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• Mum of stabbing victim says 'terrorists are on the streets' as she shares heartbreaking story of son's attack

  20-07-2017 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michelle McPhillips, who watched her son Jonathan die at the hands of six killers as young as 15, issued a stark warning as more and more children arm themselves
  
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• OJ Simpson granted parole after nine years in prison

  20-07-2017 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Orenthal James Simpson will be released from prison this October after four members of the Nevada Parole Board voted unanimously for his release on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Knife attack victim suffered PTSD after he was stabbed 12 times for protecting woman

  20-07-2017 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Will Flint, who has previously won national physique competitions, said it is not only the physical pain but the mental trauma that knife crime causes
  
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• Rude and outrageous licence plates that you can buy

  20-07-2017 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Each year, new plates are approved by the DVLA, with a cheeky handful slipping under the invigilators' noses and finding themselves onto Britain's streets - which you can buy for a price.
  
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• Dali is exhumed to test if fortune teller is his daughter

  20-07-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Workers at the Theater-Museum Dali, near Barcelona, Spain, removed the one-tonne slab covering Dali's tomb on Thursday night before taking bone fragments to be tested.
  
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• Relatives of stabbing victims demand action to stop youth knife crime with kids as young as FOUR carrying blades

  20-07-2017 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Mirror investigation found the number of children carrying blades soared by 23% between 2015 and 2016 as police chiefs claim cuts to the number of officers and youth services are partly to blame
  
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• Two new Harry Potter books set to be released

  20-07-2017 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fans will get to read the new books some six years after the final film was released and ten years after the publication of the final installment in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
  
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• Climate change will see SIBERIA become the go-to place to live in just two generations say boffins

  20-07-2017 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Known until now for its gulags, wild bears, salt mines and intense cold, it will be the coolest location to set up home by 2080
  
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• Family's nightmare journey after being hauled off Ryanair flight and stranded 1,110 miles away from holiday destination

  20-07-2017 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The family claim as many as 17 police officers removed them from the flight when it diverted to Santiago de Compostella Airport in northern Spain
  
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• Dad speaks of family's heartbreak and shock after kind-hearted son, 20, found dead

  20-07-2017 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jack Cropper's father James has expressed the family's devastation and said Jack was a "happy lad" who had his whole life ahead of him
  
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• Pass on your loyalty card points to your next of kin and cheat death

  20-07-2017 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  What else can you leave behind when you pass over to the other side?
  
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• Brazen thief 'took £250,000 Lamborghini supercar from rental company and went on 600-mile European joyride'

  20-07-2017 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Black Huracan Spyder was rented from Swiss Luxury Car Rental business Scheiwiller in Zurich on Friday by a woman in her late 40s with an Irish identity card, the company say
  
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• Fierce row on fundraising page for suspected Co-op raider who died after being restrained by passerby

  20-07-2017 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A JustGiving appeal had already been set up when Shane Bryant, 29, died in hospital two days after he was taken ill at the scene of a hold-up at a Co-op branch
  
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• German legal system 'is on the verge of collapse'

  20-07-2017 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are currently around 250,000 asylum decisions waiting to be challenged in German courts, prompting a warning that 'at some point, everything will collapse'.
  
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• Tragic Linkin Park rocker Chester Bennington's final Instagram post was photo of him performing at last gig in front of adoring British fans just two weeks ago

  20-07-2017 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  English fans took to Twitter in shock tonight after realising they had attended the final ever Linkin Park concert on July 6 concert at Barclaycard Arena
  
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• Michael Fallon reveals Royal Navy's new frigates will be called City class - made with two-thirds foreign steel

  20-07-2017 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Defence Secretary was found UK steel to symbolically cut after causing embarrassment last month when he launched Britain's new Dreadnought nuclear submarines by cutting French steel
  
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• Lady luck smiles on Yorkshire caravan salesman as he gets ready to play in final of £6m World Series of Poker

