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• 50 Shades of Brave: This woman spent 2016 doing 50 amazing things to mark end of her marriage

  31-12-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Justine Swainson thought 2016 would see her celebrating her 50th birthday and 20th wedding anniversary - but when her marriage ended she decided to start again
  
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• Leicester star Demarai Gray films himself inhaling potentially lethal 'hippy crack' hours after Premier League defeat

  31-12-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gray, 20, tipped as a future England star, posts incriminating video on Snapchat after playing in defeat to Everton
  
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• Katie Price branded a "disgrace" after 'drunken' sex pleas at Christmas party leave couple on brink of break-up

  31-12-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jessie Peirson told how the Loose Women star caused a rift between her and her boyfriend, Liam Prior, with her relentless ramblings about her sex life
  
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• Theresa May new year message: EU referendum 'laid bare divisions'

  31-12-2016 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In her new year message, Theresa May says 2016's EU referendum "laid bare divisions" in the UK.
  
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• National Lottery results: Lotto winning numbers for tonight's £25m jackpot on Saturday, December 31

  31-12-2016 23:10 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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• Rudolf's retreat: £1.8million rural home that became unlikely bolt hole for ballet legend... who did pirouettes in the garden

  31-12-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After defecting from the Soviet Union in 1961, Rudolf Nureyev stayed with friends for 15 years at five-bedroom Crays Pond House in Oxfordshire, and the relished the tranquillity of its country setting.
  
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• Women who regularly jet off into the sun are ageing far quicker than their mothers thanks to sun exposure 

  31-12-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study of the faces of more than 155,000 women revealed that those aged over 60 are much more likely to look younger than their age than those under 45.
  
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• Why am I still in a Dubai prison two years after my pardon? £150,000-a-year British businessman was jailed six years ago after being accused of stealing £100million - and is now infected with HIV after a nurse used a dirty needle on an abscess 

  31-12-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Smith was arrested in 2009 and accused of stealing from his former employer, property empire Dubai World, owned by Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum.
  
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• Fight to save the stunning view which inspired poet William Wordsworth from an 'eyesore' line of 150ft electrical pylons costing £2.8BILLION 

  31-12-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christopher Wordsworth, 42, said his famous great-great-great-great-grandfather would have been appalled by the plans.
  
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• Theresa May vows to do more for 'ordinary, working people' in New Year message

  31-12-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister also says ambitions for a stronger Britain will unite people behind Brexit
  
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• New Year's Eve 2016: Watch live as Berlin rings in 2017 with stunning midnight fireworks

  31-12-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While the German capital hosts the biggest New Year's Eve party crowds will also flock to Munich, Stuttgart and Frankfurt
  
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• New Year's Eve 2016: Watch Berlin ring in 2017 with stunning midnight fireworks

  31-12-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While the German capital hosts the biggest New Year's Eve party crowds will also flock to Munich, Stuttgart and Frankfurt
  
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• Father of activist who killed himself following the Tatler Tory scandal slams the 'insulting' decision to give New Year honour to senior aide who allegedly made 'phone threats' 

  31-12-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ray Johnson, whose son Elliott committed suicide after alleged bullying by ‘Tatler Tory’ Mark Clarke, spoke out after Alexandra Broadrick was made an MBE at Buckingham Palace.
  
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• Barack Obama squares up to mini-Superman in new behind-the-scenes pics from his last year in office

  31-12-2016 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fun, sad and surreal moments from Obama's presidency are captured by White House photographer
  
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• 'Humpback' whale spotted swimming through New York's East river

  31-12-2016 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The sighting along the shores of Manhattan’s Upper East Side comes one month after a humpback was spotted swimming in the same area in November
  
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• New Year's Eve security in London includes armed police at tube stations and streets

  31-12-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More police officers than ever before are lining the streets of London to protect revellers from a Berlin-style terror attack on New Year's Eve.
  
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• Premier League in 2016: Alternative league tables for the calendar year

  31-12-2016 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What if the Premier League was played over a calendar year? We take a look at who performed best - and worst - in 2016.
  
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• Police make fourth arrest after shots were fired at officers as they probed Christmas Day Bradford club bust-up

  31-12-2016 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Detectives today arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after shots were fired at police officers who were investigating a bust-up at a nightclub in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
  
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• The fattest charity fat cat of them all: Foreign aid boss has made MILLIONS out of the £1.5billion handed to his charity by British taxpayers 

  31-12-2016 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seth Berkley has taken home more than £2 million over the past four years as CEO of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi), which has been given £1.5 billion by Britain.
  
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• Chris Corley: 911 call records US politician 'beating wife'

  31-12-2016 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The children of US politician Chris Corley scream at him to stop beating his wife in an emergency call.
  
