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• Thirteen staff at jail struck down in ONE week after inhaling zombie drugs smuggled in for inmates

  15-04-2017 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Guards and a civilian worker suffered headaches, nausea and breathlessness from inhaling synthetic drugs like Spice while patrolling the prison
  
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• Gazza backs mental health campaign to help others after nephew's tragic overdose

  15-04-2017 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Gascoigne's sister Anna wants to ensure people get help they need after son Jay 22, overdosed after mental battle
  
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• Policeman used his blue lights to pull me over and then attacked me because I had a row with his daughter

  15-04-2017 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aspiring footballer Adam Hodgson claims altercation cost him his career - but he was offered just £2,500 compo
  
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• Man who claimed he no longer dates 'hot women' because they are 'full of themselves' savaged on Twitter

  15-04-2017 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dan Rochkind, 40, said that he stopped seeing attractive swimsuit models because they couldn't 'maintain a conversation'
  
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• Family who gather to release bird into wild look on in horror as it all goes horribly wrong

  15-04-2017 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bird's friend, Laffino, died earlier in the week so his owners wanted to set him free to spare him the loneliness
  
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• Zara Tindall in saddle again a day after falling off horse

  15-04-2017 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zara Tindall, 35, got straight back in the saddle today at the Burnham Market International Horse Trials in Norfolk. She fell off her steed yesterday and had to be checked by medical staff.
  
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• Paedophiles using online computer games such as Minecraft to groom children

  15-04-2017 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Many crime reports involve scores of sex offences against ­children, ranging from child pornography to sexual activity with children and even rape
  
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• Brits are more worried about Kim Jong-un's nuclear missiles than threats from the Syria crisis

  15-04-2017 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  ComRes poll reveals only 22 per cent were more concerned about the conflict in war-torn Syria
  
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• Dad's agony after son's mysterious disappearance inspired Missing People Choir on Britain's Got Talent

  15-04-2017 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Viewers of the show got a taste of Peter Boxell's pain as he and other loved ones of missing people sang I Miss You for his son Lee
  
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• Trump 'insists on Queen's golden carriage during UK state visit even thought it won't defend rocket-propelled grenade attack'

  15-04-2017 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Security chiefs already said to have a ‘monster’ of an operation to plan are reportedly being hampered with demands from The White House over the US President's planned UK trip
  
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• Inside the Chinese labs where dealers are producing Spice - the deadly drug turning Brits into zombies

  15-04-2017 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After making contact on a website with one seller in China, Sunday People was offered the chemical needed to make Spice in just nine minutes
  
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• Theresa May struggling to decide what to do with Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson after Syria crisis bumbling

  15-04-2017 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  His planned visit to Moscow was cancelled after pressure from the White House and Number 10 and he was branded “a poodle” of the US
  
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• Islamic State poses more of a threat to UK than North Korea, says former head of British military

  15-04-2017 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  General Sir David Richards says the primary focus of international efforts must be to regain control of Syria and stamp out the ISIS menace
  
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• Last known survivor of the 19th century dies aged 117 

  15-04-2017 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emma Morano (pictured), an Italian woman believed to be the oldest person alive and last survivor of the 19th century, died on Saturday at the age of 117 in the northern Italian town of Verbania.
  
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• Herd of escapee cows invade train platform causing delays and disruption to train services

  15-04-2017 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The cows were so squashed on the platform some fell off onto the tracks below as workers looked on in horror
  
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• Explosion kills evacuees in bus convoy near Aleppo

  15-04-2017 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The blast hit the Rashidin area on Aleppo's outskirts, where dozens of buses were carrying mostly Shi'ite residents evacuating two villages.
  
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• Motorists warned against buying lethal second-hand tyres after 989 injures or deaths

  15-04-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Inspector from charity Tyresafe found six of seven samples bought from dealers had faults - and the only legal one was over 18 years old
  
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• Afghanistan 'Mother of all bombs' ISIS death toll rises

  15-04-2017 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Afghan locals and children were left surveying the devastating aftermath caused by the 'Mother of all Bombs' in the village of Shadal bazar on Saturday.
  
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• National Lottery results: Winning numbers for £3.4 million Lotto jackpot on Saturday, April 15

  15-04-2017 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tonight's lottery could make you a very rich person - but have you got a winning ticket?
  
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• Dorset firemen battle inferno at Parnham House

  15-04-2017 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 20 fire engines were called to Parnham House in Dorset after flames engulfed the Grade I listed building this morning. All occupants have been accounted for.
  
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• North Koreans have fun with Kim Jong-un at parade

  15-04-2017 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crowds waved flags and flowers in a colourful display of patriotism captured on camera in front of the world's media - a rare public display by leaders in the secretive state.
  
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• Skeletons reveal Britons have grown and shrunk over time

  15-04-2017 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men in Roman Britain were almost 3in taller than people before the invasion. Scientists found that men were taller in times of wealth and prosperity, like the period of the Norman Conquests.
  
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• Personal details of drivers 'exposed in huge data breach'

  15-04-2017 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Users of the parking payment system RingGo may have had their details shared after a huge security breach which affected customers up and down the country from Edinburgh to Hampshire.
  
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• Russian warships are escorted through English Channel

  15-04-2017 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland located the two Russian ships in the early hours of Friday morning as they sailed through the North Sea towards the Dover Straits.
  
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• Children as young as 12 have been TASERED by UK police

  15-04-2017 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Forces across England and Wales revealed in Freedom of Information requests that a fifth of children who were tasered were aged under 15 and six were girls.
  
