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• 'How can I carry on like normal?' Families' despair at being left homeless after tower blocks evacuated

  24-06-2017 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hundreds have been told to leave Chalcots estate in Swiss Cottage, North London – with many unsure where they will sleep tonight
  
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• Tory health minister claimed 'consumerist' Brits were to blame for problems in NHS because they expect too much

  24-06-2017 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MP Steve Brine accused patients on using NHS as if they were on a shopping spree in damning comments made in 2015
  
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• What lies beneath the brave new world of feminist dystopian sci-fi?

  24-06-2017 23:45 via theguardian.com
  
  From the Bailey-prize-winning The Power to the bleakly compelling The Handmaid’s Tale, Leading writers explain why the genre is thrivingOn an Earth blasted by the hot winds of a changed climate 200 years from now, who will be in charge? Will men be riding by in Mad Max steam-punk chariots, as their beleaguered wives drag children and sacks of provisions home along dusty tracks? Or will a liberated generation of Lycra-clad superwomen be running the world?Much of the established political or
  
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• Horrific injuries after young man suffers broken jaw after '14-year-old' thug launches sickening attack in broad daylight

  24-06-2017 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aston Collins, 20, has been left traumatised after a vicious boy, 14, punched him in the face leaving him with lasting injuries
  
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• Schools teach chess to help ‘difficult’ pupils concentrate

  24-06-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Game takes off in primaries as a way to lure pupils away from their phone screensThe year 3 pupils at Park End Primary School in Middlesbrough are a bit of a rowdy bunch. Headteacher Julia Rodwell describes them as “a complex and difficult group”. Put them in front of a chess set though, and silence descends.“The first time I saw them playing chess, I was absolutely gobsmacked. Their concentration is incredible – I’ve never seen anything like it in any other lesson,
  
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• Prince Harry confesses he wanted to quit royal family for 'ordinary life' - but changed his mind due to the Queen

  24-06-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 32-year-old prince confessed how he “kicked his heels” for years before and considered leaving “The Firm"
  
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• Paul Ross' gay lover's home to let on Airbnb - complete with photos of TV star hanging above bed

  24-06-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One woman who stayed at the home rented out by Barry Olivier said: “It was a little disconcerting to lie in bed and have images of Ross and his lover looking down on you"
  
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• Holiday hell for British mum raped by waiter then breathalysed after telling Turkish police

  24-06-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman has been left devastated and is suffering night terrors after a judge did not believe her account
  
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• Evil Levi Bellfield claims fellow killer tried to bribe him to take the rap for his sick crimes

  24-06-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The serial killer alleges that Michael Stone wants him to confess to the murders of Lin Russell and daughter Megan
  
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• Count me Virg-in: Sir Richard Branson signs up as investor on US version of Dragons' Den

  24-06-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tycoon, 66, is joining the line-up on ABC's Shark Tank, where investors are much tougher than BBC2’s Dragons and plough more money in
  
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• Britain's youngest lotto winner left with severely swollen face after bad reaction to Brazilian bum lift

  24-06-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jane Park, 21, who won £1million on EuroMillions with her first ever lotto ticket at 17, was left disfigured by an extreme allergic reaction to anaesthetic administered for her operation
  
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• Brexit fears of 19,000 EU NHS workers who could be kicked out of UK under Theresa May's plans

  24-06-2017 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  According to NHS Digital figures, 2,200 doctors and 5,000 nurses who arrived last year alone could be at risk under the PM's Brexit strategy
  
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• Woman competing to be 'Iron Lady' in arm-wrestling contest breaks arm with horrifying 'snap' on live TV

  24-06-2017 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman, known only as Pamela, remains calm and expressionless as the loud 'crack' of her arm breaking is heard
  
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• Thousands more face evacuation after 34 council-owned blocks are found to have same cladding as Grenfell Tower

  24-06-2017 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says it's 'a nationwide threat' as he calls on Theresa May to convene the Cobra committee
  
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• Humble Hull helps heat up the battle to become UK’s next capital of culture

  24-06-2017 23:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Northern city’s successful year silences doubters and encourages new contenders from Portsmouth to PerthWill Coventry wear the crown? Or perhaps Sunderland, Paisley or Perth will snatch the glory of becoming the next UK City of Culture in 2021?Many commentators raised an eyebrow, or even laughed, in 2013 when Hull won the 2017 title and was duly annointed in January as the nation’s beacon of culture. Yet, six months on, Hull’s selection has been such a success, measured both ar
  
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• Hospitals across Britain 'exposing patients to same fire risks as Grenfell Tower after cutting corners on safety'

  24-06-2017 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In one case, chiefs at Hereford County Hospital fought to keep details of fire safety flaws secret after an enforcement notice was served on their PFI partner Mercia Healthcare
  
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• The haunting private pictures of a baby-faced ISIS fighter found dead with bloody memory card hidden in his pocket

  24-06-2017 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  During the sweep of a jihadi hideout held by members of a militant group in Mosul, Iraq, a BBC journalist discovered three militants by the River Tigris
  
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• I wanted out, confesses Harry the reluctant prince

  24-06-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry opens up about his troubled 20s and says how, after leaving the Army, he ‘didn’t want to grow up’ and struggled to find a meaningful role for himself.
  
