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• Ex-soldier who was convicted of raping and killing teen 40 years ago admits assaulting another girl

  17-07-2017 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen Hough was only caught after DNA swabs from the attack last February matched semen left at the crime scene in 1976
  
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• Actor Ryan Reynolds grants dying five-year boy his greatest wish by FaceTiming terminally-ill youngster in heartwarming footage

  17-07-2017 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tear-jerking video footage shows Daniel Downing FaceTiming the celebrity and telling him about being "poorly"
  
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• Waitrose donate £1m from bag charges to clean-up beaches 

  17-07-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Waitrose will donate half the money to the Marine Conservation Society for a beach clean-up, and the other half to projects aimed at tackling plastic in the environment.
  
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• Jet skiers filmed in horrific collision with geese as police hunt 'careless' thrill-seekers who killed and injured birds

  17-07-2017 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The clip, filmed by someone standing among trees at the edge of the lake shows the birds swimming calmly across the water efore a skier ploughs into the flock, blasting them aside
  
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• Is the summer heat making you itch? Our guide to common skin problems - and how to treat them

  17-07-2017 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From psoriasis to prickly heat, we reveal the signs to look for and the natural and medical ways to get relief
  
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• Charlie Gard lawyer campaigned for doctors' right to kill

  17-07-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victoria Butler-Cole (pictured) is chairman of Compassion in Dying, an offshoot of Dignity in Dying, the charity which used to be called the Voluntary Euthanasia Society.
  
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• Britain spends billions on 'faulty fighter jets' as hidden costs send prices rocketing

  17-07-2017 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Britain is spending billions on the jets but there are fears they might not work properly because of defence cuts
  
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• Euro 2017: Russia upset Italy with wonder save and Sweden hold Germany

  17-07-2017 23:31 via theguardian.com
  
  • Italy 1-2 Russia
  • Germany 0-0 Sweden
  A superb injury-time save from Tatyana Shcherbak ensured Russia survived a late Italy onslaught to register a shock win at the Women’s European Championship finals.The Russia goalkeeper palmed Elisa Bartoli’s point-blank header on to the bar before Elvira Ziyastinova somehow managed to smuggle the ball off the line and through Melania Gabbiadini’s legs as the Italy forward looked certain to turn in the rebound. Continue reading.
  
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• Manchester United ambassadorial role will remain open for Wayne Rooney

  17-07-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • Old Trafford post on offer after retirement despite player joining Everton
  • Rooney is club’s record goalscorer and still viewed as an ideal ambassadorWayne Rooney still has the offer of an ambassadorial role at Manchester United on retirement despite having left the club for Everton.When signing his last agreement at Old Trafford in February 2014, Rooney expected to finish his playing career at United. The terms also included an ambassadorial position but the contractually bin
  
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• England’s Mark Sampson shocked over terror plot before Scotland game

  17-07-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • Head coach remaining level-headed despite security concerns
  • Scotland are the opening Group D opponents in Euro 2017Mark Sampson has admitted he and his England squad were “shocked” when they learned their Euro 2017 match against Scotland here on Wednesday could be targeted by terrorists.Intelligence agencies have intercepted encrypted chatter from Islamic extremists calling for lone wolves to target the Women’s European Football Championship, which began on Sunday
  
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• 'I love my home and I don’t want to leave it': Residents' fury after being told their homes will make way for HS2

  17-07-2017 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sixteen houses on the newly-built Shimmer Estate in Mexborough will be bulldozed for the final phase of the route
  
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• Donald Trump's handshake yank rivalry with Emmanuel Macron escalates as French President's wife Brigitte gets involved

  17-07-2017 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two leaders have only met twice, but their shake-based power struggle is already spreading
  
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• Crystal Palace complete £7.9m signing of Jairo Riedewald from Ajax

  17-07-2017 23:27 via theguardian.com
  
  • Riedewald can operate at centre-half, left-back or defensive midfield
  • Middlesbrough sign Britt Assombalonga from Forest in club record dealCrystal Palace have completed the signing of Jairo Riedewald from Ajax for €9m (£7.9m), reuniting the Dutch international with his former manager in Amsterdam, Frank de Boer.The player’s arrival will be confirmed on Tuesday by the London club before he flies to Hong Kong to join his new team-mates. Continue reading...
  
