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• Hero cop killed by Westminster terrorist and pensioner who tried to protect murdered MP given top bravery awards

  16-06-2017 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death when he confronted terrorist Khalid Masood outside the Houses of Parliament in March
  
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• How quilting got ripped apart by American politics

  16-06-2017 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social media is normally a space where quilters share tutorials and advice, but in recent weeks the community has been bitterly divided by a secret society.
  
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• Week in pictures: 3-9 June 2017

  16-06-2017 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.
  
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• Grenfell Tower: Man arrested for posting picture of victim

  16-06-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Omega Mwaikambo, 43 (pictured) was hauled before the courts after posting distressing images of a dead Grenfell Tower victim on Facebook. He was sentenced to three months in prison.
  
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• Tough Mudder competitor was nearly knocked out

  16-06-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  You can’t take part in one of the country’s toughest endurance tests without expecting a few knocks and grazes. But for Olivia Jones (pictured) it meant £5,000 of dental treatment and facial surgery.
  
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• London fire: Lecturer lost his wife in stampede

  16-06-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sabah Abdullah, 72, said he had been searching for his wife, Khadija Khalloufi, 52, outside the burning building until 6am. But today he was told that her body had been found on the grass nearby.
  
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• Kenyan fashionista dares to stand out in Kibera slum

  16-06-2017 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  His neighbours, in what is probably the world's most famous slum, stare but he doesn't care.
  
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• Westminster attack PC gets bravery award

  16-06-2017 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Posthumous bravery award is unveiled alongside honours list recognising Billy Connolly, Julie Walters and JK Rowling.
  
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• Queen's Birthday Honours: Judy Murray and Heather Stanning become OBEs

  16-06-2017 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Judy Murray and two-time Olympic gold medallist Heather Stanning are appointed OBEs in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
  
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• Queen's birthday honours 2017: Who will be going to Buckingham Palace to pick up a gong?

  16-06-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There are several famous faces from the worlds of celebrity, sport, culture, politics, charity and more included in the Queen's annual Birthday Honours, which will be presented at Buckingham Palace
  
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• Queen's Birthday Honours 2017: Full list of great and the good awarded for services to their country

  16-06-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Queen's traditional traditional list recognising public and private figures, sports stars and celebrities for their services to the country has been announced
  
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• Queen honours Westminster attack PC Keith Palmer for bravery

  16-06-2017 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Posthumous bravery award is unveiled alongside honours list recognising Billy Connolly, Julie Walters and JK Rowling.
  
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• 'Hairy rebel' pleased to be Sir Billy Connolly

  16-06-2017 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Glasgow comedian Billy Connolly receives a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
  
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• Britain's last surviving Dambuster accepts MBE in memory of his fallen Bomber Command comrades

  16-06-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  George “Johnny” Johnson said he was “honoured” by the recognition which he accepted on behalf of the whole 617 squadron
  
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• London fire: Protests grow as fire anger increases

  16-06-2017 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Demonstrations are staged in London demanding support for those affected by the 24-storey tower block blaze in North Kensington.
  
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• Theresa May heckled by angry crowds

  16-06-2017 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister had been meeting survivors of the Grenfell tower block fire.
  
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• US Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collides with merchant vessel off coast of Japan

  16-06-2017 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incident happened southwest of Yokosuka, the US Navy said tonight in a statement
  
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• Housing bosses send letter to residents threatening legal action over children's ball games on day of Grenfell inferno

  16-06-2017 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Residents were left "shaking with rage" after receiving the letter accusing youngsters of "antisocial behaviour" and are now questioning their local housing authority's priorities
  
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• One-Day Cup: The drama of Notts' historic run chase

  16-06-2017 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nottinghamshire complete the highest English domestic run-chase in 50-over competition in their victory over Essex to reach the One-Day Cup final.
  
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• Magaluf 'as mental as ever' as Brits flout 109 laws created to curb boozy behaviour

  16-06-2017 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Drunken revellers from the UK are ignoring over a hundred finable offences as 'Shagaluf' continues to live up to it's infamous reputation for booze and sex
  
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• Grenfell Tower inferno survivors meet the Queen as locals direct their fury at Theresa May

  16-06-2017 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Theresa May had to be bundled into a car by police on her second trip to ruins of tower
  
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• Paul O'Neill jailed after directing child abuse in the Philippines

  16-06-2017 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the case was thought to be the first of its kind.
  
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• Traumatised mum who saw people dying in Grenfell Tower 'receives letter from authorities complaining about her barking dog'

  16-06-2017 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Councillor Judith Blakeman said a young woman and her 12-year-old daughter - were hand-delivered an anti-social behaviour notice after the fire
  
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• British and Irish Lions 2017: Warren Gatland should add on merit not geography - Eddie Jones

  16-06-2017 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warren Gatland should add players to the British and Irish Lions squad solely on merit, England head coach Eddie Jones says.
  
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• Why is Amazon buying Whole Foods?

  16-06-2017 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The $13.7bn (£10.7bn) deal marks Amazon's biggest push yet into traditional retailing.
  
