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• Men armed with bats 'do battle' in city centre street in front of rush hour traffic

  24-02-2017 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A white van and a car stop suddenly in busy traffic and men leap from the vehicles wielding what look like batons
  
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• Jealous girlfriend savagely attacks 'cheating partner and his mistress' in café brawl

  24-02-2017 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The raging brunette storms over to her fella at a café where he is enjoying a coffee with a blonde and lands a sucker punch on the side of his head
  
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• Shaun Walmsley escape: Third person arrested after murderer sprung by armed men following hospital visit

  24-02-2017 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 25-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of perverting the course of justice
  
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• Teachers 'need spelling lessons'

  24-02-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British teachers struggle to inform youngsters about the correct use of colons and how to spell words such as ‘definitely’ because they do not have a good enough grasp of the basics themselves.
  
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• Drivers warned against buying diesel cars by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling amid pollution crackdown

  24-02-2017 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tory minister has suggested motorists should consider buying a low-emission vehicle rather than spending their money on a diesel
  
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• RSPCA flooded with calls to investigate cruelty to a PLASTIC horse

  24-02-2017 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Horrified motorists thought the animal was real when it was seen strapped to a flat-bed trailer being driven at high speeds down the motorway
  
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• Postmaster staged elaborate raid on own corner shop

  24-02-2017 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Iqbal, 33, from Rishton, Lancashire, asked his friends to dress in boiler suits, break into his post office and drug him before making off with £185,000. CCTV captured the scenes.
  
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• 'Beautiful and talented' schoolgirl, 16, dies just a day after contracting 'aggressive' meningitis

  24-02-2017 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joanna Yates, from Salford, Greater Manchester, died in hospital just a day after contracting the aggressive virus this week
  
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• Shameless dog owner whose rottweiler attacked young girl bares her BUM outside court

  24-02-2017 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Natalie Reid's rottweiler sank its fangs into the youngster and left the child “screaming in pain and terror” but she responds by mooning
  
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• Pals walk across roasting hot coals barefoot to raise funds for woman whose ovaries grew back after hysterectomy

  24-02-2017 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emma Getvoldsen had her uterus and ovaries removed four years ago but they have now returned - causing extreme and constant pain
  
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• Families 'hung out to dry by Whirlpool' after dryer fires leave them homeless and they haven't received a penny

  24-02-2017 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The company has now been accused of wilfully delaying the victims’ legal claim for compensation
  
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• NASA wind tests 'the new Concorde' as space agency aims to launch revolutionary supersonic passenger jet in 2020

  24-02-2017 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The space agency aims to create a “low boom” quiet jet that can break the sound barrier, potentially revolutionising air travel
  
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• GMP taser blind man in gun blunder

  24-02-2017 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The embarrassing gaffe occurred after Greater Manchester Police were called to reports of a man with a gun in Levenshulme, shortly after 6.40pm on Thursday.
  
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• Britain's youngest EuroMillions winner who moaned jackpot 'ruined her life' in court for drink driving charge

  24-02-2017 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jane Park, who was just 17 when she scooped £1million with her first-ever ticket, has appeared in court just days after a booze binge in Tenerife
  
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• Atumic power: Tiny pill runs on stomach acid and sends data straight to your phone while releasing medicine

  24-02-2017 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The “silver bullet” device, unveiled at the world’s biggest science conference in Boston, was inspired by a lemon battery which uses citric acid to charge a zinc nail and copper penny electrodes
  
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• Panicked parents remove children from school after teenager posts 'shooting threat' on Instagram

  24-02-2017 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were called in following unsubstantiated claims on social media that a teen "had a gun" and was going to open fire at Redland Green School in Bristol yesterday
  
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• Sadistic teen carved his name into schoolgirl's arm before raping her and slashing her throat in cemetery

  24-02-2017 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Controlling' Miles Hughes took the victim to a cemetery before launching a brutal knife attack which left her covered in puncture wounds and lacerations
  
