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• UK weather: Travel chaos looms as week's worth of rain to fall in ONE DAY

  05-02-2017 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Temperatures will plunge towards the middle of the week, with forecasters even predicting snow in some parts 
  
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• Mum and severely ill son are sleeping rough in US as she battles to pay his medical bills

  05-02-2017 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Caldwell and her son Billy are living in a tent in Los Angeles and using a camping stove to cook food
  
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• Davis Cup: GB through after Canadian defaulted for hitting umpire with ball

  05-02-2017 23:51
  
  • Kyle Edmund was leading 6-3, 6-4, 2-1 against Denis Shapovalov in decider
  • Vasek Pospisil earlier beat Dan Evans 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6Great Britain won their Davis Cup tie against Canada after the teenager Denis Shapovalov was defaulted for hitting a ball into the face of the umpire, Arnaud Gabas. Related: Australia book date with US after Davis Cup win over Czech RepublicContinue reading...
  
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• Former Freemason caught in child sex sting by police

  05-02-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Freemason Grand Master Alan Wright (pictured), 75 was caught by police at Bury St Edmunds railway station waiting to meet a 14-year-old boy, who was actually an officer working on an undercover sting
  
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• BBC host Jeremy Vine tries to rap in the car with daughter

  05-02-2017 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The BBC Radio 2 presenter, 51, posted an amusing video of his daughter nailing the lyrics to Fergie's L.A. Love while he stuck to muttering individual words.
  
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• 'The demon must get his justice': Murdered jogger's mother hits out as suspect is pictured for first time

  05-02-2017 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police made an arrest in the murder of Karina Vetrano, 30, after analysing DNA found under her fingernails
  
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• Sam Allardyce calls Crystal Palace players in at 7am after Parish speech

  05-02-2017 23:30
  
  • Manager says ‘fear overtook’ his team during their 4-0 defeat by Sunderland
  • Chairman Steve Parish gave squad impassioned speech about fans’ frustrationThe Crystal Palace chairman, Steve Parish, visited the home dressing room at Selhurst Park to address the club’s under-achieving players after the side’s latest crushing defeat, by Sunderland, with Sam Allardyce instructing his squad to report to the training ground at 7am on Sunday as he seeks to instig
  
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• Jürgen Klopp searches forlornly for solution to halt Liverpool’s dismal rut

  05-02-2017 23:30
  
  Liverpool have won once so far in 2017 – against League Two Plymouth – leaving Klopp looking for answers to their lack of energy and defensive frailtiesJürgen Klopp cannot have seen this rut coming and his mood after Liverpool’s latest weary performance was bleak. There was no anger, only tired exasperation. He had already discharged his rage at half-time as his side toiled at Hull City and, although Liverpool improved after that impassioned team-talk, they could not halt
  
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• Step-dad of Shannon Matthews is seen for the first time

  05-02-2017 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Craig Meehan, 30, is the ex-boyfriend of Shannon's mother, Karen Matthews, and was spotted walking next to a woman just two miles from where she was found near Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
  
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• Devastated mother who had abortion at 23 weeks reveals her heartbreak to blast Donald Trump

  05-02-2017 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lindsey Paradiso, 28, bravely shared her story in response to controversial comments by the US president
  
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• QPR's Steven Caulker fined after a drunken railway rampage

  05-02-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Caulker, 25, was arrested at Clapham Junction Station in south-west London at 12.40am on January 16. The former England international pleaded guilty to being drunken and disorderly.
  
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• Chilling video confession of woman who stuffed parent's body in suitcase: 'I don't regret killing my mother'

  05-02-2017 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heather Mack, 21, admitted killing her mother and insisted that she did it to avenge her father's death.
  
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• Homeland recap: season six, episode three – The Covenant

  05-02-2017 23:00
  
  Carrie calls in a big favour, Saul reunites with the black sheep of the family and Quinn get bloody revenge If last week’s episode was Homeland kicking into gear, this week’s saw it enter cruise control. There are no 180° turns, bomb blasts or thwarted attacks but there is just enough plot development to keep us going. Carrie, Quinn and Saul all have signature moments – a reminder that in Danes, Friend and Patinkin we have a formidable trio heading up the show. Continue rea
  
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• Eddie Jones fans flames by saying England should beat small Wales

  05-02-2017 23:00
  
  • Head coach says he cannot understand why results have been so poor
  • ‘They are a country of three million people. There’s some sort of thing there’
  Eddie Jones has added extra spice to Saturday’s match in Cardiff by suggesting England should always beat a country the size of Wales. The Australian said he cannot understand why England have won only 40% of their championship games on Welsh soil and wants to improve that “horrendous” ratio at the Prin
  
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• £1million plot to blackmail David Beckham as his advisers told: 'Pay up or we'll release emails'

  05-02-2017 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Plot to shame footie hero as messages revealing alleged knighthood rant go public after the firm refused to pay hackers
  
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• Dear Coleen: I have one night stands while my husband is away

  05-02-2017 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  I love the thrill of it, although it’s tricky to hide it from my friends. I also know it’s not going to make the problems in my marriage disappear
  
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• Meet the student who says they're neither male or female - along with 225,000 others in UK

  05-02-2017 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Saffy Kershaw-Mee grew up a tomboy before grappling with questions over gender as a teenager
  
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• The Dozen: the weekend's best Premier League photos

  05-02-2017 22:29
  
  Your weekend roundup of the best photography from the top flight• Follow us on Instagram for more great sports photography Continue reading...
  