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• Aristocrat jailed for posting threatening Facebook messages to Brexit challenger Gina Miller is attacked in prison

  17-07-2017 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 4th Viscount St Davids Rhodri Philipps branded Ms Miller a "bloody troublesome first generation immigrant" who should be sent back to her "stinking jungle" in shocking Facebook messages
  
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• Tories in chaos as Brexit backstabbing explodes into war and splits the party

  17-07-2017 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Allies of Philip Hammond laid into Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, accusing the pair of trying to undermine his bid to bring about a soft exit from the EU to protect British jobs. One branded the pair “dangerous and deranged”
  
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• BBC's Louise Minchin wears dress back to front on live TV

  17-07-2017 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Minchin (right), 48, was seconds away from going on air at the studios in Salford, Greater Manchester, this morning when she told Dan Walker (left) about her wardrobe malfunction.
  
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• Boxer Ronnie Clark bugged his ex-girlfriend's phone

  17-07-2017 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronnie 'The Shark' Clark, of Dundee, installed spyware on a phone he bought former partner Rebecca Graham and sent her menacing messages, a court heard.
  
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• Coventry hits back after NewsThump UK City of Culture jab

  17-07-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Residents of Coventry have hit back after a satirical website described the city - shortlisted for the title of UK City of Culture 2021 - as a 's***hole'.
  
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• Grieving brother of driver 'killed with a shovel' at petrol station posts heartbreaking Facebook tribute on his 21st birthday

  17-07-2017 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Quhey Saunders suffered fatal head injuries in the incident which took place at Cobham Services before helping save the lives of others by donating his organs
  
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• Fearless finale recap – the (less-than-explosive) big reveal

  17-07-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Emma’s antics have been so off-the-wall that you have to admire her. But as far as this show goes, nothing was dark or devious or twisted enough in the endSo there we are then. In what has proved something of a theme with this show, the finale pulled all the strands together to tell a story that was ultimately less than the sum of its parts. Thus we learned that yes, as was telegraphed way back in episode two, Matthew Wild was guilty of the crash, and yes, as suspected, Rachel Leigh was hi
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo is no role model says Gentil Martins

  17-07-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Veteran surgeon Gentil Martins, 87, described the Real Madrid star as a great athlete but said having twins Eva and Mateo with a surrogate mother disqualified him as a role model.
  
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• Charlie Gard's parents 'given glimmer of hope' after 11-month-old examined by US doctor

  17-07-2017 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Michio Hirano studied the tot’s latest brain scan in desperate bid to see if he could treat the 11-month-old
  
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• 'There will be a holy war': How 22-year-old time capsule found in bathroom wall made eerily accurate predictions of future

  17-07-2017 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Greg Wilkinson wrote the letter but the time-capsule reminded him of the tragedy he would suffer two years on from making predictions back in 1995
  
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• EU to block sales of rubber dinghies to Libya in a bid to stop migrant smugglers

  17-07-2017 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EU foreign ministers believe blocking exports of inflatable boats and outboard motors to the lawless country will help stop traffickers
  
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• Primark recalls men's flip-flops after carcinogenic chemical discovery

  17-07-2017 22:42 via theguardian.com
  
  High street chain is offering full refund on khaki, black and blue colours from its men’s Cedar Wood State rangePrimark has recalled thousands of pairs of flip-flops after discovering they contain a chemical that can cause cancer.The high street chain is recalling three colours – black, blue and khaki – from its men’s Cedar Wood State flip-flop range and offering customers a full refund. Continue reading...
  
