classified efforts to protect our shores and the Mirror was given access as it sailed
  
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• Colchester bin men reverse into carport and bring roof down on man's Audi

  09-12-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The careless council workers in Colchester, Essex reversed into the brick structure, causing it to crash down on to the convertible Audi S4, which cost £40,000 new and was in 'immaculate condition'.
  
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• Burglar raided posh mansions to pay for £30,000 dream wedding at stately home until his bride grassed him up

  09-12-2016 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ben Catterill targeting wealthy homes to steal Tag Heuer watches, jewellery and Louis Vuitton bags to pay for the plush Castle Howard venue near York
  
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• Meet the little dog with hair so long, dirty and matted he could barely see and was struggling to walk

  09-12-2016 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  But look at now Kain after he was found wandering around Leicester - but RSPCA are worried there may be more animals like him
  
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• Andy Burnham calls for 'Hard Brexit' and says Britain leaving single market could be good for the North

  09-12-2016 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Party’s candidate to be Mayor of Greater Manchester calls for 'interventionist' approach
  
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• Manhunt after British tourist dies in Costa del Sol pub fight in resort of Fuengirola

  09-12-2016 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Germanic-looking' suspect fled the scene in Fuengirola, Spain after an altercation outside a late-night bar
  
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• Batman, Captain America and Buzz Lightyear pay respect to comic book fan who passed away

  09-12-2016 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mourners donned their capes, masks and plastic props as family and friends paid a final tribute to comic book fan Arthur Peebles with a superhero-themed funeral.
  
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• Driver thrown into road after crashing car - which then parks itself perfectly

  09-12-2016 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sometimes cars almost seen to have a mind of their own - and this one was evidently unimpressed with its driver
  
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• 'If you're reading this - then I'm already dead': Grandad reveals why he has ended his life at Dignitas

  09-12-2016 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrew Barclay was pictured with his beloved wife just hours before he ended his won life in Switzerland
  
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• Brave five-year-old with cancer delivers heart rending video message to supporters ahead of 'last Christmas'

  09-12-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It comes after Bradley Lowery's devastated family were hit with the hammer-blow news that his cancer had grown
  
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• Shopkeeper refuses to remove 'racist' golly dolls from display and brands people who complain 'vile'

  09-12-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The vintage shop owner has been accused of 'making money out of racism' for showing the much-criticised dolls
  
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• Ambulance worker who developed PTSD after being poisoned by her vehicle's fumes wins £270k in damages

  09-12-2016 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Diane Kennedy was left with a psychiatric condition after harmful carbon monoxide leaked into the driver's compartment
  
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• If Donald Trump is America's Person of the Year then Jeremy Hunt is the UK's

  09-12-2016 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He's the man who has just arrogantly compared desperate calls for cash from NHS professionals to Oliver Twist begging for more
  
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• National Lottery results: Lotto winning numbers for tonight's £24m jackpot on Friday, December 9

  09-12-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tonight's jackpot could make you a very rich person - but have you got a winning ticket?
  
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• 8 QPR fans jailed over brawl with Leyton Orient supporters

  09-12-2016 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fight between supporters of Queens Park Rangers and Leyton Orient happened at the Woodins Shades pub in Bishopsgate, central London.
  
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• Vogue model 'held hostage then dragged along the floor after she dumped her jealous boyfriend'

  09-12-2016 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Elaine Ford, 28, claims she was forced to shut herself in a bathroom after she told enraged partner Nathan Gray their short fling was over
  
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• Drone just six metres from bringing plane down at busy airport as three near misses in just two weeks

  09-12-2016 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The terrifying near miss was one of three incidents where rogue drone operators could have downed packed flights over Britain in a period of just two weeks this summer this summer
  
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• Pervert landlord hid secret camera under cushions to record lodger while she was naked from waist down

  09-12-2016 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Twisted peeping Tom Naeem Lone, 47, sneaked into her room while she showered and placed device to catch her undress - but she saw bright LED of camera
  
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• Man who 'plied girl with drugs to sleep with mother' was 'too off his nut to remember events'

  09-12-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Poppy Widdison's mum allegedly sent a message to John Rytting before the child's death: "She can have a blue Smartie and go sleep lol! XXX"
  
