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• 'I stabbed an innocent woman to death today - it was absolutely fantastic': Schoolgirl's chilling diary entries

  24-01-2017 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pearl Moen was just 17 when she carried out a brutal knife attack on a complete stranger - then described it in detail in a journal
  
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• Mum who pushed 6ft6" husband to his death out of 25th-floor window protests innocence from beyond the grave

  24-01-2017 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  25-year-old Amber Hilberling from Oklahoma took her own life last October part-way through a sentence for killing her husband
  
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• Army recruitment in crisis as MoD missed target by a THIRD

  24-01-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New figures released to Parliament show 6,910 new regular troops joined the British Army over the past 12 months, against a target of 9,580 - a shortfall of 28 per cent. Pictured is a recruitment advert.
  
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• Guest films moment 'disgusting' brown liquid streams from tap in Hilton Hotel room

  24-01-2017 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wilson Chowdhry had just brushed his teeth and was filling the sink to wash his face when the tea-coloured water began streaming out at the luxury hotel in Deansgate, Manchester
  
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• Five-year-old girl tried to walk home alone after being 'left outside closed school by a taxi'

  24-01-2017 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Parents claim little Phoebe Allen had to walk on narrow country roads as she headed home alone from Talley CP School
  
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• Ikea issues global recalls for deckchair after reports of injuries

  24-01-2017 23:44
  
  Furniture store received reports users received finger injuries requiring medical treatment regarding the Mysingsö deckchairIkea is recalling a deckchair sold in the UK following reports that it can collapse and cause injury.The Swedish furniture giant is urging customers who bought any model of the Mysingsö deckchair to return it for a full refund as part of the global recall. Continue reading...
  
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• Rowing coach denies sexually abusing 10 young boys

  24-01-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patrick Marshall, 70, allegedly preyed on vulnerable pupils during the sixties and seventies at Windsor Grammar School, Windsor and then at St Paul’s School, in Barnes, south west London.
  
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• West Bromwich man jailed for life for strangling his ex

  24-01-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leroy Sterling of West Bromwich was found guilty of the murder of Wendy Mann. Father to her three children an enraged Sterling throttled Miss Mann in her flat and tried to hide the evidence.
  
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• Portuguese man says staff forced him to stay in hospital

  24-01-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adriano Guedes was admitted to the James Paget Hospital in Norfolk following a stroke in August 2014. But he was removed after the hospital obtained a court order on January 10 this year.
  
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• Philippe Coutinho close to extending Liverpool stay until 2022

  24-01-2017 23:38
  
  • Brazil international had been tipped to be Barcelona target in the summer
  • Contract talks understood to be at advanced stage but will be no release clausePhilippe Coutinho is close to extending his Liverpool career – and dashing Barcelona’s hopes of a summer move for the Brazil international – by signing a new five-year contract with the Anfield club. Related: Jürgen Klopp reveals ‘long’ clear-the-air meeting with Liverpool playersContinue reading.
  
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• Michael Ballack urges Diego Costa and co to beware Chinese riches

  24-01-2017 23:30
  
  The sums players are being offered by China are ‘not normal’, according to former Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack, who urged Diego Costa and his ilk to keep their heads as the riches only increaseMichael Ballack’s first response takes in hearty congratulation and a little mock jealousy. The former Chelsea midfielder was handsomely paid during his four years at Stamford Bridge but even he can only marvel at the numbers that have been quoted to Diego Costa from the Chinese clu
  
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• Jurgen Klopp urges misfiring Liverpool to ‘be happy’ in trophy hunt

  24-01-2017 23:30
  
  • Anfield manager says club have plenty to play for
  • Southampton stand in way of return to WembleyLiverpool stand one game away from a Wembley final, most probably against Manchester United, and a chance to present Jürgen Klopp with the first silverware of his time in England. The German is excited by the prospect – “I am full of energy, full of power” – but already he can sense the rest of Merseyside lagging behind his level of electricity.The reason is n
  
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• Hughie Fury: Tyson and me can match the Klitschkos and win all the belts

  24-01-2017 23:30
  
  • ‘Tyson is in a better place now and hopefully will be back this year’
  • Hughie hopes to fight Joseph Parker for WBO heavyweight crownTyson Fury is on the mend after being forced to give up his WBA, WBO and IBO heavyweight belts because of serious depression and is aiming to be fighting again by the end of 2017, according to his cousin Hughie Fury.Hughie, who expects to fight Joseph Parker for his WBO heavyweight crown in the spring, says the Furys believe they will emulat
  
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• Woman and man from Plymouth charged with rape of child

  24-01-2017 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sarah Gotham, 33, and Craig Forbes, 35, are accused of four joint counts of sexual assault against the same child. They denied all charges at Plymouth Crown Court.
  
