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• New legal challenge to Theresa May's Brexit process are lodged at High Court

  29-12-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest challenge claims Parliamentary approval, separate from that to begin Brexit negotiations, is needed to quit the European Economic Area (EEA).
  
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• Fisherman who spent NINE HOURS clinging to upturned boat after it capsized survived thanks to his flab

  29-12-2016 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Miracle fisherman who clung to his upturned trawler for nine hours off the Kent coast survived because he is fat, according to his daughter
  
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• Mum-of-13 who receives £30,000-a-year in benefits branded a "scrounger" by her eldest daughter

  29-12-2016 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joanne Sheppard, 43, lives in a five-bedroom house funded by the taxpayer and 23-year-old daughter Chelsea claims 'she wants to keep having kids'
  
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• Mum's warning after 'stranger contacts daughters on toy walkie talkies asking their names and where they live'

  29-12-2016 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum Sharon bought the toys as a Christmas gift for her girls, aged 7 and 8, but the fun took a sinister turn
  
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• Child refugees who were refused entry to the UK take Government to court

  29-12-2016 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Group from war-torn Afghanistan, Sudan and Eritrea seek a judicial review after being told it's not in their "best interests" to come to Britain
  
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• Battle for Mosul enters second phase as Iraqi Army and Kurds bid to oust ISIS

  29-12-2016 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 1,000 jihadis have died so far trying to stop Iraqi forces from retaking the country's second largest city
  
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• Stunning pictures show Dubai skyscrapers peeking out over thick fog as it covers city

  29-12-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The spectacular scenes were caught by local entrepreneur, Rustam Azmi, as clouds took over the high-rise jungle in the United Arab Emirates
  
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• Haunting pictures look like World War 1 trenches but they're actually from the Ukraine frontline this Christmas

  29-12-2016 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A soldier is seen standing inside a deep snow-lined trench in scenes reminiscent of Europe's bloody battle more than a century ago
  
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• Labour's Yvette Cooper: Police must nail beast who kept girl a sex slave for 13 years

  29-12-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former shadow home secretary calls for a full criminal investigation into the case of a woman who was held prisoner inside her kidnapper’s home, relentlessly beaten and used as a sex slave
  
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• ISIS-linked group calls on extremists to make New Year's Eve celebrations "bloody horror movies"

  29-12-2016 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police patrols have been stepped up in major cities across the world and seven people have been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of planning ISIS New Year's Eve attacks
  
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• Man who tied bacon to mosque door handles in 'attack on England' dies in prison

  29-12-2016 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Crehan, 35, died in HMP Bristol while serving a 12-month sentence for the crime
  
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• Boy is given a SUIT for Christmas so he can dress as his favourite news anchor 

  29-12-2016 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A three-year-old boy was delighted after he received a suit for Christmas - so he can dress like his hero. Woods McFarland, of Alabama, received a black suit so he can dress like Jason Smith.
  
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• Putin warns of retaliation against US sanctions as Russia's UK embassy brands Obama 'lame duck' for expelling diplomats

  29-12-2016 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The war of words between the US and Russia is intensifying after two Russian compounds in the US were closed
  
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• Thornhill School teacher banned for life after groping female pupils

  29-12-2016 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Coxon, 53, who taught at a school in Sunderland, was found guilty of unacceptable professional behaviour and sexually motivated conduct which could bring teaching into disrepute.
  
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• Uber driver rescues 16-year-old girl from sex traffickers after being asked to drive teenager to illicit meeting

  29-12-2016 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keith Avila picked up the teenager and two other females who he realised were acting as pimps
  
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• Hillsborough campaigner turns down OBE in New Year's honours list

  29-12-2016 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Phil Scraton refused the honour from 'those who remained unresponsive' in the hunt for justice for bereaved families and because of a moral objection to historical 'imperialism'.
  
