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• BBC consider scrapping free TV licence for over-75s

  21-05-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Free TV licences for over-75s could be means-tested when the BBC takes on responsibility for funding free licences in 2020.
  
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• Teen 'surfs' on ROOF of speeding car before he's thrown off as dangerous stunt goes wrong

  21-05-2017 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The teen and the young driver of the car are heard laughing hysterically as they carry out the stunt
  
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• Tuition fees for tens of thousands of students to be scrapped by Labour

  21-05-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn will pledge to fast-track legislation to scrap university fees in England from 2018
  
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• Voice of the Mirror: Lynton Crosby's silence over tax haven scandal is deafening

  21-05-2017 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tory election guru trousered a six-figure sum from a mysterious firm in a tax haven
  
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• Machete-wielding man 'holding women hostage inside house' in dramatic standoff with armed police

  21-05-2017 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man could be seen wielding a machete outside a window with locals reporting women are being held hostage inside
  
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• Furious nurse savages SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon live on air during Scottish leaders' debate over crippling pay cap

  21-05-2017 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scottish NHS staff have had pay rises capped at 1% since 2008, leaving many struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living has spiralled
  
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• Boyfriend charged with murdering his partner Kirsty Noden

  21-05-2017 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dean Lowe, 32, is accused of killing Kirsty Noden, also 32, who has not been seen by neighbours in Marazion, near Penzance, Cornwall, since January.
  
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• Dance student suffered a stroke at just 21 - and six months later so did her mum

  21-05-2017 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amy Glazebrook and her mum Andrea say they're terrified that it will happen again
  
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• Theresa May's election guru Lynton Crosby in tax haven scandal after pocketing six-figure sum

  21-05-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir Lynton Crosby’s ­windfall from a mystery firm came despite the PM's vow to hit duty dodgers
  
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• Furious families of Ian Brady's victims demand to be told where his ashes will be scattered

  21-05-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite a vow from the monster’s lawyer, families fear his remains will end up on Saddleworth Moor, where four of the five children he killed were buried
  
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• Classroom assistants doing teachers' jobs and giving lessons due to school staffing crisis

  21-05-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Figures show three-quarters of classroom assistants have had to step in to plug the gap left by teacher shortages
  
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• Theresa May is meaner than Maggie Thatcher and the Tory propaganda is starting to crumble

  21-05-2017 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour are closing the gap on the Conservative Party as people start to see the real Theresa May, says Kevin Maguire
  
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• Baby girl fighting for her life after family photographs revealed eye cancer

  21-05-2017 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Frankie Hendry, from Newcastle, will start gruelling chemotherapy treatment tomorrow and possibly undergo life saving surgery
  
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• Petition calls for Moors murderer Ian Brady to be buried at Ashworth Hospital so he remains 'in prison'

  21-05-2017 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The petition says it would be fitting if the killer's remains were kept at a place "he tried desperately to get out of"
  
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• Corrie McKeague's dad reveals he DID know his girlfriend was pregnant when he disappeared

  21-05-2017 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Martin McKeague has claimed April Oliver told her boyfriend six days before he vanished that she was carrying his child
  
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• Body of newborn baby found in park has been identified as a girl by police

  21-05-2017 21:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The infant, who is now being known as Baby M, was found in Aldershot, Hants, at 1.30pm on Friday afternoon
  
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• 'The real face of cancer': Daughter's desperate Facebook video for "wonderful" mum who "without help will die"

  21-05-2017 20:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate Jane Colgan is raising money to pay for aggressive treatment to shrink her mum's stomach tumour
  
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• Tories quietly ditch manifesto promise to ban bloodthirsty ivory trade that kills thousands of elephants a year

  21-05-2017 20:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cameron pledged a "total ban on ivory sales" if he won in 2015 but there is no mention of this in the Conservatives' latest general election manifesto
  
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• The Queen's airport could be closed for vital safety work to be carried out

  21-05-2017 20:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Luxury aircraft based at RAF Northolt – including planes which fly the monarch - will be forced to use other airfields while resurfacing takes place
  
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• Spooky picture from old asylum 'shows SECOND ghost' after image of mysterious smiling girl causes stir on Facebook

  21-05-2017 20:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Is this bizarre shadow simply a trick of the light or could there be a more sinister explanation?        
  
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• Pippa Middleton's uncle Gary slammed for 'going against family wishes' and breaking 'social media ban' with behind-the-scenes wedding pictures

  21-05-2017 20:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Carole Middleton's brother posted some snaps from the wedding of the year
  
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• China 'kills 12 CIA spies' in bid to 'dismantle' American intelligence operation

  21-05-2017 20:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It has been claimed the Beijing Government murdered or imprisoned 18 to 20 CIA sources in China between 2010 and 2012
  
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• Jamie Oliver and Theresa May's favourite cookery author slam her school meal plan

  21-05-2017 19:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister was dubbed the “lunch snatcher” for planning an election raid to means-test meals for infant kids
  
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• Princess Diana had a secret term for her clutch bags - which had a cunning purpose

  21-05-2017 19:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Designer Anya Hindmarch revealed they'd joke about the bags' nickname
  
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• Pippa Middleton's honeymoon destination revealed as she jets off to romantic - and remote - island

  21-05-2017 19:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Matthews will be whisking his wife off to the sun-kissed sleepy isle which was once owned by hell-raising actor Marlon Brando
  
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• Big game hunter crushed to death by elephant as it collapses on top of him after being fatally shot

  21-05-2017 19:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A female elephant stormed the group of hunters and lifted Theunis Botha with her trunk before falling on him
  
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• Boyfriend caught on dash-cam running over his girlfriend

  21-05-2017 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ashleigh Earl, 25, has released footage of the moment her jobless ex-boyfriend Jack Cann, 22, reversed into her outside her house in Bracknell in December, badly breaking her foot.
  
