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• Actors recreate St Patrick's return to Ireland

  12-03-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazing pictures show actors recreating Saint Patrick's return to Ireland where he brought religion to the Emerald Isle. St Patrick returned to Irish shores in 432AD after finding god while a slave.
  
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• Rescued horses Ken and Bruce look a picture of health

  12-03-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cantering in their paddock, these black and white horses look a picture of health. But six weeks ago, it was a different story. The piebald cobs were in a pitiful state when they were dumped by a road.
  
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• Paul Burrell denies cheating on ex-wife Maria, despite gay relationship in the 1980s as a 'young immature boy'

  12-03-2017 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He confirmed he had a two-year fling with Australian Greg Pead before he met Maria and had two children
  
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• Terror fear as Prime Minister's diary - containing details of her travel plans - is left on a train

  12-03-2017 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The sensitive document set out in precise detail when Theresa May would be visiting certain places and how she would be travelling there
  
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• Madeleine McCann cops hunt worker at resort as they fear he 'kept secrets' from local police

  12-03-2017 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British officers are convinced the former worker at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz knows more than he's told them
  
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• Glamour model who promised to perform sex act on 19 MILLION voters wants to meet man with bionic penis

  12-03-2017 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paulo Saulino says it would be "great" if she could "put her skills to use" on Mohammed Abad, who was fitted with the £70,000 device in 2012
  
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• Exploitative orangutan boxing show in Bangkok criticised

  12-03-2017 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage shows a zoo in Bangkok profiteering from 'orangutan boxing'. Activists have heavily criticised the show arguing the show is cruel to the sweet-natured primates.
  
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• Tories at war over budget as allies of Theresa May and Philip Hammond trade insults over NI debacle

  12-03-2017 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Allies in each of the camps are hurling insults at each other over who is to blame for the National Insurance rise fiasco
  
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• Japan’s bizarre giant PENIS parade sees young brides ride 7ft-tall wooden phallus through streets for ancient fertility ritual

  12-03-2017 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Hodare festival in the city of Nagaoka is considered one of the country's biggest, and best, penis festivals - and there are a few
  
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• £40,000-a-week footballer Steven Caulker is arrested

  12-03-2017 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footballer Steven Caulker (pictured last month) was arrested near the Victoria Street Car Park in Windsor early this morning after being spotted in the Istanbul Kebab House.
  
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• High Street cosmetics firm Lush reveals it will pay all staff the Living Wage

  12-03-2017 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Living Wage Foundation called the move “really significant” when some big firms were failing to pay minimum wage
  
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• Paul Burrell: I told my wife I was going to marry a man... then we both cried

  12-03-2017 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Princess Diana's former butler opened up about his love for his family, talked of his shame at the pain he caused his wife of 32 years
  
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• Iraqi helicopter fires at ISIS targets in besieged Mosul

  12-03-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iraqi forces battling to retake Mosul have cut the last road out of the city, trapping ISIS fighters inside.
  
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• Investment banker turned farmer 'made gun threats'

  12-03-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Wentworth Waites (pictured) has been accused of threatening walkers of turning up at his 550-acre farm in Bampton, Cumbria, and is alleged to have told two women: 'I shoot trespassers'.
  
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• Adam Johnson on suicide watch during prison anniverary

  12-03-2017 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former England, Manchester City and Sunderland winger (pictured) is serving six years in jail for grooming and then engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old fan.
  
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• NHS bosses to see Mirror boy Ben Baddeley walk after reader-funded treatment the department refused him

  12-03-2017 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The family of cerebral palsy sufferer Ben, 12, has produced a home video showing him walking down steps and in snow
  
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• Liverpool star Daniel Sturridge calls for investigation into dementia risk from football headers

  12-03-2017 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 27-year-old striker has spoken out after new research revealed a link between heading the ball and early-onset dementia
  
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• More than 100 animals die at zoo in just two years including critically endangered species

  12-03-2017 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Between 2014 and 2016 109 animals died at the zoo in the Irish capital - including a significant number of critically endangered species that are extinct or nearly extinct in the wild
  
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• Schoolgirl killer to be charged with murder of tragic British backpacker who vanished in Australia 19 years ago

  12-03-2017 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Derek Sam is already serving a life sentence for killing a 16-year-old babysitter - now he's facing two more charges of murder
  
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• Turkish President Erdogan faces TOTAL ban from EU as Denmark joins Netherlands and Germany in turning minsters away

  12-03-2017 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Danish prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has postponed the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Yildirim following rising tensions between Ankara, The Hague and Berlin
  
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• The fattest nation on earth: Mexico's desperate battle with the sugar addiction that is crippling and killing millions

  12-03-2017 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With five million clinically obese people living in Mexico City alone, the government introduced the levy to combat the problem - and now the UK is looking to follow their example
  
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• Stricken Emirates airliner pictured circling over northern UK after landing gear fails immediately after take-off

  12-03-2017 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Flight EK18 had barely got off the ground before it had to recalculate its destination after the landing gear failed to retract
  
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• Princess Diana secretly helped best friend bury her stillborn baby in the grounds of Kensington Palace

  12-03-2017 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Diana suggested that her friend Rosa Monckton bury her tragic child in the grounds of London's Kensington Palace, a new programme reveals
  
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• Young pupils to be taught mindfulness in government trial

  12-03-2017 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health and wellbeing among students as young as eight to be made a greater priority, after the government announced plans to trial mindfulness lessons in classes to tackle stress and anxiety.
  
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• Dear Coleen: My daughter would be better off without me

  12-03-2017 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  I’m tempted to just hand my daughter over to a relative and leave her for good. Do you think that’s for the best?
  
