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• Who is Evgeny Lebedev? Profile of London Evening Standard owner who gave George Osborne the editor's chair

  17-03-2017 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 37-year-old owns the newspaper along with his father, Alexander
  
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• Warfare 'game changer' as US army chiefs prepare to take delivery of drone-busting laser weapon

  17-03-2017 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Weapon manufacturing giant Lockheed Martin says it has finished a 60-kilowatt laser system that will zap targets from the sky
  
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• Who is Evgeny Lebedev - the man who gave George Osborne the editor's chair of the London Evening Standard

  17-03-2017 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 37-year-old owns the newspaper along with his father, Alexander
  
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• No White House apology to Britain over Trump spy claims

  17-03-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has denied he apologized to Britain for repeating a claim its spies handed President Obama transcripts of President Trump's bugged calls.
  
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• Fame at last for Nick Clegg as ex-Deputy PM bizarrely stars in US poster about building work

  17-03-2017 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Just two years ago the former Lib Dem leader was flying high - now he's on posters at a Nevada airport
  
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• Killer handed extra jail time after masterminding £4.6million heroin ring from his prison cell

  17-03-2017 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Liam Duffy, 36, is currently eight years into a 20 year sentence for the revenge killing of 19-year-old rival gang leader Liam Smith in 2006
  
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• New Monopoly pieces: Who's in, who's out?

  17-03-2017 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Find out who's in and who's out following a public vote.
  
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• Prince Andrew's ex lover devastated at £1m home gem raid

  17-03-2017 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former model Amanda Staveley believes the raid on her £10million townhouse was an ‘inside job’. The thief picked the lock on the front door and stole a jewellery box from the financier’s bedroom.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn to warn Tory right wing to stop blaming immigrants for Britain's problems

  17-03-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader will use a speech on racial equality to say bankers, not foreign workers, are to blame for the economic crash from which the UK is still recovering
  
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• Drunk air rage passenger who spat in female flight attendant's face after being tied up jailed

  17-03-2017 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Khalid Mir, who has more than 50 previous convictions, was restrained by Emirates staff "for the protection of other passengers"
  
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• Who needs a Rolls-Royce? Thrifty bride takes the BUS to her wedding

  17-03-2017 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Yvonne Gorman, her bridesmaids, father and several family members paid £2 for the 10-minute ride to the Derby venue
  
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• John De'Viana tells of 'gross web of lies'

  17-03-2017 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John De'Viana, 54, coached tennis to prodigy daughters Monaei and Nephe. But the girls, now 21 and 19, quit the game and say they now hate tennis. He was cleared of abuse allegations.
  
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• 'Greedy' George Osborne is facing furious calls to resign as an MP after being appointed Evening Standard editor

  17-03-2017 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shameless former Chancellor will earn an estimated £250,000 a year running the capital’s biggest free paper, while remaining as Tory MP for Tatton, in Cheshire – nearly 200 miles away
  
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• Trump deflects wiretap questions in Merkel news conference

  17-03-2017 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'As far as wiretapping,  I guess – by this past administration – at least we have something in common, perhaps,' Trump said Friday as he and Merkel fielded journalists' questions at the White House.
  
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• Paddington Bear in new book with modern problems

  17-03-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Bond, 91, who wrote the first Paddington story in 1958, has written a new book imbued with several very modern problems. Now the bear is in the harsh realities of 21st-century life.
  
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• Monopoly bosses boot out old pieces in favour of brand new ones including T-Rex and a rubber duck

  17-03-2017 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The wheelbarrow, thimble and boot have been dumped in favour of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a penguin and a rubber duck
  
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• Man accused of murder tells court he went to check lottery ticket after finding his ex-girlfriend's body

  17-03-2017 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Lane - accused of slitting Shana Grice's throat after refusing to accept their break-up - tells his trial he was 'in shock'
  
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• Mountain man: The bank boss who reached the top aged 33

  17-03-2017 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joe Gordon, boss of telephone and online bank First Direct has just two years' experience in banking.
  
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• Incredible snaps show a pair of lions working together to take down a giraffe

  17-03-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The towering male giraffe had originally shaken off the hungry predators but the persistent pair eventually succeeded in bringing him down
  
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• Student who admitted raping 12-year-old girl walks free from court after judge spares him punishment

  17-03-2017 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daniel Cieslak - who had sex with the girl in July 2015 - burst into tears when police later told him her true age, a court heard
  
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• Mob wrap suspected paedophile to road sign with cling film after luring him with fictitious 14-year-old

  17-03-2017 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 22-year-oldturned up to his date with a rose - but he was met by an angry group of anti-paedophile vigilantes armed with food wrap
  
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• Brit surgeon who saved Syrian baby could now adopt her after her entire family were killed in the war

  17-03-2017 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Nott saved seven-month-old Maram just before Christmas at a hospital in Syria and now they have been reunited
  
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• Merkel handshake offer to Trump falls on deaf ears

  17-03-2017 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Germanys chancellor and the US President did shake hands - eventually - at their White House talks.
  
