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• Tiger Woods misses cut as return falls flat at Farmers Insurance Open

  27-01-2017 23:58
  
  • Former world No1 shoots second-round 72 but pays price for poor day one
  • Justin Rose in happy mood as he leads by one shot on eight underTiger Woods’s much anticipated return to the PGA Tour after an absence of 17 months ended prematurely on Friday with a missed cut at the Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego.After struggling to a four-over-par 76 with a rusty display in the opening round on the more difficult south course at Torrey Pines, Woods followed up with an even 72
  
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• Rory McGrath makes gag about court case after putting ex through harassment hell

  27-01-2017 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The TV star, who was given a five-year restraining order, 'tormented' married ex after she ended affair
  
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• Mum bans kids from playing outside after seeing couple having sex and injecting drugs in doorway of church

  27-01-2017 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Families on the street in Camborne, Cornwall, have also been forced to dodge used needles, excrement and broken glass, thought to have been left by rough sleepers
  
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• Special relationship gets a new lease on life

  27-01-2017 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK Prime Minister Theresa May visits US President Donald Trump, building a new friendship between the US and the UK.
  
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• I've got six months to find a new mum for my disabled daughter before I die

  27-01-2017 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Single mum Vicky Pickard was determined to use what time she had left to seek out a new mum for disabled daughter Jessica
  
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• Berlin mayor to Donald Trump: 'Don't build this wall'

  27-01-2017 23:42
  
  Michael Mueller says the long-divided city ‘cannot look on without comment when a country plans to build a wall’The mayor of Germany’s once-divided capital, Berlin, Michael Mueller, offered some advice to Donald Trump on Friday: “Don’t build this wall!”The US president, holding true to his campaign promise, this week ordered US officials to begin to design and construct a wall along the 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometre) US-Mexico border. Continue reading...
  
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• Naughty forty-year-olds are turning to sex toys and al fresco romps to spice up their sex lives

  27-01-2017 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Our saucy survey reveals what really goes on beneath Britain's bed sheets for the over-40s
  
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• Antonio Conte gives Branislav Ivanovic no guarantee of Chelsea future

  27-01-2017 23:38
  
  • Zenit St Petersburg interested in Serbia defender
  • Ivanovic will not start FA Cup tie against BrentfordAntonio Conte has offered no guarantees over Branislav Ivanovic’s future at Chelsea and said the defender will not start Saturday’s FA Cup tie against Brentford, with Zenit St Petersburg having expressed an interest in luring him to Russia.Ivanovic has not started a Premier League game since the defeat at Arsenal towards the end of September, having lost his place in Co
  
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• Saido Berahino blames West Brom for too fat image and bad egg reputation

  27-01-2017 23:30
  
  • Berahino: refusal to sign a contract led to exile at The Hawthorns
  • Stoke City striker denies he was overweight at West BromSaido Berahino has strongly denied suggestions he was heavily overweight at West Bromwich Albion, with the striker instead claiming his refusal to sign a contract led to him being frozen out this season. Speaking for the first time since completing his £12m move to Stoke City, Berahino expressed his dismay that he has been portrayed as a troublemaker and
  
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• Carl Frampton believes he has upper hand against Leo Santa Cruz

  27-01-2017 23:30
  
  • First defence of WBA featherweight crown is rematch of fight in July
  • ‘I think I have the upper hand,’ says Frampton Carl Frampton stands close to greatness. The glitz of Las Vegas can easily blur minds yet Frampton’s razor sharp focus has shone like the lights on the strip. Continue reading...
  
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• Baby dolphin killed by cackling mob of heartless tourists who drag it from water to pose for selfies

  27-01-2017 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The doomed mammal was out of the water for too long and dehydrated
  
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• Well, that was intense

  27-01-2017 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's been a busy week in Trumpland. Let us take your hand and guide you through it.
  
