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• Great White shark leaps to seize a seal - but it won't be happy once it realises what it's got

  23-12-2016 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The spectacular shots show the moment the predator springs out of the water whilst performing a series of acrobatics through the air
  
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• Carrie Fisher 'in intensive care on ventilator' after paramedics 'find pulse' while resuscitating Star Wars actress

  23-12-2016 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fisher, who played Princess Leia, in Star Wars has reportedly been taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center where she is on a ventilator
  
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• Cute seal pup rescued from farmer's field seven MILES from the sea

  23-12-2016 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dehydrated and underweight male is thought to have undertaken a journey up the streams of the River Thaw, Glamorgan
  
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• Looks like David Beckham is Beck on the booze as he raises a glass or two to the festive season

  23-12-2016 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The retired footballer, 41, spent much of his playing career giving the drink  a body swerve at Christmas owing to a hectic playing schedule
  
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• Even though we've lost icons and seen wars rage in 2016 there was much to love and laugh about

  23-12-2016 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brian Reade delivers a few personal gifts to the best and worst of the last year from Donald Trump to politicians dancing and footballers having a point
  
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• Prince Harry nips out to buy last minute Christmas gifts in London

  23-12-2016 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Staff at shop in posh Chelsea were keeping exactly what he bought under their Santa hats
  
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• Ex-BHS workers plead with Philip Green to resolve pensions crisis as they face tough Christmas

  23-12-2016 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jean Costello, 52, who worked for BHS in South Shields for 11 years, is now employed as a carer
  
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• The Missing writers reveal that the series' biggest twist almost didn't make the script

  23-12-2016 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brothers Harry and Jack Williams revealed that the twist involving Alice Webster's real identity almost didn't make the script as they thought it would make things too 'complicated'.
  
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• It's Christmas with the Middletons: Fasten your seatbelt Prince William, this is what you can expect at the in-laws

  23-12-2016 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With tongue firmly in cheek, we imagine what it would be like to be a fly on the wall when the third in line to throw comes to stay this Christmas
  
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• Driver who mowed down 'right to die' cop Paul Briggs released early from prison

  23-12-2016 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chelsea Rowe is Christmas shopping as the tragic PC’s wife Lindsey won a court case to have his life support turned off
  
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• Carrie Fisher heart attack: Star Wars actress in 'critical condition' after suffering cardiac arrest on flight

  23-12-2016 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Passengers performed CPR on the 60-year-old star after she went into cardiac arrest on the flight
  
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• ‘Anis did not die today… he died the day he swore allegiance to ISIS’: Berlin truck terrorist’s Tunisian family reveal shame over the killing of 12 innocent people in Christmas market atrocity

  23-12-2016 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After reports of the shooting first emerged, the killer's rother Walid Amri posted on Facebook: 'I am praying it won't be you.'
  
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• Philip Green blames 'harassment' for £571million BHS pensions delay

  23-12-2016 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The agitated billionaire said “enough was enough” and even blamed the media for delays in sorting out the mess
  
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• After four years, five months and three days the bloody battle of Aleppo over - but for Syrians horror goes on

  23-12-2016 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As temperatures plummet in the harsh winter the children of Syria - and many more - face an uncertain future with no sign of an end to the barbaric civil war
  
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• Martin Rowson on Trump and Putin's nuclear comments – cartoon

  23-12-2016 22:34 via theguardian.com
  
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• Drone spotted delivering DVD to prison inmates as guards find phones and weapons

  23-12-2016 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers found a DVD player and other contraband hidden in cell
  
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• Liverpool woman takes dead son's photo to sit on Santa's knee every year

  23-12-2016 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jane Robinson, a stay-at-home mum from Garston, Liverpool, lost her little boy Lewis to a mystery illness just days before his third birthday in November 2014.
  