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• Afcon 2017: Cameroon’s Aboubakar wins final with late goal against Egypt

  05-02-2017 22:25
  
  Egypt 1-2 CameroonThe worst Cameroon team in living memory. Or at least that’s what they were three and a half weeks ago, but the span of a tournament can be an awfully long time in football. Eight players had withdrawn from the squad while the determination of their coach, Hugo Broos, to impose discipline had led to other established names being dropped. But his inexperienced squad showed remarkable tenacity to come from behind and beat Egypt to win Cameroon their fifth Cup of Nations tit
  
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• It's time MPs seized control of Brexit - and this week they have a golden opportunity

  05-02-2017 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour’s battered Jeremy Corbyn must persuade Brexit refuseniks to hold Maggie May-hem to account
  
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• Weigh your own babies to save money new mothers are told 

  05-02-2017 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instead of letting health workers track the babies' progress, mothers will have to use weighing scales at children's centres without any supervision. It will be introduced in Nottingham in April.
  
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• Kate and Gerry McCann warn former Portuguese detective: "Our lawyers are watching!" ahead of second book release

  05-02-2017 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Madeleine McCann's parents told Goncalo Amaral ahead of any potential release in the UK last night: "Our lawyers will take immediate action"
  
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• Former PM wanted to create a 'Dad's Army' to keep Great Train Robbers from escaping jail

  05-02-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Harold Wilson planned to use 300 retired police, prison or Army personnel to stand guard over the remaining convicts after Charlie Wilson and Ronnie Biggs escaped
  
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• McDonald's brawl in Stockport erupts at 5.30am

  05-02-2017 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A minute-long clip shows two rowdy groups facing off inside the fast food chain's Grand Central restaurant in Stockport around 5.30am on Sunday. Fighting quickly spread into the kitchen.
  
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• Body believed to be missing Deakon Wilkins found in Bristol's floating harbour after disappearing on night out

  05-02-2017 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police officers were called to the Floating Harbour near Temple Meads station around noon after the body was spotted
  
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• Lost Bob Marley recordings found in squalid basement after 40 years have been restored thanks to eagle-eyed binman

  05-02-2017 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tapes, live recordings of gigs in London and Paris, were nearly binned at a hotel in north London, where Marley stayed - until a binman intervened
  
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• Lost Bob Marley recordings found in squalid basement after 40 years have been restored thanks to eagle-eyed biman

  05-02-2017 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tapes, live recordings of gigs in London and Paris, were nearly binned at a hotel in north London, where Marley stayed - until a bin man intervened
  
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• Leicester’s Kasper Schmeichel warns of relegation after ‘unacceptable’ defeat

  05-02-2017 21:36
  
  • ‘This season has not been good right from the start,’ says keeper
  • José Mourinho hails Manchester United’s ruthlessness after 3-0 winClaudio Ranieri is under growing pressure after Leicester City slumped to a 3-0 home defeat by Manchester United. Kasper Schmeichel described Leicester’s performance as “unacceptable” and the club’s wider predicament as “embarrassing”, as he warned his team-mates that, if they did not improve
  
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• Food van owner's hygiene manual was found covered in dirt 

  05-02-2017 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gary Johnston, the owner of Gary's Snacks in Beckenham, south London, was fined £7,530 at Bromley Magistrates' Court. Inspectors found that the floor of his van was 'soiled with dirt'.
  
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• Marine Le Pen pays glowing tribute to Donald Trump

  05-02-2017 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen paid glowing tribute to Donald Trump and Brexit claiming she could make France 'free again', after taking inspiration from the recent electoral shocks.
  
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• London mother-of-nine reveals secret to business success

  05-02-2017 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brilliant city businesswoman Helena Morrissey, 50, from London, has revealed the secret to her success as a mother-of-nine and high flying exec. Her husband, Richard, 53.
  
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• Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer on SNL is THE greatest thing about the Donald Trump administration

  05-02-2017 21:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The actress delivered one of SNL greatest sketches, nailing the tense relationship between the President's press secretary and the media
  
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• Kate and Gerry McCann warn Portuguese policeman over book

  05-02-2017 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kate and Gerry McCann will inform him: 'Beware, our lawyers are watching!' if he tries to sell his new novel or his first contentious one in the UK, family spokesman Clarence Mitchell.
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump v the judges: hastening a collapse of respect | Editorial

  05-02-2017 21:17
  
  For a nation that is built on property rights and enforceable contracts, Mr Trump’s politics seem like an invitation to hold a grenade with the pin pulled outPresident Donald Trump on Twitter is a bizarre, dangerous political figure who promotes a cult of the leader, using the tyranny of nationalism and state power to suffocate opposition. In person, rather than on social media, his behaviour is only lightly moderated. If you disagree, then you will get the phone slammed down on you. The p
  
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• Nigel Farage returns to home he shares with wife in Kent

  05-02-2017 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage was pictured arriving in a car at his Kent home, which he owns with his wife, Kirsten. Mrs Farage was pictured stepping out onto the driveway without a wedding ring on her finger.
  
