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• British EU ambassador Sir Ivan Rogers' resignation e-mail launches barely-veiled attack on the government

  03-01-2017 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir Ivan Rogers' lengthy memo urged staff to fight “ill-founded” and “muddled” government thinkingas he bowed out just months before Brexit talks
  
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• Wales confirms bird flu case, to cull infected poultry

  03-01-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christianne Glossop, the Welsh chief veterinary officer, confirmed the contagious strain if bird flu had been found in the south western county of Carmarthenshire on Tuesday.
  
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• Final curtain to fall on British movie institution as last ABC Cinema closes

  03-01-2017 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The ABC in Bournemouth, Dorset, was the last traditional cinema to defy the onslaught of large multiplexes that have sprung up all over Britain
  
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• Olivier Giroud's scorpion kick celebration gets HAMMERED by Arsenal fans despite Bournemouth comeback

  03-01-2017 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The French forward was in the right place at the right time to secure an unlikely point, and he celebrated brilliantly/terribly, depending on who you read
  
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• M62 police shooting: Protests bring roads to standstill in Bradford over fatal shooting of Yassar Yaqub

  03-01-2017 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 100 people gathered on Leeds Road near the city centre and are holding banners and chanting
  
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• Tsunami warning issued after huge 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Fiji

  03-01-2017 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.2-magnitude earthquake had struck around 175 miles off the coast of the island at around 10pm UK time tonight
  
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• EastEnders superfan spends £5,000 inheritance turning his home into shrine to Ben Mitchell

  03-01-2017 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Unemployed Shaun Smith, 48, spent his nest egg plastering his home with screenshots and making pens, cushions, bedding and clothes with the character's face on
  
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• Tragic pair found at White Cliffs of Dover on New Year's Day were twins

  03-01-2017 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pair, who were found at Langdon Cliffs, have not yet been formally identified but police believe they were aged 59 and from the Elton area of Cheshire
  
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• Endangered giant sea turtle found dead on Singapore beach with shell sliced

  03-01-2017 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The endangered sea creature had likely been harmed by a boat's propeller, experts and the man who discovered its body said. Singapore is one of the world's busiest ports.
  
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• Joe Biden forgets what year it is

  03-01-2017 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The vice-president made an awkward blunder in the Senate.
  
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• The thought process of Arsenal fans as they wonder if Eddie Howe should succeed Arsene Wenger

  03-01-2017 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After Bournemouth's thrilling 3-3 draw with the Gunners, the Englishman might well be the best man for the job - but will Arsenal fans be happy with him?
  
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• Cambridgeshire crash leaves two dead after collision between car and pedestrians

  03-01-2017 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two men, believed to be in their late teens and early 20s, died after they were struck by a BMW on the B1091 between Yaxley and Farcet in Cambridgeshire shortly after 11am today.
  
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• Man's front door bricked up as he sleeps

  03-01-2017 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A German resident is unable to leave his home as his front door is mysteriously bricked up overnight.
  
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• Why Arsenal created history with their EPIC comeback to draw 3-3 at Bournemouth

  03-01-2017 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Gunners looked down and out on the south coast, but they showed a fantastic desire to get back into the game and created a Premier League first in the process
  
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• Shocked Tinder users open app to discover matches have been wiped by apparent glitch

  03-01-2017 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lovelorn singles took to social media to mourn the disappearance of their potential partners, with some even dramatically declaring: "I'm gonna be alone forever".
  
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• Bournemouth 3-3 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened

  03-01-2017 22:54
  
  Arsenal produced a terrific comeback to grab a 3-3 draw after being 3-0 down to Bournemouth, Olivier Giroud scoring the crucial goal in injury-time 9.54pm GMTAnd that’s your lot from this one. Thanks for reading! 9.50pm GMTBut could Arsenal have won it...?I enjoyed Ox looking vexed that Giroud was celebrating rather than running back for kick off. Continue reading...
  
