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• Battered teenage girl was punched in the face and pushed into path of taxi in vicious town centre attack

  17-05-2017 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kiera Lawson, 18, was left covered in blood with cuts and bruises to her face after the horrific attack which saw her pushed into the road
  
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• Petrol bomb hurled at armed police from upstairs window during dramatic stand-off

  17-05-2017 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The accelerant bursts into flames when it hit the ground - narrowly avoiding a German Shepherd police dog and its handler in the street below
  
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• Manchester United will record their fewest amount of wins in a Premier League season whatever happens on Sunday

  17-05-2017 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho's first season at Old Trafford could still end with two trophies, but league-wise it's been a bit of a disaster
  
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• Real Madrid have one hand on title after Cristiano Ronaldo sees off Celta Vigo

  17-05-2017 23:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Real Madrid are close now. They have one league game left and a draw would be enough to take them to their first La Liga title in five years. Win the next match after that and they will claim a league and European Cup double for the first time in 59 years.For three months they had waited to play Celta Vigo after a storm tore through Galicia and the Balaídos roof, forcing its postponement; last night they finally met, two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and one each from Karim Benzema and Ton
  
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• Cheeky raccoon crawls into family's home before rummaging through shopping and munching cereal bar in girl's bed

  17-05-2017 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The family took pictures of the critter attempting to make his escape before giving up and taking a nap
  
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• Concern as Sudan leader wanted for war crimes plans Saudi trip alongside Trump

  17-05-2017 23:44 via theguardian.com
  
  US protests attendance of Omar al-Bashir, a wanted fugitive of the International Criminal Court, at a meeting in Saudi Arabia where Trump will beThe US has protested against plans by the Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), to attend a summit in Riyadh this weekend alongside Donald Trump. “I can confirm President Bashir will go ... to Saudi Arabia,” Sudan’s foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour told reporters in Gen
  
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• Judge tells ministers to make divorce even easier

  17-05-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British judge Sir James Munby (pictured) said the introduction of so-called ‘no-fault’ divorces would make it easier to have all details of a marriage break-up handled online.
  
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• Venezuelan government sends troops to border state to stop looting and violence

  17-05-2017 23:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Shops in Táchira state capital San Cristobal guarded by soldiers
  Fifteen-year-old boy died in protests as political unrest rumbles onVenezuela’s government has announced that it is sending 2,000 soldiers to a border state that is a hotspot of anti-government radicalism after a night of looting in which one 15-year-old died as political unrest rumbled on in the volatile nation.Most shops and businesses in San Cristóbal, capital of Táchira state on the Colombian border,
  
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• Danny Ward shootout heroics push Huddersfield past Sheffield Wednesday

  17-05-2017 23:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Huddersfield Town will face Reading in the Championship play-off final after emerging victorious from an epic semi-final with Sheffield Wednesday. It took a penalty shootout to determine the fates of the Yorkshire teams after they remained deadlocked at 1-1 following extra time. Huddersfield eventually triumphed thanks to two saves in the shootout by Danny Ward, from the spot-kicks of Sam Hutchinson and Fernando Forestieri.The wild celebrations befit a club who are now one match away from a retu
  
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• Election 2017: The possible battles beyond for Labour

  17-05-2017 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What happens to Labour - and Jeremy Corbyn - if they lose the election?
  
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• Theresa May unveils major election pledge to stop poorest pensioners having to pay for their own care

  17-05-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tory Prime Minister will make yet another bid to woo Labour votes by vowing to only clobber richer pensioners to fund a care revolution
  
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• Bournemouth to bid more than £30m for Nathan Aké and Asmir Begovic

  17-05-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • Chelsea pair eager for more first-team football next season
  • Aké proved a big success on loan at Bournemouth earlier this yearBournemouth aim to build on their highest league finish by making bids worth more than £30m combined for two of Chelsea’s title-winning players, Nathan Aké and Asmir Begovic, once the season has finished.Both have been on the fringes at Chelsea, with Begovic, 29, acting as Thibaut Courtois’s understudy for two seasons since arr
  
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• Loveless review - eerie thriller of hypnotic, mysterious intensity from Leviathan director

  17-05-2017 23:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev has produced another masterpiece in this apocalyptic study of a failed marriage and the subsequent disappearance of a childAndrei Zvyagintsev’s Loveless is a stark, mysterious and terrifying story of spiritual catastrophe: a drama with the ostensible form of a procedural crime thriller. It has a hypnotic intensity and unbearable ambiguity which is maintained until the very end. This is a story of modern Russia whose people are at the mercy of implacable
  
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• Terminally-ill Bradley Lowery thanks supporters for his 6th birthday wishes in heartwarming message from his hospital bed

  17-05-2017 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bradley has also been named the Pride of North East's Child of Courage and is due to collect his award on stage alongside Jermain Defoe
  
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• Revealed: Why your shoes are a size 4 in New Look but a 6 in River Island - and it's all about how they're made

  17-05-2017 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite what the label might say, sizes on the high street are literally all over the shop - causing frustration for those who don’t try before they buy
  
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• Millwall blue takes on Labour red in the battle for Lewisham East | Barney Ronay