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• Man jailed after sex with 15-year-old girl despite being warned off by her father

  09-12-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The girl's father called Luke Lugg and "firmly warned him off" after their first sexual encounter, a court heard
  
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• Female pensioner charged over 'having sex with dog with the help of alleged paedophile'

  09-12-2016 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man who allegedly helped with the sex act, Daniel Galloway, has also been accused of creating 12,000 indecent photographs of children
  
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• Florida region where two British tourists contracted Zika is declared safe

  09-12-2016 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  State's Surgeon General warns people need to continue to wear mosquito repellant in fight against birth defect virus
  
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• Oxford reveller punches a policeman so hard he breaks his jaw

  09-12-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Demitre Clarke-Oliver, 24, viciously attacked PC Raymond Tse as he was opening the door of his police van after arresting a suspect at 3am in Oxford.
  
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• ISIS fanatic jailed for posting propaganda despite moaning his OCD would make prison 'living nightmare'

  09-12-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Abdul Hamid, 31, urged Judge Peter Rook QC to show leniency after admitting disseminating a terror publication, claiming his condition would make prison unbearable
  
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• Labour faces 'electoral disaster' after party slumped to fourth place in Sleaford, warns senior MP

  09-12-2016 20:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The drubbing came just over a week after Labour finished a distant third in the Richmond Park by-election
  
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• CCTV shows appalling moment thug breaks PC's jaw with sucker punch but brave cop still manages arrest

  09-12-2016 20:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Demitre Clarke-Oliver landed a sucker punch on PC Raymond Tse while he and his colleagues were arresting another man, then legs it
  
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• Teacher smirks in mugshot after being accused of performing sex act on student

  09-12-2016 20:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  English teacher Trudy Hill also allegedly sent sexually explicit pictures to the boy, 17 and cops haven't ruled out more relationships coming to light
  
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• Patricia Robins dead aged 95 

  09-12-2016 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Also known under her pen names Claire Lorrimer and Susan Patrick, the Sussex-born writer died on Sunday from complications following a fall earlier in the year.
  
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• Inside secret drugs factory reached by hidden tunnel behind washing machine where gang mixed £6m of super-strength heroin

  09-12-2016 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Twenty crooks who accessed a tunnel hidden behind a washing machine have been jailed for nearly 200 years between them
  
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• Birmingham children at risk to extremism due to rise in home schooling

  09-12-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham's former education commissioner Sir Mike Tomlinson said around 250 more children are being educated informally since the Trojan Horse controversy in 2014.
  
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• Essex thieves use an electric saw to steal a motorbike from a shopping centre car park

  09-12-2016 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage recorded on a helmet camera shows a group of men using an electric saw to cut the lock on a black Yamaha YZF-R1 at the Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex.
  
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• Brits wanting to remain EU citizens after Brexit could opt in, negotiator reveals

  09-12-2016 20:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Guy Verhofstadt, who will lead the Brexit negotiations for the EU Parliament, said he will discuss the idea of Brits being offered ‘associated citizenship’ status with Theresa May
  
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• Brits could still be offered the chance to remain as EU citizens after Brexit

  09-12-2016 20:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Guy Verhofstadt, who will lead the Brexit negotiations for the EU Parliament, said he will discuss the idea of Brits being offered ‘associated citizenship’ status with Theresa May
  
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• Real concerns about fake news and staged photos | Letters

  09-12-2016 20:10 via theguardian.com
  
  How can you run news items and comment on false news (A challenge to Facebook’s reach and power is overdue, 9 December), while the front page of the very same edition bears a false photo of the US president-elect cavorting with, apparently, Ku Klux Klan members? Donald Trump may or not be a supporter of this organisation and they in turn may or may not be supporters of his. But the clear message of the photo, without any prominent indication that it is false, presents unambiguous positive
  
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• British man dies during pub fight in Costa del Sol 

  09-12-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unnamed victim is understood to have died after falling to the ground and hitting the back of his head in an altercation outside the bar Entrehoras, in the popular resort of Fuengirola.
  
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• These Christmas family photos are the most awkward you'll see today

  09-12-2016 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bad Santas with ghostly faces, matching Christmas jumpers and the whole family naked in the living room, these photographs are definitely on the naughty list
  
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