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• Crowds pack out Australian cathedral at centre of alleged terrorist plot

  24-12-2016 23:56
  
  Worshippers fill the midnight service, the Melbourne church’s dean says, forcing latecomers into the forecourtCrowds have packed out Melbourne’s St Paul’s Cathedral despite it being the target of an alleged Christmas Day bombing plot.The dean of St Paul’s, Dr Andreas Loewe, who led the midnight service, said 1,500 churchgoers had filled the cathedral, forcing latecomers into the forecourt.Continue reading...
  
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• Tragedy as ten-year-old girl dies after transatlantic flight to Heathrow gets diverted to Ireland

  24-12-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unnamed tragic youngster was on board Air Canada Flight AC-868 travelling from Toronto to London when she is reported to have suffered a cardiac arrest
  
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• Quick-thinking M&S nightshift worker ‘saved teenager’s life’ after rushing to help on hearing 'sound like bomb exploding'

  24-12-2016 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In fact the unnamed 18yr-old girl Tina Chalmers came across lying unconscious in the road had allegedly just been involved in a horror crash at daybreak in Plymouth city centre
  
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• National Lottery results: Lotto winning numbers for tonight's £20.6 million rollover jackpot on Saturday, December 24

  24-12-2016 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tonight's Lottery could make you a very rich person - but have you got a winning ticket?
  
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• Christmas dinner is GOOD for you! Dish-by-dish breakdown of hidden health benefits

  24-12-2016 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From spuds to Christmas pudding, The Sunday People reveals the hidden ingredients that will do wonders for your health
  
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• Kate McCann to lay Christmas presents in daughter Madeleine’s bedroom nearly ten years since her disappearance

  24-12-2016 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A stocking full of gifts will be kept in Maddie’s pretty pink room which has remained untouched since she vanished nearly a decade ago
  
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• Fifty-four thousand Germans evacuated from city after massive World War II bomb discovered

  24-12-2016 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unexploded bomb was discovered more than 70 years after heavy bombing campaigns by British and American forces
  
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• Harrison Ford sends well wishes to Carrie Fisher

  24-12-2016 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harrison Ford has sent his best wishes to his former Star Wars co-star Carrie Fisher, who remains in a serious condition following a heart attack.
  
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• UK scientist swaps seals and penguins in sub-Antarctic for Christmas at home

  24-12-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Coleman from Islip, Oxfordshire, said he was first inspired to go to the island of South Georgia in the Atlantic Ocean when he watched Sir David Attenborough on the BBC's Frozen Planet.
  
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• Thousands call for Polish lorry driver to be given highest bravery award after 'saving many lives' by fighting terror truck killer in the cabin in Berlin

  24-12-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lukasz Urban, whose lorry was hijacked by ISIS fanatic Anis Amri, scrapped with the terrorist moments before he ploughed into a Christmas market, killing 12 in Berlin, Germany.
  
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• Stupid or dangerous? Masked man parading an ISIS flag films himself 'walking straight across the German border' as he taunts officials over the non-existent security checks

  24-12-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was posted in the wake of the Berlin terror truck attack, during which the German officials were criticized for allowing killer Anis Amri to roam out of the country to Italy undetected.
  
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• Rick Parfitt obituary

  24-12-2016 22:33
  
  Status Quo singer and guitarist who racked up more than 60 UK hit singles in one of the most successful UK bands of all time
  The raucous chugging sound of Status Quo has been a constant presence for almost half a century of rock’n’roll, ever since the band gave up on the idea of playing psychedelic music at the end of the 1960s in favour of a grittier approach. The singer and rhythm guitarist Rick Parfitt, who has died aged 68 from an infection, had been a pivotal member of the band
  
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• Speed star Guy Martin 'breathes life back into' village where he grew up by buying the local pub

  24-12-2016 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Village residents have already lost the local post office, butcher and GP's surgery
  
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• Christmas tree erected in ISIS warzone as defiant Christians celebrate festive season in devastated village liberated from jihadists

  24-12-2016 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The spectacle was erected in Mosul - Iraq’s second city where an offensive to retake it from Islamic State is ongoing - and the sight is likely to anger the terrorists
  
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• Brothers are charged with murder after father, 32, dies from head injuries in an alleged brawl outside a lap dancing club 

  24-12-2016 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christopher Thompson, 32, suffered fatal injuries during the alleged fracas by Totties in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. Aiden Oakes, 26, and Anton Oakes, 22, have been charged with his murder.
  
