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• Shocking moment mum pulled GUN from handbag 'because son's haircut was taking too long'

  29-04-2017 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mum lost her temper as her seven-year-old son was getting his hair trimmed by a trainee barber at Allstate Barber College in Cleveland, Ohio
  
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• Bus firm launches investigation after driver pictured appearing to use phone behind the wheel

  29-04-2017 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A passenger says he was shocked to see the driver apparently texting and looking at the phone
  
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• Philip Green 'rubs salt in wounds' of former BHS staff as billionaire's firm takes over flagship store

  29-04-2017 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former workers of the Newcastle store are threatening to protest oustide the Outfit fashion chain - owned by Green - when it opens in the city centre next month
  
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• Prison officer suspended amid claims he sent recently released inmate pictures of his privates in raunchy texts

  29-04-2017 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matt Bowles allegedly contacted Luccia Amerecco after she was freed halfway through a six-year stretch for robbery
  
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• Motorcyclist risks his life to rescue tiny kitten as it's nearly run over on busy motorway

  29-04-2017 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kwok Kin Wai jumped off his motorbike and stopped traffic before scooping the frightened cat off the road
  
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• Young man took own life after visit from bailiff over unpaid traffic tickets

  29-04-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jerome Rogers owed about £1,000 when his brother and friend found him hanged
  
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• Was Madeleine McCann dumped at coastal caves? Missing children investigator highlights ignored rocky outcrop

  29-04-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former cop Paulo Pereira Cristovao says caves 20 minutes from Praia da Luz were never searched
  
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• Soldier exposes PTSD scandal wrecking thousands of lives amid fears stress killed SIX comrades in same regiment

  29-04-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cpl Shane Sweeney, who once guarded the Queen, has detailed the shocking death toll to expose the full horror of the PTSD scandal blighting Britain’s Armed Forces
  
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• Facebook chat about security system at Wayne Rooney's house 'inspired ex-soldier to attempt burglary'

  29-04-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robert McNamara was obsessed with beating security system at footballer’s mansion after reading online discussion about it
  
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• Butcher surgeon's 12 victims who died waiting for justice

  29-04-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ian Paterson, 59, was found guilty on Friday of 17 counts of wounding after performing “completely unnecessary life-changing operations” but at least a dozen did not live to see him convicted
  
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• Brave domestic violence victim shares daily selfies of battered face during recovery to inspire others

  29-04-2017 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Caroline Way, attacked by Deke Orriss, 39, shared the snaps to inspire other violence domestic abuse victims after she was beaten so badly she needed surgery
  
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• Morris dancer dresses as a TREE for spring festival 

  29-04-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Green Man, or, Jack in the Green, is a popular participant in traditional May Day festivals in which a person covers themselves in costume of leaves and branches as a fertility symbol
  
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• Gigolo freed after serving two years for murdering millionaire fiancee bragged of plan to sail around world

  29-04-2017 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Failed tycoon Ian Griffin wrote to pen pal after being sentenced to 20 years in French jail for bludgeoning Kinga Legg to death on Paris trip
  
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• Prince Harry consoles two children over mother's death - telling them "it will get better"

  29-04-2017 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He offered support to 11-year-old Emily and 13-year-old Isaac Briggs during half time of the Army v Navy rugby clash at Twickenham
  
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• Lucky punter scoops £820,000 from a £19 accumulator bet

  29-04-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The racing lover, from Leicester, East Midlands, placed the opportunistic accumulator on five horses running at Punchestown Racecourse on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Babies recognise their mother's touch even before birth

  29-04-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Unborn infants have been recorded reaching out to touch the wall of the uterus in response to their mother caressing her bump during pregnancy in a study by the University of Dundee.
  