  17-05-2017 23:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Willow Winston helped Millwall save The Den from developers and now has her sights fixed on a general election campaign and the Labour MP Heidi AlexanderOutside the Millwall Cafe, watched by a rag-bag of hacks, TV cameras and curious passers-by, the man on top of a palette on top of a forklift on top of a wonky south London pavement craned up with death-defying nonchalance to fix the end of his banner to the corrugated roof.“Vote Willow Winston,” the banner read, picked out in Millwa
  
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• Walter Mazzarri the latest to fall off Watford’s curious merry-go-round | Simon Burnton

  17-05-2017 23:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Another season, another manager for the club where departing Italian will not be mourned despite keeping them in the Premier League with a minimum of fussIn the past three years Watford have won automatic promotion to the Premier League, finished 13th in the top flight while reaching the FA Cup semi-finals, and once again retained their status among the elite. They are by any reasonable measure their three most successful seasons since, with the club ninth in the table, Graham Taylor first
  
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• Tory manifesto: more elderly people will have to pay for own social care

  17-05-2017 23:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Theresa May unveils ‘difficult but necessary’ measure to pay for elderly care and is expected to retain promise of limiting immigration to ‘tens of thousands’
  More elderly people will have to pay for their own social care in the home and lose universal benefits under a new Conservative policy which, Theresa May will say on Thursday, is difficult but necessary to tackle the crisis in funding.Introducing the party’s election manifesto, the prime minister will say it i
  
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• Traffickers and smugglers exploit record rise in unaccompanied child refugees

  17-05-2017 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Slavery and prostitution among horrors faced by child refugees and migrants after fivefold increase in number of lone minors crossing borders since 2010-11A record increase in the number of refugee and migrant children travelling alone has left many exposed to sexual abuse and exploitation at the hands of traffickers and opportunists.At least 300,000 unaccompanied and separated children were recorded in 80 countries in 2015-16, a rise of almost 500% on the 66,000 documented in 2010-2011, accordi
  
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• Missing lawyer may have been having affair in Poland

  17-05-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Missing mother-of-two Renata Antczak, 49, last seen three weeks ago in Hull, may have been having an affair with a man in her native Poland, according to her sister.
  
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• Kylian Mbappe leads Monaco to a first Ligue 1 title since 2000 - when he was 17 months old

  17-05-2017 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The teenager struck his 15th league goal of the season on just his 16th start of the campaign, as Leonardo Jardim's side made sure of title glory
  
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• Freak 3ft-wide jellyfish with powerful sting washes up on UK beach sparking fears of summer invasion

  17-05-2017 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A sting from the Lion's Mane jellyfish can result in blistered red skin and intense pain but most healthy people will simply have to wait for the pain to pass
  
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• Southampton held by Manchester United after Sergio Romero penalty save

  17-05-2017 22:54 via theguardian.com
  
  If this really was an audition for Europa League final places, then Sergio Romero has confirmed his name on the Manchester United team sheet. Granted only a second Premier League start of the season – in place of the rested David de Gea – the goalkeeper not only saved an early penalty from Manolo Gabbiadini, he kept out everything else Southampton threw at him.There were several eye-catching saves, not least from James Ward-Prowse’s perfectly guided effort on the hour and, havi
  
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• Man caught walking along deserted motorway during bomb scare reveals he wanted to go to the GYM

  17-05-2017 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Villers was captured on video as a lone figure on the Ashton Expressway when it was closed to traffic because of an unexploded wartime explosive
  
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• 'No politician gets treated as badly as I do' moans Donald Trump as scandals grows to 'Watergate level'

  17-05-2017 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As Trump complained in speech at Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut John McCain likened crisis around him to the one that brought down the former US leader Richard Nixon
  
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• Cannes 2017 day one: Will Smith, Marion Cotillard, and Jessica Chastain – in pictures

  17-05-2017 22:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The 70th edition of the Cannes film festival gets under way with a screening of French drama Ismael’s Ghosts the focus of all the red carpet activity•Read Peter Bradshaw’s review of Ismael’s Ghosts Continue reading...
  
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• Woman, 22, kicked in head during brutal stiletto attack reveals 'absolute hell' of crippling depression she now battles daily

  17-05-2017 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chloe has been left with painful mental health issues and says she missed out on a promotion at work because she needed time to deal with her emotional and physical injuries
  
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• Man hurls PETROL BOMB at armed police in County Durham

  17-05-2017 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 47-year-old man hurled a petrol bomb at armed police officers who had gathered outside his terraced home in Burnopfield, County Durham, on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• National Lottery results: Winning numbers for £20 million Lotto jackpot on Wednesday, May 17

  17-05-2017 22:21 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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• Lib Dems unveil some sick moves at Manifestofest | John Crace

  17-05-2017 22:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Tim Farron was sure an evening launch would give the party’s election push a crucial edge. Say goodbye to hard Brexit – and hello to hard house!
  Tim Farron had a plan. Manifesto launches were always so boring. A few tired-looking suits droning on for a few minutes in front of a handful of hacks and a dozen or so bussed-in party activists. Tim would go mega. The Liberal Democrats would pull an all-night rave.“There’s just one snag,” said his advisers. “If we st
  
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• Female prison officer jailed for Strangeways killer affair

  17-05-2017 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Royal Navy sailor Kiah Andrusjak, 23, was detained after smuggling in the pictures and a Terry's Chocolate Orange for Shane Boyd whilst he was languishing at Manchester Prison.
  