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• Gender of April the giraffe's baby finally revealed after 1million people watch her give birth on YouTube

  15-04-2017 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The calf has been the most eagerly anticipated arrival of 2017 so far
  
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• The 22 conflicts around the world that threaten to erupt into major military standoff

  15-04-2017 20:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As military analyst says Syrian war  'could draw much of the world into it', we look at the other countries on the brink
  
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• Cheeky White Hart Lane traders sell scarves backing Arsene Wenger to STAY at rivals Arsenal

  15-04-2017 20:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  These scarves were spotted on sale before Tottenham's game with Bournemouth on Saturday, although it isn't clear how many were snapped up
  
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• Meet the real-life Waltons who all moved back home to rally behind ill brother

  15-04-2017 19:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Kingtons gave up their homes and bought a seven-bed home so they could support Josh as he endured chemotherapy
  
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• North Korea's Kim Jong Un threatens 'nuclear justice'

  15-04-2017 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The intercontinental ballistic missiles increased concerns that North Korea is preparing for an attack on Washington after they were paraded during the country's Day of the Sun celebrations.
  
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• North Korean soldiers face death penalty after leader joke

  15-04-2017 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  North Korean officers and soldiers are allegedly under investigation after spreading a joke comparing Kim Jong Un to a kindergartner.
  
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• Prince George and Princess Charlotte just the latest in long line of royal bridesmaids and pageboys

  15-04-2017 19:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Wills and Kate are continuing a long tradition of having Windsors as bridesmaids and pageboys – even if it’s at the weddings of other royals and toffs
  
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• US Air Force and Army troops conduct drills in South Korea

  15-04-2017 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Trump sent an aircraft carrier-led strike group to the Korean Peninsula as US officials feared the dictator would mark the national holiday by launching its sixth nuclear weapons test.
  
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• Kim Jong Un unveils huge new intercontinental missile

  15-04-2017 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  North Korea unveiled prototypes of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) in a worrying show of force during its Day of the Sun parade in Pyongyang, experts said.
  
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• Fly-tippers dumping rubbish in Britain’s rivers and canals to escape crackdown on dry land

  15-04-2017 19:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Canal and River Trust, which campaigns to protect more than 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales, blasted the culprits as “criminals”
  
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• Mum called a 'scrounger' for asking strangers to pay for Disney holiday raises £6,500 with new GoFundMe page

  15-04-2017 19:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  She initially had to take her fundraising page down after a backlash but now says she won't let people bully her into removing it
  
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• Mayor of Liverpool calls for Kelvin MacKenzie to be SACKED

  15-04-2017 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Labour councillor Joe Anderson said MacKenzie 'should not be employed by any news organisation in this country' after the former Sun editor compared Everton star Ross Barkley to a gorilla.
  
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• British expat arrested in France after burglaries

  15-04-2017 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 51-year-old, who has not been named, has admitted at least 38 burglaries in less than two years after stealing from several homes of fellow Brits in the market town Civray, France.
  
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• Driver trying to avoid fine returns to car left in street with parking suspensions to find this

  15-04-2017 19:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The blue Mercedes had been boxed in by heavy white construction barriers after trying to avoid a parking fine
  
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• Distraught mum fears autistic 9-year-old son son who beats her with a cricket bat will become a killer

  15-04-2017 18:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Caroline Lewis is worried about her son Paulie, 9, as she endures violent rages and threats to kill her
  
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• How the world would have changed if John F Kennedy had not been assassinated

  15-04-2017 18:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As we approach what would have been his 100th birthday next month, we ask how the world would have changed had the 35th US President not been assasinated
  
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• Bomb and gun manual used by Jo Cox killer still easily available on Amazon

  15-04-2017 18:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hitler nut Thomas Mair ordered a copy of the Improvised Munitions Handbook from a US far-right group years before he shot and stabbed the Labour MP
  
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• Labour needs to be the party of aspiration – because there’s precious little of it about

  15-04-2017 18:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner missed the opportunity to get right behind the working people she’s supposed to represent, says Saira Khan
  
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• News agency mistakenly says North Korea LAUNCHES missile

  15-04-2017 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The potentially devastating allegation came as tensions boiled between North Korea and the United States. The story was briefly picked up by American news giant Bloomberg.
  
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• Drug user launched frenzied attack on disabled woman stabbing her 31 times in head, neck and face

  15-04-2017 18:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Scott's victim, who has cerebral palsy, had to undergo plastic surgery and an operation after the brutal attack
  
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• Romelu Lukaku matched Everton goalscoring legend Dixie Dean with his strike against Burnley

  15-04-2017 18:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The big Belgian found the net in front of his own fans yet again in his side's 3-1 victory over Burnley on Saturday, drawing level with club legend Dixie Dean in the process
  
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• British Royal Navy forced to escort Vladimir Putin’s newest warships 'playing wargames' through English Channel

  15-04-2017 18:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  HMS Sutherland is shadowing vessels built to engage enemy submarines and ships as well as provide gun support for landing operations - which could be on their way to Syria
  
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• Mum horrified to discover lizard squirming inside food packaging after shopping at Asda

  15-04-2017 17:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The supermarket initially offered to reimburse her £6 but later offered her a giftcard as a goodwill gesture
  
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• Prostitute pregnant with 70-year-old boyfriend's baby says she'll keep working "until the day she pops"

  15-04-2017 17:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  She says her sex drive is better than ever and she knows there are people with a "huge fetish" for pregnant women
  
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• Century-old mugshot photographs given dramatic colourisation treatment reveal 'everyday' petty criminals in vivid detail

  15-04-2017 17:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Unlike police photos taken today, all these criminals appear to have all been allowed to compose themselves for the camera - which gives a real sense of their personality
  
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