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• Joshua McCormack's funeral led by Darth Vader in Whitworth

  23-01-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joshua McCormack's funeral cortege was led by Darth Vader and stormtroopers in his home town of Whitworth, Rochdale, ahead of a church service.
  
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• Couple's selfie goes viral because they look exactly like Phil and Shirley from EastEnders – but she's not impressed

  23-01-2017 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Blonde Sally Darley and bald-headed Craig Moylan are pictured side-by-side and both dressed in black – similar to the on-screen couple
  
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• 50 things that made being a kid better 50 years ago than it is now

  23-01-2017 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Penny sweets, record players, conkers and playing outside until it got dark make for a nostalgic run-down
  
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• Rolf Harris victims 'invented sex allegations to get at his £11m fortune', court hears

  23-01-2017 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Entertainer, jailed in 2014 for assaulting four females, denies seven further counts of indecent assault and one of sex assault
  
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• Sir Michael Fallon tells us that 'national security is not your business' over Trident

  23-01-2017 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thirty times he was asked if a Trident missile had misfired and thirty times he stalled, dived or blustered rather than give a direct answer
  
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• Family of drug dealer who plotted £180MILLION money laundering scam ordered to hand over FOUR houses

  23-01-2017 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "The properties have been acquired, held and transferred by various family members without any identifiable source of income"
  
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• Steel campaigners feeling 'betrayed' after sector is barely mentioned in Government's new industrial strategy

  23-01-2017 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Theresa May's green paper included just a single, passing reference to reviving Britain's once-great steel industry
  
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• Touchscreen gambling machines made a record £1.73bn in 2016 - with each one worth £1,000 a week

  23-01-2017 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Profits from Fixed Odds Betting Terminals, linked to addiction and antisocial behaviour, surge 14% in four years
  
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• White House insists Donald Trump will discuss trade with Britain after he dumps major TPP trade deal

  23-01-2017 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The White House said the President will have a "great conversation" about US-UK trade after he withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
  
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• Windsor and Eton Society oppose Anna Friel extension plan

  23-01-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fourty-year-old actress has had objections from Windsor and Eton Society about planning applications for swings and a pergola in her garden. They say the plans are 'excessive'.
  
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• Brothers jailed for Sports Direct people smuggling scam

  23-01-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Erwin Markowski, left, and his brother Krystian, right were both jailed for six years for recruiting men in Poland to work for Sports Direct at their warehouse in Shirebrook before taking one-third of their wages.
  
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• Sick man ruled 'fit to work' at Jobcentre collapses and dies in street minutes later

  23-01-2017 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lawrence Bond was at the Jobcentre to look for jobs after his Employment and Support Allowance was stopped last July based on an assessment prescribed by the government
  
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• Diner 'finds caterpillar wriggling around his curry' - but restaurant claims this CCTV footage shows something fishy

  23-01-2017 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 15-year-old boy was dining at an all-you-can-eat buffet in Manchester when he said he "knew something wasn’t right because pilau rice doesn’t move"
  
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• Parents ban kids from watching Youtube star DanTDM

  23-01-2017 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video blogger DanTDM used a blowtorch on a Hatchimal, a £60 toy that sold out all over the country this Christmas as parents rushed to by the must-have gift, but some found it disturbing.
  
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• Donald Trump signs anti-abortion advice law surrounded by men in one of his first acts as President

  23-01-2017 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Surrounded by men in the Oval Office, the President brought back the “global gag rule” denying foreign aid to groups who offer abortion counselling
  
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• Three miracle puppies rescued after spending FIVE DAYS under rubble of Italian avalanche hotel

  23-01-2017 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency crews cheered by discovery of three Abruzzo sheepdog puppies, while race to find 23 people still missing escalates
  
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• "Just go back": Man's 'vicious racist' attack on Polish mother and young children in Aldi supermarket

  23-01-2017 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken mum said: "I've worked hard here and have a good job. We want to live here because we really like this country and like the freedom of this country."
  