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• The real-life Cruella de Vils: Probe reveals women who front £100million illegal puppy trafficking industry

  24-06-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sunday People probe reveals dozens of gangs in the UK use female bosses to earn the trust of would-be owners in scam
  
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• Teenage criminal sparks police probe after claiming senior prison officer attacked him

  24-06-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 15-year-old, who featured in a BBC documentary about violent prison staff, claims he was violently restrained by a boss at one of Britain’s most infamous youth jails
  
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• Princess Diana's ex-lover James Hewitt is back on his feet after brush with death following heart attack and stroke

  24-06-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Doctors gave the 58-year-old a "slim chance" of survival after he fell ill at the beginning of May, but he's said to be "doing much better" and wants to "get on with his life"
  
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• Bird flu pandemic worse than 2009 swine flu outbreak could be on its way to Britain

  24-06-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth urged the Government to say what measures it is taking to improve preparedness to deal with such an outbreak
  
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• National Lottery results: Winning numbers for Lotto jackpot on Saturday, June 24 as one ticket-holder scoops £21.3 MILLION

  24-06-2017 22:51 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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• Boxer Dereck Chisora breaks up brawl London club

  24-06-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage appears to show Chisora (pictured), 33, gesticulating to bouncers on the street outside Toy Room in SoHo, where several men are seen walking around in ripped shirts.
  
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• Teenage boy arrested after girl, 8, is raped in park in Manchester

  24-06-2017 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 8-year-old girl was raped in Nuthurst Park, Moston, before the offender was chased off by other members of the public
  
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• Dramatic moment police rescue distressed dog left inside car on one of hottest days of the year

  24-06-2017 21:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The impact of the heat on the dog was that he could barely walk - but the owner claimed the pet has Alzheimer’s and was already fragile
  
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• Dad of tragic Poppy Widdison to sue social workers amid claims they 'missed opportunities' to protect four-year-old

  24-06-2017 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brendan says his daughter was failed after she was fed a fatal dose of heroin and sedatives by her mum's lover
  
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• The cheapest and priciest places for your car MoT revealed after study shows 73% difference in postcode lottery

  24-06-2017 21:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A post code lottery means that the bill for motorists living in the capital is 73 per cent more than the cheapest place at £187.85
  
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• 'Cheating' husband protects alleged lover after furious wife discovers the pair naked in bed together

  24-06-2017 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shocking viral clip shows a spurned woman accompanied by a group of friends storming up to a hotel room before confronting her unfaithful hubby and his mistress
  
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• 'My workmate spent our first date in a coma after rugby accident left him paralysed - now we're getting married'

  24-06-2017 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fay Sambrook suspected something was wrong when rugby player Chris Nicholson didn't turn up for drink - but he was actually holed up in hospital after an accident on the pitch
  
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• Nelson's Column: How Winston Churchill would have dealt with today's terror threat

  24-06-2017 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Winston Churchill is back. Sunday People political editor Nigel Nelson speculates on how he'd deal with today's threats
  
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• Teenager grinned, danced and did the Moonwalk as he repeatedly 'kicked a man's head like a football'

  24-06-2017 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Saad Jama brutally could see grinning and laughing during various breaks in violence on CCTV footage showed to the court
  
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• Family's tragic tale is a reality for millions as South Sudan is gripped by famine and civil war

  24-06-2017 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Sunday People travels to the heart of the stricken country with British charity Plan International UK and meets Chagai and her family who, like many others, face starvation
  
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• Dementia charity's work shows music can give sufferers access to former lives

  24-06-2017 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sunday People columnist Rachael Bletchly joins volunteers for dementia charity Cocktails in Care Homes, who use music to trigger memories through the disease's thick fog
  
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• Devastated mum couldn't see her newborn baby after pregnancy made her go blind

  24-06-2017 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leah Fisher was 'left with eyes like a 90-year-old' - but miraculously recovered after six laser ops to restore her sight
  