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• Let's enter 2017 full of hope and defeat hatred in memory of Jo Cox, George Michael and co

  29-12-2016 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In two short days’ time, 2016 is over, and it’s up to us how we face 2017. We can find hope in the memory of people such as Jo Cox, George Michael and David Bowie
  
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• Furious motorcyclist is caught on camera scuffling with Range Rover driver after collision

  29-12-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fracas unfolded on a London street and was caught on camera by the biker, Omar Marjan, who appears to have a camera mounted on his helmet. Marjan said he was rear-ended by the driver.
  
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• DVLA co-workers in Christmas party storm after toilet cubicle sex video leaked

  29-12-2016 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 43-second film is circulating on WhatsApp and appears to show a man and woman passionately kissing before starting to have sex
  
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• Mum furious as tests carried out on unborn child without her knowledge - after she suffered miscarriage

  29-12-2016 21:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Laura Percival was heartbroken after the miscarriage 12 weeks into her pregnancy - but her ordeal wasn't over
  
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• Moped rider speeds up PAVEMENT before plucking man's phone from hands

  29-12-2016 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The light-fingered suspects were caught on camera speeding through Holborn, London, before swiping the phone straight from the hands of the unsuspecting man.
  
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• The Queen is NOT dead: False rumours of monarch's demise spread across Twitter sparked by fake BBC account

  29-12-2016 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A fake Twitter account tweeted: "BREAKING: Buckingham Palace announces the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 90. Circumstances are unknown. More to follow."
  
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• Aldi scales explode throwing shards of glass into the air as shocked customer steps on them

  29-12-2016 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paula Richards had barely touched the scales when shards of glass were sent flying through the air three weeks after she bought them
  
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• Syria ceasefire offers the prospect of peace after six-year conflict which has killed more than 400,000

  29-12-2016 20:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Russia announces a ceasefire between Syrian rebels and regime forces in a landmark peace-deal struck by President Putin, Iran and Turkey
  
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• Paul Gascoigne on hotel bust-up: I suffered broken skull when they jumped me and threw me down stairs

  29-12-2016 20:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alcoholic ex-England footballer was hospitalised after being thrown down some stairs during a scuffle in a hotel bar
  
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• Moment ISIS spy drone is downed by Peshmerga fighters as terror group lose grip of Mosul stronghold

  29-12-2016 20:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The model aircraft came crashing to the ground in front of a cheering crowd as Kurdish and Iraqi forces continue to battle against jihadists to reclaim Mosul
  
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• Hillsborough crusader: I won't accept OBE from state that tried to hide the truth

  29-12-2016 19:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Phil Scraton was a key figure in exposing the causes and cover-up of the worst disaster in British sporting history which claimed 96 lives
  
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• Assassin gunned down Kremlin's ambassador to Turkey had 'relationship with Russian woman' 

  29-12-2016 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newspaper Hurriyet Today claims Melvut Altintas who shot Russia's ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov in Ankara, had a Russian lover who brainwashed him.
  
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• Brit surfer lucky to be alive after 30ft wave crashes down on top of him

  29-12-2016 19:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tom Butler suffered a split ear, bruised ribs and a lung injury when he flipped off his board during a big wave competition in Portugal
  
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• Ricky Hatton says he'll never speak to his parents again as he opens up about agonising family feud

  29-12-2016 19:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The retired boxing champ has also spoken openly about battling drink and drugs and trying to take his own life
  
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• British Prime Minister issues rebuke to US over its war of words with Israel

  29-12-2016 19:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Theresa May waded into the row after US Secretary of State John Kerry traded verbal blows with Israel over the issue of settlements
  
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• Weightlifter crushed to death after weights slipped from his grasp during bench press

  29-12-2016 19:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kyle Thomson, 22, died in hospital after suffering severe internal injuries when the 315-pound weights fell on top of him
  
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• Teacher banned for life after asking if pupil was a virgin and another if she 'did' sex act

  29-12-2016 19:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vile Paul Coxon, 53, asked a female student whether she was a virgin and asked her to "come and sit on it"
  
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• Man shot dead as he sat in his car previously jailed for killing pensioner in hit-and-run

  29-12-2016 19:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Carl Campbell suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene  on Tuesday
  
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• Duterte blames drug feud for boxing match bomb blast that injured 35 in the Philippines as seven are shot dead by vigilantes at a 'narcotics den'

  29-12-2016 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two mortar rounds were remotely set off by mobile phone as crowds watched a fight in the Leyte province of the Philippines as part of the area's annual Catholic fiesta celebrations last night.
  
