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• Goal-hero cancer lad Bradley Lowery, 5, gets Christmas cards from around the world

  19-12-2016 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Terminally ill Bradley has received 200,000 Christmas cards after an appeal went global - with support from a host of stars
  
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• Woman claimed one-night stand raped her in blackmail plot

  19-12-2016 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Judge said Rebecca Williams' actions were "As wicked a thing as someone could do", while passing sentence
  
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• Russian ambassador to Turkey shot dead by gunman in Ankara art exhibition

  19-12-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ambassador Andrei Karlov, 62, was repeatedly shot in the back at close range by a gunman shouting: 'Allahu Akbar (God is Great)' at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey.
  
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• The greatest reactions of complete pandemonium from Liverpool fans after Sadio Mane's Merseyside derby winner

  19-12-2016 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Senegalese flyer popped up deep, deep into stoppage time to send Reds supporters wild at Goodison Park
  
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• Man captures chaos moments after truck hits

  19-12-2016 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An eyewitness describes filming "horrible scenes" moments after a lorry ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin.
  
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• Hate cleric Anjem Choudary was given £100,000 in legal aid

  19-12-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anjem Choudary has lived off the state for 20 years, claiming up to £500,000 in benefits as he inspired fanatics to commit atrocities worldwide.
  
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• Z-list celebs cost cash-strapped councils thousands to turn on Christmas lights

  19-12-2016 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Town hall chiefs have lavished money on former reality show contestants and actors dressed up as children’s characters
  
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• Prince Harry in Africa viewers gush over the heartwarming documentary on Twitter

  19-12-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry, 32, had viewers praising the royal for his tireless charitable work in Africa after watching the special ITV documentary Princy Harry in Africa.
  
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• Liverpool's last-gasp Merseyside derby victory means they've set an INCREDIBLE Goodison Park record

  19-12-2016 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Reds now feel just as at home at Goodison Park as they do at Anfield in the long, long history of the fixture
  
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• British Christmas market installed concrete barriers 11 DAYS before Berlin 'terror attack' killed nine and injured 50 shoppers

  19-12-2016 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An emergency services staffer said: “We were told by the police they are there to prevent terrorist attacks”
  
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• 'Maniac' drivers who caused death of 63-year-old during 80mph street race blamed HIM for crash

  19-12-2016 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amar Waqar and Arslen Shoukat tried to blame Peter Mackrory as he was trapped in his car and dying, a court heard
  
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• Fugitive who escaped Pentonville jail in Alcatraz-style breakout facing years behind bars

  19-12-2016 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Whitlock was recaptured in Dudley after having scaled the walls of the troubled London prison last month
  
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• Mo Farah snub in Spoty award ‘really sad’, says Alistair Brownlee

  19-12-2016 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  • Double Olympic champion finished only fourth in voting
  • ‘Maybe some people don’t see him as British’Alistair Brownlee has admitted his surprise that Mo Farah yet again failed to make the top three of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday night and suggested it might be because “some people don’t see him as British”.Brownlee said he would have voted for Farah, who came fourth in the awards despite retaining his Olympic 5,000m and
  
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• These stunning displays of Christmas lights can't help but leave you feeling festive

  19-12-2016 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  You’ll need a pair of unseasonal sunglasses to admire the extravagant displays at this year's brightest-lit buildings
  
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• Woman 'killed her mother, brother, three children and two dogs before sex with lover - then killed herself'

  19-12-2016 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mother, identified as Martina, killed herself after her murder spree which included the deaths of her children aged between 7 and 10
  
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• Berlin Christmas market 'terror attack' has chilling similarities to Nice atrocity that killed 86 people

  19-12-2016 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The attack in France from July killed dozens and injured more than 400, while the Berlin incident has so far claimed nine lives
  
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• Pray4Berlin trends online as world prays for Germany after horror Christmas market 'terror attack'

  19-12-2016 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have said at least nine people died and more than 50 have been injured after a lorry ploughed through a Christmas market killing and injuring shoppers
  
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• Truck used in Berlin 'terror attack' was 'HIJACKED' before ploughing into Christmas market killing shoppers

  19-12-2016 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The firm which owns the vehicle said it had 'lost contact' with its driver as he made a delivery to Berlin
  
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• British tourists who escaped death in Berlin tell of horror as lorry ploughed into Christmas market 'at 40mph'

  19-12-2016 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One tourist said she only missed being caught in the chaos because she had climbed up some steps to take a seat
  
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• Berlin attack 'could be work of ISIS' as terror group 'murderously efficient'

  19-12-2016 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The terror group encourages slaughter on a mass scale - and doesn't need to use bombs or guns
  
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• Lottery bosses 'must reveal' how convicted rapist scooped £2.5million jackpot with dodgy ticket