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• Sex crimes on children in English schools hit shocking 6,015 in 3 years

  05-02-2017 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Freedom of Information request by the Lib Dems uncovered the shocking figures, which John Pugh MP said could be "the tip of the iceberg"
  
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• Have your say on slashing the number of peers in the bloated House of Lords

  05-02-2017 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A consultation is under way and you could influence the Lords' future after we called for the £20million a year house to be scrapped
  
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• Simply divine! Former church could be yours for £600,000

  05-02-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The beautiful former church (pictured) in the scenic town of Malvern, Worcestershire could be yours for £600,000 - £40,000 less than the average price of a terraced house in London
  
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• Miracle baby born weighing less than bunch of grapes defies odds after doctors said she could go blind

  05-02-2017 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Parents Rachel Payne and Michael Carter were left terrified when their daughter, Marley, was born premature at 24 weeks
  
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• Landlord charged vulnerable families £80 a week - to live in a SHED

  05-02-2017 20:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Horrified housing officers found parents and children living inside cramped wooden huts which had been erected next to a semi-detached home
  
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• Anti-Donald Trump protester 'kicked and called race traitor' on London Tube by man 'ranting against Muslims'

  05-02-2017 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mobile phone footage captured part of the angry confrontation, with a group of women calling the man "racist scum"
  
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• PM 'unlikely to change terms' of parliament vote on final Brexit deal

  05-02-2017 20:47
  
  Theresa May believes allowing a vote on deal before it is presented to MEPs could ‘hamstring’ government, source saysTheresa May is unlikely to concede to any demand to change the terms of parliament’s vote on the final Brexit deal despite facing a possible Conservative revolt over the issue.A government source told the Guardian that calls for British MPs to be given a vote on the deal before it goes to the European parliament, and to be handed a say if no agreement is hammered
  
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• Four people arrested after a man is shot dead in Gwynedd

  05-02-2017 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police said the 18-year-old was in a vehicle outside the Ship Inn at Llandedrog, near Pwllheli, Gwynedd. Four people have been arrested following the shooting, North Wales Police said.
  
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• UK police accused of ignoring claims about abuse by prison staff

  05-02-2017 20:37
  
  One alleged victim says hundreds of boys at Medomsley detention centre in Durham could have been spared if police had actedAt least 14 former inmates of a detention centre who made allegations of historical sexual and physical abuse against prison officers claim that their complaints were ignored by police.The men who have made the complaints are among 1,396 former inmates, aged between 17 and 21 when they were detained, who have come forward to allege they were sexually and/or physically abused
  
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• 2000 migrants saved this month crossing Ocean to Europe

  05-02-2017 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The baby was among more than 120 migrants rescued by Libyan coastguards off the coast of Tripoli in the early hours of Sunday morning. Over 2,000 migrants have been rescued so far this month.
  
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• Marine Le Pen promises liberation from the EU with France-first policies

  05-02-2017 20:25
  
  Presidential candidate launches campaign with pledge to dump the euro and claim that Islamic practices are a threat to FranceMarine Le Pen has formally launched her presidential campaign, promising to put France first by freeing it it from the “tyrannies” of globalisation, Islamic fundamentalism and the European Union.As the most unpredictable election in decades picked up pace, Le Pen, leader of the nationalist Front National, and far-left independent rival Jean-Luc Mélenchon
  
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• Rail disaster narrowly avoided when 'shockwave' from two passenger trains hurtling into tunnel blew equipment onto tracks

  05-02-2017 20:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two Virgin express trains sped past each other at a combined 240mph, creating a pressure pulse which sent two engineering trolleys falling into their path
  
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• Martin Rowson on the legal battle over Trump's travel ban – cartoon

  05-02-2017 20:15
  
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• I lost 14 stone after ditching my four litre a day fizzy pop habit

  05-02-2017 20:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At her biggest Kelly Fould weighed 27 stone and would guzzle 14,000 litres of sugary drinks every year - but she's dropped TEN dress sizes and says she's never felt better
  
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• Sergio Agüero casts doubt over Manchester City future but club not keen to sell

  05-02-2017 20:11
  
  • Striker once again left out for new signing Gabriel Jesus
  • ‘The club will decide if I have a place here or not,’ says AgüeroSergio Agüero has cast doubt over his future at Manchester City after being left out for a second match in a row in favour of Gabriel Jesus, who scored both goals in a 2-1 win at home to Swansea City on Sunday.The striker said it would be down to the club to decide in the summer whether to keep him. Senior City officials reacted by private
  
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