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• 122 MPs report abuse, threats and stalkers - with surge in cases after murder of Jo Cox

  03-01-2017 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A special House of Commons security line has received an average of two calls a day from worried MPs since it was set up just eight months ago
  
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• Shaker group founded in 1783 has just two members after Maine woman dies

  03-01-2017 22:38
  
  One of the last members of a nearly extinct religious society at Sabbathday Lake has died, a loss for a group that’s dwindled because members are celibateSister Frances Carr, one of the last remaining members of the nearly extinct religious society called the Shakers, has died. She was 89.Carr died Monday surrounded by family and friends in the dwelling house at the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine after a brief battle with cancer, said Brother Arnold Hadd, one
  
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• Muhammad Ali's multi-million dollar will settlement to spark 'World War Three' among his family

  03-01-2017 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ali's children, said to hate each other, have maintained­ a fragile truce not to risk their slices of Ali’s $80million estate, but now they know what they're getting the gloves are off
  
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• Scientists discover NEW organ in human belly in breakthrough which could transform digestive disease treatment

  03-01-2017 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mesentery attaches the stomach, small intestine, pancreas, spleen, and other organs to the abdomen
  
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• Katie Lomas who left ex-boyfriend with brain damage gives thumbs up as she AVOIDS jail

  03-01-2017 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Katie Lomas, 20, of Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, used a friend’s car to run over Dean Heaney, 22, at up to 40mph during a 4am ‘jousting’ game following a night out.
  
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• Doctors warn New Year detox could be harmful as woman nearly dies after drinking too much herbal tea

  03-01-2017 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Drinking copious amounts of water and herbal teas are a trendy and new age way to 'purify and cleanse' the body of toxins but too much can be life-threatening
  
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• Cairngorm mountain rescue couple speak about ordeal

  03-01-2017 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A couple rescued from the Cairngorm mountains after being forced to shelter down for the night have spoken about their ordeal.
  
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• The 2017 hotlist: Our experts pick the big things to come over the next 12 months

  03-01-2017 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Captain Jack Sparrow will set sail for the fifth time, we'll holiday closer to home, wear leopard print clothes and ALL be reading a new book by Brooklyn Beckham
  
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• EuroMillions results: Tonight's winning numbers for £21 million jackpot on Tuesday, January 3

  03-01-2017 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tonight's estimated jackpot could net you a life-changing sum - but have you just become a multi-millionaire? Check your numbers here...
  
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• Earthquake measuring 3.9 strikes off coast of UK - 100 miles east of Scarborough

  03-01-2017 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The British Geological Survey has revealed that a magnitude 3.9 tremor struck 100 miles east of Scarborough at 6.50pm
  
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• US rejects North Korea's claimed ability to 'tip' missile with nuclear warhead

  03-01-2017 22:13
  
  Kim Jong-un announced upcoming ICBM test that could reach USState department disagreed with Trump’s tweet about China’s inactionNorth Korea continues to pursue nuclear and ballistic missile technologies, but the US does not believe it is in a position to “tip” one of them with a nuclear warhead, state department spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday. North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said on Sunday his nuclear-capable country was close to test-launching an intercont
  
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• Two men killed in Yaxley hit-and-run crash

  03-01-2017 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are searching for a driver who fled after an apparent hit-and-run crash in which two men died.
  
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• Russian army publishes photos of utter devastation caused in Aleppo 

  03-01-2017 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The haunting images show tanks driving through streets littered with rubble and lined with crumbling buildings, and Russian soldiers making their mark by daubing graffiti on walls in besieged the Syrian city.
  
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• Labour planning more warplanes, Navy ships and troops as it plots change to NATO spending formula

  03-01-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith used her first newspaper interview to reveal the overhaul was being considered
  
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• Soldier who lost her leg after he was crushed by armoured car in Afghanistan sues MOD

  03-01-2017 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Western, 30, was run over as he and 19 fellow soldiers pulled a 13.6 tonne 'Husky' vehicle for a charity event at the Ouellette base in Helmand Province, in November 2012.
  
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• Eddie Jones open to Richard Cockerill joining England set-up

  03-01-2017 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eddie Jones says he is open to the possibility of sacked Leicester boss Richard Cockerill joining England's coaching set-up.
  
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• Arsenal fans rage on Twitter as Hector Bellerin and Granit Xhaka deliver "disasterclass" at Bournemouth

  03-01-2017 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Gunners pair were the main target of the ire following a shocking opening half at the Vitality Stadium, but they were by no means alone
  
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• Ford Motors cancels $1.6bn Mexico plant

  03-01-2017 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US car giant Ford says it is cancelling a $1.6bn (£1.3bn) plant it had planned to build in Mexico.
  
