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• Fraudsters bought £6m of supercars using VAT loophole

  14-07-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a nationwide scam, blue badge holders living on disability benefits were paid by a gang of con artists to purchase £6million of supercars, Manchester Crown Court heard.
  
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• 'Proper man' Mike Tindall cuts down (a tad) on his boozing

  14-07-2017 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  How many high-profile couples could tolerate a triple blow of tragedy such as the Tindalls have been dealt? Instead of fracturing under such pressures, the Tindalls' marriage is thriving.
  
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• Man finds plague of 'deadly' false widow spiders in overgrown back garden as he clears out junk

  14-07-2017 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Harry said he found the arachnids hiding behind some old asbestos sheets - which had created the 'ideal breeding ground'
  
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• Tens of thousands of people unwittingly sign-up to clean disgusting festival toilets - all to get free wifi

  14-07-2017 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Internet giant Purple sneakily inserted the clause into its terms and conditions as a joke - but only ONE person spotted it
  
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• Two Grenfell victims laid to rest in London on same day

  14-07-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined family and friends in paying respects to Isaac Paulos, five, one of the tragedy's youngest victims, at St Philip's Church, in Battersea, west London.
  
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• Former rugby league star who once guarded Nazi war criminal in prison dies aged 80

  14-07-2017 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tributes were paid to Richard “Dick” Gemmell at his funeral where he was described as a “guy who took no nonsense”
  
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• 'Even a woman can drive a train': Chancellor Philip Hammond in sexist jibe row

  14-07-2017 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sources close to Mr Hammond have strongly denied that he made any such comment and insisted the phrase was uttered by another minister
  
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• Giant 50ft-deep sinkhole swallows two houses, a boat and a swimming pool as residents ordered to flee

  14-07-2017 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The hole is said to be 'active' and 'unstable' and could swallow more houses if it continues to grow
  
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• Parents are given electronic tags after kids kept missing school

  14-07-2017 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Magistrates court heard their son missed 32 sessions out of 184 and their daughter missed other 35
  
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• UK weather: Tropical weather for the weekend - but 'violent thunderstorms' on their way

  14-07-2017 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Temperatures could hit 31C  in the south on Tuesday and Wednesday with the high 20Cs forecast elsewhere
  
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• Family of football fan left brain damaged by hooligans abused outside court as they reveal two years of hell

  14-07-2017 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cambridge United supporter Simon Dobbin, 45, was left unable to walk or talk after the savage attack by Southend fans that has made him afraid to watch football any more
  
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• Serena Williams declares her LOVE for Andy Murray

  14-07-2017 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray won praise after correcting a journalist who said Sam Querrey was 'the first US player to reach a major semi-final since 2009' - with Serena Williams saying all female athletes should back him.
  
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• Girl, 7, had battery stuck up nose for FIVE MONTHS - now faces reconstructive surgery

  14-07-2017 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kelsie could need five operations as she gets older after the battery burnt through her septum
  
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• Hero who helped put Dunkirk spirit into film: Nazi planes dive-bombed us but we never doubted we'd be saved

  14-07-2017 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Veteran Arthur Taylor - now 96 - said: “I have been feeling the country has forgotten about Dunkirk and needed reminding”
  
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• Woman who fell to her death from Benidorm apartment had not taken any drugs

  14-07-2017 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kirsty Maxwell had a blood alcohol level of 2.79 grams per litre, more than five times the Spanish drink-drive limit
  
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• This ordinary looking house in Wales will transport you to another country if you step into the back garden

  14-07-2017 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Don Knight has transformed that land at the rear of his house - and has spent more than £40,000 on the ongoing project
  
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• A cheer for Federer and a kiss for his Mrs

  14-07-2017 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Middletons proved their Wimbledon credentials today as they were spotted cheering on Roger Federer's win and greeting the tennis champ's wife with a kiss on the cheek.
  
