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• Make a 999 call on our ailing NHS before it dies on its feet

  08-01-2017 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There are countless signs that the NHS is at breaking point - let's fight to save it
  
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• Armed police surround bookmakers in Jarrow amid reports of a hostage situation following a failed robbery 

  08-01-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Armed police have tonight arrested a man after four people were taken hostage inside a bookmakers following reports of a failed robbery in Jarrow, near Newcastle, Tyne and Wear.
  
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• Life after the final whistle: From a fisherman to a gang squad police officer...the obscure jobs ex-footballers have gone into after retirement

  08-01-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rather than make the obvious move into coaching or punditry, these ex-footballers (such as Phil Mulryne, who is training to be a priest) opted to pursue obscure jobs after retiring.
  
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• 13-year-old moped rider fighting for life after suffering head injury in crash

  08-01-2017 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hospital, where his condition is described as critical
  
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• Miniature railway which has enchanted tourists since 1949 closes as council brings in 28 pages of new Health and Safety rules to make sure the 4mph attraction is safe 

  08-01-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The railway in Poole Park, Dorset, (pictured) which travels at just 4mph and has enchanted tourists and locals for almost 70 years, will have to temporarily shut for up to a year.
  
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• 'Dude... I'm right here' - wanted man taunts police with Where's Wally Facebook post

  08-01-2017 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  JJ McMenamin is being hunted by cops after breaching his bail conditions by failing to attend court
  
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• Tube passengers drop their TROUSERS for No Pants Day ahead of Underground strike

  08-01-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bemused passengers on the tube awkwardly averted their gaze today as hundreds of commuters stripped down to their underwear across London for the bizarre annual tradition.
  
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• Sickening house of horrors where dogs were left to die in their own excrement

  08-01-2017 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT Owner Andrea Davies failed to tell anyone Her ‘Labradoodle’ cross-breeds were in her former property 
  
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• 'I go home and weep': Hell of working on front line of cash-strapped NHS exposed

  08-01-2017 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After the Red Cross claimed there was a 'humanitarian crisis' in England's hospitals medics reveal their tears and frustration at the way the service has become perilously overstretched
  
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• Great-grandmother forced to share an ambulance with a stray LABRADOR

  08-01-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paramedics taking 86-year-old great Brenda Wilding to hospital pulled over to rescue the ‘cold wet’ labrador from the side of the road on their way to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
  
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• Teenager who provoked a police appeal after going missing for three days is found

  08-01-2017 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kelsey Price, 13, who was last seen on Twelvetrees Crescent in Bow, east London, has now been found after a three-day police hunt.
  
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• Young man 'who hid his smile' due to overbite undergoes remarkable surgical transformation

  08-01-2017 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  George Rymer has been self-conscious about his under bite since he was 13
  
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• Lotto chiefs face MP grilling over £2.5million 'fake' payment to rapist Edward Putman

  08-01-2017 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Camelot bosses who sanctioned the payout face quizzing over jackpot riddle that won't go away
  
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• World's most ridiculous 'robbery?' Middle-aged man in shorts 'uses his HAND as fake gun to steal from shop'

  08-01-2017 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The suspect, dressed in a sun hat, shirt and shorts, was captured on CCTV apparently stealing £245 from the convenience store
  
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• Greek Orthodox Christians gather in Margate to mark Christ's baptism

  08-01-2017 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crowds gathered in the Church of St Michael the Archangel for a service, before following a piper through the town to the seafront in a huge procession.
  
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• Family of first British man to reveal he's pregnant 'hurt and upset' by his broken home claims

  08-01-2017 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hayden Cross, born Paige 20 years ago, told how he had to move out of home at 15 when his mum’s new boyfriend moved in - but relatives say he had a typical childhood
  
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• Traditional Morris Dancers are forced to abandon a city centre performance after being accused of being racist for painting their faces black

  08-01-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Witnesses claim the group, from Alvechurch in Worcestershire, were heckled and threatened by a minority of onlookers during performances near the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham.
  