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• Football clubs would be forced to offer discounted tickets to young fans if Labour MP's Bill becomes law

  17-03-2017 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Justin Madders wants to stop youngsters being priced out and calls on fellow MPs to back his proposed law in the Commons
  
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• Founders of charity set up for cancer fighter Ashya King arrested for 'theft'

  17-03-2017 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mike and June Hyman were held this week on suspicion of stealing money raised by Kids’n’Cancer for children suffering from tumours
  
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• Moors Murders bullets finally found - and could provide vital clue to find missing victim's body

  17-03-2017 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The discovery of two shells that match a gun belonging to his killer Ian Brady could be the key to locating Keith Bennett
  
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• Turkish minister threatens to 'blow the mind of Europe'

  17-03-2017 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Suleyman Soylu told Europe not to 'play games' and 'ignore Turkey' in a speech he gave on Thursday.
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers on Friday, March 17 as £14m jackpot up for grabs

  17-03-2017 22:13 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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• Somali refugees killed on boat as they escaped Yemen

  17-03-2017 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Shiite rebels accused the Saudi-led coalition of carrying out the attack. Most of the people in the boat were from Somalia. 75 men and 15 women survived.
  
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• Romanian gang jailed for 11 jewellery raids across the UK

  17-03-2017 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six men were jailed for offences committed between November 2015 and September 2016 including at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent. Pictured, Andrei Tifui (left) and Bogdan Neagu.
  
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• Woman browses FACEBOOK on her phone while driving on M62 

  17-03-2017 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brett Mullineaux's helmet-cam footage appears to shows the female driver browsing the mobile app while driving on the M62 between Rochdale and Oldham in Manchester.
  
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• Randy fetishist filmed 'having sex' with three MOTORBIKES after disgusted owners find holes cut in their seats

  17-03-2017 22:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pervert was filmed cutting a hole in the leather seat before mounting the bike and making love to it
  
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• Police probe claims Tories paid unemployed people to pose as party volunteers

  17-03-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman handing out leaflets in South Thanet was hired for the day, it is alleged
  
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• Kate Middleton dazzles in THREE outfits by top British designers on day-one of Brexit schmoozing visit to Paris

  17-03-2017 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in the French capital for a two-day royal visit
  
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• Gay hedge fund manager drops bid against City firm

  17-03-2017 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Newton, 43, said he was subjected to constant jibes including being told he looked 'like a lesbian minister' and was called a 'c**k jockey' while working for Balyasny Europe Asset Management.
  
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• Teen seeking cleaning job sent abuse by lawyer over tattoo

  17-03-2017 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A teenager trying to earn some money as a cleaner was shocked when a lawyer who messaged her offering work asked for a picture and bombarded her with explicit sexual insults. 
  
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• Prince William praises France's 'deep friendship' with UK during royals' Brexit charm offensive

  17-03-2017 21:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in the French capital for a two-day royal visit, which many see as a bid to strengthen relations between France and Britain in wake of Brexit
  
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• Donald Trump and Angela Merkel's immigration rift laid bare as leaders show faces of thunder to media

  17-03-2017 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Trump said during the conference: "Immigration is a privilege, not a right"
  
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• GP, 48, with ‘sixth sense’ for diagnosing dies of sepsis

  17-03-2017 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shiv Sekaran, 48, from Shefford, Bedfordshire, died from kidney failure. He complained of having a cough but became delirious. His family said he could have been too ill to spot the symptoms.
  
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• Cieslak who admitted raping 12-year-old girl walks FREE

  17-03-2017 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lady Scott took the 'wholly exceptional' decision to grant Daniel Cieslak an absolute discharge at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday. Cieslak, 21, met the victim, aged 12 in a taxi queue in Edinburgh.
  
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• Woman who wrote letter to victim of paedophile is jailed

  17-03-2017 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alison Souter, 52, of Yorkshire, put 'extreme pressure' on the girl to change her story - that Neil Swales, 55, had been abusing her since she was just eight years old.
  
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• Admiral Nelson threatened Navy bosses in a bid to get his cut of £65million gold hoard

  17-03-2017 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hard-up Battle of Trafalgar hero secured another Victory by winning £10,000 in prize money - worth almost £1m today
  
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• Glaswegian finance director hid cameras in company toilet

  17-03-2017 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Logan, former director at the Wheatley Group, planted hidden cameras in a toilet at the firm's Glasgow headquarters and made almost 700 videos over 12 months.
  
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• Model convinced her mother to pose millionairess in scam

  17-03-2017 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laylah De Cruz (pictured) urged her mother Dianne Moorcroft, 63, to change her name by deed poll to convince estate agents and solicitors she was the owner of a £3m house in Kensington, London.
  
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• Donald Trump passes the buck on GCHQ wire-tapping row - and claims common ground with Angela Merkel

  17-03-2017 20:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a strained session with the world's press, Mr Trump made the not so subtle dig after being quizzed over claims GCHQ had spied on him
  
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• Heartbroken mum of 'bullied to death' schoolgirl reveals 'dark' final picture of daughter taken hours before she killed herself

  17-03-2017 20:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Devastated Dominique Williams has turned her "beautiful" daughter Nyah's bedroom into a shrine to help her grieve and kept her belongings just as she liked them
  
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• Globe-trotting couple who dodged £1m in tax jailed

  17-03-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Howard, 44, and wife Donna, 43, of Motherwell who funded their extravagant lifestyles by dodging their taxes were jailed for nearly seven years in total.
  
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• Raging President Erdogan urges Turks in EU to have at least FIVE kids as they are 'continent's future'

  17-03-2017 20:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Turkish president made the eye-raising remarks amid fraught tensions with some European nations
  
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• Blackpool woman sent half a million pounds to con-man

  17-03-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pamela Wareing from Blackpool thought she was sending money to her lover. But the mum-of-one actually transferred more than £500,000 to a con-man. She stole the money from her workplace.
  
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• Murder accused says he saw Shana Grice's body and panicked

  17-03-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Lane, 27, said he panicked and that it did not cross his mind to dial 999 after finding 19-year-old Shana Grice's body slumped against her bed at her shared bungalow in Brighton, East Sussex.
  
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