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• Boy, 5, dies after being hit by a Mercedes in London

  02-07-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incident happened at Brent Cross around noon today and emergency services were called to the scene. The child's mother and sister were with him when the car hit him.
  
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• Voice of the Mirror: We need to turn the tide on this horrific migrant crisis

  02-07-2017 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Spending £13billion on international development – the equivalent of less than a penny for every £1 of the UK’s GDP – is morally right and a sound investment
  
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• Kevin Maguire: It will be a long, hard Labour to get rid of Tories

  02-07-2017 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One Tory MP predicted his party’s lost majority, and reliance on 10 DUP votes, will result in revolting colleagues making a noise but rarely rebelling
  
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• 'Ban cruel foie gras in UK after Brexit' call from Joanna Lumley and other celebs and MPs

  02-07-2017 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Although production is banned in Britain 200 tonnes are imported every year and campaigners want an end to it being sold in the UK
  
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• Victims of Grenfell Tower fire threaten to boycott inquiry unless remit is broadened

  02-07-2017 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Victims want the inquiry to not only look into the how the fire started and how it developed so quickly but the 'systemic issues' surrounding the fire
  
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• United Airlines plane lands at Denver International Airport with engine on FIRE

  02-07-2017 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The left engine at the back of the small aircraft was in flames as the plane carrying 65 passengers and crew was evacuated on the runway
  
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• Camden garages to sell for £2million and made into home

  02-07-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A row of disused garages in Hampstead Village, Camden is set to be auctioned off for £2million and replaced by a luxury home designed by award winning architects.
  
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• 'Black Widow' Ganna Giuzina pictured in Costa Del Sol

  02-07-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ganna Ziuzina, 38, was seen laughing in a bar near her £700k Marbella villa. It is the first time she has been seen in public since an inquest ruled her ex-husband Barry Pring was unlawfully killed.
  
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• Beaches of death: 69 migrants die off Costa del Sol as Brit tourists tell of grief for victims

  02-07-2017 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rescuers patrol the holiday hotspot where 6,000 have arrived in the past year, as it is revealed children are among the dead
  
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• Paedophile Adam Johnson sells luxury mansion to England cricketer Ben Stokes for 'knockdown price'

  02-07-2017 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Johnson had struggled to offload the property after he was jailed for six years for child sex offences
  
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• Miracle escape for driver and passenger of £145k McLaren

  02-07-2017 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £145,000 McLaren 570S was reduced to a pile of smouldering metal after the supercar smashed into a telegraph pole and a house near Heywood, Wiltshire.
  
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• Grenfell Tower survivors who were illegally subletting told they won't be prosecuted if they come forward

  02-07-2017 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has said any who come forward will face no action as it is feared some are scared to in case they are punished
  
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• Policeman taken off the beat for 12 months after he's accused of stealing a colleague's BISCUITS

  02-07-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The PC allegedly took the open packet and offered them to fellow officers at the end of a night shift
  
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• British troops could soon get medals for battling ISIS by striking their bases in Iraq and Syria

  02-07-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith has called for servicemen and women deployed on Operation Shader to get a gong for their bravery
  
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• World Trade Center train station evacuated after reports of suspicious package on carriage

  02-07-2017 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A bomb sniffing dog was called to the scene as police tried to determine whether the package found on a train carriage was a threat to the public
  
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• UK weather sees Brits strip off as country bathes in heat

  02-07-2017 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The country may be basking in sunshine today but forecasters warn it is set to change tomorrow as widespread cloud moves in. Pictured: Two friends making the most of the weather in Bournemouth.
  
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• Brave bowel cancer campaigner who completed 24 marathons in as many months after terminal diagnosis dies aged 38

  02-07-2017 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ben Ashworth's wife wrote a heartfelt Facebook post telling his friends and followers that Ben had "found peace" and spent his last days surrounded by loved ones
  
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• Gatwick runway closed and flights diverted due to drone flying too close to airport

  02-07-2017 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.
  
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• Gatwick runway closed and flights diverted after pilot reports seeing drone flying too close to airport

  02-07-2017 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Passengers were left fuming after five flights were sent elsewhere, and they faced delays to their journeys
  
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• Police officer hurls fracking protester to the ground

  02-07-2017 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Disturbing video footage taken outside drilling company PR Marriotts in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, shows a female protester getting hurled to the ground by a police officer.
  
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• Ballet star with scoliosis tells Britain's Got Talent dancer Julia Carlile 'don't be scared I was back dancing in 5 weeks'

  02-07-2017 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jennie Gallagher was diagnosed at the age of 13 but has made a brilliant recovery and is due to audition for the Royal Ballet School early next year
  
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• 'I hope my pal Max gets a second chance at life' says 14-year-old who was saved by heart transplant

  02-07-2017 20:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Connor Laws is backing the Mirror's Change the Law for Life campaign after we highlighted the plight of Max Johnson, who has been waiting for six months for a donor
  
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• Tempers flare in town centre brawl as man seen with face covered in blood in terrifying footage

  02-07-2017 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: VIOLENT AND GRAPHIC CONTENT. Another man was seen lying on the floor as violence broke out and crowds shouted at each other over the blaring music
  
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• When is American Independence Day 2017 and what is the meaning of 4th of July? Dates, party ideas, food, fireworks and events in London

  02-07-2017 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  No, it isn't just about the Will Smith movie - here's the background to the United States' biggest holiday
  
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• British tourist dies and two others are injured in Romania

  02-07-2017 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Distressing footage shows the immediate aftermath of a collision between a car and three British cyclists - one of whom has died - in Romania this afternoon. The 56-year-old man died from a heart attack.
  
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• Paige Doherty's mother gives birth to baby daughter

  02-07-2017 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pamela Munro, 34, named her newborn daughter Penny Margaret Paige in tribute to her oldest daughter, Paige Doherty, who was stabbed to death in Clydebank in March last year.
  