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• Princess Diana's former lover James Hewitt denies he's Prince Harry's father in rare interview

  12-03-2017 20:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rumours that James Hewitt fathered Prince Harry during his affair with Princess Diana have persisted for decades
  
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• Classic engagement rings are now being outsold by emeralds

  12-03-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysts at retail data company, Kantar Retail, have revealed that couples are now spending their hard-earned cash getting on the housing ladder rather than purchasing diamonds.
  
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• Photographer turns camera on racism and poverty in US

  12-03-2017 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter van Agtmael, a famed war photographer, has used his camera lens to focus and highlight racism, poverty and violence in America.
  
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• First picture of 'beautiful' 22-year-old killed by 'drink driver' as he walked along a lane

  12-03-2017 19:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Warm and moving tributes have been paid to James Edwards - also known as ‘Hodge’- across social media
  
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• Fear of pregnancy and birth on the rise as more expectant mums experience 'Tocophobia'

  12-03-2017 19:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Such a degree of fear and apprehension isn’t only detrimental to the mother but to the baby as well
  
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• Department of Education refuses to step in to stop paedophiles and criminals hacking school websites

  12-03-2017 19:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MP John Mann has demanded the Government intervene, saying there is a "huge danger to the welfare of our children"
  
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• Department for Education refuses to step in to stop paedophiles and criminals hacking school websites

  12-03-2017 19:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MP John Mann has demanded the Government intervene, saying there is a "huge danger to the welfare of our children"
  
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• Tottenham and Millwall fans clash before FA Cup match

  12-03-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Riot police tackled furious fans to the ground after violence erupted when hundreds of baying supporters lined streets outside Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium in north London.
  
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• Heart disease risk revealed decades before symptoms begin in new 'calcium scan' examining arteries

  12-03-2017 19:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After the scan, doctors could recommend lifestyle changes - such as improving diet, quitting smoking and doing more exercise - to protect at-risk patients
  
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• Rare plastic £5 note sells for more than £60,000 on eBay as market for unusual fivers spirals

  12-03-2017 19:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new plastic fivers have been going for thousands online
  
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• Russian soldiers compete in a tank obstacle course

  12-03-2017 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia's international tank biathlon, which takes place in August, sees teams in armoured vehicles taking part in a racing and shooting contest, much like an Olympic biathlon event.
  
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• Horrifying photos show how meningitis rash grew from a 'few dots' to cover baby's whole body in 24 hours

  12-03-2017 19:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Four-month-old Ashley-Jay Greatorex remains "very, very poorly" in hospital, with his terrified mum and dad by his side
  
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• No Brexit deal would be "bad" for Britain, Liam Fox admits

  12-03-2017 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The International Trade Secretary accepts Britain and Europe would suffer if there is no deal
  
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• Nigel Farage would 'probably' stand as an MP if electoral fraud probe leads to by-election

  12-03-2017 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kent Police and the Electoral Commission are investigating whether the Conservatives broke the law by failing to properly declare expenses related to the 2015 campaign
  
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• Dramatic change to the 5:2 diet will make fast days a LOT easier

  12-03-2017 18:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Michael Mosley accepted that sticking to just 600 calories in 24 hours was a challenge for even the most committed dieter
  
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• Gareth Bale's fiancée 'gutted' as her uncle faces jail

  12-03-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emma Rhys-Jones, 25, was said to be extremely worried about Graham McMurray, 50, who is understood to have been arrested and charged with the theft of a bag of money in South Wales.
  
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• Brides of poverty-stricken 1930s and 1940s Britain reveal their Hollywood glamour wedding portraits

  12-03-2017 18:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  For working class girls, owning a beautiful wedding portrait was a badge of honour at the time. Here three brides relive their big days in a world of grinding hardship
  
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• John Forgeham's daughter reveals he had battled depression

  12-03-2017 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Grief-stricken Jonesta Forgeham, 45, said her father John (pictured) 'stared at a wall for four years' as 'acting was his life' and he could not get any work. The grandfather-of-five died on Friday.
  
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• Adam Johnson will be on suicide watch as he marks end of first year behind bars for sexually abusing teenager

  12-03-2017 18:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former Sunderland winger, who was jailed for six years for sexual activity with a child, will be subject to extra checks to ensure he is coping
  
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• Mysterious 'unnatural' triangular structures spotted on face of moon in lunar footage leaves experts baffled

  12-03-2017 18:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Popular YouTube channel suggests that similarity of structures could be an indication that they are one and the same - and they can fly
  
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• MPs face tougher rules on employing relatives

  12-03-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Commons watchdog is set to publish new rules covering so-called 'connected parties' working in politicians' offices.
  
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• Sick thugs stamp on man's head in front of horrified shoppers in savage city centre street attack

  12-03-2017 18:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim is seen being knocked to the ground and then kicked repeatedly as he lies motionless
  
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• HMP Featherstone prisoner beaten in attack inside cell

  12-03-2017 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A prison inmate was filmed being brutally assaulted and screaming in pain after he was set upon as soon as he walked into a cell at HMP Featherstone in Staffordshire.
  
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• Emirates flight on way to Dubai diverted to London

  12-03-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Airbus A380 set off from Manchester at 1.32pm today but only the main gear retracted meaning the front wheel was stuck outside the plane.
  
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• Ferocious Akita Husky dog savages owner's elderly brother after going into 'KILLER mode' in vicious attack

  12-03-2017 18:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dangerous dog owner Judith Carling said she was unable to control the crossbreed when it clamped its jaws around her 77-year-old brother
  
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