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• Pippa Middleton wedding: Flowers fill church where she wed

  21-05-2017 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pictures taken today show St Mark's Church in Englefield, Berkshire, filled with the beautiful white and pink blooms that Pippa and James left for the community to enjoy.
  
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• Real-life Superman to fly eight-miles above the earth in hi-tech wingsuit

  21-05-2017 18:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fraser Corsan will hit speeds of 250mph in a wind chill of minus 137C while at a height 5,000ft above passenger jets
  
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• A Boy Made Of Blocks tells the story of an autistic boy

  21-05-2017 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keith and his wife Morag, both 45, from Frome, first noticed Zac’s limited vocabulary when he was a toddler, but assumed that he would catch up. But as he grew older Zac’s difficulties increased.
  
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• 'Is it a secret nuclear launch base?' North Korean flag flying over house in Middlesbrough sparks wild speculation

  21-05-2017 18:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nobody has a clue why the secretive country's red, blue and white flag went up in a neighbourhood
  
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• Dozens of schoolgirls kidnapped by terror group Boko Haram finally reunited with families

  21-05-2017 18:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 82 girls were among the 276 taken by the extremists from their boarding school in Chibok in 2014 - sparking a worldwide campaign for their release
  
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• Motorway junction where you're most likely to be fined for speeding revealed

  21-05-2017 18:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Drivers on the stretch of road have been fined more than £2.1million for speeding and more than 20,000 have been caught
  
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• Boris Johnson hints at softening of Tory social care plans

  21-05-2017 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary took the opportunity to grab Robert Peston's notes before his grilling on ITV today, in which he conceded there were 'concerns' about social care reforms.
  
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• World's 'most attractive car' set to sell for £3.5million thanks to its 'sensuous lines'

  21-05-2017 18:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS Coupe by Figoni et Falaschi is known as “The Teardrop” because of its sensuous lines
  
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• Freddie Mercury's AIDS battle cost the singer his FOOT

  21-05-2017 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Queen rocker (pictured with Freddie Mercury) rues the fact that his friend died from AIDS-related pneumonia so soon before antiretroviral drugs became available to patients.
  
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• Flat in London's Eaton Square on sale for £90,000

  21-05-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This two-bedroom property in London's exclusive Eaton Square, home to Nigella Lawson and the Duchess of York, is going on the market for just £90,000 - but there is a catch.
  
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• Mutant 'deadly' virus in sausages as Brits prepare for sizzling barbecue Bank Holiday weekend

  21-05-2017 18:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands of people are being infected with a potentially deadly bug in bacon, sausages, pork pies and salami
  
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• Health and safety chiefs ban kids from using trampoline

  21-05-2017 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iwona Dynowski, 36, said her son Wojciech, eight, and daughter Hana, five, were devastated after they were told to remove their favourite plaything from outside their home in Lakenham, Norwich.
  
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• Lib Dem Tim Farron refuses to say if abortion is 'wrong'

  21-05-2017 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Liberal Democrat leader repeatedly sidestepped the moral issue despite stressing women should have access to abortion which is 'legal and safe'.
  
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• Girl, 12, who told police four men kidnapped her in van outside school made the story up

  21-05-2017 18:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 12-year-old lied about being kidnapped by four men who bundled her into a taxi, police say
  
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• Desperate fight to send dying toddler battling similar rare cancer as Bradley Lowery for pioneering treatment in US

  21-05-2017 18:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Little Dawson Willcock, aged 19 months, has been diagnosed with hepatoblastoma - a rare form of cancer which affects just one in a million children
  
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• Lorry smashes into back of cars in traffic on the M11

  21-05-2017 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dashcam clip taken from the truck shows the HGV battering three vehicles, sending one across the carriageway, near Harlow, Essex.
  
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• Rachel Nickell had omens about her death her son reveals

  21-05-2017 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The young mother was stabbed to death in front of her toddler son on Wimbledon Common in 1992 by Robert Napper. The brutal attack shocked the nation.
  
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• Three whales wash up dead on UK coast and two are injured 'after becoming distressed by offshore windfarm'

  21-05-2017 18:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The first dead whale - a calf - was spotted on a mudbank before the carcasses of two adults were found later
  
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• Customers at restaurant captured on CCTV 'stabbing manager after complaining of quality of pizza'

  21-05-2017 17:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The men chased the restaurant managers out onto the street where punches are continually thrown
  
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• Tories don't know when to stop war on pensioners - now they've taken our TV licenses

  21-05-2017 17:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tories have pulled the plug on government funding for free TV licenses for the over-75s and the BBC must find the cash
  
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• Cancer patient with days left to live marries girlfriend in emotional wedding organised by kind strangers

  21-05-2017 17:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There was another special wedding yesterday, as Ray and Tracy tied the knot in a romantic ceremony after his terminal cancer diagnosis
  
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• Trump urges Muslim leaders to lead fight against radicalisation

  21-05-2017 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a major speech, the US president urges Muslim states to take the lead against radicalisation.
  
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• General election 2017: Tories 'won't look again' at social care plans

  21-05-2017 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green says £100,000 is "a reasonable inheritance to have".
  
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