  19-12-2016 22:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Gambling Commission refused to hand overdossier that sets out how convicted rapist Edward Putman and lottery insider Giles Knibbs claimed £2.5m
  
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• Berlin 'terror attack': Europe was warned that ISIS planned Christmas market assaults 25 days ago

  19-12-2016 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have said at least nine people died and more than 50 have been injured after a lorry ploughed through a Christmas market killing and injuring shoppers
  
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• Three injured in gun attack on Zurich mosque

  19-12-2016 21:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Police say body found nearby but will not comment on link to shootings or motivation of attack in Swiss cityThree people were injured when a man stormed into a Zurich mosque and opened fire on people at prayer, police said. Two of the three men – aged 30, 35 and 56 – were seriously injured in the attack near the main train station in Switzerland’s financial capital.Continue reading...
  
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• Facebook adds safety check following Berlin Christmas market 'terror attack' so people can reassure loved ones

  19-12-2016 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At least nine are confirmed dead and around 50 people have been injured following the lorry crash in Germany tonight
  
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• Cheating cop who accessed Mirror phone records claims his phone was also monitored

  19-12-2016 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sean Price, 59, was sacked from his £191,000-a-year job with Cleveland Police four years ago after we told of his affair with a colleague
  
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• Millionaire playboy Carl Hirschmann 'glassed a customer at his Mayfair club'

  19-12-2016 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Financier Carl Hirschmann, 36, allegedly threw his glass at photographer Barnabas Wilhelm at celebrity haunt The Scotch of St James in Mayfair, London.
  
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• Don't berate those who are on strike as it's a fundamental British liberty

  19-12-2016 21:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Post Office, railway, airline, London Underground and factory workers are preparing for industrial action
  
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• '1983 New Pence 2p coin' could be worth THOUSANDS thanks to error during production

  19-12-2016 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The news will likely push cash-strapped Christmas shoppers to scour their homes for the rare coin - in a similar rush to find the valuable new £5 notes.
  
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• Time travel, slackers and Wonder Woman: the best comic books of 2016

  19-12-2016 21:39 via theguardian.com
  
  A banner year for the artform saw excellent new Hellboy and Wonder Woman volumes as well as a frighteningly topical time travel storyEven if no one sheds a tear for 2016, at least the year produced such an amazing crop of comics that we need two No 1 spots.Some of the best contemporary work in the medium emerged from startling corners this year: Marvel’s decision to let artist-driven books go more than a month between issues made room for some beautiful uninterrupted work from people such
  
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• Cheeky Liverpool fans wish Everton a happy 21st anniversary - of the last time they won a trophy

  19-12-2016 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Liverpool supporters at Goodison Park on Monday night were only too keen to remind their neighbours of their lack of success
  
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• Berlin 'terror attack' suspect 'arrested' after truck ploughs through Christmas market at 40mph killing shoppers

  19-12-2016 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Police have said at least nine people died when the huge vehicle smashed into booths outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the centre of the city
  
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• White supremacist gets 30 years prison for his plot to kill Muslims and Obama

  19-12-2016 21:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawyers for Glendon Scott Crawford argued he never intended to use weapon dubbed a ‘death ray’, which combines explosives and radioactive material A self-proclaimed white supremacist convicted on charges he planned to use a “death ray” to kill Muslims and Barack Obama was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in prison, federal prosecutors in New York said.Glendon Scott Crawford, 52, a Navy veteran and a member of the Ku Klux Klan, was found guilty in August 2015 of conspiring
  
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• Home countries’ FAs seeing red over poppies could have been avoided | David Conn

  19-12-2016 21:24 via theguardian.com
  
  The British set the principle of keeping politics and religion out of sport and Sir Stanley Rous was absolute in his interpretation of itWhisper it – you have to, beneath the barrage of furious indignation, bad temper, even declarations of “war”, from the prime minister down, over our gentle symbol of peace – but Fifa has a point about poppies. World football’s governing body, which Fifa still is, tried to articulate this as it unveiled the fines levelled at the foo
  
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• G4S must pay for cost of Birmingham prison riot, says Liz Truss

  19-12-2016 21:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Justice secretary tells MPs private security firm running the jail will have to foot bill for deploying public sector elite teamsThe private security company G4S will have to foot the bill for the public sector Tornado special squads sent in to end the 12-hour riot at its Birmingham prison, the justice secretary has said.An inquiry has been launched into one of the worst prison disturbances since the 1990 riots at Manchester’s Strangeways prison. After Friday’s events, 380 prisoners
  
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• Berlin 'terror attack': Live updates as truck ploughs into Christmas market leaves 'several dead and 50 wounded'

  19-12-2016 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Terrified market-goers have tweeted panicked images from the scene of the incident which comes an hour after the Russian ambassador was shot dead in Ankara
  
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• Steve Bell on strikes – cartoon

  19-12-2016 21:06 via theguardian.com
  
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• Russian ambassador's assassination in Turkey organised by 'NATO secret services'

  19-12-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Franz Klintsevich, a key ally of Vladimir Putin claimed the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov was murdered at the request of a NATO government.
  