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• Schoolboy who reported bullies is battered and 'covered in dog poo' in sickening 'revenge attack' filmed by pupil

  24-01-2017 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The boy's attacker asks him, "you remember me, don't you?" before punching and kicking him while egged on by other pupils
  
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• Tragic teen dies after falling ill at fast food restaurant as devastated family reveal heartache

  24-01-2017 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  19-year-old Lisa Niland fell ill and was rushed to hospital but medics were unable to save her life
  
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• Woman dives into lake despite freezing temperatures to rescue her dog from the water

  24-01-2017 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Witnesses said the animal had been chasing a bird on the semi-frozen boating pond when it fell in and struggled to get back to shore
  
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• When will we ever learn? Hundreds of drivers caught using mobile phones despite crackdown

  24-01-2017 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Our reporters and photographers accompanied officers to see the extent of the problem - and caught motorists mob handed
  
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• Dan Cole: 43-0 is Leicester’s worst ever defeat … it’s never been as bad as this

  24-01-2017 23:13
  
  • Looking to foreign coaches is key to recovery, England prop says
  • Tigers parted company with director of rugby Richard Cockerill this monthOne of Leicester’s leading players believes the Tigers are at their lowest ebb for at least a decade and will struggle to solve their problems overnight. The England prop Dan Cole admits the club have a range of troubles to address and says last Saturday’s 43-0 record home defeat by Glasgow ranked among the worst days of his career. R
  
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• Bird flu found in flock of farmed pheasants in Lancashire

  24-01-2017 23:04
  
  Some birds have died and remaining animals at farm in Preston would be humanely culled after outbreaks of H5N8 strain, says DefraBird flu has been found in a flock of farmed pheasants in Lancashire, the UK’s chief veterinary officer has confirmed.Some of the birds at the farm in Preston had already died and the remaining live animals would be humanely culled after the discovery of the H5N8 strain, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said in a statement. Continue
  
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• Two MILLION Brits could be in line for a pay-out from Volkswagen as High Court battle looms

  24-01-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A class action being brought against the German giant could cost the company upwards of £6bn in compensation, lawyers revealed
  
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• Key to marriage is ‘a lot of bleeding patience'

  24-01-2017 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It wasn't love at first sight for Dolly and Stan Izatt, 89 and 91 respectively. The pair, both born and raised in London, are celebrating seven blissful decades but Dolly said she preferred Stan's friend at first.
  
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• Man bites off housemate's ear after Donald Trump row turns ugly over deportation fears

  24-01-2017 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marco Ortiz said his friend had become tense over fears he would be 'sent back to Mexico' before he turned violent in their flat in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  
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• Pensioner jailed for filming up women's skirts in Asda

  24-01-2017 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Watkin (pictured), 68, from Littlehampton in West Sussex, mounted spy cameras in a pen, keyring and his shopping basket to take pictures of women as they walked round the supermarkets.
  
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• Bollywood fan dead as crowds try to glimpse Shah Rukh Khan

  24-01-2017 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Bollywood fan was trampled to death and several others were injured after a crowd stampeded a railway station in India in a bid to get a glimpse of superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
  
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• Cancer doctor 'lied about ability to do keyhole surgery'

  24-01-2017 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sudip Sarker, 47, is accused of lying about his experience in performing keyhole surgery when applying for a job as a consultant at the Worcester Royal Hospital. He denies the offences.
  
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• Republicans push federal 'heartbeat' bill in longshot bid to overturn Roe v Wade

  24-01-2017 22:36
  
  Bill unlikely to pass Congress but is believed to be first of its kind at federal level, banning abortion after heartbeat is detected, in some cases as early as six weeksA group of Republican congressmen urged support for what is believed to be the first federal “heartbeat” bill in the US on Tuesday, arguing that it would in effect “eliminate” abortion across the country.Though the bill is unlikely to pass Congress, its introduction is an indicator of how emboldened far-r
  
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• Huge fire engulfs Russian shopping mall

  24-01-2017 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of terrified shoppers have been evacuated from a burning shopping mall in Moscow. Footage posted on social media tonight shows the building engulfed in a raging fireball.
  
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• How each of the Brexit Supreme Court judges voted as government humiliated by ruling

  24-01-2017 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Britain’s highest court said it is not for the Prime Minister to decide whether to trigger Article 50
  
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• Patient who spent two years in hospital evicted under court order

  24-01-2017 22:22
  
  Adriano Guedes removed from James Paget hospital in Norfolk, which said 63-year-old was occupying bed ‘unnecessarily’A patient who was evicted from a hospital under a court order after spending more than two years in a bed has insisted that he did not want to stay there.
  Adriano Guedes was removed from the James Paget hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk, which said the 63-year-old was occupying the bed “unnecessarily” and was fit to be discharged. Continue reading...
  
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• UFO spotter claims Google satellite caught his fist fight with grey aliens trying to abduct him from Torquay

  24-01-2017 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Mooner argues that images caught on the tech giant's satellites show him in the middle of a brawl with aliens trying to bundle him into a UFO
  
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• Who is pro-EU campaigner Gina Miller who brought Brexit vote before the Supreme Court?