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• New Year's Eve 2016: Watch live as Egypt hails 2017 with colourful illuminations lighting up the sky

  31-12-2016 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The clock will strike midnight at 10pm UK time with fireworks illuminating the sky behind the pyramids and policemen patrolling on camels
  
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• Lords revolt over plans for ‘free-market’ universities

  31-12-2016 22:00
  
  Labour and Lib Dems unite to halt bill that would make it easier for new profit-making colleges to become universitiesThe government faces a huge cross-party revolt next week over controversial reforms of higher education that would make it easier for new colleges to award degrees, become universities and make profits from teaching students. Related: The Guardian view on the higher education white paper: the customer is always ripe – for fleecing | EditorialContinue reading...
  
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• Olivia McDonald and Emma Buchanan missing: Appeal to find two vulnerable teenagers who vanished from their home

  31-12-2016 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 15-year-old and 17-year-old have not been seen since Friday night and concerns are growing for their safety
  
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• Sick customer sent this amazing request to his local takeaway - and it didn't involve food

  31-12-2016 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When you're unwell you don't really want to do anything yourself - but this punter took that to the next level
  
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• Donald Trump victory sparks global women’s rights marches

  31-12-2016 21:43
  
  Washington DC and London among 30 cities rallying against ‘politics of fear’ on day after inaugurationAfter a year of seismic shocks comes the protest and fightback. At least that is what activists plan with the first major demonstration of the year – the women’s march – planned for 30 cities around the world on 21 January, the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the US.The women’s march on Washington has been given permission by state
  
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• Identity of female paedophile exposed by neighbour who spots charity Christmas card sent to sex beasts

  31-12-2016 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Warped Tracy Lyons was living under a different name after being jailed for her part in the Little Teds nursery paedophile ring
  
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• UK companies ‘linked to Azerbaijan pipeline bribery scandal’

  31-12-2016 21:37
  
  Alleged payments to Italian MP before key European debate scrutinisedFour British companies are alleged to have played a key part in a multimillion pound bribery scandal involving a leading Italian politician.Luca Volontè, a former member of the Union of the Centre party in Italy, has been accused of helping quash a human rights report criticising Azerbaijan, one of the world’s most authoritarian countries. The Observer has also established that one of the UK companies was allegedly
  
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• Syria conflict: UN welcomes Russia-Turkey truce efforts

  31-12-2016 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UN votes to back efforts by Russia and Turkey to end fighting in Syria and hold new peace talks.
  
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• A case of identity: Cumberbatch and Sherlock Holmes author are cousins

  31-12-2016 21:35
  
  Ancestry sleuths find Arthur Conan Doyle and the Sherlock actor are 16th cousins, twice removed – both descended from John of Gaunt, who died in 1399Researchers have discovered that Benedict Cumberbatch is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author who created Sherlock Holmes, a role the actor has recently made his own. Related: Sherlock's future in doubt as stars' Hollywood schedules fillContinue reading...
  
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• 366 days: your 2016 in pictures

  31-12-2016 21:34
  
  From news events to personal experiences, we asked you to show us what 2016 looked like from your perspective Continue reading...
  
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• 365 days: your 2017 in photographs

  31-12-2016 21:29
  
  We’d like to document every day of 2017 through the experiences of our readers around the world. Share your pictures with usYour photographs from 2015 and 2016
  The 365 days project aims to show what 2017 looks like from your perspective.Whether you’re caught up in a news event or have a personal experience to share, we’d like to see your daily lives in photos and stories. Wherever you are in the world show us what you can see. We’re interested in your unique views, whethe
  
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• Teacher shortages fuelled by Brexit threat to EU nationals

  31-12-2016 21:26
  
  Fears over future of key workers who ‘help to plug skills gap’ in British schoolsThe risk posed to schools by Britain’s departure from the European Union is revealed as new figures show that the number of EU nationals who have qualified to teach in England has more than doubled since 2010.During a time when the government has repeatedly failed to meet its teacher recruitment targets, data suggests foreign nationals have increasingly been drafted in to fill in gaps. Continue rea
  
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• Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City

  31-12-2016 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Georginio Wijnaldum's header ensures Liverpool beat Manchester City and move clear in the pursuit of Premier League leaders Chelsea.
  
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• Distraught parents of tragic lad hit by drink-driver want law change after killer gets off with £170 fine

  31-12-2016 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Now George Beresford's devastated parents have launched an appeal to make ALL drink drivers who take a life face automatic jail
  
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• North Korea joins the New Year's Eve celebrations with rather understated fireworks display

  31-12-2016 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The firework display sadly did nothing to rival those seen in Sydney, Dubai and other cities
  
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• 'Frozen' orchestra director fired after telling kids watching Disney stage show 'Santa Claus isn't real'

  31-12-2016 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Giacomo Loprieno lashed out at the youngsters after they failed to show 'sufficient appreciation' for the performance in Rome
  
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• Will scientists ever prove the existence of dark matter?