  20-07-2017 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Hesp, 64, was expecting to do was play a few games of poker before heading home from Las Vegas event - but even if he loses he’ll will take home a huge £800,000
  
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• Taxpayers' £3MILLION repair bill to fix nuclear submarine after embarrassing crash with merchant ship

  20-07-2017 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  HMS Ambush, which has 'world-lead­­­ing sensors' to detect vessels and is Britain's newest and most advanced sub, hit ship while submerged near Gibraltar
  
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• Groom who spent wedding night in cells after furious bust-up with bride goes missing

  20-07-2017 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former soldier Graeme Leslie has not spoken to his family since he was last seen in Dundee on July 14
  
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• Woman forced to 'wait three hours in A&E with dead baby in handbag' after suffering miscarriage

  20-07-2017 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tammy Anderson, 33, was told to bring her son’s body into hospital when she rang midwives to inform them about what had happened
  
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• Comic-Con 2017: What you should look out for

  20-07-2017 21:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The films and TV shows getting people excited at this year's fan fest in San Diego.
  
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• Kate's loving look for husband William as royal couple visit Berlin dance hall on last night of royal tour

  20-07-2017 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duchess looked stunning in a grey patterned dress as she greeted performers at the vintage mirrored hall
  
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• Girl, 5, burst into tears after council officer shut down lemonade stall and fined her £150 outside festival

  20-07-2017 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andre Spencer's daughter burst into tears when the officer fined them outside of the Lovebox festival in East London
  
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• Michaella McCollum leaves London hotel in her £55,000 Audi

  20-07-2017 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  McCollum, 24, who was jailed in Peru for trying to smuggle £1.5 million of cocaine, was seen leaving the high-end Malmaison Hotel before getting into an Audi S5 on Wednesday.
  
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• Who is Chester Bennington? What we know about Linkin Park front man found hanged

  20-07-2017 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Linkin Park and Chester Bennington were considered to be one of the seminal bands of the noughties rap-metal movement
  
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• 'Why I told my husband to have sex with someone else': Mum's pain after horrific vaginal mesh surgery

  20-07-2017 21:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cat Lee, 43, was left with severely impaired bladder control after the birth of her second child and was advised to have a vaginal mesh fitted as treatment
  
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• Dreams of Tokyo 2020 glory for Paralympian boccia champion left in ruins by brutal care cuts

  20-07-2017 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Games also bring home the brutal disconnect between the “superheroes” of elite Paralympic sport and the reality for millions of disabled people – who make up half of those in Britain who live in poverty
  
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• OJ Simpson to be FREED from jail as parole is granted after nine years behind bars

  20-07-2017 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former NFL star faced a parole board with four commissioners to hear his fate today, represented by his attorney
  
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• German teenage ISIS bride is found by Iraqi soldier

  20-07-2017 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Linda Wenzel, the German schoolgirl who ran away to join ISIS was found alone, hurt and screaming for help in Iraq by a soldier who thought she was being held as a sex slave.
  
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• Two thugs killed complete stranger by throwing him off a bridge into canal after night out

  20-07-2017 20:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Russell Robertson's body was pulled from the canal more than an hour later and he suffered a skull fracture caused by his head hitting a metal stanchion as he fell
  
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• Kate Middleton's hand kissed by elderly woman in Germany

  20-07-2017 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge was greeting locals on a walkabout in the German city of Heidelberg today when an elderly woman reached out and planted a kiss on her hand.
  
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• Venezuela will 'turn into a bloodbath' warns Luis Almagro

  20-07-2017 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. OAS Secretary-General Luis Almagro issued the stark warning in his report, which highlights the plight of Venezuela's citizens amid ongoing riots.
  
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• Theresa May prepares to jet off on a 3 week holiday

  20-07-2017 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister will jet out to northern Italy on Monday for a five-day first leg with husband Philip, No 10 said, before heading for a fortnight in Switzerland after an official engagement.
  