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• Crafty 98-year-old woman puts mobility scooter fraudster in jail after setting up clever sting with pensioner friend

  27-01-2017 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Doreen Rimmer became suspicious of Paul Frossell then hatched a plan to catch him out with her 66-year-old pensioner pal Ken Pike
  
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• Toddler left screaming in pain as Asda security gates SMASH into his head while mum pushes him into store

  27-01-2017 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The store have launched an investigation into what happened after Oscar Thorpe went to A&E
  
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• Canada may contribute to Dutch-led international abortion fund

  27-01-2017 23:18
  
  Government spokesman emphasizes focus on sexual health and reproductive rights after Donald Trump institutes ‘gag rule’ halting funding Related: Dutch respond to Trump's 'gag rule' with international safe abortion fund Canada is considering contributing to a Dutch-led international fund to support abortion services in developing countries, set up in response to Donald Trump’s order to halt financing of NGOs that support the practice. Continue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump's gestures during meeting with Theresa May that try to say 'I'm the big man'

  27-01-2017 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Body language expert Darren Stanton explains the hidden meanings of the Prime Minister's first meeting with the new President
   
  
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• Satellite images indicate North Korea has restarted plutonium production for nuclear weapons programme

  27-01-2017 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Washington-based monitoring project 38 North said a water plume emerging from the cooling water outlet of the plant's reactor indicated it was "very likely operating"
  
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• Jack Nowell building to England Six Nations comeback brick by brick

  27-01-2017 23:00
  
  England wing admits ‘there have been some dark days’ but his club form has the outlook looking bright for the Six NationsNot long ago international rugby players had time-consuming day jobs. England’s grand-slam winning side of the early 90s contained an RAF pilot, Rory Underwood, on the wing and a surgeon, Jonathan Webb, operating, so to speak, at full-back. In the professional era, as the England wing Jack Nowell is honest enough to admit, it is a slightly different story.In
  
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• England buck trend by preparing Keaton Jennings for future leading role | Ali Martin

  27-01-2017 23:00
  
  The 24-year-old who was parachuted into India to open the batting has been getting the Sandhurst treatment with England Lions and would snap your hand off to play 100 Tests at No10Be it next month or next year, Joe Root’s expected appointment as successor to Alastair Cook as England’s Test captain will represent something of a step into the unknown, given the Yorkshireman’s relative lack of experience in the role at domestic level.Though with this scenario now seemingly the nor
  
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• Cocteau sins: Les Enfants Terribles by the Royal Ballet – in pictures

  27-01-2017 23:00
  
  The Barbican in London is staging a new production of Philip Glass’s dance-opera, based on Jean Cocteau’s sensational novel Les Enfants Terribles. Step inside the surreal world of two siblings’ deadly gamesContinue reading...
  
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• Teen who rescued Enigma codes from sinking sub died in house fire without knowing the significance of his bravery

  27-01-2017 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sailor Tommy Brown risked his life to retrieve the machine when just 16, but his incredible feat has only recently come to light
  
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• Lucie Jones chosen to represent UK at Eurovision

  27-01-2017 22:58
  
  Former X Factor hopeful beat five other veterans of the programme to win place in final in Ukraine on 13 MayFormer X Factor hopeful Lucie Jones has been named as Britain’s entry to this year’s Eurovision song contest.She won the slot with a rendition of Never Give Up on You during a live voting programme on BBC2 on Friday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Spoon-bending 'psychic' Uri Geller says US government tested him to see if his mind could power nuclear weapons

  27-01-2017 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He was speaking after CIA files revealed he was put through his paces by scientists in the 1970s to see if his claims of psychic abilities could be proven
  
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• David Weir says he was accused of throwing race in Rio Paralympics

  27-01-2017 22:55
  
  • Claims Jenni Banks said he sabotaged the 4x400m relay team
  • I would never, ever, throw a race just because I don’t like someone’David Weir, the six-times Paralympic gold medallist, has claimed Jenni Banks, the head of the British wheelchair racing programme, accused him of deliberately throwing a race in Rio after Weir’s poor performance led to the Britain’s 4x400m relay team failing to qualify for the final. Related: David Weir ‘let down again’ a
  
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• Generous bride asks for NO wedding presents for a very selfless reason

  27-01-2017 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Big-hearted bride Emma Thompson has seen the hardship suffered since the economic downturn
  