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• Rhys Jones' killer writes plays for drama classes in sinister attempt to win move to softer jail

  29-04-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lifer Sean Mercer’s bizarre plan emerges as the dramatisation of how he shot the young Everton fan dead in a gangland war is being shown on TV
  
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• Labour vow to give NHS workers a pay rise by taxing Britain's wealthiest fat cats

  29-04-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow Chancellor John McDonnelll hopes to put an end to 17 per cent Corporation Tax planned for 2020, saying the rich must "pay their way"
  
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• Labour pledges boost in pay and conditions for MILLIONS of workers in new charter

  29-04-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader wants to pass laws to ensure interns are paid and all workers have the right to be represented by trade unions as well as granting full employment rights from day one
  
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• Family spends £90k on living in Premier Inns for THREE YEARS after council blunders left them homeless

  29-04-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Luke and Olga Burns have been paying £60-£100 a night and moved between 12 Premier Inns – rapidly swallowing their £588 weekly benefits
  
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• Hundreds of paedophiles are using sport clubs to prey on kids with at least one report EVERY DAY

  29-04-2017 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sunday People investigation reveals sex assault ­allegations are far more widespread than those reported in last year’s abuse scandal at professional football clubs
  
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• Military plane crashes in Cuba 'killing eight on board'

  29-04-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Antonov An-26 aircraft owned by Cuban airline AeroGaviota came down in area known as Las Lomas de San Cristóbal that is 'difficult to access by land'.
  
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• David Moyes: What went wrong and where now for Sunderland manager?

  29-04-2017 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four years after David Moyes was appointed Manchester United manager, Phil McNulty asks what has gone wrong for the relegated Sunderland manager.
  
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• Former property of Jesus Navas and Wilfried Bony on sale

  29-04-2017 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Take a look around this six bedroom property in the affluent village of Bowdon, Manchester which Premier League stars Jesus Navas and Wilfried Bony have both called home.
  
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• Indian acid attack victim marries sweetheart

  29-04-2017 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kavita Baruni, 26, from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, married Nitesh Verma, 27. She was savagely attacked by two men after she rejected neighbour Saif, 25. The acid melted her face and scalp.
  
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• Shirley schoolgirl says she trusted 'God complex' surgeon

  29-04-2017 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jade Edgington (pictured), from Shirley, West Midlands, was just 16 and studying for her A-levels when she found a lump while in the shower. She went to surgeon Ian Paterson.
  
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• Germany 'admitted austerity measures would destroy Greece'

  29-04-2017 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In his new memoir Yanis Varoufakis claims German counterpart Wolfgang Schauble admitted to him that he would not have endorsed an EU-ordered austerity plan.
  
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• Farmer's Labrador saves orphaned piglets in Rutland

  29-04-2017 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the adorable Labrador Molly (pictured) who has taken two orphaned piglets under her wing after their mother died of a heart attack, just days after they were born.
  
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• Stores to offer vegetarian BBQ products for Summer 2017

  29-04-2017 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Slices of cauliflower are sold to be chargrilled as an alternative to burgers at UK supermarkets, while chunks of the vegetable are being dressed up as buffalo chicken wings.
  
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• Derby driver high on cannabis is jailed for 12 months 

  29-04-2017 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthew Stothers (pictured) was jailed for a year after crashing his mum's Renault Clio on a road filled with children returning home from school - all while he was high on cannabis.
  
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• McDonald's worker claims colleague sacked after an HOUR

  29-04-2017 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Reddit user Mishka2D, believed to be from the UK, claimed that cheese is left out in the air 'for days'. She said: 'As long as it hasn't got to the point of making people ill, we are supposed to use it.'
  
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• Hampshire headteacher quits over 'bland' curriculum

  29-04-2017 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex and Peter Foggo have stepped down as headteacher and deputy headteacher of Longparish school in Hampshire, saying the curriculum is narrow and increasingly bland.
  
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• Welsh nurse left in 'horrendous' pain after SNAKE bite

  29-04-2017 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A dog walker in south Wales was left in 'horrendous' pain when we she was bitten by an adder (pictured). Her foot swelled and she suffered from severe nausea.
  