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• Broad daylight assassination attempt on US consular official in Mexico captured in extraordinary footage

  08-01-2017 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage shows the gunman standing on the corner of a shopping area pacing around until a car pulls up to a barrier and he takes out a gun
  
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• Daredevil shark shooter takes jaw-dropping snaps of the ocean's greatest predator

  08-01-2017 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Photographer Michael Muller has travelled the world to capture rare sightings
  
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• Fugitive posts 'Where's Wally?' Facebook picture telling police 'Dude, I'm right here'

  08-01-2017 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jj Mcmenamin, 30, of Middlesborough, North Yorkshire, published an image of him as 'Where's Wally?' on Facebook yesterday after officers failed to find him.
  
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• Tourist with blood dripping from his mouth punches woman in vicious McDonald's brawl

  08-01-2017 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: Chaos erupted at the fast food branch following the unprovoked attack
  
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• Elizabeth I's long-lost SKIRT goes on display after it was found in humble 13th century English church 

  08-01-2017 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A piece of fabric which was draped over the altar in St Faith's church in Herefordshire is now going to be displayed in Hampton Court after experts concluded it once belonged to Elizabeth I.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn refuses to back clampdown on immigration despite growing pressure from Labour party

  08-01-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a speech on Brexit in the core UKIP area of Thurrock, Essex, this week, the Labour leader will insist that full access to the EU’s single market must remain the priority
  
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• BREAKING: Armed 'siege' at Coral bookmakers amid reports of ongoing hostage situation

  08-01-2017 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gun-wielding officers and police vans have been pictured stationed outside Coral Bookmakers in Jarrow, Tyne & Wear
  
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• Armed police surround Coral bookmakers 'after gun-wielding "robber" takes four people hostage'

  08-01-2017 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The suspect was allegedly in possession of a loaded sawn-off shotgun when he took four people hostage at Coral bookmakers
  
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• Big freeze leaves more than 20 dead across Europe - and it's heading for Britain

  08-01-2017 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sub-zero temperatures have been blamed for deaths in Greece, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria
  
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• Fan you very much! Massive 250ft-long wind turbine blade is unveiled at centre of Hull's City of Culture events as the biggest thing ever made in the city 

  08-01-2017 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A massive 250ft-long wind turbine blade has been unveiled in the centre of Hull as it celebrates its year in the spotlight as UK City of Culture.
  
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• Couple who can't conceive naturally spend £350 creating their dream 'reborn baby'

  08-01-2017 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crystal Duke, 24 has a condition which means her body does not produce eggs. She and husband Terry, 34, of Ealing, West London, treat the doll, which they named George, like a real child.
  
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• Great-gran, 79, who shoplifts because she's BORED avoids jail despite 39th offence

  08-01-2017 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  June Humphreys has been left with a criminal record "like a teenage heroin addict", a court heard
  
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• The Dozen: the weekend's best FA Cup photos

  08-01-2017 21:14
  
  Your weekend roundup of the best photography from the FA Cup third round• Follow us on Instagram for more great sports photography Continue reading...
  
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• Circus lions and tigers spotted in cramped cages next to busy M6 motorway

  08-01-2017 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two lions and three tigers are still being kept in 'cramped' cages on a trailer near the M6 motorway in Cannock, Staffordshire, where they have been living 'for months'.
  
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• First footage of Fort Lauderdale shooting shows gunman casually strolling through airport before opening fire without warning

  08-01-2017 21:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This shocking clip shows the killer walking alongside passengers in a blue t-shirt and pulling out a handgun to shoot indiscriminantly
  
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• Mum 'watched boyfriend rape and kill adopted daughter, 14, to fulfill vile sexual fantasy'

  08-01-2017 21:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sara Packer and Jacob Sullivan then preserved the girl’s corpse for weeks in cat litter before dismembering and dumping it, police claim
  
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• One of Britain's only female chimney sweeps dies at 84

  08-01-2017 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Edith Newman cleared soot and ash from the chimneys of the Metropole Hotel, the Grand as well as actor George Robey's house.
  