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• Dutch PM Mark Rutte bid to take support from Geert Wilders

  23-01-2017 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte sought to lure voters away from far-right politician Geert Wilders, as campaigning for the March 15 national elections heated up on Monday.
  
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• Hot dog cools off in the pool as Australian temperatures nudge 40C

  23-01-2017 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labrador-retriever clearly wanted a bit of the Australian Open tennis action
  
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• Daughter of sick pensioner claims father's car was boxed in by doctor to 'teach him a lesson'

  23-01-2017 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Hossain’s daughter Rebecca said the accountant was left “shivering in the cold” amid the car parking row
  
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• President Donald Trump's spokesman says he'll never lie - just 'disagree with the facts'

  23-01-2017 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sean Spicer finally admitted the crowds at Donald Trump’s inauguration weren't the highest on record - but said he'd been misinterpreted
  
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• Mystery deepens over world's biggest explosion in Russia

  23-01-2017 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A large fireball was seen crossing the Siberian sky on June 20, 1908 before an eruption six miles above ground flattened 80 million trees and left charred reindeer carcases.
  
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• Gunman fires shots at Bolton house and escapes on moped

  23-01-2017 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CCTV images of the dramatic moment in Bolton have been released by police. Two men, one carrying the shotgun, rode a moped onto Ashbourne Avenue at about 7pm.
  
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• Frozen fog vortex heading for Britain sparks transport chaos and grounds thousands of airport passengers

  23-01-2017 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office also warned of perilous conditions on roads as the dense fog rolls in over widespread parts of south England, the Midlands and Wales
  
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• Polish mother is abused by a racist shopper in Aldi

  23-01-2017 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman, who only wants to be known as Marta, was stunned when she was told to 'go back' by the middle-aged white man as she spoke Polish in a busy Aldi store in Stevenage, Herts.
  
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• Woman teacher, 31, is banned from classrooms for having an affair with 15-year-old pupil

  23-01-2017 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The boy had sent a threatening letter to disgraced Alexandra Sharman at about the time he confided to a GP that he was the victim of “sex abuse”
  
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• Police who accessed Mirror journalists' phone records 'attacked press freedom'

  23-01-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Force says it's 'very sorry' for snooping in bid to identify sources in stories about its disgraced chief constable
  
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• NHS tells cerebral palsy sufferer Ben Baddeley's family 'we have no record of him'

  23-01-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ben's parents Gary and Amy had a meeting with a specialist axed at the last minute and they say any delay in treatment could hinder his recovery
  
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• Eating just ONE cheeseburger can increase your risk of getting diabetes

  23-01-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A study has found consuming rich food alters liver function and reduces sensitivity to insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar
  
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• Hornchurch flat explosion: Stunned neighbour claims CANNABIS FACTORY caused massive blast that tore homes apart

  23-01-2017 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At least five people have been injured in the explosion - which sent debris flying onto nearby roads
  
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• Tunisia beach shooter hid his firearm in a parasol

  23-01-2017 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trudy Jones, 51, from Gwent, South Wales, was holidaying with friends when she was shot in the neck and chest by a terrorist gunman who hid his firearm in a parasol, an inquest has heard.
  
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• Welfare claimants face 12-week waits for new benefit Universal Credit putting them 'at risk of eviction'

  23-01-2017 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The stark warning came tonight from Croydon Council, a key pilot area for the "full digital service" of Universal Credit
  
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• Fleet woman who killed bike rider escapes jail

  23-01-2017 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laura Ward travelled 160 miles from her home in Fleet, Hampshire after taking cannabis, amphetamines and diazepam before crashing into motorcyclist Aiden Platt in August 2015.
  
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• Catholic School sparks row by banning headscarf on girl, 4

  23-01-2017 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  St Clare's School in Handsworth, West Midlands, has a strict uniform policy, including no headwear or scarf, but the row has been dragged onto social media.
  
