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• Cruel dog owner jailed after pet found blind and with bleeding sores all over its body

  11-12-2016 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES: Skitz, an English Bull Terrier, was found with serious skin and eye conditions by the RSPCA which said he had been “so distressed” he had to be put down
  
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• Disgusting moment food delivery man urinates in lift before dropping off customer's food

  11-12-2016 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The CCTV footage shows the man sneezing or blowing his nose on his shirt before he exits the lift
  
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• Palmyra: IS retakes ancient Syrian city

  11-12-2016 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Islamic State group retakes the Syrian city of Palmyra, despite a fierce Russian air assault.
  
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• 'Karen Matthews was guilty of faking Shannon's kidnap but we've all paid the price'

  11-12-2016 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Julie Bushby was Karen's neighbour and was one of the key people in organising the search for the missing youngster
  
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• Matt Terry wins X Factor 2016

  11-12-2016 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Matt Terry wins X Factor 2016, beating Saara Aalto in the final of the singing competition.
  
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• Matt Terry wins this year's X Factor

  11-12-2016 23:35 via theguardian.com
  
  The 23-year-old waiter’s final song on the ITV show was Randy Crawford hit One Day I’ll Fly AwayWaiter Matt Terry has been crowned the winner of The X Factor 2016.The 23-year-old beat Sharon Osbourne’s finalist, Finnish singer Saara Aalto, to clinch the title at a star-studded show held at Wembley Arena. Continue reading...
  
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• Tragic dad who celebrated Christmas early as he fought brain tumour dies aged just 28

  11-12-2016 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Morsley, a dad of three, put together a bucket list of things he wanted to achieve before sadly passing away
  
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• Newborn baby boy in smoke inhalation scare after sister's handmade Christmas decoration caught fire

  11-12-2016 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emma Taylor rushed her seven-week-old baby Harry to hospital over suspected smoke inhalation from the blaze
  
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• 'Most hated mum in Britain' Karen Matthews begs for forgiveness after faking daughter Shannon's kidnap

  11-12-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shannon Matthews mum committed a crime that shocked the nation to become Britain's most hated mother
  
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• Antarctic explorer suffers freezing condition known as ‘Polar Penis’ during record attempt

  11-12-2016 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Trekker falls victim to uncomfortably cold, painful and swollen tackle while battling ferocious winds and temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees
  
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• Terminal cancer convict with days to live claims prison doctors gave him 'death sentence' after wrongly diagnosing him

  11-12-2016 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alan Aspin's family claim he could have beaten illness if prison bosses had acted sooner
  
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• IMF's Christine Lagarde 'confident' as trial begins

  11-12-2016 23:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Former French finance minister accused of negligence leading to misuse of public funds over payout to Bernard TapieThe International Monetary Fund’s managing director, Christine Lagarde, said she was confident she had done nothing wrong on the eve of a court hearing about a state payout in 2008 to a French businessman. Lagarde is due to stand trial on Monday over her role in a €400m (£335m) payment to Bernard Tapie when she was France’s finance minister in the government o
  
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• Nightclub's response to woman's racist Facebook rant about 'olive-skinned' doormen is fantastic

  11-12-2016 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Deborah Smith's foul-mouthed post on the nightclub's own page backfired when the club responded and confirmed she would be barred for good
  
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• 'Our Whirlpool tumble dryer burst into flames after it was fixed by the firm'

  11-12-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Duncan and Sharon McNaught claim they were saved by a fire alarm after their machine caught alight as they slept
  
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• 'Candour' in UK-Saudi relationship

  11-12-2016 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Speaking at a news conference in Riyadh, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said there is "candour" in the UK's relationship with Saudi Arabia.
  
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• Five injured after 'knife attack' during 'large scale disturbance' in broad daylight

  11-12-2016 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Sunday morning incident left one man requiring treatment at the scene while another four were taken to hospital
  
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• Children as young as 7 told to stop calling each other 'boys' and 'girls' amid fears it will offend transgender pupils

  11-12-2016 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A booklet which is being sent out for use by teachers, parents and pupils also states the use of “ladies” and “gents” should be stopped
  
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• Man stabbed to death at remembrance party for friend killed in knife attack less than 24 hours earlier

  11-12-2016 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reports claim the two victims were friends, and that the second victim was having a party to celebrate the life of his pal when he was stabbed
  
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• Teenage boy charged with double murder after two men found dead with stab wounds

  11-12-2016 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 17-year-old, who has not been named, was arrested after the two men were found with stab wounds in Ipswich
  
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• London suburb looks like Venice as whole streets submerged under three feet of water

  11-12-2016 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  About 350 people fled homes in Stoke Newington after the capital's third burst water main in a week
  