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• Pope Francis calls on hospital to respect Charlie Gard's parents' desire to care for him "to the end"

  02-07-2017 20:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pope weighed in on the situation as Charlie's parents spend their last days with him after being given more time before his life support is turned off.
  
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• Volcano erupts on Indonesian island of Java killing two

  02-07-2017 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sileri Crater at Dieng Plateau threw up cold lava, mud and ash when it erupted without warning at around 11.30am local time when there were about 17 visitors around the crater.
  
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• Buzz Aldrin looks far from impressed by Trump's remarks about space as president fails to get Toy Story reference

  02-07-2017 20:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former astronaut was invited to the signing of an executive order to reinstate the long dormant National Space Council
  
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• McLaren driver and passenger in miraculous escape as £145,000 supercar crashes into house and bursts into flames

  02-07-2017 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bright orange McLaren 570S - which can reach a top speed of 204mph - was destroyed in the fire and left a heap of twisted and charred metal
  
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• Wives of ISIS killers moan about husbands spending too much on sex slaves' makeup but don't complain about beheadings

  02-07-2017 19:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The women, dubbed the "desperate housewives of Raqqa", were more concerned about how much their husbands spent on lipstick for their slaves than their barbaric acts of terror such as beheadings
  
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• Jeremy Paxman lays into 'biased, politically correct BBC'

  02-07-2017 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Newsnight presenter, 67, criticised the BBC for focusing stories on 'the disabled Syrian refugee' rather than examining how meeting a disabled refugee's needs might affect taxpayers.
  
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• Botched boob op 'by now-banned surgeon' turns patient's breast BLACK and rots flesh yet she's still operating abroad

  02-07-2017 19:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Parts of Kirsty Adam's breast turned black and pieces of rotting flesh had to removed, and two years on, she doesn't have any nipples
  
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• Passenger flung out of car's rear windscreen onto roadside and miraculously survives in horrific crash footage

  02-07-2017 19:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: SHOCKING FOOTAGE. Incredibly the man survived the horrifying crash after the car rammed against the rails on a central reservation and spun around wildly
  
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• 'We survived shark attacks': Incredible stories of near misses, human resilience and bravery

  02-07-2017 19:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Coming face to face with a shark is a scenario most – fortunately –can only imagine. But for a few, it is not just the stuff of movies or nightmares, it is a reality
  
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• 'Dangerous' form of bondage fetish causes injuries couples are too 'ashamed' to get treated

  02-07-2017 19:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As well as limb necrosis, the fetish can also cause whiplash, neck injuries, burns and jaw problems
  
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• Italy plans to seize aid boats in new migrant crackdown

  02-07-2017 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marco Minniti, Italy's interior minister, called for other European nations to pitch in with the migrant crisis and said Rome would be pushing to move the process of registering migrants away from Italy.
  
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• Prince Harry’s friend gored by charging black rhino as they worked on mission to save elephants from poachers

  02-07-2017 19:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Harry was working in another part of a national park in Malawi when Lawrence Munro stepped into the path of the adult female, who was with her calf, to protect a group of visitors
  
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• Kate loves Wimbledon's 'incredible atmosphere'

  02-07-2017 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge is Patron of the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
  
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• Kate Middleton has got the cutest little baby face - on her knee

  02-07-2017 18:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An optical illusion gives the Duchess of Cambridge's knee a rather strange appearance, and some even liken it to Casper the Friendly Ghost
  
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• Crowds gather to protest against Charlie Gard court decision outside Buckingham Palace

  02-07-2017 18:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 10-month-old baby is battling a rare genetic condition and on Thursday the European Court of Human Rights ruled Great Ormond Street Hospital did not have to keep him on life support
  
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• Boy, 5, dies in horrific crash witnessed by mother and older sister in London

  02-07-2017 18:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The young boy was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics after being hit by a car in north west London
  
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• Infertile woman's heartbreaking condition means she looks pregnant and strangers ask when she's due

  02-07-2017 18:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heather Morrison is unable to conceive without expensive IVF treatment yet cruel bloating side effect of endometriosis confuses the public
  
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• Bow Wharf flats fire: 'Solar panels catch fire' in London

  02-07-2017 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A large blaze has broken out at a brand new block of flats in East London. The roof of the Bow Wharf building appears to have been engulfed by flames at the scene near Bethnal Green and Mile End.
  
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• This simple trick could save you hundreds on your Sky Bill every year

  02-07-2017 18:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Customers who currently DO NOT have discounts on their package can save money - at the click of a button
  
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• Plus-size model spots 'drunk' man sending vicious messages about her so bravely confronts him

  02-07-2017 18:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Natalie Hage was initially devastated by the messages, but plucked up the courage to take the man up on his actions
  
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• Parakeets are a threat to our native birds say scientists

  02-07-2017 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bright green ring-necked parakeets are a familiar sight in parts of London and they have spread to Milton Keynes, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool and the Edinburgh-Dundee area.
  
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• Rogue SAS unit 'killed unarmed civilians in Afghanistan then covered it up'

  02-07-2017 18:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Details of the potential war crime were uncovered in a probe run by the Royal Military Police, with a source saying civilians were murdered during night raids
  
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• Couples are being forced abroad for fertility treatment

  02-07-2017 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by Fertility Network UK revealed restrictions on NHS treatment and the high cost of private treatment in Britain were the major factors in pushing couples overseas.
  
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• Pregnant woman gives birth in howling and growling Chewbacca mask - despite not being a Star Wars fan

  02-07-2017 17:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aimee Smith, 26, smuggled the mask of the sci-fi favourite into her maternity ward and wore it during mid-contraction in order to give the midwives a laugh
  
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