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• The Force review – admirably layered police documentary falls short at climax

  27-01-2017 22:46
  
  Outstanding access and an unobtrusive approach almost make up for some unexplored leads and an anticlimactic endingDebuting as it did at 2017’s Sundance Film Festival, it is very difficult not to compare The Force to another documentary in this year’s class, Whose Streets? The guerrilla-style Whose Streets? is an expressive, urgent note sent from underground. The Force, in comparison, is the official story. Related: City of Ghosts review: could be the definitive Syria documentaryCont
  
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• America has the Trump card when it comes to talking trade with Brexiting Britain

  27-01-2017 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  President knows Theresa May is desperate for a deal after we quit the European Union
  
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• Teacher with mental health problems awarded £347,000 after she was forced to quit and live on benefits in a caravan

  27-01-2017 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nicola Sinclair forced to resign from Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School after being 'victimised and bullied'  after she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder
  
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• More than 4,000 patients had their life-saving surgeries cancelled at the last minute due to lack of beds and staff

  27-01-2017 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The data also revealed that 145 urgent operations were cancelled twice or more in 2016 – also the highest on record
  
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• Lancaster, Pennsylvania: America's refugee capital

  27-01-2017 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lancaster, Pennsylvania has taken 1,300 refugees since 2013 but the practice is still controversial.
  
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• Donald Trump and Theresa May awkwardly hold hands at White House – video

  27-01-2017 22:06
  
  The US president and UK prime minister had a clumsy moment as they walked along the colonnade at the White House Friday. The moment was captured shortly after the president and prime minister gave a joint press conferenceDonald Trump ‘100% behind Nato’, says Theresa May at joint White House press conference – as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• Phil Taylor to quit professional darts after PDC world championships

  27-01-2017 22:05
  
  • Greatest darts player in history won first of 16 world titles in 1990
  • Taylor confirms decision before Masters event in Milton KeynesPhil Taylor said 2017 will be his last year on the professional circuit. The 16-times world champion and the undisputed greatest player in history confirmed his decision before the Masters event in Milton Keynes that started on Friday night.The 56-year-old stands alone as the man to have done more than anyone to make darts the force it is today. Contin
  
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• The day my lawyer advised me to get a gun was the day reality came to an end | Dirk Kurbjuweit

  27-01-2017 22:00
  
  Dirk Kurbjuweit, author of the bestselling German novel Fear – based on his terrifying experience of being stalked – reflects on fact, fiction and the former hell of his everyday lifeWhen our lawyer told me that she didn’t think the law could help us, but she could organise a gun for us, reality came to an end. From then on we lived in the realm of the unimaginable.
  Reality is not boundless; it has limits. At that time, more than a decade ago, my wife and I and our kids were li
  
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• Super slimmer drops SEVEN dress sizes after giving up take-aways and ready meals for marathons

  27-01-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Caroline Kulemeka was just under 20 stone but hated wearing baggy, frumpy clothes which she could only buy online from plus-size website - so she did something about it
  
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• The Queen is tickled pink as she meets a bare-chested Fijian warrior as she arrives at exhibition

  27-01-2017 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her Majesty was treated to a traditional bula welcome as she toured exhibition Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific
  
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• Never mind the optics, Theresa May’s US dash was mortifying | Jonathan Freedland

  27-01-2017 21:50
  
  Sure, it went fine – Trump managed not to drop any bombshells. But this hasty visit smacks of desperationIn normal times, you’d say everything went swimmingly. Sure, the American president seemed a tad unsure how to say the name of his guest – whom he greeted as Ter-raiser – slightly reinforcing the White House’s earlier failure, in a briefing note, to spell the British prime minister’s name correctly, dropping the “h” and thereby suggesting Donald
  
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• Third of parents say their kids are better off learning how to use computers than reading Shakespeare

  27-01-2017 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Openclassrooms poll also found that 44 per cent of parents think coding is more beneficial than learning another lingo
  
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• Daughter of 'maverick' Wintertons reveals their secrets

