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• Berlin terror attack: British student was HIT by truck as it careered through centre

  21-12-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthew Shepherd, 22, and his girlfriend Lauren Emsden were in Germany when the killer drove the juggernaut lorry through Berlin city centre, but managed to escape with just bruises.
  
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• King's College London removes photo of Lord Carey of Clifton over views on gay marriage

  21-12-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  King's College said Lord Carey of Clifton's image (pictured) 'did not capture the diversity of our university community' after taking it down from its campus on the Strand, London.
  
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• Has Angela Merkel's compassion towards refugees cost her the 2017 election?

  21-12-2016 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The German Chancellor will next year ask voters to elect her for the fourth time, but the Berlin terror attack may spell the end of her leadership
  
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• Father Christmas really DOES see everything as this face in the cloud proves

  21-12-2016 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gran Cheryl Holland, 63, spotted the formation, showing Santa’s face complete with beard and fur-trimmed hat
  
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• Nearly a million people have shared the phrase 'Om Telolet Om' - but what does it mean?

  21-12-2016 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The craze has spread across the world, inspiring numerous tweets, videos and mash-ups, after it was started by a group of Indonesia youngsters
  
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• Michelle Obama says watching Donald Trump win the US election was 'painful'

  21-12-2016 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Breaking her silence for the first time since the result, the First Lady spoke out against the 'caustic' campaign by the Republican billionaire
  
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• Michael Barrymore's bid for £2.5million compensation outrages Stuart Lubbock’s tormented dad

  21-12-2016 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  TV presenter Barrymore is suing police for arresting him on suspicion of raping and murdering Stuart in 2001
  
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• Christmas baby joy for tragic parents who lost their beloved son at just two days old

  21-12-2016 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Toni and Shaun Wilkinson will truly have the happiest time of year after their Christmas Eve heartbreak two years ago
  
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• Not feeling festive? These vintage letters to Santa are just the thing to warm your heart

  21-12-2016 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Christmas wish lists, published in local newspapers come from a time when people didn’t have or expect much
  
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• Dad arrested after row with police over 'offensive' Christmas lights - including 'c-word' decoration

  21-12-2016 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE Steve McGawley filmed himself debating the right and wrongs of his explicit lights with police
  
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• The mother-in-law joke that nearly closed an airport! Man's bomb gag causes major security alert as planes are delayed and bags searched

  21-12-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man, 62, allegedly went up to the Latam Airlines desk at Tucuman International Airport in Argentina and joked that if his mother-in-law's plane crashed, it was because he'd put a bomb on board.
  
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• Lotto insider who 'helped rapist win jackpot' lived 'like he was skint' until he killed himself

  21-12-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Giles Knibbs, 38, is accused of giving Edward Putman, 51, inside information to scoop an unclaimed £2.5million prize
  
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• Railway Children and Grange Hill actress Deddie Davies dies aged 78

  21-12-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The TV and film star was known for her role as Nell Perks in 1970 film The Railway Children (pictured), and in recent years she played Marj in comedy series Stella.
  
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• Mum of five-year-old boy who died after being 'beaten in park' describes him as her "little angel"

  21-12-2016 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alex Malcolm suffered serious head injuries while playing in Mountsfield Park in Catford, south-east London, at around 6pm on November 20
  
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• National Lottery results: Lotto winning numbers for tonight's £16m jackpot on Wednesday, December 21

  21-12-2016 22:38 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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• UK weather: Families told to prepare for power cuts as 70mph Storm Barbara gusts head towards North East

  21-12-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Northern Powergrid says it is bracing itself as forecasters warn of gusts of up to 70mph could cause damage to electricity cables
  
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• Husband raising money for cancer drug to keep his wife alive reveals she has died

  21-12-2016 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ed Cusick, 40, from Aylesbury, launched a desperate online plea on behalf of his wife Nina, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer last year and had tumors in her liver and bones.
  
