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• Number of takeaways and ready meals Brits eat every week revealed - and it's a lot

  02-03-2017 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adults in the UK eat 79 million ready-meals and 22 million takeaway meals every week, a concerning report by Cancer Research has revealed
  
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• Mystery over deep sea monster pulled from depths of icy Barents Sea by Russian fisherman

  02-03-2017 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Roman Fedortsov, who works on a trawler based in Murmansk, has been tweeting pictures of weird and wonderful creatures hauled out of the Arctic Ocean by his boat
  
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• Girl, 10, gets surprising response from Tesla's Elon Musk after offering advice on how to run his business

  02-03-2017 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ten-year-old Bria wrote a letter to the billionaire, advising him to 'advertise more' before asking if he would send her a Tesla t-shirt
  
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• Police raid presidential candidate Francois Fillon's home

  02-03-2017 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mr Fillon faces prison over a burgeoning fake jobs scandal involving his British-born wife Penelope. The couple have been summoned before a judge where they face being indicted.
  
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• Drunken student accuses York man of raping her

  02-03-2017 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Tappenden, 24, is accused of holding a woman down and raping her in her room at York St John University halls of residence after she changed her mind about sleeping with him.
  
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• Parents' desperate court battle to let their baby son live

  02-03-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in London, where Charlie is in intensive care, is asking the High Court to sanction withdrawing his life support, against the wishes of his parents.
  
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• The House of Lords is the last bastion of hereditary principle and it should come to an end

  02-03-2017 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the world’s most elite election, 27 hereditary peers will vie for a vacant seat in the House of Lords
  
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• Dad admits killing 3-year-old daughter after she suffered sickening sexual abuse so violent she bled into her nappy

  02-03-2017 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Matthew Lee Williamson's first thought when he saw his little girl lying dead on the ground was to get rid of his bong, the court heard
  
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• 'Vile' trolls infiltrate popular Facebook Buy and Sell group and mock dead relatives and children with cancer

  02-03-2017 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating a string of "offensive" posts on the Belfast Buy and Sell page after it was infiltrated by cruel bullies
  
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• NHS march in London: How to get involved in the OurNHS rally expected be the biggest ever

  02-03-2017 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of London on Saturday. Here's how you can join them
  
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• Driver collided with lorry was FIFTEEN times over limit

  02-03-2017 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew James Clark, 43, was at the wheel of a Mercedes which collided with a lorry in Whickham, killing him alongside Jennifer Fradgley and Kaitlin Tremlett, both 17.
  
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• Motorist hit with £1,150 in car parking fines for old banger worth less than the penalties

  02-03-2017 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The owner paid £3 to park for a few hours in Huddersfield town centre - on Tuesday, February 7
  
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• Teachers have banned new craze 'JoJo bows' from schools - and parents are furious

  02-03-2017 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The huge, brightly coloured bows have become the latest trend among young girls thanks to YouTube and Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa, 13
  
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• Spy chiefs want to return to old-fashioned recruitment to avoid 'James Bond' in MI6

  02-03-2017 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The head of the agency, Alex Younger, says his service needs recruits from a wider range of backgrounds in the face of increased terror threats
  
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• Fraudster conned frail 90-year-old victim out of his £240,000 life savings

  02-03-2017 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dawn Weston, 58, claimed to be the carer of the vulnerable pensioner, who was in ill health, and persuaded him to grant her control over his finances
  
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• Women urged to take the day off next Wednesday as part of 'Day Without a Woman' strike

  02-03-2017 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The group behind the Women’s March are encouraging women to take part in honour of International Women's Day
  
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• Rogue trader jailed for selling dodgy hoverboard that EXPLODED seconds after 5-year-old girl used it

  02-03-2017 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aktar Hussain described the devices as genuine Samsung but one blew up outside a family's home on Christmas Day
  
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• Donald Trump's Attorney General Jeff Sessions will NOT oversee investigations into campaign links to Russia

  02-03-2017 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions stands accused of lying under oath for failing to disclose meetings with the Russian Ambassador during the campaign
  
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• Four out of five hospitals are no longer safe thanks to brutal Tory cuts that have left the NHS a 'burning platform'

  02-03-2017 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is feared unless Theresa May abandons her dangerous austerity on health care and invests in its future the NHS will never recover
  
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• Home helps Alzheimer’s patients by recreating East Germany

  02-03-2017 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Alexa Seniors' Residence in Dresden, Germany has redecorated rooms with 1970s wallpaper, furniture and photos. Residents can even shop in a Communist-style store (pictured).
  
