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• Mum missing for 16 days 'told children she was going to Tesco and never came back'

  08-03-2017 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Husband Paul Poynton fears for his wife Aine's safety and says her disappearance is totally out of character
  
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• Philip Hammond's Budget snubs NHS, schools and Brexit while battering self-employed with shock tax U-turn

  08-03-2017 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shameless Chancellor also vowed to press ahead with welfare cuts but vowed to lavish £1billion on grammar and free schools for a select few – at the expense of comprehensives
  
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• Arsenal still believe Arsène Wenger can arrest slump but uncertainty lingers

  08-03-2017 23:48 via theguardian.com
  
  • Manager who presided over Bayern defeat was previously offered new deal• Whether he will sign it is unclear and key decisions are being delayedThe Arsenal hierarchy remain steadfast in their support of Arsène Wenger, despite the Champions League humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich, and they believe he can pull the club out of their slump and prove he deserves to stay on as the manager beyond the end of the season.Wenger’s critics were given more ammunition on Tuesd
  
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• Paul Burrell's ex-wife REFUSES his wedding invitation as ex-royal butler marries Graham Cooper

  08-03-2017 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Maria Burrell was told she’d be welcome to attend the ceremony when the man described as Princess Diana’s ‘rock’ marries his long-term partner next month
  
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• Prospect of £1.7bn fine looms large over PM's talks with EU leaders

  08-03-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Demand from European fraud watchdog underlines challenges facing Theresa May as she heads to summit on Thursday The prospect of a £1.7bn fine imposed on the UK by the EU’s fraud watchdog is expected to loom large in Theresa May’s meetings with European leaders at a summit on Thursday. The prime minister’s spokesman rejected accusations on Wednesday from Olaf (Office Européen de Lutte Antifraude) that Britain is liable for allowing criminal gangs to flood black mark
  
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• Karen Matthews eats McDonald's followed by a Burger King

  08-03-2017 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mother-of-seven children by five fathers, 41, looked pensive and wore a large cap to obscure her face as she went to her local McDonald's and then on to Burger King.
  
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• Schoolboys kicked Asian shopkeeper in head in sickening racist attack screaming "stay down you dirty P***"

  08-03-2017 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thirkkumaran Siththampalam, 38, was repeatedly kicked in the head and was left with serious injuries following the shocking incident
  
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• From Highbury to new lows: an Arsenal fan laments missed chances | Toby Moses

  08-03-2017 23:27 via theguardian.com
  
  The future seemed bright after the 2006 Champions League final but since then it has been a sorry saga of lies, a soulless new stadium and an absentee ownerEight-two down on aggregate, 12 minutes more to play, thousands of disgruntled fans streaming from the Emirates Stadium. For the first time, I’m among them.Highbury didn’t die for this. It’s a phrase that became almost a mantra for Alan Davies’s popular podcast – The Tuesday Club – that ended last season, a
  
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• How the Budget will affect ordinary people revealed - and it's far from good news

  08-03-2017 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There will be a tax rise for the self-employed, with the National Insurance contribution rate rising from 9% to 10% in April next year and then up to 11% in April 2019
  
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• Barcelona shatter PSG as Sergi Roberto caps absurd 6-1 comeback win

  08-03-2017 23:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Suddenly there were people running across the pitch, bodies cascading down the stands, a collective hysteria taking hold of the Camp Nou, and the kind of noise that even this famous arena, the biggest football stadium in Europe, had never heard before. Something magical had just happened, something utterly implausible. Football, bloody hell?How inadequate those two words sound now. All the expletives on Earth would struggle to do justice to this. Barcelona are where they have been every&nbs
  
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• Family plea for help for toddler with HUGE tumour taking over the side of his head

  08-03-2017 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING DISTRESSING IMAGES The 23-month-old baby whose head is ravaged by cancer has had a series of seven chemotherapy treatments
  
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• Panicking homeowner waves his arms in horror as giant cruise liner steams towards his waterside home

  08-03-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman can be heard screaming, "it's too close" as the enormous cruise drifts towards their home
  
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• There's something in the sewers: Mystery as tapping noise beneath street sparks probe by police and fire crew

  08-03-2017 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A major rescue unit was called to the scene to pry open a manhole cover and take a look inside to find out whether a person or animal was trapped inside
  
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• Pep Guardiola and Manchester City are left frustrated against Stoke City

  08-03-2017 22:59 via theguardian.com
  
  While Sergio Agüero completed his transformation from substitute to captain, Manchester City underwent an unexpected change themselves. They went from prolific to impotent, losing their lustre and missing the chance to go second as a four-match winning run in the Premier League came to an end.Agüero led Manchester City for the first time under Pep Guardiola, seemingly symbolising his restoration to prominence, but his scoring sequence stopped. City had struck five times in each of thei
  
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• Two arrested on suspicion of murder after man's body found in car park

  08-03-2017 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man, who was in his 20s, was found dead in a stairway on the first floor of the car park in the early hours of Tuesday morning
  
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• International Women's Day march organisers arrested in protest outside Trump hotel as rallies held around the world

  08-03-2017 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The women were removed from the crowd and taken into the back of a police van as supporters chanted for their release
  
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• The 31 best Twitter reactions to Barcelona's EPIC comeback against Paris Saint-Germain

  08-03-2017 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Barcelona had everyone believing that their remarkable comeback was on for most of the night at the Nou Camp, only for Edinson Cavani to shatter their dreams with his second half strike, and then they came BACK!
  