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• Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt dies aged 75 after six-year battle against rare brain disease 

  08-01-2017 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Sarstedt's most famous song Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?, about a girl born in poverty who becomes a member of the European jet-set, topped the UK singles charts in February 1969.
  
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• Litter lout drivers face £60 fines if rubbish is thrown from vehicle windows - even by someone else

  08-01-2017 20:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ministers are set to give councils tough new powers to punish car owners for littering 
  
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• Aldi and Lidl 'suffer poor Christmas trading because shops look like they've been robbed'

  08-01-2017 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UK budget supermarkets Aldi and Lidl are said to have endured a Christmas slump according to retail experts, with 'overcrowded' shops and 'understaffed' tills being labelled as the cause.
  
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• Alcoholic former England footballer Kenny Sansom, 58, checks into rehab

  08-01-2017 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sansom's Arsenal teammate Niall Quinn has checked him in to the Tiglin Centre in County Wicklow, Ireland for ten months to recover from his alcohol and gambling addictions.
  
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• London to Edinburgh in 45 minutes: 760mph UK rail link takes step closer to reality as it makes shortlist for Elon Musk's Hyperloop One project

  08-01-2017 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US startup has disclosed a list of locations around the world vying to put near-supersonic rail transit system to the test - and the England to Scotland captial city link is among the contenders.
  
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• Ben Jennings on the state of the NHS – cartoon

  08-01-2017 20:36
  
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• No more wrinkles? Scientists' ground-breaking discovery solve issue of ageing skin

  08-01-2017 20:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The findings could pave the way for a range of brand new anti-ageing treatments
  
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• How a design for city living went wrong | Letters

  08-01-2017 20:29
  
  Re your article (We need spaces to live but we also need places to make things, 7 January): twenty years ago Richard Rogers’ Towards an Urban Renaissance put sustainability at the core of a vision of compact cities where people worked, rested and played with minimum car use. Residential densification of central London and other large English cities would be delivered through regeneration and the judicious imposition of tall buildings. The result was a tall building frenzy driven by in
  
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• Boris Johnson jets into NYC to meet Donald Trump's aides after Prime Minister slams billionaire's 'p***y grabbing' boast

  08-01-2017 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  His arrival in the Big Apple comes after Theresa May branded the President Elect's comments on women 'unacceptable'
  
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• 'Manhunt on for Syrian scientist planning chemical attack on British seaside resorts'

  08-01-2017 20:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The alleged plan was uncovered as German police investigated the Berlin Christmas market terrorist, it has been reported
  
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• Manhunt for 'Syrian scientist planning chemical attack on British seaside resorts'

  08-01-2017 20:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The alleged plan was uncovered as German police investigated the Berlin Christmas market terrorist, it has been reported
  
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• Brit jihadi bride married American ISIS commander - then divorced him and fled Syria with their children

  08-01-2017 19:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joya Choudhury wed John Georgelas in Rochdale, before he rose to the top of the terrorist organisation, but has now turned her back on radical Islam
  
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• Disney director confirms fan theory linking Tarzan to Frozen - but there's a few problems

  08-01-2017 19:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Disney does love linking its films somehow, but as much as we want to believe this theory, it's a flawed
  
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• Mother warn others not to take Ecstasy by posting pictures of teen daughter in coma

  08-01-2017 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kelly Robinson from Wigan has made an emotional plea on Facebook begging youngsters not to try the class-A drug. Her 16-year-old ended up in a coma after popping a pill.
  
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• Jilted bride who bought one-way ticket and travelled world after big day was called off finally finds happiness

  08-01-2017 19:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katy Colins, 31, penned a series of best-selling novels when her big day was cancelled at short notice
  
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• World's most evil street gang whose 100,000 members want to top the global league for murder

  08-01-2017 19:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mara Salvatrucha - also dubbed MS-13 - is known for its brutal murders, gang rape, drug trafficking and merciless revenge attacks.
  
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