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• First pictures of children electrocuted in Turkish water park - and the heroes killed trying to save them

  24-06-2017 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tragic children - aged 12, 15 and 17 - were caught up in an electrical current in the pool at the park, in Akyazi, in north-west Turkey, when their hearts stopped
  
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• Zombie government staggering on with Mummy May - but voters will drive a stake through its heart

  24-06-2017 20:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the past seven weeks, power and authority have crossed the floor of Parliament
  
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• Devoted husband, 84, chokes to death on steak in front of wife at romantic 57th wedding anniversary dinner

  24-06-2017 20:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Pitts was eating dinner on the romantic night out with Joan, 78
  
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• Lots, stock and barrels: Hoard of gang memorabilia includes fascinating Bonnie and Clyde ring hidden in attic

  24-06-2017 20:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A snakehead ring handcrafted by gangster Clyde Barrow for his moll, Bonnie Parker, is featured among the auction lots which also include Al Capone's watch
  
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• Chairman's Delight! Crystal Palace supremo Steve Parish busts out Sugarhill Gang classic in St. Tropez

  24-06-2017 20:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Palace chairman - who is close to appointing Frank De Boer as the club's new manager - rocked the mic during his summer getaway, and he was actually pretty good
  
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• Watch Jeremy Corbyn's Glastonbury speech in full to biggest crowd at festival since Rolling Stones

  24-06-2017 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  According to Glastonbury veterans, he attracted the biggest audience at the festival since the Rolling Stones in 2013
  
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• Suicidal ex-soldier who suffered "catastrophic" breakdown says Prince Harry helped him speak out

  24-06-2017 20:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Norman Bareham released a video on Armed Forces Day about his "catastrophic" nervous breakdown and suicidal thoughts and said he believed it was a sign of weakness to talk about his feelings until he was inspired by the young royal.
  
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• Far-right activists detained at UK border before Britain First rally

  24-06-2017 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Antisemitic Polish priest Jacek Międlar and head of Dutch branch of Islamophobic movement Pegida among those heldProminent far-right activists from Europe who were planning to attend an anti-Muslim rally in Birmingham have been detained at airports hours before they were due to speak.Jacek Międlar, 28, an antisemitic priest, and his fellow activist Piotr Rybak were among three Polish nationals stopped on Saturday morning, according to Polish media and social media posts. They were due
  
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• Hundreds of pilgrims flock to housewife's home after face of Jesus 'appears imprinted on tortilla'

  24-06-2017 19:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Iris Castellanos "felt something coming into my body from the soles of my feet" when she saw the Son of God burned in the centre of the flat bread
  
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• Listen to a peace of my 'mindfulness' as terror attacks and tragedy threaten to swamp our lives

  24-06-2017 19:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We have to change because there seems to be something deeply flawed about 21st Century Britain
  
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• First picture of "fiercely loyal" 26-year-old stabbed to death after night out with friends as police launch murder probe

  24-06-2017 19:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Brindley, 26, was brutally killed after a night out with friends and police are trying to piece together what happened
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo helps fire Portugal into Confederations Cup semis - but Man City's Bernardo Silva suffers injury

  24-06-2017 19:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Portuguese breezed past New Zealand 4-0 in St Petersburg, but City's new arrival from Monaco was forced off at half-time
  
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• Therapy cat who helped woman through grief after mum died now makes £300 a day as pet model

  24-06-2017 18:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Moggie Starina became famous on social media after owner Sazsa Silvaz and her terminally ill mother dressed her up for Instagram snaps - now she's a highly sought after pet poser
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn calls for unity in Glastonbury speech

  24-06-2017 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour leader urges Donald Trump to build ‘bridges not walls’ while addressing huge Pyramid Stage crowd, while telling the Guardian it was his campaign’s spirit of hope that chimed with young votersThe roar was deafening as Jeremy Corbyn walked on to the main Pyramid Stage of Glastonbury. The 68-year-old political veteran’s appearance was one of the most hotly anticipated moments of the weekend – an extraordinary turn a year after he cancelled his 2016 festival appe
  
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• Actor who played assassin of Trump-like Caesar tells of cast 'exhaustion and fear'

  24-06-2017 18:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Corey Stoll, who took role of Marcus Brutus in New York production of Julius Caesar targeted by rightwing protesters, ‘exhaled and sobbed’ after final showCorey Stoll, the actor who played the assassin Marcus Brutus in a New York production of Julius Caesar that was repeatedly interrupted by pro-Donald Trump protesters, has written of the fear such actions engendered among a cast left “exhausted and nervous” by the time of the final show, in Central Park on June 18. Writi
  
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