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• Man arrested on suspicion of murder of new mum in Liverpool after woman dies in hospital

  09-04-2017 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paramedics found the 29-year-old victim at her home in Speke at around 3am - she died an hour later
  
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• Prices for his 'art' are plummeting. Is Damien Hirst sunk?

  09-04-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Damien Hirst's comeback exhibition is called Treasures From The Wreck Of The Unbelievable. It is said to have cost him £50 million to create and opened in Venice yesterday.
  
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• Principled Corbyn sticks to his guns and continues to champion human rights and peace

  09-04-2017 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister's predictable endorsement of President Trump's impulsive missile strike contrasted sharply with Corbyn’s more thoughtful call for a renewed drive to secure peace
  
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• Vaping laws are changing next month – this is what you need to know

  09-04-2017 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 comes into force on Monday, May 20, and introduces a number of rules about the sale of e-cigarettes and e-liquids
  
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• Worker left stunned after winning £250,000 on scratchcard - but it's all a cruel prank

  09-04-2017 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The young man uncovered a symbol which guaranteed a six-figure prize - or so he thought
  
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• Increased threat of cybercrime has fearful Brits longing for return to cash-only society

  09-04-2017 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Astonishingly, a good number of people still believe the safest place to stash their savings is under the bed
  
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• Care home short-staffed for weeks before blaze killed two

  09-04-2017 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Residents – all believed to be older than 80 and many unable to walk without help – were carried out of their rooms by firemen before the roof collapsed in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire (pictured).
  
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• Labour MPs play down party's chances in next month's elections amid fears they'll lose 125 councillors

  09-04-2017 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell both spoke of putting on a united front as Labour appears to be braced for losses
  
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• Workers in fifties may not be able to retire until 68

  09-04-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: UK ministers are considering a shake-up of the pensions timetable that could see the planned rise in the state pension age from 67 to 68 brought forward by as much as 16 years.
  
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• Activist is handed taxpayers' cash to write abortion book

  09-04-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Arts and Humanities Research Council gave £512,000 to Professor Sally Sheldon, who has campaigned for abortion rights for two decades, to write a 'biographical study' of the 1967 Abortion Act.
  
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• CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV 

  09-04-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A collective gasp of horror was heard across the UK at one minute before 10pm, as Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) walked into an ambush.
  
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• Here's what it takes to fly up to International Space Station as two astronauts prepare to blast off

  09-04-2017 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  US astronaut Jack Fischer and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin are in their final pre-launch preparations
  
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• Syria's 'chemical weapons' chief's son and brother are granted UK citizenship

  09-04-2017 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officials accused Amr Armanazi of running a facility in Syria allegedly involved in the production of sarin nerve gas and other weapons of mass destruction
  
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• Vladimir Putin's 'goddaughter' warns Russia could lose World Cup 2018 over security fears after St Petersburg attack

  09-04-2017 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ksenia Sobchak, who denies being Putin's goddaughter, took a swipe at the President for failing to stop last week’s St Petersburg train suicide bomb
  
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• Kay Burley and Fiona Bruce found on ISIS 'kill list'

  09-04-2017 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Huw Edwards, Fiona Bruce, Dermot Murnaghan and Kay Burley (pictured) are among a list of high-profile British news presenters on a 'kill list' found on an Islamist website.
  
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• Great-grandmother killed chasing her dog across the M4

  09-04-2017 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great-grandmother Patricia Connors (pictured), who was run over and killed on the M4 after chasing her dog has been revealed as a member of the gipsy clan who enslaved drug dealers and alcoholics.
  
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• Convicted slave-keeping relatives of great-grandmother killed chasing dog across M4 could be let out of prison to grieve

  09-04-2017 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Patricia Joyce Connors, who was struck by a Ford Transit after leaving her VW Golf on Friday, saw five members of her family jailed in 2012 for their wicked crimes
  
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• Detective thinks Maddie McCann is still on the Algarve 

  09-04-2017 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A detective who spent three years looking for Madeleine McCann says he believes she is 'hidden in plain sight' and could still be on the Algarve.
  
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• Meet Theresa May's ripped personal trainer helping Prime Minister stay in shape with punishing weekly sessions

  09-04-2017 21:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reading-based Lee Carnaby is known for specialising in high-intensity workouts and runs classes just a 10-minute drive from the Prime Minister's Berkshire home
  
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• Wonga hackers steal banking details of 270,000 customers - including the last four digits of customers’ bank cards

  09-04-2017 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The payday loan firm has started contacting customers and has set up a phone line for anyone worried about the data breach
  
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• Daredevil swimmers 'walk on air' in glass bottomed swimming pool 42 storeys above street

  09-04-2017 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage shows a brave swimmer walking on the glass floor with a stunning view beneath his feet
  
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• Harrowing pictures reveal Spice nightmare turning users into walking zombies and our city centres into real-life horror movies

  09-04-2017 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGES People resembling the walking dead can be found propped up against walls and lampposts, sprawled across the ground or crying out in agony
  
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• PC Keith Palmer's body taken to the Palace of Westminster

  09-04-2017 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reverend Prebendary Rose Hudson-Wilkin will stay with the coffin, along with a catafalque guard of honour, before it is taken to Southwark Cathedral for a full police funeral.
  