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• CCTV footage shows Yodel driver 'stealing Christmas gifts from customer's doorstep - before spotting camera the next day'

  24-12-2016 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The driver did a double-take and looked shocked when he realised the home had CCTV as he made another delivery
  
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• 'Icon of rock'

  24-12-2016 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of rock's most recognisable guitarists, Rick Parfitt, has died aged 68. Here are some of your memories.
  
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• Mysterious 'tomb of forgotten pharaoh' discovered in Egypt as archeologists try to enter 4,200-year-old burial chamber

  24-12-2016 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 3,800-year-old ancient Egyptian mummy was discovered in the same location of Qubbet el-Hawa in Aswan earlier this year - who may turn out to be the legendary Lady Sattjeni
  
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• Someone ranked all the Celebrations from worst to best and it's got really controversial

  24-12-2016 20:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ranking people's chocolate favourites? You just shouldn't go there
  
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• Baby born without a SKULL and half a face is cared for by kindly monk over Christmas

  24-12-2016 20:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nurafaiha, who was born with a cleft lip and pallet and is blind, cannot take milk normally and has to be fed through a tube
  
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• Home for Christmas: Mother and her two young children who vanished nine days ago are found safe and well just hours before December 25 

  24-12-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Angela Lambert (pictured) and her two young children will be spending Christmas at home in Luton, Bedfordshire, after they were found safe and well - just hours before December 25.
  
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• How many people work on Christmas Day and Boxing Day? Here are the official stats

  24-12-2016 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MPs recently debated whether larger shops should be banned from opening on Boxing Day, thanks to a petition saying the practice should be banned to give people more time with their families
  
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• 'Bank robber' wearing SANTA mask hands out sweets to staff and customers and wishes them 'merry Christmas'

  24-12-2016 19:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man was caught on CCTV carrying out the almost comical raid on Wednesday morning
  
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• Watford strike a better balance to compensate for front duo’s lack of goals

  24-12-2016 19:51
  
  Despite Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney misfiring Walter Mazzarri’s team are coping well but will want to improve on recent results at home to Crystal PalaceLast Christmas was a particularly sweet one for Watford’s supporters, who went into the festive period on the back of a four-game winning run that culminated in their finest result of the season, a 3-0 victory against Liverpool. As they pulled their crackers and donned their paper party hats the team was seventh in the Premier Leagu
  
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• Terrifying pregnant woman moves into hotel as masked intruders storm her house TWICE thinking it was drugs den

  24-12-2016 19:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hayley Fairbrother, 35, was home alone when a gang in Halloween masks broke into her home in Merseyside and entered her bedroom where she was sleeping
           
  
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• Julian Assange gives guarded praise of Trump and blasts Clinton in interview

  24-12-2016 19:36
  
  WikiLeaks founder said there are opportunities for the US to change under the Trump administration – ‘change for the worse and change for the better’Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has offered guarded praise of Donald Trump, arguing the president-elect “is not a DC insider” and could mean an opportunity for positive as well as negative change in the US.
  Assange described his feelings about the US election results in an interview as “mixed” befo
  
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• Barack and Michelle Obama's last Christmas address

  24-12-2016 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barack and Michelle Obama take a trip down memory lane in their last Christmas address at the White House.
  
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• Stunned cops find cannabis plant disguised as CHRISTMAS TREE covered in tinsel, fairy lights and topped with Angel

  24-12-2016 19:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gloucestershire Police raided a suspected cannabis farm at a home in Cheltenham - and tweeted a photo of the unusual decoration captioned: "Not your traditional Xmas Tree!"
  
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• Dad dies in 'brawl' outside lap dancing bar leaving wife and baby son to face Christmas without him

  24-12-2016 19:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christopher Thompson, 32, suffered serious head injuries outside Totties, in Altrincham, and leaving his young son without a dad just days before Christmas
  
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• Rick Parfitt dead aged 68

  24-12-2016 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt has died in hospital in Spain after suffering from a severe infection, his manager has said. The veteran musician was taken into hospital in Marbella on Thursday.
  
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• Berlin truck terrorist Anis Amri family question whether he should have been killed

  24-12-2016 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mother Nour El Houda Hassani, speaking at Amri's hometown of Oueslatia in Tunisia said that a 'great secret' had died with him.
  
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• Serbian survivor of fall from plane explosion dies at 66

  24-12-2016 19:02
  
  Flight attendant Vesna Vulović set record for highest fall survived without a parachute, said to be 10,000 metresA Serbian woman who survived what was said to be a 10,000-metre (33,000ft) fall after a plane exploded in mid-air in 1972 has died aged 66.Vesna Vulović was found dead by her friends in her apartment in Belgrade, Serbian state television reported. The cause of death was not immediately known. Continue reading...
  