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• York Minster's bells ring again this Christmas after falling silent due to row over child abuse allegation

  23-12-2016 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cathedral silent for three months after 30-strong team of campanologists disbanded after police investigation into unproven abuse claim against one member
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers for tonight's £14m jackpot on Friday, December 23

  23-12-2016 21:28 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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• Corrie's Fiz lays on wonderful Christmas treats as she takes kids with life-limiting conditions to see Santa

  23-12-2016 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Telly star Jennie McAlpine lays on a special Xmas surprise and says 'It's wonderful to see children have so much fun despite battling so much'
  
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• Ebola vaccine could be ready as soon as 2018 as it's fast-tracked for approval

  23-12-2016 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Early trials conducted in Guinea show the vaccine offers 100% protection
  
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• Search underway for elderly passenger presumed overboard after being reported missing from Queen Mary 2 ocean liner

  23-12-2016 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The ship was about 12 hours out of New York when it turned back after the 74-year-old woman was reported missing
  
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• German politician prevented police from sharing image of Berlin attacker

  23-12-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reports in Germany claim that Till Steffen prevented law enforcers in Hamburg from releasing pictures of Anis Amri, despite him being the most wanted man in the world after Monday's terror attack.
  
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• United Nations passes resolution demanding Israel stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian territory

  23-12-2016 20:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The United States abstained from the vote - which ended with the first resolution the Security Council has adopted on the Israel/Palestine situation in eight years
  
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• Gangs overwhelm the cocaine capital of Europe that used to be famed for its diamonds

  23-12-2016 20:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Sunday People probe found smugglers flooding Antwerp port with the Class A drug are moving it to Britain to meet demand
  
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• Couple married 64yrs grasp each other's hands tightly in neighbouring hospital beds before dying minutes apart

  23-12-2016 20:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dolores Winstead, 83, and husband Trent Winstead, 88, from Tennessee died in Nashville's Saint Thomas West Hospital - five weeks short of their 64th wedding anniversary
  
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• Football abuse victim Gary Johnson fury at Chelsea's let off by Premier League over handling of his case

  23-12-2016 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ex-first team striker was paid £50,000 to keep quiet about alleged abuse by former chief scout Eddie Heath and says the findings "stink"
  
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• Shivering puppy found left in an alley is saved from freezing to death – and named Jack Frost

  23-12-2016 20:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Very cute' lurcher-collie cross was frozen to the bone - but is now expected to be rehomed in the New Year
  
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• Courage of a very special terminally ill boy is leaving a legacy for sick children everywhere

  23-12-2016 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Bradley Lowery Foundation, named after the 5-year-old boy fighting a rare form of cancer, has already exceeded its £700,000 funding target
  
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• World's oldest cat - 141 in moggie years - prepares for another paw-fect Christmas

  23-12-2016 20:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nutmeg the tabby is 31 - a venerable 141 in cat years - and his owners are determined to make this Christmas his best
  
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• Adorable twins Louie and Ava celebrate first Christmas they BOTH walk on 'magic legs'

  23-12-2016 20:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After suffering with rigid legs due to cerebral palsy the twins both had pioneering surgery to cut the spinal chord and give them a new lust for life
  
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• easyJet plane buffeted by Storm Barbara sways alarmingly from side to side as pilot tries to land

  23-12-2016 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Planes loaded with Christmas travellers were almost blown off course as severe weather struck parts of the UK
  
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• Family's devastation after death of 'beautiful soul' daughter in car crash just days before Christmas

  23-12-2016 20:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amy Loughrey, 25, died in a two-vehicle collision close to her work at about 11pm last night
  
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• Cop whose own police force spied on her faces ruin with £200,000 legal bill

  23-12-2016 20:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrea Brown won a high-profile case after Scotland Yard officers used anti-terror laws to monitor her when she went on sick leave
  
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• PC Shaun 'Keano' Keen found dead after discovering body of his policewoman girlfriend

  23-12-2016 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Devon and Cornwall Police officer Shaun 'Keano' Keen, who was described as a 'proud' family man, died on August 7, aged 49, weeks after finding his girlfriend Kimberley James' body.
  