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• Manchester City make £2.5m bid for Napoli’s Pepe Reina

  17-07-2017 22:37 via theguardian.com
  
  • Spanish goalkeeper seen as experienced deputy to Ederson
  • Reina’s arrival would end Claudio Bravo’s torrid time at CityManchester City want to buy Napoli’s Pepe Reina in a transfer which, if successful, would mean the end of Claudio Bravo’s torrid time at the club.City are understood to have made an initial bid of around £2.5m for the 34-year-old, who spent nine years at Liverpool, and has also played for Barcelona, Villlarreal, and Bayern Munich. He wo
  
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• 'Fawlty Tower's' bookseller who is so rude he has sparked a raft of complaints has made a drastic decision

  17-07-2017 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite a campaign by the council to force him out, Steve Bloom, of Bloomindales, says it was his decision to leave
  
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• Amazing bravery of Mirrorman who sailed on a little ship to save the brave soldiers of Dunkirk

  17-07-2017 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daily Mirror reporter Ewart Stanley Brookes was one of the heroes who sailed the channel to help rescue to Dunkirk wounded
  
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• Cheer up Kate, you're off to a party! Duchess pictured stony-faced on way to garden party celebrating Queen's birthday

  17-07-2017 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Looking less than impressed, Kate Middleton appeared to flash a stern glance towards Prince William before stepping out and attempting a smile-of-sorts as she walked towards her waiting car
  
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• Mad Max robbery of sugar truck in unstable Venezuela

  17-07-2017 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shocking footage captures the moment dozens of moped riders ambush a sugar truck in Venezuela, throwing petrol bombs and forcing it to stop before stripping it of its cargo.
  
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• Isle of Wight pony dies after slipping on new road surface

  17-07-2017 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Georgia Hedley-Ward (pictured) was distraught when Archie fell on the 'slippery' road, shattering his shoulder and forcing vets to put him down by the roadside near Newport, Isle of Wight.
  
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• Lorry driver who caused crash that killed a three-year-old girl and her unborn baby brother jailed

  17-07-2017 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thomas Hunter, who collided with seven cars last August, was also banned from driving for five years
  
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• Mastermind behind £113million fraud nicknamed 'Fizzy' given more jail time for plotting vishing scam from prison cell

  17-07-2017 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Feezan Hameed, 26, was jailed for 11 years last September for heading a 'vishing' scam which conned 750 RBS group customers out of £113m
  
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• London PR manager secretly filmed himself having sex

  17-07-2017 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mathew Christian (pictured) recorded the sexual encounter with the victim at his home in north London. The celebrity PR guru then uploaded the video to porn site XTube for thousands to see.
  
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• Poorly NHS patients charged £10 per day just to watch TV from their hospital bed

  17-07-2017 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hospedia charges patients to use bedside TV by putting money on to a card. It raked in £21million from the sick last year
  
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• David Davis leaves Brussels after less than an hour of Brexit talks

  17-07-2017 22:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Minister’s early departure was planned and not linked to a vote in parliament, says department spokeswomanBrexit secretary David Davis took part in less than an hour of discussions with the EU on the first day of substantive negotiations with Brussels before his early return to Westminster prompted suggestions that the government’s parliamentary weakness was impeding the talks.Officials for the Department for Exiting the EU (DExEU) insisted that Davis had always intended to leave the
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge tells fans she's 'not beautiful'

  17-07-2017 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After lunch the royal couple were greeted by a huge crowd waving British and Polish flags and taking photos, as they took a brief walk in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.
  
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• Rogue breast surgeon who 'butchered' vulnerable patients could face longer jail term

  17-07-2017 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ian Paterson was locked up for 15 years for carrying out ‘needless and unjustified’ procedures including mastectomies on ten victims.
  