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• The amazing story of Jimmy Durham - the only black soldier to serve in Queen Victoria's Army

  16-06-2017 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After being found on the banks of the Nile in Sudan in 1885, little Jimmy was taken on by the regiment until he could officially join up at the age of 14
  
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• Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13.7bn

  16-06-2017 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deal marks the biggest push yet by Amazon into traditional bricks and mortar retailing.
  
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• Mum who waved flag alongside husband while trapped on 22nd floor of burning Grenfell Tower is identified

  16-06-2017 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nadia Choucair, 29, was named as the woman photographed alongside her husband Bassem, 38
  
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• Power boss gets 72% pay rise as customers are hit by 15% bill increase

  16-06-2017 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies raked in more than £2.9million in pay and perks last year
  
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• Cladding similar to Grenfell Tower material bursts into flames within minutes in laboratory test

  16-06-2017 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The test was conducted at 700 degrees Celsius - far cooler than the 1000-plus temps which ripped through the tower
  
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• Schoolgirl dies after being run over

  16-06-2017 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An 11-year-old girl has been killed after being run over by a drink-driver who ploughed into her in his Ranger Rover (pictured) in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Brexit talks 'to focus on withdrawal first'

  16-06-2017 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Formal Brexit negotiations will first focus on issues to do with the UK's withdrawal from the EU, the European Commission has said.
  
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• Paris Airshow: Boeing and Airbus under pressure

  16-06-2017 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the Paris Airshow gets under way, the BBC's Theo Leggett says few expect to see big orders for airliners.
  
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• Grenfell Tower fire assessments carried out at "competitive" price by firm 'willing to challenge excessive safety rules'

  16-06-2017 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation began a search in 2010 to find an expert who could do fire safety checks at 120 of its properties for a cheaper price
  
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• From David Bowie to Roald Dahl - the stars that turned down honours from the Queen

  16-06-2017 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  For many, it is the greatest moment of their lives to be awarded an honour by the Queen - but for others, it clearly isn't
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers for £44 million jackpot on Friday, June 16

  16-06-2017 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tonight's estimated jackpot could net you a life-changing sum - but have you just become a multi-millionaire? Check your numbers here...
  
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• Grenfell bosses sent tenants planner full of wrong dates 

  16-06-2017 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline can reveal that Grenfell Tower bosses were so incompetent they couldn't even print the right dates on a calendar (pictured) they had sent to residents in the West London tower block.
  
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• London fire: Javid says buildings will change if needed

  16-06-2017 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sajid Javid accepted the cost could run to the billions of pounds but insisted any repeat of the Grenfell tower tragedy was unacceptable in 21st Century Britain.
  
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• Cladding similar to Grenfell Tower alight after 2 minutes

  16-06-2017 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A laboratory test saw the materials heated to 700°C– compared to temperatures of more than 1,000°C recorded during the fire at the Grenfell Tower in north Kensington.
  
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• Families appeal over missing relatives

  16-06-2017 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Family and friends of missing people have appealed on social media for news of their loved ones.
  
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• Two soldiers killed after 'shell exploded during live fire exercise' at Welsh training base identified

  16-06-2017 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Corporals Matthew Hatfield and Darren Neilson have been described as "exceptionally talented soldiers who loved what they did"
  
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• Lily Allen chokes up describing Grenfell Tower blaze as 'children watched friends being burned alive'

  16-06-2017 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pop singer joined the crowds protesting the handling of the tragedy outside Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall          
  
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• Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor: when boxing fought MMA before

  16-06-2017 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather are set for a superfight in August - but what happened when boxers previously met mixed martial artists?
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo: Is the Real Madrid forward set to leave Spain?

  16-06-2017 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will Cristiano Ronaldo really leave Real Madrid? Where will he go? How much for? And what would Madrid do without him?
  
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• Friends of Grenfell Tower schoolgirl brought her clothes

  16-06-2017 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ines Alves was still wearing the pyjamas she fled in when she took the chemistry paper at the Sacred Heart School in Hammersmith on Wednesday at 9am.
  
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• The WW2 RAF hero who introduced the French to fried eggs on toast

  16-06-2017 20:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thomas Maxwell, 93, was forced to parachute out of his Lancaster bomber when it was hit by flak over France in 1944
  
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• Heartbreaking details show where Grenfell victims lived

  16-06-2017 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flats were home to up to 600 people, with 30 now confirmed dead. Sky News reported that sources had told them 70 people are missing and feared dead. 24 people are receiving treatment.
  
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• PM: Support will be given to victims

  16-06-2017 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister says we will find out why this "horrifying fire" happened.
  
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• London fire: Theresa May promises full support to victims

  16-06-2017 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister says we will find out why this "horrifying fire" happened.
  
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• Former police commissioner's son jailed for killing mum-of-four while speeding in tractor

  16-06-2017 20:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Henry Bett, 26, caused 43-year-old Rebecca Brown’s death by dangerous driving after he ploughed into her Fiat people carrier on a country road in December 2013
  
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