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• Fatcat bosses rake in massive pension perks while millions of workers face hardship

  24-02-2017 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Government this week paved the way for firms to slash the pension payouts of 11 million workers
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers on Friday, February 24, with massive £14 million jackpot up for grabs

  24-02-2017 22:04 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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• Ikea's ingenious flatpack garden for city dwellers with limited space to have a green haven of their own

  24-02-2017 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Swedish furniture giant has launched the Growroom, a DIY 9ft tall sphere for nurturing plants, veg and herbs at cramped urban homes
  
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• Terrified househunter plunged 30ft down well after estate agent didn't warn her about the hole

  24-02-2017 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lucy Driver narrowly avoided death but survived after clinging to a hosepipe for an hour before she was rescued, said the Health and Safety Executive
  
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• Thousands of patients could be having unnecessary open heart surgery that costs NHS £60m a year

  24-02-2017 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A study shows that a test used to determine whether patients need surgery only has a 60% accuracy rate, suggesting many are sent for surgery prematurely
  
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• Five arrested over murder of British woman shot and tortured with blowtorch in South African burglary

  24-02-2017 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The suspects were detained by detectives investigating the brutal killing of Sue Howarth, 64, by intruders who also shot head husband on Sunday morning
  
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• First edition of children's Gulliver's Travels is set to fetch a lot of money when it goes under the hammer

  24-02-2017 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The copy of Gulliver's Travels from a world-class collection of 17th, 18th and 19th century fantasy and scientific literature is one of the leading lots at Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale
  
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• How many times can Nigel Farage suck up to Donald Trump in one toe-curling speech? Count for yourself

  24-02-2017 21:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The ex-Ukip leader spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland, US, just hours after the US president took to the stage
  
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• Amateur cricketer shows off massive operation scar after surgery for horrifying injuries caused by ONE stray ball

  24-02-2017 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donations for dad-of-one Alex Tait have reached over £10,000 after a flying rock-solid ball forced him to undergo crucial surgery
  
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• Fascinating story behind gold ring Napoleon gave to first love after it's unearthed by family 200 years on

  24-02-2017 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An 18-year-old Napoleon, still bashful, gave the ring to Caroline du Colombier as a show of his love
  
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• Brazen thieves burgle café then return for SECOND helpings later in shocking double break-in

  24-02-2017 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The heartless crooks steal cash from the community eatery but return to the crime scene, prompting police to tell the victim they 'had never seen anything like it'
  
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• Stephen Lawrence murder suspect jailed for six years for £4million drugs plot

  24-02-2017 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Neil Acourt, 41, was described as the “man at the top” of the scheme funnelling huge amounts of cannabis to the North East of England
  
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• Flat sale advert triggers a visit from the police

  24-02-2017 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The one-bedroom top-floor flat in Wooton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, was on the market for £90,000. Police found a paintball replica of an M4 Carbine 'Commando' rifle in the home.
  
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• 'Silent Bomber' terrorist who planned 7/7 anniversary massacre with wife kept handwritten explosives recipe in jail cell

  24-02-2017 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Rehman, 26, was found with a handwritten recipe for homemade explosives by a prison officer at high-security HMP Belmarsh, where he is serving a life sentence for planning an ISIS-inspired atrocity with his wife
  
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• Savage acid attack on former boxer Michael Watson may be linked to horrific carjacking on teenager nearby

  24-02-2017 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Watson, 51, was attacked in an incident described as being like something “out of a Western movie”, just a 15-minute drive away from where Bradley Robinson, had corrosive fluid sprayed in his face
  
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• Car mounts pavement and mows down teen in front of her horrified mum in sickening hit-and-run

  24-02-2017 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are now hunting for the driver who left the victim with serious head and neck injuries after mounting the kerb and crashing into the innocent pedestrian
  
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• Top level crooks make rookie mistake when they sell £100,000 worth of stolen luxury cars to undercover police

