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• Oxford station train operator forgets to open up

  23-07-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dozens of commuters looked on in horror as the 7.43am service between Oxford and London passed through the station with them stuck outside due to a locked door at the station.
  
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• Police fears for safety of Liverpool fan missing in Scotland

  23-07-2017 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Karen Stewart, 42, was last seen in Elmfield Avenue, Arbroath, at about 11am on Wednesday
  
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• Longleat Wildlife Park bid to save white rhinos

  23-07-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire are attempting a world-first IVF treatment to try to save the northern white rhino, which has been reduced to just three after decades of poaching.
  
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• Scottish girl dies trapped under log in Highlands

  23-07-2017 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 12-year-old girl was airlifted to hospital after paramedics were called to the village of Benderloch in north-west Scotland this afternoon. Police are investigating the tragedy.
  
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• Woman filmed having sex with man in police uniform claims she's bedded 30 officers

  23-07-2017 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage showing the woman, named as 'Carla', romping with what appears to be a Garda officer caused a stir when it was uploaded to a porn site
  
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• 'Impatient' drivers cause chaos as they turned around and go wrong way down tunnel on major road

  23-07-2017 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The motorists ignored the fact that they were on a one-way system instead of waiting out the 10-minute delay
  
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• Europe’s forgotten migrant crisis?

  23-07-2017 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Migrants in Lesbos are protesting about being trapped in Greece and risking deportation to Turkey.
  
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• Customers evacuated from restaurant mid meal as water comes rushing through ceiling after flash storm

  23-07-2017 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Diners at TGI Fridays were left in shock when the water breached the roof of the American-style eatery in Gloucester - and the weather's not going to get any better
  
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• Wife of £2million poker winner reveals she prefers their caravan in Yorkshire to Las Vegas

  23-07-2017 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mandy says she would never be seen in public with amateur John Hesp, 64, in the outlandish gear he wore at the World Series of Poker Main Event
  
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• Operation Ben Needham turned to Texas Body Farm for help with clues found on Kos

  23-07-2017 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The lab, officially the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (FARF), is used by students, researchers and law enforcement worldwide
  
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• Damp and dreary weather to last for rest of the month

  23-07-2017 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While longed-for sunshine will break through in sporadic bursts throughout the rest of this month, forecasters are expectinga largely miserable summer holiday period over the coming weeks.
  
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• The pioneering scientific proof behind the blood clues that could finally solve the Ben Needham case

  23-07-2017 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Professor Lorna Dawson is one of the leading soil scientists in the world and has been examining the case of missing Ben
  
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• Ben Needham’s mum fears discovery of human blood on missing son's 'sandal and toy car' proves he was killed and his body moved

  23-07-2017 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The missing tot's devastated mum said she is now convinced the youngster was taken from the site where he was buried before British police returned to carry out a dig there last year
  
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• Divorced couple remarry 28 years on with son as best man

  23-07-2017 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When they met at Brands Hatch racing circuit in 1979, it was love at first sight for Annette Wensley and Duncan Gray. The couple married two years later but did not speak for 20 years after divorcing.
  
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• 'Hero and gentleman' freediver dies in Egypt while trying to help female diver negotiate notorious underwater tunnel

  23-07-2017 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Highly-skilled Irish freediver Stephen Keenan, 39, from Dublin, suffered an in-water blackout after successfully providing safety assistance for the unnamed woman in the Red Sea
  
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• Women's World Cup: England win over India can be 'springboard' for women's cricket

  23-07-2017 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  England's World Cup victory can be a "springboard" for women's cricket around the world, according to captain Heather Knight.
  
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• England win World Cup after dramatic victory over India

  23-07-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN AT LORD'S: When Anya Shrubsole was nine she stood in the Mound Stand at Lord’s and talked of playing here for England. Now, she is the hero who sealed the World Cup.
  
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• Two men charged over possible honour killing

  23-07-2017 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two men aged 33 and 28 have been charged by police after a teenage girl was stabbed to death and stuffed in a freezer in a suspected honour killing in Kingston, south west London.
  
