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• Shadow education secretary and another radio gaffe

  10-05-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner made a humiliating gaffe on LBC Radio when she was unable to say how many children would be affected in the UK by a new Labour policy.
  
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• Bizarre hobbyhorse craze sees teenage girls compete at showjumping contests with TOY horses

  10-05-2017 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hundreds recently competed at the Hobbyhorse championships following its emergence over the past decade
  
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• Two men on a speedboat were 'suspected puppy smugglers'

  10-05-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kevin James McKinley, 46, and Sandy Hamilton, 35, from Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, died and were pulled from the water off the coast of Scotland after they were involved in a speedboat accident.
  
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• George Osborne's new job takes its toll as former Chancellor struggles with early morning starts

  10-05-2017 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Evening Standard editor, 45, looked as though he had forgotten to brush his hair as he went tieless on the way to work after grabbing breakfast and a coffee to go
  
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• Schoolboy rugby star who died a week after cancer diagnosis carried to final resting place in giant Transformers truck

  10-05-2017 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 200 friends and family gathered to celebrate the life of Troy Philpott, 13, who tragically died on April 18
  
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• Dad rescues his teenage daughter buried alive for two hours as 'warning threat over property dispute'

  10-05-2017 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Video footage shows villagers frantically digging before they come across the 19-year-old girl in a semi-conscious state
  
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• 9 new things we learned from Labour's leaked 2017 election manifesto

  10-05-2017 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All the new announcements and the most interesting nuggets of information from Jeremy Corbyn's draft campaign document
  
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• Theresa May is not above the law and she's wrong to pretend Tory candidates are blame-free

  10-05-2017 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister is creating her own warped reality after the CPS raised eyebrows by making decision not to prosecute Tories over election spending       
  
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• Incredible images reveal £112m full-size Titanic is on course to open at major theme park in 2019

  10-05-2017 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The life-size replica will include exact features aboard the liner when it tragically sunk in 1912
  
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• ISIS plotting to kidnap in tourist hotspots in Philippines

  10-05-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Abu Sayyaf, a terror group in the Philippines which has pledged allegiance to ISIS, is plotting to kidnap foreigners in the city of Puerto Princesa and at the nearby underground river (pictured), the US say.
  
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• Tory councillor posts offensive colonial-era Africa tweets

  10-05-2017 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One tweet posted by Robert Davies, newly elected to Stirling Council, showed black people waiting next to a cargo plane with part of the caption reading: 'Spears go in the overhead locker.'
  
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• Queen has Alan Titchmarsh in fits of laughter after joking with TV presenter

  10-05-2017 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The green-fingered telly host joined Her Majesty  today to enjoy the Cuddy Weight Hunter class at the Royal Windsor Horse Show
  
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• Trump's education secretary relentlessly booed at university ceremony 50,000 people petitioned against her attending

  10-05-2017 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dozens of students turned their back on billionaire Betsy DeVos as she was awarded an honorary degree - and continued despite threats from their uni president
  
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• Welsh chef dies after friends failed to call 999

  10-05-2017 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joel Symons, 24, from Hay-on-Wye, Wales, had been at the gathering with friends when he suffered a fit and hit his head on a plug - but his friends failed to call 999 and drove him to hospital instead.
  
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• 'We always send the racists packing': Town which kickstarted collapse of Ukip has proud history of fighting far-right

  10-05-2017 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After Paul Nuttall's embarrassing defeat, we continue our Wigan Pier project by finding out how locals have dealt with racist parties over the years, from Mosley's British Union of Fascists to UKIP
  
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• "We're home!" Manchester United trolled as Arsenal's victory puts them BACK in sixth

  10-05-2017 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Arsenal's win at Southampton has kept alive their hopes of finishing in the top four this season, and it also saw them condemn Manchester United to a familiar position
  
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• Surrey man took up-skirt pictures of women in supermarket

  10-05-2017 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Bean, pictured, was spotted by an off-duty police officer acting suspiciously inside a Sainsbury's supermarket in Sutton, south London.
  