  27-01-2017 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Nicholas and Lady Anne Winterton were the Conservative's first ever husband-and-wife team at Westminster - serving a combined 66 years between them in which they oversaw four PMs
  
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• 5 top tips for cooking this Chinese New Year 2017 - TV chef Ching-He Huang's secrets to an authentic meal

  27-01-2017 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ching shares her top tips for authentic Chinese cooking to mark the New Year
  
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• Theresa May US visit recap: PM gives joint press conference with Donald Trump

  27-01-2017 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Theresa May is the first world leader to meet Donald Trump since his inauguration. Here's how it happens
  
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• Donald Trump grabs Theresa May by the hand and promises 'a very special relationship'

  27-01-2017 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  “I think we're going to get along very well,” the billionaire President beamed at Mrs May.
  
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• Martin Rowson on the May-Trump meeting – cartoon

  27-01-2017 21:30
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers on Friday, January 27 as one winner lands massive £14 million jackpot

  27-01-2017 21:30 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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• British badminton champion killed in horror moped smash in Thailand while on her way to swim with elephants

  27-01-2017 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Shaw was riding pillion when the moped was hit by a truck on the holiday island of Phuket after completing a yoga course in Bali
  
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• Theresa May and Trump: PM shows lengths she'll go to for Britain | John Crace

  27-01-2017 21:19
  
  She endured having her hand held by the US president but it could have been worse. She got out with some self-respect intact. Not much, but someThe body language could hardly have been more awkward as Theresa May and Donald Trump posed for their blind date in front of the bust of Winston Churchill in the Oval Office. The prime minister kept her distance and looked faintly embarrassed, as if it was only just dawning on her that the main reason she was the first foreign leader to meet the US presi
  
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• How burnt toast and roast potatoes became linked to cancer

  27-01-2017 21:00
  
  Advice that overcooked starchy foods can contain acrylamide, a chemical liked to cancer, has caused a furore this week. Is it just another health scare?In October 1997, something troubling was happened around the Hallandsås ridge in southwestern Sweden. Farmers had found cows paralysed or dead in their fields, lifeless fish were spotted floating in a local river and workers at a construction site began suffering from nausea and prickling sensations in their fingers.Suspicion fell on a majo
  
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• High court overturns teaching ban on former London 'superhead'

  27-01-2017 21:00
  
  Greg Wallace was banned for two years last June by Department for Education, which was criticised by judge in latest caseA former London “superhead” has had his ban from teaching overturned in the high court after a judge praised his “inspirational example” as an school leader and rebuked the Department for Education (DfE) for imposing an “intrusive” sanction.Greg Wallace, the former executive headteacher of the Best Start Federation of schools in Hackney, was
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg drops lawsuits to force hundreds of Hawaiians to sell him land

  27-01-2017 20:57
  
  Facebook CEO wrote that he did not understand history of ‘quiet title’ process, which many native Hawaiians consider a tool to dispossess them of ‘sacred’ landsMark Zuckerberg will drop his lawsuits against hundreds of Hawaiians to force the sale of small tracts of land within his Kauai estate, the Facebook CEO announced today in an op-ed in Kauai’s newspaper, the Garden Island.“Upon reflection, I regret that I did not take the time to fully understand the qui
  
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• No mention of Jews in White House's Holocaust Remembrance Day tribute

  27-01-2017 20:56
  
  Lack of reference to Judaism or antisemitism in Trump administration’s statement ‘puzzling and troubling’, head of Anti-Defamation League saidThe White House raised eyebrows on Friday when it issued a statement to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, that did not mention Jews, Judaism or antisemitism.The statement read: Continue reading...
  
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• Squatters turn oligarch's empty London property into homeless shelter

  27-01-2017 20:51
  
  Vast £15m home bought by Russian Andrey Goncharenko, who wants to add a pool and leisure centre, is housing about 25 peopleA veteran group of squatters has occupied an empty £15m central London property purchased by a Russian oligarch in 2014 and opened it as a homeless shelter.The extensive, five-storey Grade ll-listed Eaton Square property was bought by Andrey Goncharenko, a little-known oligarch who has bought a number of luxury properties in London in recent years. Continue readi
  
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