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• Disguised as refugees and able to cross borders without being identified: ISIS general who blew up a hostage with a rocket and decapitated another prisoner is 'back in Europe with 400 soldiers' after fleeing Syria

  29-12-2016 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kosovan Lavdrim Muhaxheri and his men are among thousands who have fled Syria after ISIS suffered devastating losses in war-torn Syria, according to sources in Italian intelligence.
  
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• Tesco flooded with complaints as wrapping paper leaves homes covered in GLITTER 

  29-12-2016 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands of disgruntled Tesco shoppers have complained aboutthe store's 'disastrous' wrapping paper that ruined gifts and clothing and left their homes covered in glitter.
  
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• Weird new craze sweeping internet sees people spilling their food to 'send messages'

  29-12-2016 18:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Food, pens, loose change and toilet paper rolls are used to great effect in the latest trend sweeping the web
  
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• Teenager beaten to death on Snapchat 'urinated on and forced to eat cat litter'

  29-12-2016 18:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Delvin Mendoza was found wearing a hoodie with his jeans pulled down around his ankles and with no shoes or socks in temperatures of -10C
  
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• Gang boss who raked in £42,000 a month selling drugs is jailed for eight years

  29-12-2016 18:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Peter Fox ran a lucrative drugs business but was finally snared by police after a large-scale probe in the Glasgow area
  
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• Police hunting Greek ambassador to Brazil after he mysteriously vanished without trace

  29-12-2016 18:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kyriakos Amiridis as been missing since Boxing Day, when he left the home of his wife's relatives in Rio de Janeiro and never returned, according to police
  
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• Ukrainian troops are using TRENCHES on the front line in scenes reminiscent of the WW2 battle for Stalingrad as they fight pro-Russian rebels

  29-12-2016 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In scenes reminiscent of the Second World War battle for Stalingrad, a soldier crouches down for shelter in the icy ditch near Luganske village in eastern Ukraine.
  
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• One of the world's biggest drug rings smashed as Australia seizes £200m worth of cocaine

  29-12-2016 18:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A ton of cocaine is impounded and fifteen people arrested after lengthy investigation into drug trafficking by fishermen
  
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• First pictures of Gazza bruised and battered after hotel incident

  29-12-2016 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Tottenham Hotspur, Rangers and Newcastle player claimed he was kicked down the stairs of the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch and required hospital treatment.
  
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• Unseasonably warm December sees daffodils flowering three months early

  29-12-2016 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While much of the country has shivered under icy fog, bright yellow daffodils have bloomed three months early, while cherry blossom and hazel trees have sprung flowers in the depths of winter in Devon.
  
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• Edinburgh prepares for 150,000 revellers as fireworks display to be held on castle

  29-12-2016 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pyrotechnic experts are assembling 2.6 tonnes of fireworks ahead of this weekend's Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh, creating a display which will be visible up to 30 miles away.
  
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• Giant bird that could disembowel a person with its claws is on the run in rural Cambridgeshire

  29-12-2016 18:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  South American rhea - which grow to 6ft and have 6in claws - remains at large after being spotted in a field
  
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• Tom Hardy's dog helps kids' rugby coach launch acting career with a part in a Ridley Scott epic

  29-12-2016 18:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ligairi was training his under-14 team in Richmond Park in 2012 when the Mad Max actor's out-of-control pooch ran onto the field and stopped play, sparking hour-long chat
  
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• Arrests made over suspected ISIS attack plans for New Year's Eve in Moscow 

  29-12-2016 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia's security agencies have arrested seven people suspected of preparing New Year's terror attacks in Moscow on orders from the Islamic State group in Syria.
  
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• Mum of missing RAF man describes him as "social hand grenade" prone to put himself in danger

  29-12-2016 18:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nicola Urquhart described a car fire near the spot where Corrie McKeague was last seen as "highly suspicious"
  
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