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• TV producer accused of hiring hitmen 'spent £50,000 on young lover he plucked from brothel'

  10-05-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Harris, who denies soliciting the murder of his long-term partner Hazel Allinson, admitted a 5-year affair with his Lithuanian mistress
  
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• MoD top brass spend £200million on five star hotels and first class travel as troops face cutbacks

  10-05-2017 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Money splashed out includes a bill for London's Buckingham Gate Taj Suite at £800 a-night for one and travel to Sydney, Tel Aviv and Tokyo
  
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• Gordon Brown: I worry for British manufacturing under hard Brexit plans - and that's where Labour comes in

  10-05-2017 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If the Labour Party didn't exist it would have to be created to win the battle for our  industry, manufacturing and jobs
  
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• Alexis Sanchez broke TWO league goalscoring records with his strike at Southampton

  10-05-2017 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Chilean might be the subject of speculation over his future yet again, but his goal at St Mary's meant that 2016/17 will always be a special season for him
  
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• The firing of James Comey by Trump is like Watergate, but on fast-forward

  10-05-2017 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Nixon was well into his second term before he started to fire key White House aids who were implicated in criminal investigations into the White House
  
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• London boy robbed grandparents while they were on holiday

  10-05-2017 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thomas Siggers from Welling, south east London, ransacked his grandparents' home stealing cash, jewellery and two of their cars, including a £20,000 Land Rover.
  
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• Human remains found in France are those of Seamus Ruddy

  10-05-2017 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains confirmed they found the body of murder victim Seamus Ruddy at Pont-de-l´Arche near Rouen in northern France.
  
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• Four judges reprimanded after watchdog investigations

  10-05-2017 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jason Dunn-Shaw was 'removed from office' for a abuse he posted on a UK news site, while Recorder Donald Herbert, Judge Simon Newell and Judge Jonathan Durham Hall were all reprimanded.
  
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• Drayton Manor theme park to stay closed tomorrow so investigation into 11-year-old's death can continue

  10-05-2017 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Evha Jannath, from Leicester, died in hospital yesterday after reportedly falling from a raft on the river rapids attraction
  
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• Shocked homeowner finds MUMMIFIED CAT while cleaning out garden shed and he believes it's been there 30 years

  10-05-2017 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A picture of the animal, posted on Facebook by Adam's dad Malcolm, has caused shock and upset throughout the online community
  
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• North Korea 'reveals satellite images of THAAD missile'

  10-05-2017 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  North Korea has released two satellite images it claims show the US THAAD missile defence system on a golf course in the South Korean county of Seongju.
  
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• Hunt to find man snapped lying naked and smiling on top of dead shark in bizarre trophy photo

  10-05-2017 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Animal rights activists branded the image "disrespectful" as a US football coach was forced to deny he was the man captured
  
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• Putin sent crashing to the ice during hockey match

  10-05-2017 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin was sent sprawling across the ice during a friendly game of hockey in the southern resort town of Sochi on a team consisting of three Olympic champions.
  
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• Bradley Lowery's parents say cancer is worsening quickly

  10-05-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a moving post on Facebook Bradley's parents wrote that the youngster's battle against neuroblastoma was getting worse after an MRI scan revealed that his cancer had progressed.
  
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• Keith Vaz backs calls for full inquiry into death of young girl at Drayton Manor theme park

  10-05-2017 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The family of Evha Jannath have reportedly asked for the ride to be suspended until all the facts are established
  
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• Woman accidentally goes on date with '97-year-old' man – and things go very wrong

  10-05-2017 20:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 28-year-old thought she was going on a date with someone close to her age – but all was not what it seemed
  
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• Ugo Ehiogu funeral: Family and friends mourn his passing

  10-05-2017 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Friends and family including wife Gemma Coleman, top right, gathered to mourn the passing of former defender and coach Ugo Ehiogu at his funeral on Wednesday.
  