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• Prince Harry to jet off on Boxing Day to see in the New Year with girlfriend Meghan Markle

  23-12-2016 19:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 32-year-old Royal will hop on a plane to be with the actress as soon as possible
  
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• Berlin Christmas Market massacre: Officer who shot suspect was a TRAINEE

  23-12-2016 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luca Scatà, who works in Milan, approached Anis Amri outside Sesto San Giovanni station in the northern Italian city while on patrol with colleague Christian Movio.
  
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• Man posts heartbreaking photo revealing girlfriend's secret pregnancy after she and their unborn baby were killed in crash

  23-12-2016 19:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brandon Forseth and Kylee Bruce, who was 18 weeks pregnant, were looking forward to 'the best Christmas ever'
  
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• Pub saved just in time for Christmas as it's 'bought' by the punters

  23-12-2016 19:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After developers tried to move in and buy the building a community group stepped in
  
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• Amazing pictures of remote 'punk' Amazonian tribe firing arrows at helicopter during 'first contact' with outside world

  23-12-2016 19:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The way the isolated Brazilian rainforest natives cut their hair and paint their body shows they have their own style - and the shots give an insight into a Neolithic way of life
  
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• Is this Father Christmas doing a test run? Flash beneath the Northern Lights shows Santa's getting ready

  23-12-2016 19:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Old Saint Nick has been spotted gearing up for his big night by racing along the night sky in Cumbria - just like a shooting star would
  
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• Is this the Berlin killer Anis Amri posing as a child when he entered Europe?

  23-12-2016 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Weeks after landing in 2011, terror suspect Anis Amri, 24, was sentenced to four years in prison for burning down a migrant reception centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa.
  
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• Wayne Rooney helps kickstart Lee Rigby foundation with ball in honour of hero

  23-12-2016 19:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The England captain has thrown his might behind the Lee Rigby Foundation, which was set up by the hero ­fusilier’s mum Lyn
  
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• Guardian reader pays off debts of woman suspended over sleeping rough

  23-12-2016 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Arlene Williams ‘overwhelmed’ by offers of help after Homes for Haringey suspended her for sleeping in council garage with son
  A woman who was suspended by a council-owned organisation dealing with homelessness after she was found to be sleeping rough in a council garage has said Guardian readers who helped her and her son after reading about their plight had “made our Christmas”.Readers offered to donate money and one had already paid a lump sum to clear Arleen Matthews&
  
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• Video of gran with dementia who no longer recognises kids goes viral after she sings 'White Christmas' perfectly

  23-12-2016 19:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dorothy Hatfield was able to remember the words to the Christmas classic - despite not being able to remember her children
  
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• Alec Baldwin offers to play inauguration of Trump: 'I wanna sing Highway to Hell'

  23-12-2016 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  The actor, who has clashed with Trump on social media over his Saturday Night Live impression, made a tongue-in-cheek offer to perform the AC/DC classicAlec Baldwin has made President-elect Donald Trump an offer to play at his inauguration on 20 January. His song of choice? AC/DC’s Highway to Hell.Related: Saturday Night Live: 2016's best skitsContinue reading...
  
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• Christmas Day terror plot foiled after Melbourne raids

  23-12-2016 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heavily armed police have foiled a terror plot to attack multiple locations in Melbourne's CBD on Christmas Day after raids across the city's north and west on Thursday and Friday.
  
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• Disgusting brown lump found inside packet of crisps in Yorkshire pub has the rest of the world stumped

  23-12-2016 18:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Noon shared a Twitter pic of the bizarre cluster discovered in a bag of Burts Chips bought at the Wagon and Horses in Meltham - could it be a fossil or illegal substance?
  
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• People are ditching a Christmas tradition in favour of something else

  23-12-2016 18:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Many are leaving behind the traditional carb-fest for a spicier alternative
  
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• French Christmas market evacuated over terror fears after 'police discovered car with gas cylinder inside'

  23-12-2016 18:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The holiday attraction was evacuated just days after a lorry ploughed into a market in Berlin, killing 12
  
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