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• Brit student's horrific rape ordeal in Italy after getting into 'fake taxi'

  14-05-2017 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old woman was found "curled up with her head in her hands" after the attack in Palermo, Sicily
  
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• What you should do if you have a GP appointment, an operation or an emergency after NHS ransomware attack

  14-05-2017 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NHS England has urged people to 'be patient with staff' in the 47 trusts affected by the attack
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo equals Jimmy Greaves' ridiculous record as the all-time top scorer in the top five European leagues

  14-05-2017 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Portuguese bagged a brace as Los Blancos beat Sevilla 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday
  
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• Tories promise time off to care for sick relatives in shameless bid for Labour votes

  14-05-2017 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Parents who lose a child will be offered statutory bereavement leave for the first time, and a new right to leave to care for a sick relative will also be created
  
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• Now THAT'S a wedding dance! Groom's rugby pals perform surprise Haka at reception after rehearsing for six weeks

  14-05-2017 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Graeme Reid's rugby teammates rehearsed the traditional Maori war dance for six weeks before blowing his wedding guests away
  
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• Experts reveal which computers are most at risk amid warnings of second wave of cyber attacks

  14-05-2017 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Many UK public authorities, including the NHS and police, continue to run computers on Windows XP even though Microsoft stopped updating the software in 2014
  
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• Britain braced for second wave of cyber attacks as hospitals, firms and transport all at risk

  14-05-2017 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hackers could shut down banks and cut off power and water supplies in the biggest threat to civillisation since the Second World War, experts claimed
  
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• Labour to pledge £37BILLION to NHS to slash waiting times and help over-stretched staff

  14-05-2017 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn will promise to take one million patients off waiting lists by restoring the 18-week target for treatment shamefully abandoned by the Tories
  
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• Pastor eaten by crocodiles demonstrating Jesus' water walk

  14-05-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Mthethwa of the Saint of the Last Days church brought his congregation to the area known locally as Crocodile River before attempting his biblical recreation.
  
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• School plans to allow boys to wear skirts as more and more pupils question gender identity

  14-05-2017 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The £6,790 per term secondary school said that, under new plans, separate uniforms for girls and boys would be scrapped in favour of a 'mix-and-match' policy
  
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• Switch baths for four-minute showers to fight drought

  14-05-2017 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They recommended not using garden sprinklers, turning off the taps while brushing your teeth, and taking showers of no longer than four minutes.
  
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• Revealed: The 22-year-old hero computer wizard who stopped ransomware virus as it wreaked havoc around the world

  14-05-2017 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The surfer, named as Marcus Hutchins, became an ‘accidental hero' after halting the global spread of the unprecedented attack
  
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• Is this proof that a missing mother planned to flee?

  14-05-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A picture taken of missing mother Renata Antczak at a party in Hull for her daughter three weeks before she turned 11 could hold a vital clue behind her vanishing, according to her husband.
  
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• Dad dies in horror fall after 'slipping' while walking on Snowdonia mountain with daughter

  14-05-2017 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  North Wales Police was alerted to the horror accident at around 12.10pm on Sunday
  
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• Cancer-stricken tot Jesse drives down the aisle so he can be part of his proud parents' wedding

  14-05-2017 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jesse Langford-Daley, aged one, was too weak to walk after undergoing chemotherapy on a brain tumour
  
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• Poignant moment grieving families of Iraq and Afghanistan war heroes visit new memorial

  14-05-2017 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Iraq and Afghanistan memorial was opened by the Queen in March, an event attended by 2,500 people including former prime ministers and senior royals
  
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• Heartbroken dad warns of dangers of legal highs after sudden death of 'gentle giant' son

  14-05-2017 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Brettwood was hooked on the synthetic drugs after a lifelong struggle with addiction
  
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• Football clubs may be forced to drop 'aggressive' players due to injury compensation risk

  14-05-2017 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Phillip Morgan, an expert in law and grassroots football, warned insurance costs to cover ‘intentional wrongs’ could see an end to the ‘Roy Keane’ type of player
  
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• 'Superhero' mum lifts 39 STONE tree trunk off screaming son's legs and carries him half a mile to safety

  14-05-2017 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Helen Mason-Bedford, 33, hoisted the enormous wooden log off five-year-old Dexter's crushed limbs before staggering for help
  
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• Grime artist Jme sat down with Jeremy Corbyn and explained why so many people don't vote

  14-05-2017 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The performer has almost 700,000 Twitter followers and has emphasised the importance of registering to vote ahead of next Monday's deadline
  
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• Tragedy as young motorcyclist dies after smashing into stones on road

  14-05-2017 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The rider, aged in his 20s, crossed on to the wrong side of the road before colliding with the stones, police say
  
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• UK weather: Britain 'to be as hot as GREECE' as tropical air sweeps country bringing 25C temperatures

  14-05-2017 20:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Warm air from the Atlantic will dislodge torrential downpours and gale force winds in the north and west of the country
  
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• City multimillionaire who bankrolled Brexit is trying to topple pro-EU MPs

  14-05-2017 20:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  City asset manager Jeremy Hosking wants Theresa May to be backed by an "army" of pro-Brexit MPs after the General Election on June 8
  
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• Glamour model gran with 32MM breasts wants to INCREASE their size in 'Britain's biggest boob job'

  14-05-2017 20:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sharon Perkins, 50, hopes to boost her chest to a 32W to own as 'big a pair of breasts as possible'
  
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• Ex-Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik reveals he is still in huge debt seven years after losing his seat