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• Jordanian soldier receives life sentence over death of three US military trainers

  17-07-2017 22:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Maarik al-Tawaiha, 39, was found guilty of shooting the trainers as they waited to enter the King Faisal base at Al-Jafr in southern Jordan in NovemberA military court in Amman on Monday sentenced a Jordanian soldier to life imprisonment with hard labour over the killing of three American military trainers outside an army base last year.Maarik al-Tawaiha, 39, was found guilty of shooting the trainers as they waited to enter the King Faisal base at Al-Jafr in southern Jordan on 4 November. Contin
  
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• Dunkirk review – Christopher Nolan's apocalyptic war epic is his best film so far

  17-07-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Nolan eschews war porn for a powerful and superbly crafted disaster movie – starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy and a decent Harry Styles – with a story to tellBritain’s great pyrrhic defeat or inverse victory of 1940 has been brought to the screen as a terrifying, shattering spectacle by Christopher Nolan. He plunges you into the chaotic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from northern France after the catastrophic battle of Dunkirk –helped by the now legendar
  
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• Teenager denies carrying out a spate of moped acid attacks in less than 90 minutes in East London

  17-07-2017 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 16-year-old, who cannot be named, has been charged with 13 offences in connection with the incident on July 13
  
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• Gothic mansion Wheatfields House goes on sale for £3.6m

  17-07-2017 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Much of the Wheatfields House mansion and the estate, in Hertfordshire - which is on the market for £3.65m - was masterfully redesigned and rebuilt on the site of a former 1950s property.
  
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• Kate Middleton says she and Prince William 'need more babies' after being given gift for a newborn on Royal Tour

  17-07-2017 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate, already a mother-of-two, was offered a cuddly toy designed to soothe tiny babies during an event for start-up tech companies
  
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• Theresa May hosts boozy bash for Tory MPs - but warm Prosecco is not on the menu

  17-07-2017 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tory MPs were treated to fine bubbly and steak and chips as they watched the sun go down from the House of Commons terrace
  
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• Brexit Secretary David Davis branded 'thick as mince'

  17-07-2017 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The brutal jibes from Dominic Cummings came amid a growing battle inside the Cabinet about exactly how the Government should be delivering Brexit.
  
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• Ian Poulter: ‘Nobody is going to hand you an invite for the Open’ | Ewan Murray

  17-07-2017 21:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Ian Poulter, runner-up at Royal Birkdale in 2008, secured a place this year via final qualifying, displaying the work ethic that has epitomised his careerPerhaps it is easier now for Ian Poulter to speak freely about what, for a spell, was the very real possibility that he might have missed the Open Championship’s return to Royal Birkdale. Or maybe his candid admission merely sums up his nature.“How would it feel to watch this one on TV? Pretty shit,” the 41-year-old says. &ldq
  
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• Yacht goes up in flames at St Tropez' most famous beach

  17-07-2017 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A fire has ripped through a luxury yacht moored at Plage de Pampelonne, the most famous beach in St Tropez, which attracts tycoons, financiers and celebrities to its beach clubs.
  
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• South Africa transformed by Du Plessis’s bold and hard-nosed captaincy | Ali Martin

  17-07-2017 21:40 via theguardian.com
  
  A shambles at Lord’s the previous week, the tourists reduced England to rubble without arguably their best bowler thanks to captain’s inspired leadershipFaf du Plessis has been the captain with the Midas touch since his return to the South African camp on the final morning of the chastening defeat at Lord’s last week, with their resurgent series-levelling performance in Nottingham covered in his gilded fingerprints.Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the leader who
  
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• Can Brexit be stopped? Not by a second referendum | Polly Toynbee

  17-07-2017 21:35 via theguardian.com
  
  The risks pile up, but Brexiteers don’t care. Never-ending limbo could be the least terrible outcomeConfirmation bias is everywhere. You are what you read – and you read stories that confirm who you think you are. So Guardian types find their eyes, desperate with hope, drawn to the crescendo of signals that Brexit can’t and won’t happen, to stories that say the sheer impossibility of leaving the EU gets clearer by the day: no way can Britain be out in March 2019, that&rsq
  
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• Magic U-turn allows Justine Greening to splash cash on schools | John Crace

  17-07-2017 21:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Education secretary tells MPs she has found £1.3bn to offset any unfairness in system that is definitely, totally fairLeft hand meet right hand. Just weeks after the prime minister insisted there was no extra spare cash for schools, the education secretary came to the Commons to make a statement on how she had miraculously found more money for schools. Being a minority government is proving to be a very expensive drug habit for the Tories. Continue reading...
  
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