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• 'We will respond with force': Russia and Iran in stark warning against further US military action in Syria

  09-04-2017 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the crisis in the Middle East deepened a command centre made up of the forces of Russia, Iran and militias loyal to Assad claimed the US raid crossed “red lines”
  
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• Warning sign that a Premier Inn was forced to put in its lift is hilarious

  09-04-2017 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The warning was posted in the Premier Inn hotel in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter and is sure to put a smile on your face
  
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• Royals attend service to honour heroes of Vimy Ridge 100 years after bloody WW1 battle

  09-04-2017 20:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  William, Harry and Charles laid a pair of boots in honour of Canadian forces who suffered huge losses along with Britain
  
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• St Petersburg metro bombing suspect developed interest in Islam and may have travelled to Syria before attack

  09-04-2017 20:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two of Akbarzhon Jalilov's former colleagues at a sushi restaurant say he seemed to disappear after travelling to Turkey
  
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• Gran backs winning horse in Grand National after placing first ever bet in tribute to late husband Arthur

  09-04-2017 20:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eileen Sagar put a £20 each way bet on eventual winner One For Arthur after her granddaughter brought it to her attention
  
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• Topshop are now selling size 18 clothes - but not everyone is happy about it

  09-04-2017 20:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Can you spot why?
  
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• Police trying to find missing tot whose parents are 'feared to be involved with drugs'

  09-04-2017 19:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Peggie Happer was last seen with her mother, Lisa Douglas, and both are believed to be with James Happer, 44, the girl's father
  
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• London killer Khalid Masood was 'radical' website contact

  09-04-2017 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Westminster killer Khalid Masood was a public contact for website calltoislam.com, which published extremist material, it has been revealed.
  
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• Man forced to watch refugee rape his girlfriend in Germany

  09-04-2017 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A young couple were camping in the Siegaue Nature Reserve (pictured), near Bonn, Germany, when a machete-wielding refugee approached the pair and raped the woman.
  
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• Muslim woman who stared down EDL leader at demo reveals the story behind powerful photo

  09-04-2017 19:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Saffiyah Khan said she felt compelled to step in when Ian Crossland and over 20 of his supporters confronted a Muslim woman
  
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• Scouts accused of letting paedophile abuse boys during overnight camps for 30 years

  09-04-2017 19:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Cherrett carried out a 'campaign of sexual abuse' dating back to 1975, with one victim asking in a statement: "How could the Scouts let this happen?"
  
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• Norwegian police raise terror threat level after "bomb-like device" found in Oslo and teen arrested

  09-04-2017 19:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old Russian citizen remains in custody in connection with the discovery last night but is said to have denied any guilt
  
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• Inside the hotel dubbed 'the worst in Britain' - does it live up to its grim reviews?

  09-04-2017 19:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An actor slammed the £45-a-night hotel as 'minging' and 'disgusting', and left after trying two different rooms
  
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• UK weather: UK to bake in hottest day of the year in 86F

  09-04-2017 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are set to rise to 80F today on a weekend that is the start of a three-month heatwave, which will see temperatures rise to up to 86F and lower than average rainfall.
  
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• New male contraceptive claims men can turn their sperm off and on at the flick of a switch

  09-04-2017 19:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's been nicknamed the 'D*** Click'
  
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• Iran and Russia threaten US after 'aggression' in Syria

  09-04-2017 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iran and Russia have threatened to hit back if the US follows up on its air strike in Syria last week, ramping up tensions in the Middle East.
  
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• New crackdown on controversial Kodi boxes launched - how does it affect you?

  09-04-2017 18:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kodi software allows users to install additional applications that give them to access copyrighted material – uploaded, shared or streamed from other users across the globe
  
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• Hunt for Essex toddler las seen with drug addict parents

  09-04-2017 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peggie Happer, three, from Clacton, Essex, was last seen on Tuesday, April 4, and police are becoming increasingly concerned because her parents both have a long history of drug abuse.
  
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• Discarded cigarette sparks blaze destroying more than 1,000 square metres of wildlife habitat at nature reserve

  09-04-2017 18:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The fire broke out at Bradgate Park in Newton Linford, near Leicester, yesterday as crowds flocked to the countryside attraction
  
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• Lucky lady given this Mercedes for her birthday - and is DELIGHTED she lost the keys

  09-04-2017 18:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The car, which has just 80 miles on the clock and a letter from the previous owners butler confirming the story, is set to sell for £55,000 at auction
  
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• Car bursts into flames at KFC drive-thru as firefighters filmed tacking blaze

  09-04-2017 18:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Crews from three fire engines spent 70 minutes tackling the inferno in Manchester
  
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• Newsreader gets caught 'daydreaming' while live on air and her reaction is priceless

  09-04-2017 18:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A lot of people were watching this
  
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• DWP takes disabled woman's Motability car off her to save £8k - then offer to pay £65k on taxis instead

  09-04-2017 18:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The move, which would cost the taxpayer an extra £19,000 a year, was branded "shambolic" by the 58-year-old's local MP
  
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• Great-grandmother, 66, killed chasing dog across M4 was member of millionaire traveller family who kept vulnerable slaves

  09-04-2017 18:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Patricia Joyce Connors, who was struck by a Ford Transit after leaving her VW Golf on Friday, saw five members of her family jailed in 2012 for their wicked crimes
  
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• Could you be the new nurse on Britain's remotest island - with just 60 inhabitants and 1,200 sheep?

  09-04-2017 17:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fair Isle in Shetland is looking for someone to look after its residents' health - but you'd need to 'muck in' with the rest of the community
  
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• Emma Caldwell murder: Police build DNA profile of possible suspect as probe focuses on serious sex assaults

  09-04-2017 17:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New DNA analysis techniques allowed police to make a major breakthrough in the case
  
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• Chocolate-loving kids will consume 17,000 calories and TEN times recommended sugar allowance in Easter eggs

  09-04-2017 17:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nutritionist Charlotte Stirling-Reed said the findings were a real concern, adding: "It’s easy to see how the numbers can easily add up over an Easter weekend"
  
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