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• Driver accused in New Orleans truck crash had blood alcohol level of .232

  26-02-2017 23:53
  
  Suspect Neilson Rizzuto’s blood alcohol level three times over limitFive people in ‘guarded’ condition but lives not thought to be in dangerA driver accused of injuring 28 people in New Orleans after plowing a pickup truck into a crowd watching a Mardi Gras parade had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit soon after the crash, police said on Sunday. Related: New Orleans: dozens injured after pickup truck ploughs into parade crowdContinue reading...
  
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• Woman deported from UK despite being married to Briton for 27 years

  26-02-2017 23:52
  
  Irene Clennell, who has children and a grandchild in the UK, lost indefinite leave to remain after spending time in Singapore caring for parentsA woman living in the UK who has been married to a British man for 27 years has been forcibly removed from the country.Irene Clennell, who made headlines when she was placed in immigration detention, was deported to Singapore on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Burglar breaks into sex shop but passes on £25,000 of equipment to watch porn then steal inflatable love doll

  26-02-2017 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He ignored thousands of pounds worth of other toys in the shop in Greater Manchester in favour of the Heidi Lauritsen blow-up doll
  
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• Thousands fill Trafalgar Square to watch Oscar-nominated film by Iranian director boycotting ceremony over Donald Trump's immigration ban

  26-02-2017 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The massive turnout doubled as the British premiere of Asghar Farhadi's film and a protest against the US president's controversial policy
  
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• Total solar eclipse 2017: Stunning images show moment the Moon completely obscured the Sun

  26-02-2017 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The impressive event left a a halo of light surrounding the Sun, as normal sunlight was blocked out
  
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• Woman meets man who killed her partner in phone car crash

  26-02-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meg Williamson, pictured, agreed to meet Lewis Stratford who has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of Gavin Roberts in Berkshire last June.
  
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• Theresa May is building a lead on Jeremy Corbyn's lost ground

  26-02-2017 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daily Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire on why Labour and its leader must take a long look at themselves after the alarming disappointment of Copeland
  
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• Woman left with six-inch pipe in stomach for 20 YEARS after weight loss surgery wins five-figure payout

  26-02-2017 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman, 54, repeatedly told medics she could feel a “rod-like object” inside – but her claims were ­dismissed
  
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• Ipswich woman left for dead after being dragged into car

  26-02-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The victim, in her late 20s, suffered serious injuries to her face and neck during the sick attack, which happened near the Rope Walk area of Ipswich, Suffolk.(pictured)
  
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• Bellingham car crash sees five injured by drink driver

  26-02-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The car left the road near Catford Bus Garage in Bellingham at 8:20am this morning and ploughed into five people, one of whom was said to have been trapped.
  
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• Storm chasers honour Twister star Bill Paxton by writing his initials across Tornado Alley using GPS markers

  26-02-2017 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paxton, 61, gave the dangerous profession global fame after he and co-star Helen Hunt appeared in the 1996 film as a pair of tornado hunters
  
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• Storm chasers honour Twister star Bill Paxton by writing his initials across America's Tornado Alley using GPS markers

  26-02-2017 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paxton, 61, gave the dangerous profession global fame after he and co-star Helen Hunt appeared in the 1996 film as a pair of tornado hunters
  
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• Shocking picture shows man left in coma after being dragged 45m under car on Boxing Day

  26-02-2017 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Colin Bowler was in an intensive unit hours after the smash left him with life-changing injuries
  
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• Grieving families in financial difficulty could face further heartache under Government plans to slash "lifeline" payments

  26-02-2017 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MPs are set to debate changes to the Widowed Parent’s Allowance ­payments, currently made until dependant children leave full-time education
  
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• Man dragged 150ft by car says accident destroyed his life

  26-02-2017 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Devastated Colin Bowler, 41, was told he will never work again after the awful collision, which saw him dragged along the road by Marc Dightam's BMW in Cheadle, Staffordshire.
  