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• Newcastle United fan gets spectacular tattoo tribute that honours brave Bradley Lowery in his Sunderland kit

  23-07-2017 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lee Laverick, 42, from Scunthorpe, said: “What Bradley has achieved in football is amazing, he has brought teams together" after tattoo that took 12 hours to complete
  
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• 'Time bomb' alert for 1.9m on interest-only home loans

  23-07-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As many as 1.9million borrowers are paying off the interest on their home loans without making a dent in the capital, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) show.
  
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• Patriotic case for remaining in the EU becomes stronger the closer we get to the abyss of Brexit

  23-07-2017 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leaving the EU isn't inevitable and we have to examine ways we can say, says Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire
  
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• RAF Voyager tanker plane and two F15 fighters come within seconds of disaster

  23-07-2017 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pilots of the RAF Voyager - flying at more than 320 mph - estimated that one of the USA Air Force jets was just 160 ft away when it flew directly across their path
  
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• Children on school trip from Ormskirk evacuated from Machu Picchu as fire breaks out on historic mountain

  23-07-2017 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pupils from a school in Lancashire, were among those who had to make a five-hour trek to safety after flames took hold
  
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• Drug dealer known as 'Pacman' finally behind bars after daring police undercover operation to snare him

  23-07-2017 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shahrukh Fayyz didn’t attend his trial at Manchester Crown Court in June after he denied a string of drugs charges - until cops tracked him down to newsagents
  
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• Girl, 8, dies after becoming trapped under logs in forest with 12-year-old airlifted to hospital

  23-07-2017 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The youngster died at the scene near the village of Benderloch in Argyll, Scotland while other girl was airlifted to a hospital in Oban, police confirmed
  
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• "Get ready to die": Shocking footage of wildlife TV producer colleague of David Attenborough in road rage row with family

  23-07-2017 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Beeley also threatens to perform a citizen's arrest on a family - including an 11-year-old boy inside the car - in a hysterical and aggressive verbal attack
  
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• David Attenborough's producer Fergus Beeley caught up in shocking 'road rage row' as he tells family "get ready to die"

  23-07-2017 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Beeley also threatens to perform a citizen's arrest on a family - including an 11-year-old boy inside the car - in a hysterical and aggressive verbal attack
  
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• Car smoking ban is massive flop with just ONE prosecution in almost two years

  23-07-2017 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 2015 legislation was intended to protect kids from second-hand smoke – but cops have largely ignored the laws
  
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• Jordan Spieth wins The Open at Royal Birkdale

  23-07-2017 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEREK LAWRENSON AT ROYAL BIRKDALE: The leaderboard tells us Spieth won by the same three-shot margin with which he began but goodness, this was far less simple than that.
  
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• 'How I survived my first 24 hours in Strangeways Prison': Former inmate explains harsh reality

  23-07-2017 22:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you've ever wondered what it is like to be sent to one of the most notorious high-security male prisons in the UK, ex-hardened criminal Cody Lachey explains in his own words
  
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• Convicted sex offender used fake name on swingers site and started relationship with mum of three-year-old

  23-07-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Glenn Michael Roberts, 32, was jailed for downloading extreme indecent images of children last October but breached the term of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order
  
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• Armed forces in grip of recruitment crisis as plummeting number of troops sign up

  23-07-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The intake of full-time soldiers fell by 5.69% in 2016/17, meaning 650 fewer servicemen and women enlisted than 12 months earlier
  
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• The Open 2017: Jordan Spieth will enjoy Birkdale win more than any other

  23-07-2017 21:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Jordan Spieth says he will enjoy his Open victory more than any other win after playing the best five-hole stretch of his life.
  
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• Offers pour in for girl, 5, who was fined over lemonade 

  23-07-2017 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andre Spicer, a business school professor, let his daughter set up a lemonade stand at Victoria Park, east London, only for council jobsworths to slap the pair with a £150 fine.
  