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• Video shows how children can be strangled by blinds

  02-03-2017 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A disturbing new video (pictured) shows how easy it is for a toddler to become entangled and nearly strangled by blind cords. The PHA are trying to raiseawareness about the hidden killer in the home.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover bosses 'suspended' after 'naked picture of female colleague shared on Whatsapp'

  02-03-2017 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A source said:"The lady involved had no idea about any of it until she was told by management. She will obviously be upset”
  
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• Trump: 'I wasn't aware AT ALL' of Sessions Russian meeting

  02-03-2017 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trump fueled the flames of scandal around Jeff Sessions Thursday as he said he was not aware of meetings with Russia's ambassador which have put the attorney general at the center of calls to quit.
  
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• Pizza Hut unveils bizarre 'Pie Tops' shoes that let you order takeaway at the tap of a foot

  02-03-2017 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shoes use geolocation to connect the wearer to the nearest their branch and link up with an app to place a predesignated order
  
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• West Yorkshire shopkeepers stop jewellery store robbers

  02-03-2017 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brothers William and Richard Cochrane and friend Scott Lister were attacked by brave members of the public as they tried to flee from their brazen raid in Brighouse, west Yorkshire.
  
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• Ex-youth worker wrongly arrested for murder awarded payout

  02-03-2017 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nathan O'Brien administered first aid to a shooting victim in south London, during 2012, but was thrown in a police cell for 40 hours and subject to months of stress until charges were dropped.
  
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• Mum receives £430k compensation after medical bungle left daughter brain damaged following heart operation

  02-03-2017 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Carrie Wright 's body was cooled and put into circulatory arrest for just over two hours, despite a 45-minute limit before it became unsafe at the time
  
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• Rush hour Tube chaos after 'person hit by train' at Waterloo station

  02-03-2017 21:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British Transport Police said emergency services rushed to “extract the person” from under the train just after 6.30pm this evening
  
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• Bakery chain Sayers hit with huge fine over infested food shops so filthy a customer VOMITED

  02-03-2017 20:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Grim images show mouse droppings in a kitchen and food storeroom, a dead rodent lodged behind a freezer and debris strewn across the filthy bakery and café 
  
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• Milky Way's massive sister constellation dubbed 'The Sea Monster' captured in incredible image by giant telescope

  02-03-2017 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The snapshot shows a colourful stripe of stars, gas and dust thought to be up to 15 percent larger in diameter than the Milky Way
  
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• Drug driver who killed himself and two teenage girls in horror crash was 15 TIMES over the limit

  02-03-2017 20:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrew James Clark was at the wheel of a Mercedes when the vehicle collided with a lorry
  
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• Syria army retakes ancient Palmyra from ISIS

  02-03-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In another devastating blow to ISIS, Syrian troops backed by Russian jets have finally recapturedPalmyra from jihadi - who left several mines behind before fleeing the area.
  
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• Donald Trump has 'total' confidence in Jeff Sessions amid claims he lied under oath about Russia meetings

  02-03-2017 20:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions stands accused of lying under oath for failing to disclose meetings with the Russian Ambassador during the campaign
  
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• Top 10 bus lanes where motorists are most likely to be fined revealed as figures show they rake in £31MILLION

  02-03-2017 19:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Motoring organisations claim the cameras provide a ‘cash bonanza’ at the expense of hard-hit drivers
  
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• Did this mum get her son's World Book Day costume really wrong - or massively right?

  02-03-2017 19:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vicki Bowles said she chose the slightly quirky outfit because son Jaiden 'loves rifling through the store mag for new toys'
  
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• Man arrested after body found in wheelie bin in Gateshead

  02-03-2017 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officers found the body in the bin in an alleyway in Gateshead and a 36-year-old man remains in police custody. According to horrified locals, the victim 'may have been stabbed' before being dumped.
  