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• Boy, 6, on ISIS hit list because he is deaf begs to be allowed to stay in UK

  21-12-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lawand Hamadamin, six, fled northern Iraq after ISIS ruled that disabled children should be killed by lethal injection
  
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• Reuters' best images from its photographers on scene of 2016's biggest news stories

  21-12-2016 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From Syria's festering conflict to the Bastille Day attack in Nice, Reuters photographers have been on the scene to record the biggest news stories this year.
  
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• Cornwall police officer Kimberley James 'hanged herself after struggling at work'

  21-12-2016 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pc Kimberley James, 35, (pictured) collected a police bravery award for rescuing a mother and her children from drowning in 2015 and was well regarded on her beat in Cornwall.
  
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• Tumblr down in US and Europe in outage which may be result of DDoS attack

  21-12-2016 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Users trying to access the blogging site are currently met with the message:“Service is temporarily unavailable”
  
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• Stunt firm director spared jail after human cannonball died in front of terrified spectators

  21-12-2016 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stuntman Matthew Cranch died after sustaining multiple injuries when a safety net intended to break his fall collapsed
  
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• Police scour hospitals in manhunt for Berlin Christmas markets truck attack suspect Anis Amri

  21-12-2016 21:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is believed Amri could have been injured in a fight with the owner of the hijacked truck
  
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• Belfast Christmas market cordoned off after man stabbed near busy shopping area

  21-12-2016 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim, in his 40s, was rushed to hospital as police placed the area in lockdown
  
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• Hero bystanders save suicidal man’s life as he tries to leap to his death in Turkey

  21-12-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shocked eyewitnesses grabbed a suicidal man by his jumper after he climbed over the side of a balcony off the stairway of the Istanbul Caglayan Justice Palace in Turkey's biggest city.
  
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• Models who discovered dead body waited six hours to raise alarm so they could finish fashion shoot

  21-12-2016 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One of the models told an inquest at Manchester Coroner's Court: "In all due respect, we only had that time to get stuff done. It (the body) wasn't going anywhere"
  
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• Hundreds of mourners turn out to give a final salute to a former Royal Navy sailor

  21-12-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Royal British Legion was concerned only five people would come to the funeral of William Parkin, 86, after he had lived many years as a recluse but 150 people turned up to the service in Sheffield.
  
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• Footballer sparks outrage after blacking-up in fancy dress for his club's Christmas party

  21-12-2016 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tranmere striker James Norwood posted a photo with the caption: "Great Xmas do with the boys.. level - fancy dress - completed."
  
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• Retired judge and her husband who forged a dead relative's will are jailed for six months

  21-12-2016 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Retired judge Margaret Hampshire and her husband Alan were today jailed for six months each at Nottingham Crown Court over a property fraud targeting an elderly relative.
  
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• Royal Marine stole and tried to sell weapons from elite military headquarters

  21-12-2016 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Martin Shannon, 43, took an assault rifle, shotguns, pistols, and 1,400 rounds of ammunition while he was based at the Royal Marine base
  
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• Ex judge and husband jailed after forging will to get hold of cottage in 'shameful' crime

  21-12-2016 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former solicitor Margaret Hampshire, 69, and her husband Alan Hampshire, 67, drew up the sham document for illiterate Martin Blanche, who died in 2007
  
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• Post Office cash handlers announce 48 hour Christmas strike 

  21-12-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Members of the Communication Workers Union will walk out as part of a campaign against job losses, the closure of a final salary pension scheme and closures.
  