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• Dog owner's shock as pet golden retriever gives birth to incredibly rare GREEN puppy

  14-07-2017 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There are only three known cases of green puppies in history and owner Louise Sutherland has decided to call the young dog Forest because of its green shade
  
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• Teenager with broken leg taken to A&E in fire engine after being told to wait FIVE HOURS for ambulance

  14-07-2017 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Henry Wilkins, 16, faced hours of agony with a horrific leg fracture but was saved after his club begged the local fire brigade to take him to hospital
  
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• Strictest school rules ever? Parents slam 'crazy' new policy as 'pupils punished for tapping tables and wearing shiny shoes'

  14-07-2017 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fuming parents their children have been removed from classes for tapping tables, looking at the clock and even having shoes that are 'too shiny'
  
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• Mum sparks huge gender debate when she paints her four-year-old son's nails

  14-07-2017 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Zoe Crocker, 31, got a hugely positive response from mothers after she posted a picture of her four-year-old son Dilan-James with blue nail
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning numbers for £14 million jackpot on Friday, July 14

  14-07-2017 21:32 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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• Diary from Hell: Mirror men on the front line of Battle for Mosul tell of gun fire, bomb blasts and grabbing lunch with the Iraqi army

  14-07-2017 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Defence Editor CHRIS HUGHES and photographer ROWAN GRIFFITHS covered the final days of the historic fight by Iraqi forces to wipe out brutal Islamic State fighters
  
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• 'Welcoming and friendly': Tourists killed in Egypt terror attack just as Thomas Cook was relaunching it as destination

  14-07-2017 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two German holidaymakers were killed and four injured after a suspected ISIS extremist went on a stabbing spree
  
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• ISIS leader Abu Sayed killed in raid on terrorist group's headquarters in Afghanistan, Pentagon confirms

  14-07-2017 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A spokeswoman said the aid had also targeted other Islamic State members and would 'significantly disrupt the group's terror plans
  
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• Teenage girl left with golf ball-sized burn blisters and in hospital for a week because she didn't put on sun cream due to sea breeze

  14-07-2017 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES: Hannah Hughes, 18, ended up in hospital for a week after failing to wear sunscreen because she didn't realise she could burn during a sea breeze in western Wales
  
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• Moped rider's hilariously bad attempt at crash-for-cash scam as he deliberately throws himself onto windscreen

  14-07-2017 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The biker wheels his moped into the road before hurling himself onto a driver's windscreen - but he quickly runs off when he discovers he's being filmed
  
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• Terrifying occult gang 'drug victims then creep into their homes to cut off their hair and ears'

  14-07-2017 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Families are terrified after 12 women are reported to have been attacked in the last two weeks - but say it must be the work of the occult
  
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• Woman stands by TV producer who tried to get her KILLED so he could live with his young lover

  14-07-2017 20:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hazel Allinson, 68, is supporting former Bill producer David Harris, also 68, as he begins a lenghty sentence for plotting her death so he could live with his 28-year-old prostitute lover
  
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• Woman stands by ex-Bill producer who tried to get her killed as he is jailed for 17 years

  14-07-2017 20:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hazel Allinson, 68, is supporting former Bill producer David Harris, also 68, as he begins a lenghty sentence for plotting her death so he could live with his 28-year-old prostitute lover
  
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• 'My face felt like it was on fire': Acid attack victim says he was 'lucky' as his moped helmet saved him

  14-07-2017 19:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Javed Hussain has described himself as "the lucky one" as he saw other victims being treated at the same hospital
  
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• Devastation for new dad who lost both arms and leg in electric shock as remaining foot is amputated

  14-07-2017 19:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - CONTAINS IMAGES OF SURGERY: Scaffolder Jamie Mines, 33, had to learn to walk and talk again after spending weeks in a medically induced coma following the 33,000-volt shock
  
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• Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor arrive in London by identical private jets for final stage of bad-tempered tour

  14-07-2017 19:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Money' accused the Irishman hours earlier at the New York press conference of racist insults concerning black women
  