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• ISIS reveal first deadly 'reaper' drone bomber that mimics US military craft in sick propaganda footage

  23-01-2017 21:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The clip taken in the Iraqi city of Mosul shows the jihadis using the weapon against US-backed forces for the first time
  
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• Watch Britain's Defence Secretary refuse 30 TIMES to say if Trident missile test failed

  23-01-2017 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a farcical hour of questions, Michael Fallon refused over and over to say if a nuclear missile test failed. Watch the toe-curling video in full
  
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• Dorset girl hanged herself after break up with girlfriend

  23-01-2017 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sophie Clark, from Dorset, told her father that she was going for a walk one evening and didn't return home. After her father reported her missing, a member of the public found her hanged.
  
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• Five-year-old who died of cancer given perfect Star Wars send-off with Darth Vader and stormtroopers

  23-01-2017 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joshua McCormack’s funeral cortege brought his home town of Whitworth in Rochdale to a standstill ahead of a church service
  
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• Watch what happens next after Pat Phelan kills Andy Carver on Coronation Street

  23-01-2017 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Phelan loads his van concealing evidence, just as Eileen appears on tomorrow night's Corrie
  
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• Former Playboy model criticised for 'inappropriate' video of her sticking tongue in three-year-old son's mouth

  23-01-2017 20:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Some social media users branded the clip 'erotic' but others defended Argentinian Belén Rodríguez, 31, over the Instagram clip
  
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• Dramatic moment woman is thrown off plane by cops after blasting Trump supporter as cheering passengers chant "USA"

  23-01-2017 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fellow passengers applaud as irate woman is turfed off for having atomic meltdown at man sitting next to her for 'putting Trump's finger on the nuclear button'
  
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• Football team so over the moon about away win they left their MANAGER behind

  23-01-2017 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hall Road Rangers won 4-2 and the team were so keen to get back to have a celebration party that they left Dave Ricardo at the opposition ground
  
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• Woman knifes new boyfriend to death in her underwear amid blazing row on freezing balcony

  23-01-2017 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ruth Carr stabbed Alan Allan while standing in pink pants and a black bra then said it was in self defence – but a jury at the High Court in Glasgow rejected the claims
  
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• Actor shot dead on music video set posted chilling footage of guns and 'faulty props' hours earlier

  23-01-2017 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Johann Ofner, 28, was accidentally killed while filming a gangster bar scene for a music video for Australian hip-hop group Bliss n Eso
  
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• Drug driver who killed 20-year-old biker avoids jail because she has become a mum since accident

  23-01-2017 20:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Laura Ward had taken cannabis, diazepam and amphetamine the night before she threw Aiden Platt into a traffic light
  
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• Prince Harry talks of missing army life as he visits Help for Heroes recovery centre

  23-01-2017 20:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The prince served in the military for 10 years and was at the centre to support its aim of helping former servicemen and women with their mental recovery
  
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• Rapper Kano in court over Shoreditch 'attack'

  23-01-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Grime star Kano - real name Kane Robinson - allegedly assaulted Henry Kinman and Suzzan Atala at Shoreditch House, east London on December 16 last year.
  
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• Otter as big as a WOLF and armed with powerful jaws once roamed Earth's swamps

  23-01-2017 20:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ancient species weighing close to 8 stone lived some six million years ago, study reveals
  
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• Anorexia sufferer sent home from hospital by judge 

  23-01-2017 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman (not pictured) has fought her illness since her teens and a judge at the Court of Protection, in London, ruled by sending her home she may be more open to life-saving treatment.
  
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• Transgender former menswear model finds success on female fashion catwalks in Hollywood

  23-01-2017 20:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aria Veach, 29, from Los Angeles, began a brave transition under Hollywood's spotlight in 2014 - despite her family's refusal to accept her identity
  
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