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• Man won't stop parking his £250,000 Lamborghini in parking space reserved for the mayor

  26-02-2017 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ash White, 22, got six tickets for leaving his car outside the town hall, but had got them overturned on legal technicalities
  
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• Bill Paxton was nervous about surgery before he died at 61

  26-02-2017 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Aliens actor passed away on Saturday because of complications following a heart surgery. He was nervous about his heart surgery, he revealed to a director in an email.
  
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• Uncle gives chilling statement to murder detectives days after killing five family members

  26-02-2017 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Robert Xie spoke to police two years before he was charged, telling detectives about the moment he and his wife discovered the bodies
  
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• Royal Navy so strapped for cash they have to cancel open day to protect fleet from Russian subs

  26-02-2017 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Choppers and crews may also be needed for anti-terror operations and to support the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier when she takes to the sea this summer
  
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• Dorset Police release tips on how to spot a fake fiver

  26-02-2017 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PCSO Sarah Dutton warned of fake fivers in the Dorset area, despite not actually having seen the notes. Bank of England is now investigating, but said it was not aware of counterfeits in circulation.
  
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• Brave mum suffering facial paralysis reveals how she 'lost her smile' just weeks after giving birth

  26-02-2017 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ruth Ferguson has posted a video on Facebook explaining how she feared she had suffered a stroke weeks after bringing son Zander into the world
  
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• Martin Rowson on Michael Heseltine, the Lords and article 50 – cartoon

  26-02-2017 22:18
  
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• Al-Qaeda number two Ahmad Hasan 'killed in drone strike' in Syria

  26-02-2017 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Photos posted on social media show a car with a massive hole in its roof after the deputy to the terror group's leader was reportedly targeted by a US drone
  
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• CCTV shows Brighton man rob supermarket with 11-inch knife

  26-02-2017 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This clip was released by police in the hope it will help them to track down two robbers who threatened staff at a Co-op supermarket in Brighton, East Sussex.
  
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• Prime Minister's should be stripped of powers to add 'cronies and donors' to the House of Lords

  26-02-2017 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A committee is considering how to cut the size of the unelected 805-strong Second Chamber following a series of scandals
  
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• Nokia brings back its classic 3310 model after 17 YEARS

  26-02-2017 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new version of the iconic Nokia phone was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, with classic features including snake added to a updated handset.
  
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• Parents of Dele Alli have not spoken to him for TWO YEARS

  26-02-2017 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The parents of Tottenham Hotspur star Dele Alli, 20, say they have not spoken to their son for two years and claim they are 'miserable' because they are not involved in the footballer's life.
  
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• Second Oldham headteacher claims 'Trojan Horse' bullying

  26-02-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rick Hodge, who was due to be principal the Phoenix Free School in Oldham, has claimed he also suffered a 'campaign of harassment' by the school's Muslim co-founder.
  
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• Celtic FC's former manager Billy McNeil has dementia

  26-02-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Celtic football legend Billy McNeil is suffering from dementia and can no longer speak, his wife Liz has revealed.
  
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• Girl rescued after sinking in mud in Hythe

  26-02-2017 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The teenager was spotted waving for help after she sank in the mud up to her knees in Hythe, Southampton, on Saturday. Firefighters and a lifeboat crew worked together to pull her out.
  
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• Facebook post prompts probe into Perth man's death

  26-02-2017 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dougie Anderson was found dead at an dress in Dunnock Park, Muirton in Perth in the early hours of Saturday morning hours after he posted a bizarre message on Facebook.
  
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• Fairer electoral system means more happy voters | Letters

  26-02-2017 20:57
  
  Your editorial (Electoral reform would shake up Britain’s one-party states, 23 February) ignores the most important advantage of a more effective electoral system – greater voter satisfaction.This is the key conclusion of the 2015 paper Changing the Political Map of Britain by Lewis Baston and Martin Linton. Before the single transferable vote (STV) was introduced in Scotland, barely half of electors there had the satisfaction of electing their choice to local authorities, a proporti
  
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• CCTV footage shows moment Birmingham axeman was Tasered

  26-02-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New footage has emerged showing the moment an axeman was Tasered by police officers in the centre of Birmingham.
  
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• UK weather: Storm Ewan strikes with 70mph winds and snow

  26-02-2017 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Severe weather warnings for strong winds have been issued for the north-west of England, Wales and eastern Scotland. Storm Ewan is set to batter Ireland before moving across the Irish Sea.
  