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• 'The return of the Flying Bum'! World's biggest aircraft takes to skies nine months after crashing on test flight

  10-05-2017 20:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Airlander 10, which is the length of a football pitch, took off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire this evening
  
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• Portugal acid attack victim's ex calls for police to cage 'animal' who carried out evil act

  10-05-2017 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eleanor Chessell's former boyfriend, Claudio Gouveia, spoke of his disgust at the attack and described his former partner as 'someone special'
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn and Co remind me of a Californian cult

  10-05-2017 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yesterday in Manchester, a disturbing new cult made a bid for public attention. The cult in question was, of course, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party.
  
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• Nurse claims United Airlines 'forced her to urinate in cup' on flight but embattled carrier denies it

  10-05-2017 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nicole Harper alleged she was told to stay in her seat when she needed the toilet but the airline says it's because the plane was about to land
  
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• Man behind Blue Whale 'game' says he's 'cleansing society'

  10-05-2017 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Philipp Budeikin, 21, of Russia, is being held on charges of inciting at least 16 schoolgirls to kill themselves by taking part in his social media craze called Blue Whale
  
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• May full moon 2017: Stargazers ready for dazzling spectacle as 'Flower Moon' blossoms above Britain tonight

  10-05-2017 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Don't miss the May full moon, known as Flower, Milk or Frog Moon, as it lights up skies above the country
  
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• Serial Essex speeder caught six times in a year is jailed

  10-05-2017 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthew Potter, 41, from Billericay, Essex, was caught six times in one year for speeding in two different vehicles and lied to police by creating fictitious names each time he was stopped.
  
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• Gloucestershire psychologist admits affair with patient

  10-05-2017 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man's partner even went to see Gloucestershire-based psychologist Dr Jane Kelly (pictured) with him - but later found a series of graphic sexts detailing their steamy encounters.
  
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• Henri Van Breda called girlfriend after murders

  10-05-2017 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bianca Van der Westhuizen told a court in Cape Town that she was not dating Henri Van Breda at the time he is accused of killing his family in 2015, and has no idea why he called her.
  
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• Surrey hospital 'altered records after baby's overdose'

  10-05-2017 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sophie Burgess died after receiving almost eight times the recommended dose of medication after she was rushed to hospital in Surrey following a seizure on June 16 last year.
  
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• Man who opened 'Rage Cage' business found guilty of violent attack on disabled stepfather

  10-05-2017 19:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thug Zaac Spencer, 26, handed a suspended jail sentence for causing grievous bodily harm after repeatedly punching haemophiliac Neil Walker in the face
  
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• UK weather: Britain set for 'mini-heatwave' next week with 25C temperatures but some parts won't be so lucky

  10-05-2017 19:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While some parts of the country are expected to bask in balmy temperatures, others will be battered by '40mph' wind gusts
  
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• Fraudsters tricked Chester Zoo into paying £1.26million

  10-05-2017 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chester Zoo was tricked into paying a £1.26million invoice into the bank account of a gang of fraudsters based out of a closed Tapas restaurant in Somerset owned by Ashad Ali (pictured).
  
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• Brazilian players make return to Chapecoense crash site

  10-05-2017 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chapecoense players Jackson Follmann, Helio Zampier Neto and Alan Ruschel were among six who survived the crash, on a hillside near Medellin international airport in Colombia, in November.
  
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• Haulage firm worker who drove HGV straight at boss after argument left him 'raging' caught on CCTV

  10-05-2017 19:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Patrick Denman then drove in the wrong direction at oncoming police cars, a court heard
  
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• Bungling thieves caught on camera cutting free display iPads and iPhones to steal them in daylight raid

  10-05-2017 19:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man filming the theft tells the gang "got you on video" before the footage cuts
  
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