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• FBI issues chilling Christmas church attack terror warning after ISIS jihadis post list of targets over festive season

  24-12-2016 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Bureau said its officers must be more vigilant during the festive period following the sickening calls for attacks
  
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• Austrian police 'foil stabbing attack after arresting two Afghan men armed with knives outside synagogue'

  24-12-2016 18:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story
  
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• Three-month-old baby dies two days before Christmas after 'being dropped on his head by babysitter'

  24-12-2016 18:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The babysitter told police that Reece Modzelewski 'accidentally fell from her arms' and landed on the floor
  
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• Homeless young woman pregnant with twins living in tent under an underpass this Christmas

  24-12-2016 18:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman, who is four months pregnant, and her partner are living in the makeshift home next to a river in Maidstone, Kent
  
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• Humble salad bowl measuring just 8 inches in diameter sells for a world-record £173,000 

  24-12-2016 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The humble porcelain receptacle with concentric blue lines on the outside and inside was made almost 40 years ago by famed British potter Lucie Rie.
  
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• How Leicester City's unexpected title win, Donald Trump's rise to power and the Brexit vote shocked the world (and the bookmakers) to make 2016 the year of the underdog

  24-12-2016 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicester City winning the Premier League in May, the Brexit vote in June and Donald Trump’s election as US President were all hugely improbable - but all three happened in the same year.
  
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• Indomitable Exeter heap pain and misery on Leicester’s Richard Cockerill

  24-12-2016 18:18
  
  • Exeter 31-10 Leicester• Chiefs leapfrog Tigers into top fourWhen Exeter Chiefs give it a real lash at home there is a hint of classic Munster about them. From Leicester’s perspective there were certainly echoes of their 38-0 drubbing at Thomond Park a fortnight ago as they slumped to the latest bleak away defeat of a season that is in danger of going nowhere fast.Richard Cockerill remained defiant afterwards, predicting his side would still finish in the top four in May. &ldquo
  
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• This is why Budweiser's free Uber cab offer code may NOT have reached you

  24-12-2016 18:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The beer firm has offered to pay for free rides, up to the value of £15, to new and existing users of Uber
  
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• Man and woman appear at Westminster Magistrates Court over terrorism offences

  24-12-2016 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Munir Hassan Mohammed, from Derby, appeared accused of preparing for an act of terror between the anniversary of 7/7 this year until his arrest in December.
  
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• Walsall bus passenger suffers serious head injuries after a gunman opens fire

  24-12-2016 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man was travelling on the number 4 Diamond bus in Walsall, West Midlands, when bullets shattered the bus window. Fellow passengers initially thought his phone had exploded.
  
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• Air stewardess who survived a 33,000ft crash plunge when her plane exploded in mid-air dies aged 66

  24-12-2016 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vesna Vulovic (pictured) was found dead by her friends in her apartment in Belgrade, according to Serbian state TV. She became a national heroine after surviving a plane explosion in 1972.
  
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• Lee Wallace: Rangers wait on injury verdict before Old Firm match

  24-12-2016 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lee Wallace suffers a leg injury against Inverness that Rangers hope will not keep him out of their two further festive fixtures.
  
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• Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt celebrated as a rock legend who inspired a generation of musicians

  24-12-2016 17:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 68-year-old's career spanned more than 50 years and he spent much of that time with Status Quo
  
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• Life of Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt is celebrated as a rock legend who inspired generation of musicians

  24-12-2016 17:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 68-year-old's career spanned more than 50 years and he spent much of that time with Status Quo
  
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• Terrified woman wakes up in bed to find groping sex beast lying on top of her

  24-12-2016 17:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Edward Press, 58, is likely to be released in the new year after serving most of his nine-month sentence on remand
  
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• Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt dead at 68 in Spain after suffering severe infection 'he caught IN hospital'

  24-12-2016 17:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's claimed the 68yr-old musician was admitted to a hospital in Spain on Thursday after suffering complications from a previous injury - but picked up the infection while in there
  
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• Bus passenger blasted in head with shotgun while talking on phone 'thought device had exploded in his hand'

  24-12-2016 17:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man had been talking on his phone at the time of the incident and thought the device had exploded by his ear
  
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• Prime Minister says Britain has ‘much to celebrate’ in her Christmas message, but the Foreign Secretary says things are more ‘gloomy’ 

  24-12-2016 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May gave an upbeat Christmas speech in which she vowed to unite the country, but Boris was quick to douse her flames of optimism.
  
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