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• Leading French academic threatened with deportation at Houston airport

  26-02-2017 20:54
  
  Henry Rousso was due to take part in a symposium at Texas A&M UniversityTen-hour ordeal highlights ‘total arbitrariness and incompetence’A prominent French historian has said he was detained for more than 10 hours in Houston and threatened with deportation, in the latest of several examples of high-profile individuals being questioned extensively at US airports before being allowed entry.Henry Rousso flew from Paris to Houston last Wednesday to take part in a symposium at Texas A
  
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• First picture of suspected drunk driver 'who ploughed truck into pedestrians watching Mardi Gras parade'

  26-02-2017 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Neilson Rizzuto, 25, has been charged with several felony driving offences following the horror crash which left nearly 30 people injured
  
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• Sir Mo Farah hits back at doping allegations

  26-02-2017 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Team GB Olympic hero said it was 'frustrating' that he was having to defend himself over the issue and stressed he is a 'clean athlete who has never broken the rules in regards to substances'.
  
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• Togo footballer saves goalkeeper’s life after collision 

  26-02-2017 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A footballer turned hero during a match in the Czech Republic when he saved the life of the other team's goalkeeper after a horrific collision.
  
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• Sheffield mum of stillborn baby 'looked too young'

  26-02-2017 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Midwives thought 42-year-old Rebecca Clarkson, from Sheffield, looked younger than 40 and so didn’t follow the necessary steps for older mothers. Her baby Ava, due Christmas, was stillborn.
  
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• Man at cash point filmed hurling abuse at woman because she's 'taking too long' using ATM

  26-02-2017 20:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The impatient man starts asking what country she's from before threatening to slap her
  
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• Welsh women's rugby star is killed in a car crash

  26-02-2017 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Student Elli Norkett, 20, sustained fatal injuries in the collision on a country road near her home in Neath Port Talbot, south Wales, at 7.40pm.
  
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• Black-and-white photo shows eight-year-old Bill Paxton watching JFK speak outside hotel shortly before president was assassinated

  26-02-2017 20:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The schoolboy towered above the crowd on the shoulders of a man he had just met in pictures taken less than two hours before President John F Kennedy was killed by a sniper
  
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• Couple's fury as sat-nav on £30,000 Volkswagen veers off course because it can't pronounce local place names

  26-02-2017 20:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christine and Edward Shields say the car’s in-built satellite navigation system struggles to say several key destinations
  
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• Man who crashed into Mardi Gras named as Neilson Rizzuto

  26-02-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man who drunkenly plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of Mardi Gras party-goers in New Orleans on Saturday night has been identified as 25-year-old Neilson Rizzuto.
  
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• Man armed with a 'MEAT CLEAVER' is arrested in Dalston

  26-02-2017 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Witnesses said pools of blood were left on Kingsland High Street in Dalston around 4pm this afternoon after savage attack.
  
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• Aliens and Titanic star Bill Paxton dies at age 61

  26-02-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Aliens actor passed away on Saturday because of complications following a heart surgery. He won two Emmys and is set to appear on the CBS series Training Day.
  
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• Police officer 'fed up with bad drivers' makes hilarious video demonstrating how indicators work

  26-02-2017 19:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sergeant John Perrine, a police officer in Indianapolis, has created a hilarious tongue-in-cheek video teaching people how to use 'turn signals'
  
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• Corbyn loses temper at questions about Labour leadership

  26-02-2017 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The veteran left-winger lost his temper as he was repeatedly challenged to confirm he would fight the next general election in the wake of the party's humiliating defeat in Copeland last week.
  
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• WH press dinner will carry on without Trump

  26-02-2017 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has pulled out of the White House Correspondents' Dinner but the show will go on without him. The organization behind the dinner says it will continue to celebrate free speech.
  
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• Parents risk a criminal record for driving kids to SCHOOL

  26-02-2017 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Parents who don't pay an initial £100 fine could get a criminal record. The crackdown has come in streets around four primaries in east London, but could be rolled out nationwide.
  
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