  14-05-2017 20:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 52-year-old, who lost his seat in Montgomeryshire in Wales to the Tories in 2010, said that he found himself on 'skid row' and in thousands of pounds worth of debt
  
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• Estate agent offers bizarre incentive to encourage people to buy house

  14-05-2017 19:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We're still in a bit of a housing crisis
  
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• Teenager 'grabbed and thrown to floor in attempted rape' near hospital entrance

  14-05-2017 19:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 19-year-old victim was allegedly assaulted by a man with a 'plumpy' nose near Liverpool's Arrowe Park Hospital
  
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• Harry Styles Lib Dem vote hint prompts pun-filled repsonse from leader Tim Farron

  14-05-2017 19:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old megastar said the vote to leave the EU symbolised “the opposite of the world I would like to live in”
  
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• Man to sue Thomas Cook after being hauled off plane for 'making gestures' to another Muslim man

  14-05-2017 19:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sahin Lim, 60, was travelling home from visiting his mother in Turkey when the complainers made unfounded accusations he and the other man had skipped airport security
  
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• Man and woman plunge to their deaths within an HOUR of each other at notorious suicide spot

  14-05-2017 19:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were recovering the body of the woman when the man fell a few metres away
  
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• Corrie McKeague's mum new agony as sick trolls accuse her of covering up son's disappearance

  14-05-2017 19:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum Nicola Urquhart, herself a police worker, has revealed her torment over the search for his body at a landfill site
  
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• "I've no tears left in my eyes": Dad of schoolgirl, 11, who died in Drayton Manor tragedy reveals heartbreak

  14-05-2017 19:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Evha Jannath tragically died after falling into the water on the theme park's Splash Canyon ride earlier this week
  
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• Here are the 10 things you didn't know your iPhone could do

  14-05-2017 19:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  On the 10th anniversary of the first-ever iPhone, we look at the secret ways it can make your life easier         
  
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• Woman are going clubbing wearing nothing but duct tape - and it's catching on

  14-05-2017 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An enterprising man called Joel Alvarez launched an 'artistic' venture called the Black Tape Project.
  
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• Mum's horror after 'finding slimy EEL-type creature in packet of Tesco frozen prawns'

  14-05-2017 18:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Carly Corbin, 34, says she has been put off paella for life after the grim discovery
  
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• School sports day cancelled and children banned for playing field because of plague of...bunnies

  14-05-2017 17:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Teachers say children have suffered injuries as a result of tripping on rabbit holes. Attempts to cull the colony using ferrets, gas and even guns have failed
  
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• BBC defends 'absolutely shameful' Welsh language tweet posted during Eurovision Song Contest

  14-05-2017 17:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood slammed the comment as derogatory and suggested the member of staff who wrote it was 'drunk'
  
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• Hull girl aged 8 left unable to walk or talk from tuna

  14-05-2017 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lindsey Grant, 30, from Hull, is adamant the reason for her daughter Lexi-Mae's deteriorating condition is because of the canned tuna she used to eat on an almost daily basis.
  
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• Angela Rayner unveils Labour's three-point plan to transform education and schools

  14-05-2017 17:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mrs Rayner confirmed Labour’s ambitious manifesto commitments have been fully costed and are ready to go
           
  
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• Amazon refund items under £10 without asking for a return

  14-05-2017 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The online retailer has an unofficial policy which gives delighted customers refunds then lets them keep items which cost less than £10 - but is is proving detrimental to small businesses.
  
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• Nurses to stage summer of protests after overwhelming public backing over pay

  14-05-2017 17:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Royal College of Nursing warned that unless the next Government drops the 1% cap on pay it will hold a ballot on industrial action later this year
  
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• Man's horror at 'receiving £4,000 phone bill - 11 YEARS after he thought he'd cancelled contract'

  14-05-2017 17:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  O2 continued to debit £50 each month from Peter Young's account - despite him believing he had cancelled the contract in 2006
  
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• Young woman who made heartfelt plea over sunbeds dies from skin cancer as devastated family pay tribute

  14-05-2017 16:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The illness forced Michelle Purchase, 29, and her husband Ray to get married a year earlier than planned - and she even held a 30th birthday party several months early
  
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• John McDonnell insists the polls show Labour will win the general election despite the Tories' 18 point lead

  14-05-2017 16:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shadow chancellor said Jeremy Corbyn will soon be in Number Ten as the public like his party's policies
  
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• Amazing D-Day war hero becomes world's oldest tandem skydiver aged 101

  14-05-2017 16:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Verdun Hayes leapt into the record books after jumping from a plane at 15,000ft
  
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• Astonishing GoPro footage shows divers swimming next to massive whale shark

  14-05-2017 16:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The divers filmed their close encounter on a GoPro and have shared the adventure online
  
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• Comedian Russell Howard explains why he was going to attend funeral dressed as giant penis

  14-05-2017 16:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: This contains profanity and content that some viewers might find incredibly rude
  
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• Moment boy on his scooter is hit by a car in Southampton

  14-05-2017 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The child, who is crossing a road in Southampton with a woman and two other children, attempts to wheel his way to the other side but crashes into the side of the Audi estate (pictured).
  
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• Stephen Hawking warns we must colonise a new planet in next 100 years or humanity will die out

  14-05-2017 15:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The apocalyptic warning will come in a new BBC documentary to mark the physicist's 75th birthday
  
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• Theresa May rules out giving 16-year-olds the vote - by insisting politics 'isn't just about elections'

  14-05-2017 15:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  By coincidence, a recent poll found teenage Labour supporters outnumber teen Tories nearly two-to-one
  
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