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• Brussels police stop car filled with gas canisters

  02-03-2017 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An area in Porte de Hal in central Brussels was cordoned off and explosives experts were called this afternoon. Local businesses, homes and the metro were evacuated.
  
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• Hairdresser murderer slept the night next to her corpse 

  02-03-2017 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James D'Arcy was convicted at Winchester Crown Court in connection with the death of hairdresser Hayley Dean, who was found in the bed of her home in Bournemouth, Dorset.
  
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• Fly tipping capital of Britain revealed as bill soars to almost £50 million

  02-03-2017 19:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As we reveal below the full list of fly-tipping hot spots, experts have called for a review into waste management systems
  
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• 120 diners flee Spanish restaurant without paying bill 

  02-03-2017 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Romanian diners, who had paid a deposit of €900 (£770) to eat at the El Carmen restaurant (pictured) in Bembibre, north-eastern Spain, fled as waiters were about to serve dessert.
  
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• Three skiers killed and five injured in Italian Alps

  02-03-2017 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three skiers have been killed and five others injured in an avalanche in the northern Italian Alps, alpine rescuers have said.
  
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• Wife gave evidence screened off from her estranged husband

  02-03-2017 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Afsana Lachaux (pictured) said she did not want to see Bruno Lachaux, when answering barristers' questions at a public hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London last month.
  
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• Heartbroken parents bid to help others after sudden cot death of 'fit and healthy' 15-month-old daughter

  02-03-2017 19:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Parents are warned that a baby should always be placed on its back to sleep among a list of tips to help avoid the tragic case of Emad and Jo Ewada
  
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• Al-Qaeda confirms coalition strike killed leader in Syria

  02-03-2017 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Al-Qaeda has confirmed that top leader Abu Khayr al-Masri, believed to be the organisation's number two, was killed in a drone strike as he was traveling in this car near Idlib, north west Syria last week.
  
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• Primary school teacher leaves job after being filmed launching drunken foul-mouthed rant at bouncers

  02-03-2017 19:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emily Higgins was under investigation at St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School in Birmingham after footage emerged showing her calling door staff  "t***s"
  
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• Breast surgeon who 'invented serious illnesses in patients stopped young mum breast feeding baby'

  02-03-2017 19:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ian Paterson is said to have performed ‘needless and unjustified’ surgery on women and men over a 14-year period in order to rake in extra cash and boost his reputation
  
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• Syrian regime recaptures Palmyra from Islamic State

  02-03-2017 19:19
  
  Iranian and Russian forces help push extremists out of historic city, which has been badly damaged during occupationForces loyal to the Syrian regime have recaptured most of the city of Palmyra two months after it fell to Islamic State (Isis) militants for the second time in a year.Led by Iranian-backed militias and Russian special forces, the loyalist units entered the city on Thursday, nearly three months after Isis took it over. Continue reading...
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn and Labour’s electoral challenge | Letters

  02-03-2017 19:16
  
  Owen Jones has misunderstood Labour’s problems (Jeremy Corbyn says he’s staying on as leader. That’s not good enough, 2 March). What the party needs is not a new leader but a clear and coherent political philosophy.Electing an unequivocally socialist leader, whose approach is inclusive and unaggressive, should have called into question much of what the party appeared to stand for, but we are still waiting for the galvanising statement of socialism for the 21st century. Vot
  
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• Tom Hanks just bought White House reporters covering Donald Trump an £1,800 coffee machine

  02-03-2017 19:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Oscar Winner gave the gift of caffiene to the hard working reporters of the White house Press Corps
  
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• Colin Kazim-Richards: ‘A lot of my cousins and friends are in jail or dead’

  02-03-2017 19:12
  
  Colin Kazim-Richards, an instant hit at Corinthians in Brazil, talks about being ‘a West Indian Turk from east London’, racism in football and playing for Turkey“What journeyman has won what I’ve won? What journeyman has played at the clubs that I’ve played at?”Colin Kazim-Richards has a point. He is not a journeyman, he is simply too good to be put in that bracket; his CV is far too rich. He is, however, a man on a journey. After six months at Coritiba in Bra
  
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