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• London teacher Mr Amoudi planned to murder police officer

  29-04-2017 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mohamed Amoudi is suspected of planning to murder a police officer in an attack in a crowded tourist area, is is thought.
  
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• Blogger Jack Monroe to stand for health party

  29-04-2017 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The food blogger and activist will fight for the Tory-held seat of Southend West.
  
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• Brexit: Key points in the EU's negotiation plan

  29-04-2017 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Exactly what are the EU negotiators driving at with their guidelines on how to manage talks with the UK?
  
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• Young girl scalped in horrific fairground accident 'determined not to be defined by her scars'

  29-04-2017 20:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Little Elizabeth ‘Lulu’ Gilreath's hair was caught in the machinery of a ride and the mechanism removed her entire scalp and caused damage to both her eyes
  
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• The Pope meets his Egyptian counterpart as he leads a mass

  29-04-2017 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pope Francis led a jubilant mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics on Saturday in Cairo during a visit to support the country's embattled Christian minority.
  
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• Here I am in a bikini - it's time to be proud of our bodies

  29-04-2017 20:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  I firmly believe all women should be encouraged to celebrate their bodies. So I had to put my bikini body where my mouth is – wobbly tummy, scars and all
  
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• Stuttgart Open: Maria Sharapova beaten by Kristina Mladenovic

  29-04-2017 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maria Sharapova suffers a first loss following her 15-month doping ban as Kristina Mladenovic beats her in the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open.
  
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• Scandal-hit zoo boss owner another park where '300 animals were sold to hunting reserve when it went bust'

  29-04-2017 19:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Gill, who lost his licence to run South Lakes Safari Zoo as an investigation revealed 486 animals died in “deplorable ­conditions”, also had a park in Australia
  
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• Tony Blair seems set on bringing down Labour’s leader but it's time to put up or shut up

  29-04-2017 19:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sunday Mirror columnist John Prescott says it's "totally unacceptable" that former PM Mr Blair seems determined to block Labour from getting back in
  
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• Manchester United and Arsenal target Kylian Mbappe makes HISTORY in Monaco win

  29-04-2017 19:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The teenage Frenchman was back in the goals as his side stayed on top of Ligue 1 on Saturday, and he set a pretty stunning record as he did so, proving why he's a wanted man
  
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• Two men arrested after unprovoked attack on 'crying' homeless man in town centre

  29-04-2017 19:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A witness who stopped to help says the man was left in tears had a "bloody nose and mouth" following the attack
  
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• Woman arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after 90-year-old grandmother attacked in home

  29-04-2017 19:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police say the victim suffered a stab wound to the neck and serious head injuries which suggest she was struck over the head with a blunt object
  
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• Scratchcards with jackpots under £121k can still be sold

  29-04-2017 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Customers could be buying tickets without realising they cannot win the jackpot. There are just two top prizes left to claim for two £4 million scratchcard games.
  
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• Nelson's Column: If the Tories win on June 8th watch out for Theresa May's kith and Kim

  29-04-2017 18:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Theresa May won't shoot any relatives. But Sunday People political editor Nigel Nelson says her one party state still hides dangers
  
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• Personal trainer was dangerously unfit until her doctor 'fat-shamed' her into losing almost SIX STONE

  29-04-2017 18:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Weighing 17st 12lbs at her heaviest, Brenna Alexander, 34, rarely exercised and chose to eat out regularly
  
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• Road rage motorist is filmed making U-turn before ramming another car head-on - but WON'T be charged

  29-04-2017 18:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Crown Prosecution Service said it can't be determined who was behind the wheel of the Ford car when it driven straight at a vehicle carrying two children
  
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• After going to GP with a stiff shoulder, I found I had Parkinson's - aged just 42

  29-04-2017 18:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It started with a stiff shoulder, then a limp. Finally PR consultant Gaynor Edwards, of Rye, was diagnosed with a disease usually associated with ageing
  
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