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• UK ambassador's exit is 'wilful destruction of EU expertise'

  03-01-2017 21:39
  
  Sir Ivan Rogers is latest in string of experts on European Union to be frozen out of government, says former top civil servant The sudden resignation of Britain’s ambassador to the EU has prompted angry accusations from remain supporters that officials who express caution about the Brexit process risk being pressured out of their jobsSir Ivan Rogers’ resignation so close to the start of Brexit negotiations at the end of March amounted to a “wilful and total destruction of EU ex
  
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• Donald Trump says Guantanamo Bay releases must end

  03-01-2017 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president-elect says there must be no more releases of "dangerous people" from Guantanamo Bay.
  
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• 'Terrified' mother died after C-section advice dismissed, inquest hears

  03-01-2017 21:15
  
  Frances Cappuccini, 30, died at Tunbridge Wells hospital in 2012 after losing half her blood following a serious error, inquest toldA mother lost half of her blood and died after midwives disregarded advice that she give birth via a caesarean section, an inquest has heard.Frances Cappuccini was terrified of giving birth to her second child, according to her husband, and went into hospital in labour apparently certain she wanted the C-section recommended by her consultant obstetrician. Continue r
  
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• Brian Adcock on a new nuclear arms race – cartoon

  03-01-2017 21:09
  
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• Man's creepy wireless network prank on neighbour bags him free printer

  03-01-2017 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "I am your printer. I have become self-aware."
  
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• Shocking footage shows prisoners spending Christmas Day holding organised bare-knuckle brawls behind bars

  03-01-2017 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Inmates at HMP Hindley in Wigan, Greater Manchester, were filmed taking drugs and having brutal organised fights
  
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• Iraqi police uncover huge ISIS arms depot and bomb-making workshop near Mosul

  03-01-2017 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video has emerged of Iraqi Police presenting a stash of weapons and explosives seized from ISIS during the tussle for the city of Nimrud showing the terror faction;s military strength.
  
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• The Guardian view on New Year resolutions: fitter, happier, more productive | Editorial

  03-01-2017 20:48
  
  Those annual pledges aren’t just about self-improvement – they’re also a mass economics experimentA very rare thing is happening this week: hundreds of millions of people across the world are undertaking a massive economics experiment. True, hardly any of us think of it as such. Instead, we pledge to lose weight, give up the demon weed or just to get along with our mothers-in-law. But each of these New Year resolutions are exercises in attempting to change what we do – an
  
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• Syrian rebels suspend peace talks, accusing President Assad's regime of violating ceasefire

  03-01-2017 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A dozen rebel factions have suspended talks on new peace negotiations, accusing President Bashar al-Assad's regime of violating a four-day-old ceasefire with attacks near Damascus.
  
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• Istanbul New Year's Eve terror attack victim killed alongside her fiancé 'predicted own death' in chilling Facebook post

  03-01-2017 20:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rita Chami wrote of fears she could "die in a blast" before flying to Turkey with Elias Wardini, who was also killed after a gunman stormed a nightclub packed with partygoers
  
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• Mum forced to wear dirty clothes for five weeks after firm takes ages replacing her broken washing machine

  03-01-2017 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Elaine Renton even tried to spray her clothes with perfume to hide the pong when she went to see a show in London with a pal
  
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• Poland’s foreign minister savages Donald Tusk as relations worsen with Brussels 

  03-01-2017 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Poland's foreign minister has launched a scathing attack on Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, calling him an 'icon of evil and stupidity'.
  
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• Morbid website predicts that the Queen, Bruce Forsyth and 48 other famous people will DIE in 2017

  03-01-2017 20:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The website also predicts Prince Philip, Robert Mugabe, Desmond Tutu, Hugh Hefner and George Bush Snr will die this year
  
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• Leona Bellhouse ‘changed patient records to steal sedation medicine'

  03-01-2017 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leona Bellhouse, 59, (centre) appeared in court to deny one count of theft by employee. But she has been accused of stealing anasthesia medication from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
  
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• Facebook bans Italian woman's photo of Neptune statue for being 'sexually explicit' 

  03-01-2017 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is in trouble again for censoring images - an Italian art historian has been told to remove a naked statue of the sea god Neptune from her page.
  
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• M62 police shooting: Man shot dead by firearms officers had home covered with TEN security cameras

  03-01-2017 20:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Yassar Yaqub, 27, died after firearms officers stopped a white Audi on a slip road and at least three shots were fired near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  
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