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• Cage director charged after refusing to give up passwords

  17-05-2017 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cage managing director Muhammad Rabbani (pictured) was detained at Heathrow Airport under counter-terrorism stop-and-search powers and attended an east London police station today.
  
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• Lt Col Benedict Tomkins is accused of 'raping colleague'

  17-05-2017 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A married British Army officer emailed a junior colleague comparing her to an actress in Shakespeare in Love two days after he allegedly raped her, a trans-Atlantic court martial heard.
  
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• 100 paedophiles still prowl streets in town TV drama Three Girls set says cop who helped nail child sex abuse ring

  17-05-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shocking revelations from former Greater Manchester Police detective constable Maggie Oliver who persuaded vulnerable victims to give evidence against those who sexually abused them for years
  
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• Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron forced to defend position on women's rights after saying 'abortion is wrong'

  17-05-2017 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a Salvation Army interview published in 2007 he is quoted as saying: “Take the issue of abortion. Personally I wish I could argue it away. Abortion is wrong”
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo breaks Jimmy Greaves' incredible record as the all-time top scorer in the top five European leagues

  17-05-2017 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Portuguese was on target with a crucial strike in Real Madrid's clash at Celta Vigo on Wednesday night, and he set a stunning record as he did so
  
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• Dog meat to be BANNED at Chinese Yulin festival

  17-05-2017 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is believed the ban will come into effect on June 15 - one week before the barbaric Chinese festival begins - and strictly enforced by fines of up to 100,000 yuan and risk of arrest.
  
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• Disney withdraws cup after girl's tongue gets wedged

  17-05-2017 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seven-year-old Megan Donald, from Dunbartonshire, was unable to remove the Monsters Inc screw-top cup after her tongue got jammed in its drinking spout.
  
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• Horton couple capture photos of a RACCOON in their home

  17-05-2017 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marek Chapanionek, 44, was defrosting his freezer at home in Horton, Northamptonshire, when a raccoon burst in and ran amok in the property, rustling throw draws and chomping on snacks.
  
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• Kate Garraway: Be prepared, don't dwell on the past and put yourself first - how to deal with hitting the big 5-0

  17-05-2017 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate has devised a five-point plan to deal with life after reaching birthday milestone and it's not all about extravagance, all-nighters and lashings of sambuca
  
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• Viewers turn off BBC Rochdale child abuse show Three Girls

  17-05-2017 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first episode of a three-part dramatisation of the Rochdale abuse scandal was shown on the BBC on Tuesday night but the harrowing scenes divided viewers, and some even turned off.
  
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• Prisoner jailed for life and must serve at 18 years

  17-05-2017 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prisoner Kevin McCarthy, 49, (pictured) admitted the attempted murder of 41-year-old Damien Fowkes - who slashed Ian Huntley's neck - at HMP Whitemoor in March, Cambridgeshire.
  
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• Taylor Swift's private jet touches down in the UK

  17-05-2017 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Posing alongside a key member of Taylor Swift's squad, this Vogue photoshoot could have given British actor Joe Alwyn the perfect opportunity to chase his new squeeze.
  
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• Ian Brady placed money on victim's grave to avoid hanging

  17-05-2017 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An ex-prison governor at Cookham Wood prison in Kent said Myra Hindley told him Brady returned to the shallow grave of Pauline Reade after the killings.
  
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• Maxine Peake has company registered with tax planning firm

  17-05-2017 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maxine Peake, who stars in the new Rochdale drama, is the sole director of Flat Cap Limited which boasts assets of £145,000, according to documents lodged at Companies House.
  
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• Man jailed after using shotgun as CRACK PIPE in Rugby

  17-05-2017 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stuart Cunningham, 32, posed for the camera as he smoked the class-A drug from the barrel of the gun - before leaping from the window of his home in Rugby, Warwickshire when police arrived.
  
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• Bum lift clinic exposed offering to pump lethal level of 'bone cement' into rears in undercover police sting

  17-05-2017 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The police raid was caught on camera in a grimey three-storey house in Complexo do Alemao, Rio de Janeiro
  
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• Video shows bid to PUSH a van away from Labour's bus

  17-05-2017 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bizarre clip shows Jeremy Corbyn's battle bus trapped in traffic on Butternab Road, Crosland Moor, near Huddersfield yesterday.
  
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• Female prison officer jailed for illicit affair with murderer after being caught smuggling him Terry's Chocolate Orange

  17-05-2017 20:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kiah Andrusjak, 25, even arranged to meet with members of Shane Boyd's family and smuggle secret Christmas presents to the jailed killer
  
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• Reckless driver swerves across three lanes of busy motorway traffic to make exit slip road in heart-stopping dashcam footage

  17-05-2017 20:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Trucker Mike James was shocked when the black Audi A3 overtook him in the outside lane before squeezing between moving traffic
  
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