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• UK weather gets its first frost as cold snap sweeps across the UK

  27-12-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Much of Britain woke up to the first freeze in weeks yesterday – but no one thought to grit part of a busy motorway, leaving thousands of motorists stranded on the M5.
  
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• Incredible photograph shows giant 46ft wave smashing into coastline as Storm Conor batters parts of UK

  27-12-2016 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ryan Sandison braved freezing temperatures and gusts of 94mph to snap this spectacular shot of breakers hitting the Shetland Islands at Eshaness on Boxing Day
  
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• 'They don't even have passwords!' Security experts warn computer hackers are able to tamper with airline bookings - and could even put you on the WRONG plane  

  27-12-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The decades-old computer systems used by airlines are vulnerable to being hacked, cyber security experts in Germany have warned. Hackers were able to change a flight booking in an experiment.
  
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• George Michael's 'girlfriend' from Last Christmas video says she 'can't believe' his sudden death as she pays tribute at gates of his London home 

  27-12-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  She starred in the video for one of the most iconic festive pop songs in history - but today an emotional Debbie Killingback was paying tribute outside George Michael's home.
  
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• Bedblocking costs NHS £500m in a year as thousands of patients are trapped in hospital because nobody can care for them 

  27-12-2016 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In 2015/16, bedblockers who were well enough to be discharged spent a total of 1,489,575 days in hospital. Each day costs the NHS an average of £306 - money which could have funded operations.
  
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• Young gay couple viciously beaten by 15-strong gang in Christmas Day 'homophobic attack'

  27-12-2016 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unprovoked assault saw two men and a friend beaten with bottles - and punched and kicked in their heads and bodies
  
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• Thank you note is dying out...and it’s the parents' fault! Ex-Harrow head says modern children are no longer made to show gratitude in writing 

  27-12-2016 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barnaby Lenon, now chairman of the Independent Schools Council, believes many British parents have ‘lost grip’ of their children’s behaviour and fail to ask them to write the letters.
  
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• Growing mega-cities will displace vast tracts of farmland by 2030, study says

  27-12-2016 23:18
  
  Cropland losses will have consequences especially for Asia and Africa, which will experience growing food insecurity as cities expandOur future crops will face threats not only from climate change, but also from the massive expansion of cities, a new study warns. By 2030, it’s estimated that urban areas will triple in size, expanding into cropland and undermining the productivity of agricultural systems that are already stressed by rising populations and climate change.Roughly 60% of the w
  
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• Carrie Fisher, actor and writer, dies at 60 – video obituary

  27-12-2016 23:01
  
  Carrie Fisher, the actor best known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, has died in Los Angeles. She was 60 years old. Fisher made her big screen debut in the 1975 comedy Shampoo and would launch to superstardom just two short years later for her role in the sci-fi franchiseRead our full obituary
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• They open their homes to adopt – then find they’ve taken on youngsters who wreck their family. Why do we continue to BETRAY loving parents, asks CAROL SARLER

  27-12-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A teen mum in the UK nowadays tends either to opt for abortion, or keeps her child; shame is a thing of the past and she knows she will receive State support, writes CAROL SARLER.
  
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• Ben Jennings on proposal for voter ID at polling stations – cartoon

  27-12-2016 23:00
  
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• Trump Tower evacuated over suspicious bag filled with children's toys as footage shows 'terrified' people running into streets

  27-12-2016 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage showed panicked people running out of the skyscraper, where president-elect Donald Trump lives in a palatial penthouse
  
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• Prince Harry's girl Meghan Markle works to sweat off that Christmas dinner with the help of her yoga instructor mother 

  27-12-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Suits actress, 35, was spotted leaving a yoga class with her mother Doria, 60, in Toronto on Tuesday. Meghan was dressed down in a khaki parka jacket and black leggings.
  