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• The everyday item which is even better at saving your water-damaged phone than rice

  21-12-2016 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  These handy little packets have lots of other uses too
  
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• India to fine airlines for dropping POO mid-air after complaints about revolting human waste raining down on houses

  21-12-2016 20:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A court told the country's aviation regulator to take action after a retired army officer said his Delhi home had repeatedly been spattered with human excrement
  
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• Syrian forces re-claiming last rebel areas of Aleppo as civilians and rebels flee

  21-12-2016 20:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The final fall of Syria’s once most populated city began with a convoy of buses transporting evacuees
  
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• Germany issues £84,000 reward for Berlin Christmas attack suspect as it emerges he was arrested THREE times

  21-12-2016 20:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anis Amri, who is at the centre of an international police hunt, left Tunisia seven years ago as an illegal immigrant and spent time in prison in Italy after being accused of setting fire to a school
  
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• Protester in India accidentally sets himself ON FIRE at a rally

  21-12-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man - identified as Sukhminder Singh Mann - can be seen screaming in a ball of flames as a number of fellow protesters appear to attempt but fail to extinguish him.
  
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• The world's most travelled Christmas card has covered more than 500,000 miles

  21-12-2016 20:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The card has criss-crossed the world from Wales to Australia - a distance of 9,500 miles - every year since 1949
  
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• Russian ambassador assassin 'guarded Turkish PM several times' as probe launched into why he was not captured alive

  21-12-2016 20:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES: Melvut Mert Altintas reportedly served on Recep Tayyip Erdogan's police security detail a total of eight times
  
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• Diary of 'ordinary working man' caught up in the Jacobite Rebellions revealed

  21-12-2016 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alexander Smith's diary, which has been gifted to the University of Aberdeen by one of his descendants, has provided insight into how ordinary working folk suffered in the 18th century conflicts.
  
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• Mum paralysed after severing spinal cord while getting family's Christmas presents from the loft

  21-12-2016 20:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wheelchair-bound Samantha Martin had just put the last of the presents under the tree when she fell 20 foot to the ground
  
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• Brother of boy feared dead speaks about his family’s agony

  21-12-2016 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Friends Patrick Warren (left), 11, and David Spencer (right), 13, went out to play on December 26, 1996, but never returned. They were last seen at petrol station in Chelmsley Wood, Solihull.
  
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• Woman arrested after abusive Facebook post about young football mascot with cancer Bradley Lowery

  21-12-2016 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 24-year-old woman from Hartlepool was arrested on suspicion of offences under the Malicious Communications Act
  
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• Woman is charged with criminal damage following row over a patch of grass

  21-12-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Valerie Vivian is accused of damaging a strip of land in a quiet cul-de-sac in Bathampton, Somerset. She was arrested in October and will now have to appear at Bath Magistrates’ Court.
  
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• Robert McNamara is jailed for trying to burgle Wayne Rooney's mansion

  21-12-2016 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robert McNamara has been jailed for two years and eight months at Chester Crown Court for attempting to burgle Wayne Rooney's mansion while the footballer played in a match.
  
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• Great grandmother dies in hospital after she was 'locked out' of her care home

  21-12-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doris Clarkson, 94, was taken to hospital after she fell in her room at Lambton House Care Home in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, where she had lived for two years.
  
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• Berlin suspect is a follower of terror group linked to Tunisian beach massacre

  21-12-2016 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Facebook profile in the name of Anis Amri shows 'likes' linked to Tunisian terror network Ansar al-Sharia, who are thought to have been behind the Tunisian beach massacre in June 2015.
  
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• Assad loyalists in Aleppo dress up as Santa and celebrate Christmas in the square

  21-12-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the final wounded and starved civilians are evacuated from east Aleppo after five long years of civil war, Syrians loyal to President Assad in west Aleppo have thrown a Christmas celebration.
  
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• Tunisian asylum seeker, 23, suspected of carrying out Berlin massacre was arrested THREE times this year amid fears he was planning a terror plot - but police let him go and are now offering 100,000 euros to anyone who finds him

  21-12-2016 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting Anis Amri, 23,a refugee who came to Germany earlier this year after his paperwork was found in truck's footwell.
  
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• Bana al-Abed declares her 'love' for Turkey's President Erdogan after being evacuated

  21-12-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed, whose Twitter account gave a tragic description of the bombing of Aleppo in Syria, on Wednesday met Turkish President Recep Tayy...
  
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