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• Romania's left takes big lead in parliamentary election – exit polls

  11-12-2016 22:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Social Democrats thought to have about 45% of vote, with leader Liviu Dragnea serving suspended sentence for voter fraudTwo exit polls gave Romania’s left-leaning Social Democrats a big lead in a parliamentary election, a year after a major anti-corruption drive forced the last socialist prime minister from power.The Social Democratic party scored about 45% while the center-right Liberals came second with about 21% of the vote, according to polling institute CURS-Avangarde and the Romanian
  
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• How Britain's secret submarine defender is helping fight the scourge of people smugglers

  11-12-2016 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is believed British submarines have been used covertly in the Mediterranean as part of Operation Sophia, an EU mission to curb the influx and catch the increasingly sophisticated people smugglers
  
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• NHS England sending anorexic patients to Scotland for treatment

  11-12-2016 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Mental health experts voice concern over growing trend and say it could increase vulnerable patients’ chances of dyingThe NHS in England is sending patients who are seriously ill with eating disorders to Scotland for treatment because chronic bed shortages mean they cannot be cared for in England.
  Vulnerable patients, mainly teenagers and young adults, are being taken hundreds of miles from their homes in order to receive residential care in Glasgow and near Edinburgh.Continue reading...
  
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• Pioneering scientists use 3D printer and monkeys to develop functioning blood vessels that could save lives

  11-12-2016 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The vessels are said to be entirely organic - not prosthetic - after the world's first 3D bio-printer was invested last year
  
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• Brazil Chapecoense: Tributes paid to team as season ends

  11-12-2016 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Top Brazilian football clubs pay tribute to Chapecoense on the final day of the season.
  
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• Murder investigation launched after man dies from head injuries suffered in home assault two days earlier

  11-12-2016 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Groom, 48, died in hospital on Saturday night after suffering head injuries in an assault in the early hours of Thursday morning
  
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• Driver run over by own car after handbrake fails, breaking his legs before it rolls into sea

  11-12-2016 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unfortunate accident left the Volkswagen Passat entirely under water
  
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• Desperate woman missing boyfriend picks most ridiculous way to visit him 400 miles away - and breaks a record

  11-12-2016 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Surprisingly, it didn't even cost her all that much
  
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• KFC has released a fried chicken-scented candle and it's getting the kind of reaction you'd expect

  11-12-2016 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Can you still lick your fingers after touching it, though?
  
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• Monte dei Paschi of Siena in battle to secure private investment

  11-12-2016 21:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Fate of Italy’s third largest bank in doubt after European Central Bank refused to give it more time to seek €5bn cash injectionMonte dei Paschi of Siena was battling to secure an emergency cash injection on Sunday as its board met to discuss the future of the Italian bank.A deal to prop up MPS was thrown into doubt last week after the European Central Bank reportedly said it could not have more time to secure the private investment. Continue reading...
  
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• Manchester United’s Ander Herrera and Michael Carrick forge vital midfield axis | Jamie Jackson

  11-12-2016 21:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Spanish international and England veteran lay the foundations for Premier League victory over Tottenham at Old TraffordIn José Mourinho’s quest for the winning formula, he had at least found his midfield axis: Ander Herrera and Michael Carrick. As Manchester United hunted for a first three points since beating Swansea City on 6 November this match against Tottenham Hotspur was the fifth game the two players started together in the engine room and the second league outing in suc
  
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• Burst pipe leaves 150 north London homes under water

  11-12-2016 21:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Third flooding incident in London in a week sees 350 Stoke Newington residents forced to evacuateA burst water main has forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes in north London.About 350 people from 150 properties had to flee after a 30-inch pipe burst in Northwold Road, Stoke Newington, on Sunday, leaving nearby streets under 3ft (1 metre) of water. Continue reading...
  
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• Christmas party-goers will eat and drink way through whopping 5,000 calories at work party

  11-12-2016 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Last Friday was found to be the most popular evening for work celebrations, with people letting their hair down to enjoy masses of food and drink
  
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• Boris Johnson urged to promote human rights after Saudi Arabia gaffe

  11-12-2016 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign secretary, who accused UK ally of regional ‘puppeteering’ before highlighting ‘friendship’, told not to go easy for fear of causing offence
  Boris Johnson is facing calls from fellow Conservatives not to brush aside human rights concerns after he used a visit to Saudi Arabia to stress the country’s links with the UK, with both countries playing down his criticism of Riyadh’s regional “puppeteering”.The British foreign secretary used a joint
  
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• Nigel Farage is not ‘controversial’ – he is toxic. Why do we keep giving him airtime? | Nesrine Malik

  11-12-2016 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  That Farage is still invited on Question Time shows just how complicit the media have become in helping make his extreme views mainstreamA few weekends ago, if one had the misfortune of timing it so, it was possible to be reading a front-page story on how Nigel Farage feared for his life while listening to him on his two-hour weekly LBC radio show as he spoke about how he feared for his life, and watching a TV news bulletin reporting on how Nigel Farage feared for his life.It is sinister how eve
  
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• Russian doping: Latvia will boycott Sochi 2017 World Championships

  11-12-2016 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Latvia are the first nation to say they will boycott the bobsleigh and skeleton World Championships in Sochi in protest at Russian doping claims.
  