  31-12-2016 21:14
  
  Astronomers in the US are setting up an experiment which, if it fails – as others have – could mark the end of a 30-year-old theoryDeep underground, in a defunct gold mine in South Dakota, scientists are assembling an array of odd devices: a chamber for holding tonnes of xenon gas; hundreds of light detectors, each capable of pinpointing a single photon; and a vast tank that will be filled with hundreds of gallons of ultra-pure water. The project, the LZ experiment, has a straightfor
  
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• New Year Honours 2017: Andy Murray 'honoured' by knighthood

  31-12-2016 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tennis star Sir Andy Murray says he still feels "like Andy" after being given a knighthood in the New Year Honours list.
  
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• New MBE Jonathan Agnew AND Gary Lineker reveal the same critic has sent them both soiled toilet paper for the last 20 years 

  31-12-2016 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Agnew revealed on Twitter he regularly receives soiled toilet paper from a critic through his letter box, prompting Gary Lineker to say he gets the same disgusting gift from a sender based in Bath.
  
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• The Queen COULD attend New Year service as she prepares to make last-minute decision after illness

  31-12-2016 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her Majesty, 90, missed the Christmas Day service for the first time in 30 years after being struck down by a "heavy cold" but hopes to attend the service in Sandringham
  
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• Victim of paedophile football coach told police about monster 13 YEARS ago - but nothing was done

  31-12-2016 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A pervert exposed by ex-England star Paul Stewart was let off the hook when cops failed to act on complaint
  
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• ‘It’s a miracle’: from begging in Paris to bestselling author

  31-12-2016 20:55
  
  Jean-Marie Roughol reveals how a chance encounter with a former government minister led him to write about living rough – and to turn his life aroundFor the best part of three decades, Jean-Marie Roughol lived as a down-and-out in Paris. Begging in the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe, he was a familiar figure to the wealthy and famous who frequented the designer boutiques and luxury convenience stores of the Champs Élysées.Some ignored his polite appeals, scurrying past and loo
  
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• German police flood the streets in Cologne a year after 600 women celebrating New Year's Eve were sexually assaulted in wave of attacks blamed on North African migrants 

  31-12-2016 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Around 1,800 officers will be deployed in Cologne, Germany, this evening - compared to just 140 in 2015 - following the wave of sexual assaults and robberies in the city on New Year's Eve last year.
  
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• UN council backs Syria ceasefire move by Russia and Turkey

  31-12-2016 20:44
  
  Security council passes resolution in support of effort to end five-year civil war brokered by Moscow and Ankara The UN security council has unanimously adopted a resolution supporting efforts by Russia and Turkey to end the nearly six year conflict in Syria and jump-start peace negotiations.The resolution approved on Saturday afternoon also calls for the “rapid, safe and unhindered” delivery of humanitarian aid throughout Syria. It anticipates a meeting of the Syrian government and
  
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• Georginio Wijnaldum gives Liverpool deserved win against Manchester City

  31-12-2016 20:37
  
  These are the moments when Liverpool’s supporters must hold genuine hope their team are capable of catching and overhauling Chelsea at the top of the Premier League table. There is still a six-point deficit but Jürgen Klopp’s men look absolutely convinced they have what it takes and it was not a coincidence that the man in charge of the music belted out an old Jefferson Starship track straight after the final whistle. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now felt like an accurate gauge
  
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• Usain Bolt calls Manchester United phone-in show

  31-12-2016 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt calls a Manchester United TV phone-in show to say how Saturday's 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough was like watching the Red Devils "of old".
  
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• London’s ‘Boris bus’ reaches end of road as Sadiq Khan halts purchases

  31-12-2016 20:28
  
  Blow to Boris Johnson’s legacy as capital’s mayor drops ‘costly’ new Routemasters to help pay for four-year fares freezeSadiq Khan has dumped the “Boris Bus”, a key part of the now foreign secretary’s legacy as London mayor, because it is too expensive to produce.A new generation of red double-decker Routemasters, with folding doors that allow passengers to hop on and off, was introduced by Johnson in 2012, to great fanfare. Continue reading...
  
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• Gran dies of thirst in hospital after eye-pressure drug leaves her dehydrated

  31-12-2016 20:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Edna Thompson, 85, was ­admitted to hospital with vision problems and died of thirst after spending five days on a powerful diuretic drug
  
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• Russia reveals a consulate chef is one of its 35 'spies' leaving America today

  31-12-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As promised by the Russian government, a plane has landed at a Virginia airport to evacuate the 35 Russian diplomats, who were expelled by President Obama on Thursday.
  
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• 2017 predictions: Will Donald Trump cause the apocalypse and will Jeremy Corbyn FINALLY do some work?

  31-12-2016 20:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sunday People's Keir Mudie muses on what could happen in the world of politics in 2017
  
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