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• It's just another Tory Budget designed to help the rich at the expense of the poor

  08-03-2017 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  National Insurance contributions will increase for the self-employed, all in the midst of Brexit, says former Bank of England rate setter David Blanchflower
  
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• Stray pooch dresses to fit in at Bolivian monastery

  08-03-2017 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  St Francis Monastery in Cochabamba recently announced that they had taken in the dog, who has been named Friar Bigoton - which is moustache in English - and that he is staying with them.
  
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• ISIS leader Baghdadi abandons Mosul fight

  08-03-2017 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Al-Baghdadi, has left commanders behind with die-hardfollowers to fight the battle of Mosul, and is now hiding out inthe desert, focusing mainly on his own survival, claim US intelligence.
  
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• Israel to mute mosques' call to prayer over loudspeakers

  08-03-2017 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Protesters have criticised a controversial and radical new bill which limits calls to prayers from mosques in Israel and East Jerusalem, including one prohibiting the use of loudspeakers.
  
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• Pension fund manager at Westminster Council ‘stole £1m'

  08-03-2017 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ian Woodall, 45, who was interim chief investment officer at the council, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court with his wife Tania, 46, who is charged with assisting in the transfer of cash.
  
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• Ivory poachers now use heavy artillery to hunt in the wild, target animals in captivity and bribe vets

  08-03-2017 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The recent horrific attack on a white rhino in a Paris zoo is just one example of a new, extreme era of hunting
  
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• Bus driver tells Dame Judi Dench she is 'wasting time'

  08-03-2017 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  National treasure Dame Judi unveiled a mock bus stop in a PR stunt outside a pub in Hartfield, Kent and received short shrift from the driver who pulled up thinking she was a passenger.
  
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• Philip Hammond among MPs lobbying for Surrey county council in funding row

  08-03-2017 22:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor, who represents a Surrey constituency, spoke to Sajid Javid on council’s behalf, freedom of information request revealsPhilip Hammond was among a series of Conservative MPs who lobbied on behalf of Surrey county council in a row over social care funding, correspondence released under freedom of information laws has shown, reviving claims the council received a special deal from ministers. Hours after Theresa May insisted at prime minister’s questions that Surrey had enjoye
  
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• At least 19 girls dead as home for abused teens catches fire after Guatemala riot

  08-03-2017 22:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Fire broke out when residents set mattresses ablaze after an overnight riot and attempt to escape from the overcrowded government-run center, officials sayAt least 19 girls have been killed in a fire at a government-run home for abused teens, which broke out when residents set mattresses ablaze after an overnight riot and attempt to escape from the overcrowded government-run center. A crowd of relatives, many of them wailing with grief, gathered outside the Virgen de Asunción home for chi
  
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• The £4 item from Primark that everyone is after but no one can get - and it's driving us all crazy

  08-03-2017 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's a beauty for cup fans, but an absolute beast to find
  
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• Manifesto row clouds chancellor's attempt at low-key budget

  08-03-2017 22:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Philip Hammond’s plan to bring NICs for employed and self-employed into line breaks Tory commitment made in 2015Philip Hammond has been accused of breaking a key Conservative manifesto pledge after his first budget announced increases in national insurance contributions (NICs) for the self-employed to help solve the funding crisis in social care.The chancellor’s attempt at a low-key package threatened to be overshadowed by a row over whether the plan to bring NICs for the employed an
  
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• CCTV shows cowardly thug punch man from behind in Taunton

  08-03-2017 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police haverenewed an appeal for witnesses and released the 11-second clip in the hope of catching the attacker who punched the 32-year-old victim as he was waiting for a taxi in Taunton, Somerset.
  
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• Cops now sure missing Corrie McKeague lies on this landfill site, among the stench of a thousand tonnes of rubbish

  08-03-2017 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror observes the grim hunt for the RAF gunner's body after his heartbroken mum said it was "only a matter of time" before they found his remains at the dump
  
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• New war memorial to troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan to be unveiled by the Queen

  08-03-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A service will be held as the Queen unveils the memorial in Westminster's Victoria Embankment Gardens, with those killed in humanitarian roles also honoured
  
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• Dan Jarvis: MPs need better intelligence access to avoid mistakes of Iraq and Afghanistan wars

  08-03-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour MP and Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Dan Jarvis writes exclusively for the Mirror as the Queen unveils a new war memorial to troops and humanitarian workers who died in the conflicts
  
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• Brit couple's miracle escape after ski lift was demolished by falling tree

  08-03-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sam Brown and Rachel Henson were travelling in a gondola car when high winds slammed a tree into it and they were thrown clear of the debris into the snow
  
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• Brit backpacker 'was under captor's spell' during 'two month kidnap and rape ordeal'

  08-03-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman's alleged abductor, who was found hidden in the boot of his truck, has been described as a 'bit of a party animal who went off the rails'
  
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• Pregnant mum and three children die in Dublin fire

  08-03-2017 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ann-Marie O'Brien died with her daughter Paris at the building in Clondalkin, west Dublin. Another woman was fighting for her life after her two children died in the tragic blaze.
  