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• Brit who flew out to fight for Russia in war in Eastern Ukraine is jailed for five years

  14-07-2017 19:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Stimson, 41, reinvented himself as a self styled "soldier of the new Russia" after his business crumbled
  
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• Hurghada 'ISIS terror' attack: Knifeman targets only women in Egypt hotel stabbing spree killing 2 and injuring four

  14-07-2017 19:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The killer swam from a public beach onto a tourist resort before knifing victims as he shouted "stay away, I don't want Egyptians"
  
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• Biker pushes moped into a car 'in insurance scam'

  14-07-2017 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage, which was shot on a British motorist's dashcam earlier this month, shows as she drives along a residential street.
  
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• Acceptable cat-calling lines for tradesmen who are trying not to be sexist

  14-07-2017 19:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fewer builders are wolf whistling passing women - but it's still a big problem
  
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• Billy Monger who lost both legs attends F1 Practice Day

  14-07-2017 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billy 'The Whiz' Monger chatted with racing champ Lewis Hamilton MBE (pictured), at the Formula 1 World Championship Practice Day at Silverstone, Northamptonshire.
  
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• What should be in the Natural History Museum instead of a blue whale?

  14-07-2017 19:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's not easy hanging a three-ton skeleton from a ceiling
  
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• Maths whizz, 15, graduates university with first-class honours degree

  14-07-2017 19:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Yasha Asley was the youngest person ever to achieve an A-level A grade in mathematics at eight and is now planning to return to Leicester University after the holidays to study for a doctorate
  
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• Young man stabbed in east London tourist hotspot Brick Lane in terrifying daylight attack

  14-07-2017 19:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One witness said the man - believed to be in his late teens or early 20s - was stabbed in the street before the attacker ran off and hid in a building
  
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• Rapist who stalked the streets wearing gorilla and Yoda masks targeted young females with 'attack kit'

  14-07-2017 18:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Elvis Sidaway has been jailed for 21 years after his campaign of terror lasted four months
  
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• Idiots on the line: Level crossings stunts put young lives at risk

  14-07-2017 18:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The railway giant has released pictures showing young people sitting down on level crossings as a warning that near-misses soar during the summer school holidays
  
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• First picture of mum and six-year-old son killed in horror five-car smash that also left pedestrian dead

  14-07-2017 18:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Laura Hopes, 32, and her son Alfie, six, were killed in the horrific crash on the A38 in Cornwall - and four-year-old Tommy, who was in the car with his mum and brother, was also injured
  
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• UberEats delivery drive tells of London acid attack horror

  14-07-2017 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two offenders went on a rampage across east London targeting deliver drivers from firms including Deliveroo and UberEats with police arresting teenagers aged 15 and 16 today.
  
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• Manchester Arena attack victim Elaine McIver laid to rest

  14-07-2017 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Detective Constable Elaine McIver was one of 22 people to lose their lives in the devastating blast just over six weeks ago. Now today she has finally been laid to rest at Chester Cathedral.
  
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• Acid attack survivor Katie Piper describes 'life sentence'

  14-07-2017 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a moving open letter Katie Piper, from Hampshire, talked about the years it has taken her to get used to her face and the hundreds of operations she has needed since the attack.
  
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• Charlie Gard's parents continue battle to save his life

  14-07-2017 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Michio Hirano, the US doctor who wants to save him, has agreed to fly to the UK and examine the baby on Monday - and willthen meet his British medics to discuss whether he is brain damaged.
  
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• Airport worker tries to stop plane rolling back on to runway with his bare hands

  14-07-2017 18:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The worker accidentally removed the wheel stops and ran towards the plane when he realised his mistake
  
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• Coach driver flicks V-sign at champion cyclist after cutting him up with "dangerous" manoeuvre

  14-07-2017 18:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were contacted by Tom Staniford after he was overtaken on his bike by the Stagecoach driver
  
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