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• Football legend Paul Gascoigne hospitalised after 'being kicked down stairs during drunken bust-up with customers' at London hotel

  27-12-2016 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Disgraced England star Gazza, 49 - who has battled booze - was rushed to an east London hospital with an unspecified head wound after the incident at the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch
  
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• Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan claims to have concrete documentary proof that the West is backing ISIS

  27-12-2016 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tayyip Erdogan today claimed to have photos and videos proving that western nations backed groups including Islamic State and Kurdish militant groups YPG and PYD.
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers for tonight's £21m jackpot on Tuesday, December 27

  27-12-2016 22:20 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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• Candles warning as pensioner's house goes up in flames after his Christmas tree catches fire

  27-12-2016 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Roy Betts was lucky to escape with his life as the house he had lived in for 35 years was left gutted by the blaze
  
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• Couple who wanted their own child 'killed pregnant mum as they tried to cut baby from her belly'

  27-12-2016 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rayanni Christini Costa, 22, was captured on chilling CCTV as she met her alleged killer and was lured to her death
  
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• Lung transplant patient who waited two years for donor says 'I was lucky, but many of my friends died'

  27-12-2016 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kim Hodge was able to celebrate Christmas with her family and she is now backing  the Daily Mirror's Change the Law for Life campaign for an Opt Out System across the UK
  
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• These 9 fatcat MPs earn more than the Prime Minister - just from their part-time jobs

  27-12-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We can reveal the MPs who made most from their second jobs in 2016 - and nearly every single one is a Tory
  
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• Royal family threatened by more than 400 stalkers as crack police team calls on most 'high risk'

  27-12-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The specially trained Fixated Threat Assessment Centre are also combing online sources to identity potential threats
  
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• Hundreds of killer drivers allowed back behind the wheel including those who had been drinking

  27-12-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The number given their licences back who took a life by being careless - a crime that includes the use of mobile phones – has more than doubled in four years to 373
  
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• Britain's top financiers receive valuable new £5 note as gift from Bank of England

  27-12-2016 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, decided to send the sought-after polymer notes to a select group - including politicians, royals and his own colleagues.
  
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• Carrie Fisher speaks to Graham Norton

  27-12-2016 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Speaking earlier this month, actress Carrie Fisher talks about her "embarrassment" over revelations in her published diaries.
  
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• "Give it Giggsy til the end of the season!" - Twitter reacts to Bob Bradley's quickfire Swansea sacking

  27-12-2016 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The American boss has been given the boot after just 85 days and 11 games at Swansea, and social media has had plenty to say about it
  
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• Prince William and Kate Middleton put Prince George's 'name down' at London school

  27-12-2016 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prince William and Kate, both 34, are expected to leave Anmer Hall and set up a full-time base in London at Kensington Palace with Prince George, three, and Princess Charlotte, one.
  
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• 'Drunk taxi driver three times over limit' smashes into lamppost on flyover sending it plunging onto motorway below

  27-12-2016 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cabbie was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after flooring a lamp post which nearly hit passing cars
  
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• Passenger spots huge SEX TOY on tram and tweets picture to operators - who send back perfect response

  27-12-2016 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Metrolink responded brilliantly after a red-coloured 'rabbit' vibrator was spotted rolling around the floor of the packed Rochdale to Exchange Square service - minus its batteries
  
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• Terrifying moment slackliner LIES DOWN on rope 1,316ft feet above world's highest freefalling waterfall

  27-12-2016 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lukas Irmler slacklining since 2006 and holds two Guinness World Record titles for his daredevil stunts
  
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• 10 fascinating facts about Liverpool's 100 Premier League goals under Jurgen Klopp

  27-12-2016 21:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Reds chalked up a century of league goals under the German when Daniel Sturridge struck against Stoke City, but how many of these facts did you know?
  
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• Romania's president says he won't name Muslim woman to be PM

  27-12-2016 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has rejected the Social Democratic Party's (PSD) nominated candidate Sevil Shhaideh and called for the party to name another candidate.
  
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• Richard Adams who wrote children's classic Watership Down has died aged 96 

  27-12-2016 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard Adams 'passed away peacefully' on Christmas Eve, his family said. The writer, from Newbury, was turned down by six publishers until Watership Down became a classic.
  
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• Detective who warned against 'baseless witch hunt' of VIPs over false sex abuse claims is STILL being probed despite collapse of the case

  27-12-2016 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Detective Chief Inspector Paul Settle, former head of the Metropolitan Police's paedophile unit, is still being investigated over claims he leaked personal and sensitive information to the press.
  