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• Topless French election candidate hopeful is arrested

  08-03-2017 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cindy Lee, 52, who is the candidate for the Pleasure Party in France, was handing out pamphlets and talking to voters wearing just a pair of hotpants and tassels covering each nipple.
  
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• Missing doctor wrote angry Facebook post to former PM

  08-03-2017 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Lauren Phillips, who works in the accident and emergency department at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, has not been seen since February 23.
  
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• Antonio Conte and Chelsea set to agree new contract beyond 2019

  08-03-2017 21:49 via theguardian.com
  
  • Chelsea seeking extended deal and to increase manager’s £6.5m-a-year salary
  • But club reluctant to distract from title race so may delay announcementChelsea are close to agreeing a new contract with Antonio Conte, killing off Internazionale’s lingering hopes of prising the Italian manager away from Stamford Bridge in the process, but may opt to announce the deal only once the destiny of the title has become clear.Victory at West Ham on Monday maintained Chelsea&rsq
  
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• 'Everything about you is criticised': Gina Miller and Tulip Siddiq on women in the public eye

  08-03-2017 21:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Businesswoman and MP will speak in parliament about challenges faced by women who put their heads above the parapet, including abuse and threatsGina Miller, businesswoman, campaigner and scourge of the Brexiters, spent International Women’s Day on Wednesday at the European parliament in Brussels, addressing a new network formed in an attempt to promote women’s participation in politics.For Tulip Siddiq, Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, the day was spent at A&E with her daught
  
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• Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's honeymoon mansion is on sale

  08-03-2017 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The royals spent ten days in 1535 at Thornbury Castle in South Gloucestershire, a Grade I-listed pile which was built in the early 15th century for Edward Stafford, the Duke of Buckingham.
  
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• Hammond was a picture of relaxed swagger – because he was in the ring alone

  08-03-2017 21:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Hammond left a series of holes in Tory defences that would normally be easy for the opposition to exploit, but Corbyn could not even land a punchIn normal times, this was a budget that – while thin on detail, light on policy and devoid of surprise giveaways: all hat and no rabbit – would have been judged to be full of risk. In his most striking announcement, a Tory chancellor hit a core Tory constituency where it hurts, by raising the taxes of the self-employed. In normal times, Phil
  
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• Revised travel ban to face first legal challenge as Hawaii lawsuit advances

  08-03-2017 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Court date set for 15 March after federal judge allows state attorney general to submit altered version of lawsuit initially filed against first travel banDonald Trump’s newly revised travel ban is set to face its first legal challenge after a federal judge in Hawaii allowed the state’s attorney general to submit an amended lawsuit previously lodged against the president’s first, failed ban. Continue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump is trolling the entire world with the name of his Obamacare replacement law

  08-03-2017 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Imagine you're Donald Trump. What do you call your most high profile new law?
  
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• Man with fake arms 'drugged, beat and raped girlfriend for weeks because she left purse in Uber car'

  08-03-2017 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Evan Xavier Little allegedly used pliers to rip the victim's acrylic nails off her fingers, hit her legs with a golf club and held a knife to her neck
  
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• With this Budget Philip Hammond has just proved that the Tories are NOT the workers' party

  08-03-2017 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor is cutting the National Living Wage by 25p at the end of this Parliament while over the next five years households in our country will be £1,800 worse off
  
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• Sickening CCTV shows "peacemaker" being smashed over head with glass bottle "after trying to calm dispute in bar"

  08-03-2017 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are now appealing for a man they wish to speak to after the incident in the early hours of Saturday morning
  
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• Government finances face near-£6bn hit over changes to personal injury payouts

  08-03-2017 21:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Office for Budget Responsibility says NHS will have to set aside money to meet cost of compensation awards, while car insurance premiums will also riseThe government’s finances will take a near-£6bn hit as a result of the increased bill faced by the NHS and other parts of the public sector as a result of changes made to the way compensation awards for botched operations and other errors are calculated.The lord chancellor, Liz Truss, announced a cut to the so-called Ogden discount rat
  
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• Borussia Dortmund fans again prove to be Europe's best with EPIC newspaper-themed display before Benfica tie

  08-03-2017 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The "Yellow Wall" was out in full force before the Champions League last-16 tie in Germany, and they created a quite unique display in the hope of motivating their team
  
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• New theory claims MH370 'was carrying an extra passenger'

  08-03-2017 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 was carrying a mysterious extra passenger who probably took control of the cockpit before it crashed three years ago today, as a new lawsuit is filed in the US.
  
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• The 3 reasons I’m seriously angry with the Chancellor about the Budget (as a self-employed working mum)

  08-03-2017 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor celebrated the success of women and joked with the Prime Minister about how much their lot had improved as part of his Budget, but his later actions revealed the truth
  
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