  24-01-2017 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 51-year-old investment manager fought the Government all the way to the highest court in the land over her belief that MPs, not the Prime Minister, should decide on Britain’s departure from the EU
  
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• Bungling Royal Navy warship commanders "fired surface-to-air missile at Wales"

  24-01-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chiefs did not bother to inform Downing Street of the potentially-catastrophic mishap
  
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• Alison Phillips: Give the F-word to march critics - feminism

  24-01-2017 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If ­President Trump, Piers Morgan and any other thick-headed fool thinks we’re going to sit at home and weep into our prosecco and knock back another Prozac, they are deluded
  
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• No mechanical issues in plane crash that killed judge in Brazil corruption scandal

  24-01-2017 21:54
  
  Flight recordings suggested there was no equipment malfunction, fuelling intense speculation over the cause of the incident that killed Teori ZavasckiBrazil supreme court justice overseeing vast corruption case dies in plane crash
  The plane crash that killed the supreme court justice at the centre of Brazil’s biggest corruption scandal was not caused by mechanical problems, according to a preliminary analysis of flight recordings that will further fuel already intense speculation over the
  
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• Northwoods 'shooting': Gunfire reported at THIRD shopping mall in three days as police hunt on-the-run Good Samaritan killing suspect

  24-01-2017 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It comes after Jonathan Murphy, 42, was shot dead in front of wife Aimee at Rolling Oaks shopping mall
  
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• Dear Coleen: My older lover won’t leave his wife for me, but I can’t end our affair

  24-01-2017 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He picks me up after work and we have an hour or two together, usually in a cheap hotel
  
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• 'End this barbarity' says Alesha Dixon as she exposes cruel Thai animal shows

  24-01-2017 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Britain's Got Talent star flew to Thailand with charity World Animal Protection to shoot secret footage highlighting the cruelty of the animal “entertainment”
  
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• Italian avalanche death toll rises as six die in helicopter crash nearby

  24-01-2017 21:34
  
  Rescuers pull 10 bodies from hotel, taking number of dead to 17, while emergency services rush to crash site near ski resort
  Hopes have faded that any more survivors of the avalanche that buried a hotel in a central Italian ski resort would be found after the death toll more than doubled to 17, with 12 people still unaccounted for.As rescue crews continued to search the Rigopiano hotel on Tuesday, an emergency helicopter crashed at ski resort in the same Abruzzo region, killing six people. Conti
  
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• Sick and disabled forced 'to pay for OWN care assessments' by shameless Tory council

  24-01-2017 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Furious Labour MPs and campaign groups hit out at plans by Tory-run Northamptonshire County Council to force people need of social services to pay £50 for a needs assessment before they can access care
  
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• EuroMillions results: Tonight's winning numbers for £76 million jackpot on Tuesday, January 24

  24-01-2017 21:23 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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• ISIS propaganda footage shows young terrorists using drones to drop bombs on battlefield as children celebrate destruction

  24-01-2017 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The clip taken in the Iraqi city of Mosul shows the jihadis fully utilising the weapon against US-backed forces for the first time after releasing a trailer on Monday
  
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• The most 'ludicrous' expenses claims given to the taxman - from Caribbean holidays to Shih Tzu guard dogs

  24-01-2017 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Claims which were also rejected included those for betting slips, Friday night “bonding sessions” costing thousands of pounds and designer clothes
  
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• Nova Scotia village with 65 residents holds one of smallest Women's Marches

  24-01-2017 21:14
  
  Two women of Sandy Cove recruited 15 people to walk along major highway in Canada in solidarity with millions who participated around the worldWhen Melissa Merritt and Gwen Quigley Wilson decided to join millions around the world and organise a Women’s March in their tiny fishing community in eastern Canada, they knew it would not be large.But the closest protest to Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, (population: approximately 65) was in Halifax – about a 2.5 hour drive away – and the tw
  
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• 10 things that would DEFINITELY happen if Wayne Rooney moved to China

  24-01-2017 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Manchester United's newly-crowned all-time record goalscorer is apparently the latest name lined up by the Chinese Super League, and here's what'd happen if he went
  
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• Woman and man charged with rape and sexual assault of young child

  24-01-2017 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sarah Jane Gothan, 33, and Craig John Forbes, 35, appeared in court to face the charges
  
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• Donald Trump still believes 'millions' of people voted illegally in election but won't investigate because 'he won'

  24-01-2017 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Press secretary says Trump has a "longstanding belief" based on "studies he's seen". But he was unable to cite any studies that showed evidence of voter fraud
  
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• Man facing repossession burnt his house to the ground and strummed his guitar while watching the blaze

  24-01-2017 20:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charles Chestnut had bought the £250,000 property, but Yorkshire Building Society were taking action over mortgage arrears when he set it on fire
  
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• Citigroup plans new operations away from London after Brexit

  24-01-2017 20:49
  
  US bank in talks with Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Germany and Netherlands in search for new European base once UK leaves EUCitigroup has set out 25 criteria to weigh up which financial centre in the European Union will house the new operation it expects to set up as a result of Brexit.The US bank, which employs 9,000 people in the UK, has been in discussions with the authorities in Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands as potential locations for the new operation it is pr
  
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• 'Speed addict' joyrider who left dad for dead racks up 16th driving conviction despite never passing test

  24-01-2017 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam Marsden, described as being 'addicted to speed', was driving at nearly 60mph when he hit plasterer Nicholas Horner as he crossed the road
  
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