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• RAF tanker plane came within 150ft of a collision

  23-07-2017 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The RAF Voyager tanker had just completed refuelling a pair of RAF Typhoons off the Norfolk coast when two US F-15s roared into its airspace and passing within 150 feet of the tanker.
  
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• Autistic boy with pica disorder can't stop eating plastic

  23-07-2017 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marco Slawycz, four, from Whitefield, has a disorder called pica - meaning he likes to eat non-edibles such as paper, plastic, cardboard and Playdoh. His parents hope therapy in America will help.
  
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• RAF Red Arrows wow the Sunderland Airshow

  23-07-2017 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These are the amazing scenes featuring the RAF Red Arrows as they wowed thousands of spectators who attended this weekend's Sunderland Airshow.
  
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• Downton Abbey antique train torn apart by vandals

  23-07-2017 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vandals have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to eight antique train carriages, used in period dramas such as Downton Abbey (centre), in Pickering, North Yorkshire.
  
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• Charlie Gard protesters rally as GOSH reports threats

  23-07-2017 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Connie Yates and Chris Gard spoke out as they consider their next steps ahead of tomorrow's court hearing in London to decide the fate of the terminally-ill 11-month-old baby.
  
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• Undertaker so moved by death of man missing for a week he offers to cover funeral for free

  23-07-2017 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen McCosh of Belfast says he was so touched by popular 22-year-old Dean McIlwaine's death that he felt he had to do something for the family
  
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• Passengers rush to hug tearful train driver after her emotional announcement explaining reason for delay

  23-07-2017 20:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  She had seen annoyed commuters tapping their watches when the train was delayed on their way to work
  
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• Wigan murder suspect released without charge

  23-07-2017 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 35-year-old man had been taken into police custody after the body of a woman was discovered at her home, in Wigan, last night. She was named locally as 28-year-old Natalie Brown.
  
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• Taxidermists work on animals at Grant Museum of Zoology

  23-07-2017 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Grant Museum of Zoology, at University College London, began repairing the animals last month, and these pictures show the painstakingly detailed work carried out.
  
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• Pop up Parliament made of glass and steel could be erected as crumbling Palace of Westminster is repaired

  23-07-2017 20:29 via mirror.co.uk
  The World Heritage Site needs billions of pounds worth of repairs but MPs are split over whether to move out while the revamp takes place
  
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• Disgusting hotel had mouse droppings on bed, blood on walls and mud in fridge - and still claimed it was 4-star

  23-07-2017 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Owner John Dixon Hart blamed the disgusting finds in the hotel on the fact that he was "drinking too much"
  
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• Unloved puppy was abandoned TWICE by her cruel owner

  23-07-2017 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The one-year-old brindle saluki was found tied up in a play park in Chessington, but escaped before the RSPCA arrived. She was later found tied up at a bus stop before being taken to safety.
  
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• Ex-Education Secretary Nicky Morgan reports web trolls to cops after receiving 'Jo Cox threats'

  23-07-2017 20:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pro-EU Tory backbencher tweeted: “To those on my timeline referring to Jo Cox and threatening me with violence because of Brexit be aware you’ve been reported to the police"
  
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• Jilted bride dubbed the 'backpacking Bridget Jones' is happily-ever-after as she introduces gorgeous baby daughter

  23-07-2017 20:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katy Collins, 32, who made headlines after she went travelling when she was jilted at the altar has given birth to Everleigh Gray after tumultuous five years.
  
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• Charlie Gard's parents 'extremely upset at backlash' as death threats made to Great Ormond Street Hospital staff

  23-07-2017 20:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Connie Yates said the couple would have liked the hospital to have “asked the public not to say anything hurtful to us as well as their doctors and other members of staff”.
  
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• East 17 singer catches terrifying moment man brandishes 10-inch hunting knife in middle of busy airport

  23-07-2017 20:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pop star Terry Coldwell, 43, described how he saw the man holding the blade to his stomach and shouting aggressively in the departure hall at Dusseldorf Airport in Germany
  
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