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• Philip Hammond’s Welsh Terrier Rex has hundreds following his Instagram posts

  27-12-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dog owned by The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has become a social media star on Instagram and has nearly 600 followers on the website.
  
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• Boris Johnson called 'undiplomatic and unprofessional' by Russia over Syria comments

  27-12-2016 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary called the Russian backed offensive in Aleppo a 'hollow victory' but was accused of having 'no understanding' of what what is going on there
  
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• Murder inquiry launched after six-month-old baby found dead on Christmas Day

  27-12-2016 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Detectives confirmed they were investigating after the newborn died in the early hours of Sunday morning in Bristol
  
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• Heartbroken parents turn off little boy's life support after 'drunk driver' mows him down on Christmas Day

  27-12-2016 20:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The "incredibly happy-go-lucky, joyful little boy" died on Tuesday evening after a car smashed into him while he was looking at Christmas lights
  
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• Police break up illegal rave as 1,000 descend on Dartmoor

  27-12-2016 20:35
  
  Three sound rigs set up illegally inside the Devon national park taken down, but no arrests have been madePolice have broken up an illegal Boxing Day rave in Dartmoor national park.About 1,000 revellers attended the event in the hamlet of Bellever, in Devon, on Monday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Tragedy after ex-soldier dies in Boxing Day motorbike horror crash with tributes pouring in for 'amazing dad'

  27-12-2016 20:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dad-of-one Wajid Fazil died after crashing into a barrier at a shopping centre in Birmingham
  
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• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner indicted in Argentina corruption case

  27-12-2016 20:19
  
  The former Argentinian president and former aides face charges of illicit association and fraudulent administration in connection to public works fundsThe former Argentinian president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was indicted on Tuesday in a corruption case involving public works.Federal judge Julian Ercolini approved charges of illicit association and fraudulent administration against Fernández, and two former aides: ex-planning minister Julio de Vido and former public works sec
  
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• Bob Bradley sacked as Swansea City manager after only 11 games in charge

  27-12-2016 20:14
  
  • American departs after record of two wins, seven defeats and two draws• Club are second-bottom of Premier League, four points from safetySwansea City are looking for their third manager of the season after Bob Bradley was dismissed only 85 days after taking over from Francesco Guidolin.Bradley’s position became untenable after the crushing 4-1 home defeat against West Ham United on Boxing Day, with the woeful performance and toxic atmosphere inside the Liberty Stadium convincin
  
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• Fans pay tribute to Brighton star Anthony Knockaert's dad after son's heartwarming goal celebration

  27-12-2016 19:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Frenchman's loving tribute to his father after scoring against QPR made hearts melt all over social media
  
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• French town creates "Brexit Street" leading nowhere in ugly industrial zone in "tribute to the sovereign British people"

  27-12-2016 19:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The town's far-right mayor says the street will be next to roads named in honour of two EU founders
  
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• French town creates "Brexit Street" leading nowhere in ugly industrial zone as "tribute to the sovereign British people"

  27-12-2016 19:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The town's far-right mayor says the street will be next to roads named in honour of two EU founders
  
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• Boxing Day sales see drop in shoppers as buyers go online and retailers hit by new blow

  27-12-2016 19:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Figures by Ipsos Retail Performance  suggest the lure of the sales was weakened by events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday
  
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• Why you definitely should stop using these everyday household items in 2017

  27-12-2016 19:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  These are the sort of items we all have around the house. It's time to throw them out
  
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• Kay Burley and Kirstie Allsopp trade online blows over George Michael's death coverage

  27-12-2016 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Location, Location, Location host Allsopp had tweeted telling of her sadness at the singer's death before turning her guns on Burley's channel, Sky News.
  
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• Carrie Fisher in her own words

  27-12-2016 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A selection of quotes by Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, who has died aged 60.
  
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• Unpasteurised milk blamed for food poisoning outbreak as six people taken ill after buying it from farm

  27-12-2016 19:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Low Sizergh Barn Farm in Cumbria has copied the US trend of selling 'ready-to-drink' milk, but now some of its customers have fallen ill with campylobacter bacteria
  
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• Britain officially laziest nation in Europe as report reveals we're bad at learning languages

  27-12-2016 19:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new European-wide study on the extent nations fail to use any different languages other than their mother tongue to communicate, the UK came top
  
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