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• Mum sues hospital after total stranger breastfed her newborn baby - causing "severe emotional pain"

  11-12-2016 20:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The baby had to undergo rigorous testing to ensure he hadn't been exposed to infectious diseases
  
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• From tattoos to taking medications: the common myths leading to sharp decline in blood donation

  11-12-2016 20:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror has debunked some of the common myths about blood donation in this question and answer session
  
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• Two best friends who died in road smash together 'will look after each other in heaven' family says

  11-12-2016 20:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Maurice McCloughran and Killian Doherty went to school together and worked together before dieing in the crash yesterday
  
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• Top five work Christmas party fears revealed - are you guilty of any of these embarrassing slip-ups?

  11-12-2016 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As it is revealed that HALF of us have seen a colleague cheat on their partner at the office bash - and a third have admitted having a fling themselves
  
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• Woman who shed 15 stone reveals secrets of how she finally managed to lose the weight

  11-12-2016 20:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  She posted photographs of her impressive transformation online
  
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• Police slammed for calling a missing woman 'chubby' in appeal for her return

  11-12-2016 20:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers in Gloucestershire issued used the word when they issued a description of Elizabeth Manley after she went missing
  
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• Istanbul explosion video captures double bomb blast outside football stadium

  11-12-2016 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A short clip of the first blast outside the Vodafone Arena, shows a burst of light before vehicles are covered in debris as a car bomb targeting police causes devastation in the Turkish city.
  
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• Can a change in economic policies cope with anger and alienation? | Letters

  11-12-2016 20:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Pankaj Mishra’s exposé of the poverty of economic man (Welcome to the age of anger, 8 December) is powerful but, among the “more complex drives” he lists, he omits “belonging” – key to understanding “identity politics”. Facing danger our instinct, like that of animals who herd, is to cling to the familiar and the group. Incomers may or may not be a realistic threat, but they are easily perceived to be in times of disturbing upheaval. This ne
  
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• The Guardian view on the fall of Aleppo: it will not end the suffering | Editorial

  11-12-2016 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Almost six years of war have devastated Syria. There is more to come, in spite of the Russian-backed regime’s military advancesThe fall of east Aleppo now appears imminent, pro-government forces having reclaimed almost all the rebel-held areas in days. It will be the beginning of the end for the Syrian rebels, who swept into the city in 2012, jubilant at the prospect of overthrowing Bashar al-Assad, but who in recent months have watched defeat approach inexorably. Russian airstrikes; the w
  
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• Boris Johnson urged to take up case of jailed Saudi Arabian blogger

  11-12-2016 20:26 via theguardian.com
  
  With the foreign secretary in Riyadh, international press freedom group calls on him to talk ‘at the highest possible levels’ about imprisoned journalistsThe international press freedom group, Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), has written to foreign secretary Boris Johnson to air concerns about his current visit to Saudi Arabia.It urges Johnson to take up the case of jailed blogger Raif Badawi along with the plight of other journalists detained by a regime with one of the world
  
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• Man arrested after car crashes into Hackney charity HQ

  11-12-2016 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is arrested after a car crashes into a charity's headquarters in a busy high street in north-east London.
  
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• Liverpool 2-2 West Ham United

  11-12-2016 20:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool's defensive frailties are exposed again as West Ham climb out of the Premier League relegation zone with a draw at Anfield.
  
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• Man stabbed to death while commemorating friend killed a day earlier – reports

  11-12-2016 20:07 via theguardian.com
  
  BBC says man aged 38 was at a party celebrating the life of his friend, Martin Maughan, when he was attackedA man has reportedly been stabbed to death at a party held to celebrate the life of his friend who was the victim of a knife attack just 24 hours earlier.
  The 38-year-old man was found with stab wounds to his chest in Mill View Close, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, in the early hours of Sunday. He later died of his injuries. Continue reading...
  
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• Thousands of people told to boil drinking water after fault at treatment works

  11-12-2016 20:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 17,000 properties in the north-east Greater Manchester areas of Tameside , Saddleworth and Greenfield areas are affected
  
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