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• Andrew Forsyth's photos capture rhinos drinking in Namibia

  20-07-2017 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These incredible photographs were captured by Andrew Forsyth, 48, at the Moringa waterhole in Etosha, Namibia.
  
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• California's Gold Rush region threatened by wildfire

  20-07-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 3,000 firefighters have been deployed along with nine air tankers and 14 helicopters to battle the blaze in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California.
  
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• What a difference four years make: OJ Simpson thinner and greyer at parole hearing than when we last saw him

  20-07-2017 20:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Simpson appeared today dressed in a pale blue shirt, represented by his attorney, walking into the room with a swagger and wearing sneakers
  
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• Croydon cat killer responsible for more than 250 slayings now targeting deer after 'head and hoof' found

  20-07-2017 19:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A charity probing the deaths said the attack bore all of the sick hallmarks as the killer often decapitates the animals and is thought to keep body parts as trophies
  
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• 'Is he trolling OJ?' Parole board member wears Kansas City Chiefs tie during hearing of ex-NFL star OJ Simpson

  20-07-2017 19:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Legal experts say the 70-year-old former NFL star stands a good chance of being freed but one things stands in the way of his release
  
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• Death-defying dog jumps from plane at 14,000 feet to complete her elite military training

  20-07-2017 19:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brave pooch Siara completes her fifth and final jump to become an elite member of the Colombian Air Force's search and rescue unit - and even barks at fellow jumpers as they pass by
  
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• Police tell walkers to take WILLIES out in bad weather

  20-07-2017 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  North Wales Police, which has more than 75,000 followers, deleted the post within minutes but not before it had been retweeted dozens of times. (They, of course, meant to say 'Wellies'.)
  
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• Diane Abbott blunders over numbers again

  20-07-2017 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking to ITV about rising crime figures in England and Wales, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott attempted to explain Labour's plan for 10,000 extra officers.
  
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• Petra Ecclestone and James Stunt spend the day at court

  20-07-2017 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billionaire Formula One tycoon Bernie Ecclestone's daughter Petra, 28, is embroiled in a divorce battle with businessman James Stunt, 35, at London's Central Family Court.
  
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• Emmanuel Macron dons flight suit on air force base visit

  20-07-2017 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron visited Istres air base, near Marseilles, on Thursday where he donned thesuit in order to take a ride on a C-135 transport plane amid a funding row.
  
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• Soviet garrison 'ghost town' now a tourist destination

  20-07-2017 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Remarkable pictures show how the Pacific Ocean naval outpost known as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-54 has fallen into ruin after being abandoned in 1996 to save money.
  
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• The Great British Getaway as nine million cars set to pack the roads with schools breaking up for the Summer

  20-07-2017 19:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  High winds and heavy downpours will contribute to traffic jams tomorrow as millions of drivers aim for an early getaway joining commuters on the roads
  
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• The number of ex-ministers taking jobs in the private sector has soared

  20-07-2017 19:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Some 52 former ministers applied to take jobs outside Westminster in 2016/17, up nearly 60% from 33 the previous year, the Acoba watchdog revealed
  
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• Cannock fraudster jumped into car seconds after bus hit it

  20-07-2017 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Helen Elcock, 48, tried to sue travel company Arriva after she watched her parked Ford Focus being struck by a bus outside her local shops in Cannock, Staffordshire.
  
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• EU blocks criminal checks on citizens during Brexit

  20-07-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The EU's negotiators ambushed the UK delegation with the objection during tense talks this week.
  
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• Helicopter rescuers couple trapped on rocks in Cornwall

  20-07-2017 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man and woman became stuck on a low rock ledge between Porth and Watergate Bay in Cornwall and desperately held on to each other as the huge waves came crashing towards them.
  
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• 'Illegal migrant' detained after being duped by M40 driver

  20-07-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After allegedly leaping off the back of the HGV near Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, the migrant was attempting to make the 100-mile journey to Birmingham on foot.
  
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