  24-02-2017 20:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Career criminals Dean Cronin and Daniel Gordan were behind a campaign that saw houses burgled for car keys while their owners slept upstairs
  
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• Man 'attacked his mum with PORK CHOP then headbutted her because she forgot to buy him cigarettes'

  24-02-2017 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Terry Bernard Ball, 29, was restrained by his father until police arrived to arrest him
  
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• Radical hate groups 'could use upbeat music to brainwash new recruits as it makes people ignore their conscience'

  24-02-2017 20:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A study has found that music with an upbeat tune is likely to increase a person’s willingness to agree and bend what they deem morally acceptable
  
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• World's 'oldest pictures made from pixels' discovered among mysterious prehistoric engravings in French valley

  24-02-2017 20:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Images made using small dots on limestone blocks show a style made famous by artists including Vincent Van Gogh has ancient origins
  
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• Royal Bank of Scotland expected to axe 10,000 jobs after plunging £7billion into the red

  24-02-2017 20:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bosses revealed plans to slash another £2billion of costs across the bank over the next four years
  
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• Ruthless hammer-wielding gang bursts into club after 'bingo rave' night and holds staff hostage during terrifying raid

  24-02-2017 20:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The four masked raiders burst into the nightclub wielding hammers and a crow-bar at bar workers
  
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• Paedophile aged 100 appears in court accused of three sex attacks on schoolgirl

  24-02-2017 19:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Douglas Hammersley, who uses a wheelchair and hearing aids, is charged with indecent assault on a girl under 14 in 1977 and 1978
  
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• Bungling police accidentally Taser blind man after mistaking his cane for a gun

  24-02-2017 19:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 43-year-old was zapped by 50,000 volts and collapsed at a railway station in Levenshulme, Manchester
  
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• Simon Cowell burglary accused DNA causes doubt

  24-02-2017 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Darren February's DNA was found at the entrance to the Holland Park home. Cowell, his partner Lauren Silverman and their son Eric were asleep during the December 2015 break-in.
  
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• Fresh hope for brave Abi desperate for new kidney after life-changing drug is finally made available on NHS

  24-02-2017 19:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The teenager, who endures hours of dialysis every day, was previously told her disease was too rare to justify the £136,000 a year bill
  
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• Horror as woman shatters spine on trampoline park's 'Tower Jump' attraction nearly leaving her paralysed

  24-02-2017 19:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nurse Liza Jones had fragments of bone sticking out of her vertebrae that could have left her paralysed after visiting the centre with her boyfriend
  
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• KATIE HOPKINS on the day Britain became a one party state

  24-02-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Today was the day UKIP died. Most of the blame sits with Paul Nuttall, who thought he could pretend to be down with the people by saying stuff they might like to hear, writes KATIE HOPKINS.
  
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• Horrific moment woman is dragged across street as she struggles with thug trying to steal her handbag

  24-02-2017 19:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim, 39, is pulled so roughly from one side of the street to the other that her belongings scatter on the road but she fights on
  
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• "Inspirational" Royal Marine committed suicide after being haunted by horrors of "brutal" Afghanistan battlefield

  24-02-2017 19:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Owen Wason, who was 18 when he was involved in a crucial phase of the Afghanistan conflict, later suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  
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• Teenagers ditch trends as 'Zoella-effect' revolutionises how youngsters' decorate their bedrooms

  24-02-2017 19:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Video blogging stars such as Zoella and Tanya Burr are encouraging girls to decorate their rooms in a 'grown up' style and ditch 'daft trends'
  
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• What happens when a passenger dies on a plane midair

  24-02-2017 19:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There are a few procedures flight attendants follow
  
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• Take a look at the latest creation from Heston Blumenthal - an Easter egg with edible SOIL that looks like a duck egg

  24-02-2017 19:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  His Eggstraordinary Dippy Easter Egg is tipped to sell out when it hits shelves next month
  
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