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• Aleppo evacuation: Orphans among thousands to leave Syria city

  19-12-2016 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of orphans, who released a video pleading for evacuation from Aleppo, have left the Syrian city.
  
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• MPs miss cue on Team Sky TUEs but Sir Dave Brailsford makes open promise | William Fotheringham

  19-12-2016 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Culture committee questions transparency in UK cycling after facing uphill climb to tease out facts about the most infamous Jiffy bag in the sportFor three hours in the Thatcher room in Portcullis House the air had all the ease of a dentist’s surgery as the committee for culture, media and sport slowly prised, like recalcitrant teeth, a series of facts from Sir Dave Brailsford, Shane Sutton and the British Cycling chairman, Bob Howden, about the most infamous Jiffy bag in cycling, an envel
  
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• How to react if you get a present you hate this Christmas - according to etiquette expert

  19-12-2016 20:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leading etiquette expert Myka Meier shares her wisdom on how to navigate the awkwardness
  
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• Glastonbury festival to move from Worthy Farm in 2019, says founder

  19-12-2016 20:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Michael Eavis says Midlands site 100 miles away from Pilton identified in bid to give Somerset farm and residents a year offThe Glastonbury festival will be moved from its home at Worthy Farm in 2019 to protect the site, under plans outlined by its founder, Michael Eavis. He said the move to a site about 100 miles away was likely to take place every five years.Eavis revealed that he had identified a site in the Midlands, though he did not specify where it was. “I am arranging for one year
  
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• Post Office worker reveals why she feels she has to strike in emotional open letter to bosses

  19-12-2016 20:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Julie Courtney, 50, a counter clerk, who has worked for the Post Office for more than 20 years, says she always wanted to serve the public
  
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• Footage shows chaos at Berlin Christmas market after lorry ploughs into festive shoppers in feared terror attack

  19-12-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The video shows rescue workers at the scene after the huge HGV crushed shoppers in Berlin's Breitscheidplatz
  
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• Berlin 'terror attack': Horrifying footage shows chaos at Christmas market after truck ploughed through shoppers at 40mph

  19-12-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The video shows rescue workers at the scene after the huge HGV crushed shoppers in Berlin's Breitscheidplatz
  
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• Trump must overcome global barriers to deliver his economic promise | Mohamed El-Erian

  19-12-2016 20:33 via theguardian.com
  
  As well as promoting growth at home, the president-elect must coordinate policy with Germany, China and JapanDonald Trump should have a relatively clear road ahead at home for the implementation of his economic programme: with Republicans holding majorities in both houses of Congress, he seems likely to benefit from a break in the political gridlock that has paralysed the body for the last six years. But the US economy does not exist in a vacuum. If Trump is to succeed in delivering the high gro
  
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• Brain cancer patient Corey Deans caught trying to meet 15-year-old girl for sex

  19-12-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Corey Deans (shown), who regularly hit the headlines as he battled a brain tumour from the age of just seven, turned up to meet a 15-year-old girl called Katie, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
  
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• Rupert Murdoch insists 'I have never asked for anything from any prime minister'

  19-12-2016 20:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Media tycoon Murdoch insists he has never sought favours from Downing Street and denies making comment suggesting otherwise
  
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• A very British task – persuading Donald Trump to stand by Nato | Peter Ricketts

  19-12-2016 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Someone has to convince the president-elect to stand by his allies and resist a bargain with Putin. That should be our top priorityThe geopolitical landscape is changing fast. Donald Trump seems to be shaping up for an early confrontation with China. President Putin has emerged strengthened, so far, from his Syria gamble (though after the assassination of his ambassador to Turkey, the long-term costs remain to be seen). Once Trump is inaugurated next month, it would be in keeping with his impuls
  
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• Rupert Murdoch: 'I've never asked any prime minister for anything'

  19-12-2016 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Media mogul writes to the Guardian to deny asking No 10 to do his bidding as Sky takeover attempt awaits government approval • Rupert Murdoch’s letter to the GuardianRupert Murdoch has written to the Guardian to deny he ever claimed that Downing Street did his bidding, as an attempt by his US film and television group to acquire Sky is due to be formally notified to ministers.The media mogul, who is chairman of 21st Century Fox, wrote: “I have made it a principle all my life nev
  
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• Thief steals Christmas by stripping a hotel of its festive lights on more than one trip

  19-12-2016 20:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Woman in her 40s was caught on camera making several visits to a hotel to steal festive lights and trees
  
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