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• 'Acid attack' victims had 'peeling skin and melted clothing' after liquid was hurled at them in London street

  25-07-2017 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Photos show firemen use hoses to pour gallons of water over the teens' heads on the side of a newsagent
  
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• Family tells of heartache after mum loses three sons in three years to devastating effects of heroin

  25-07-2017 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Carmel Kidney, 62, revealed how the drug ravaged her family - ripping her apart as she lives with the torment of their deaths
  
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• New footage reveals terrifying Russian military plane crash fireball after five crew miraculously survived

  25-07-2017 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While one person died in the fireball, five crew members incredibly survived but suffered various injuries
  
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• Stephen Lawrence's racist killer gets legal aid to sue prison - but Charlie Gard's parents are DENIED cash to fight for their baby's life

  25-07-2017 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Norris has been given state funds for his compo bid but Connie and Chris relied on donations for their legal challenge
  
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• Boy, 14, 'was raped by a Harley Street sex therapist'

  25-07-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A court heard Harley Street therapist Nicholas Gully, 47, had raped the boy after following him into the public toilets. The boy gone there to escape the attentions of the older man.
  
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• Ryanair warns Brexit will ground flights and cancel holidays unless EU 'open skies' deal is struck

  25-07-2017 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Neil Sorohan, the budget airline's chief financial officer, said the chances of the UK remaining in the EU Open Skies agreement appear 'narrower by the day'
  
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• Black smoke billows from London flour mill on River Thames as derelict building goes up in flames

  25-07-2017 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Firefighters are reported to have flocked to the Millennium Mills, on the south side of the Royal Victoria Dock, between the Thames Barrier and the ExCel exhibition centre
  
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• Zimbabwe elephant handler trampled to death

  25-07-2017 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Enock Kufandada, 50, who worked for Adventure Zone in Zimbabwe was killed by Mbanje the bull elephant when the handler attempted to return the large beast to his pen.
  
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• Ireland stars Jackson and Olding to be prosecuted for rape

  25-07-2017 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were arrested and questioned last summer. They were released pending a report being submitted to prosecutors in Northern Ireland.
  
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• London moped rider is stabbed in chest and has bike stolen

  25-07-2017 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Tusting, 32, and Lucian Riviere, 18, were jailed for 10 years and eight years for stealing a 52-year-old's moped in Blackheath,south east London after he was stabbed.
  
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• Hundreds of kids' Lego Batman Movie costumes have been recalled from shops over fears they could be a fire risk

  25-07-2017 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The company who makes the £30 outfits is urging parents to check the labels because some do not meet strict EU standards
  
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• Watch the moment a couple who chatted on Tinder for THREE YEARS finally meet

  25-07-2017 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  University students Michelle Arendas and Josh Avsec were brought together by an American TV show after screenshots of their conversation went viral on Twitter
  
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• Love Island Amber's mother denies daughter's steamy past

  25-07-2017 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pictures of Amber proudly showing off a medal, as a pig-tailed school girl, and Kem beaming alongside his father, are among the touching childhood snaps of the reality stars.
  
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• Prison officers hallucinating from inhaling 'zombie' drug Spice as £200,000 haul found behind bars

  25-07-2017 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sixteen staff are now on sick-leave after being purposely poisoned or by passively inhaling the fumes of Spice, according to the Prison Officers Association
  
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• London man dies after basement fumes report in Kensington

  25-07-2017 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police, ambulance and fire crews pulled the man, who was in his 20s, out of the basement after rushing to the scene, in a wealthy area of Kensington, west London.
  
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• Penarth detective 'assaulted mother and raped daughter'

  25-07-2017 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Detective Mark Glover (pictured), 46, allegedly called a 21-year-old woman 'a tease' when she said no to his sex demands - before raping her in a kitchen, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
  
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• Stockport pensioner in £200k feud with neighbour

  25-07-2017 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The war between Carol Dickinson, 76, and Mojgan Casillas, 50, from Davenport in Stockport, got so out of hand another local resident ended up being stabbed with a carving knife.
  
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• Labour could CHANGE its Brexit stance if public mood shifts says member of Jeremy Corbyn's top team

  25-07-2017 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow cabinet minister Andrew Gwynne suggested Labour’s support for Brexit could be “flexible” if public opinion turns against leaving Europe
  
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• Woman admits deliberately sinking fiance's kayak and drowning him after growing tired of 'kinky sex demands'

  25-07-2017 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Angelika Graswald had earlier told police her fiance Vincent Viafore "wanted threesomes, porn, everything"
  
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• Teen 'almost died' after drink was spiked in Gran Canaria

  25-07-2017 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vanessa Huber, 19, visited the Spanish holiday destination popular with British tourists earlier this month, but claims she was almost killed after she was drugged in a hotel bar.
  
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• Council boss leading Grenfell probe owns £1m 'second home'

  25-07-2017 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The beleaguered leader of Kensington and Chelsea council, Elizabeth Campbell, has come under fire after it was revealed she owns a £1million property.
  
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• US detects signs of new North Korea missile test, official says

  25-07-2017 21:45
  Pentagon believes missile test could take place on 27 JulyNikki Haley says US and China have made progress on new sanctionsThe Pentagon has picked up signs that North Korea is preparing for another missile test, a US defense official said on Tuesday, as the US cited progress in pushing China to impose tough new UN sanctions.Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official told AFP that if the test goes ahead, it would “probably” occur on 27 July, which is the 64th anniversary of the
  
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• Ex-colleague of David Attenborough filmed telling family "get ready to die" in road rage outburst due to run RELAXATION retreat

  25-07-2017 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fergus Beeley threatened 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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• Can you really lose weight eating only Greggs? One woman tries the 'Minimise Me' diet

  25-07-2017 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Its 'Minimise Me' plan– a play on Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary Supersize Me – suggests customers can lose weight by eating onlyGreggs for a month
  
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• 'I'm going to fire everybody': Scaramucci threatens to clamp down on White House leakers

  25-07-2017 21:36
  Trump’s new communications director told reporters he has the president’s backing to purge anyone who leaks information from within the administrationDonald Trump’s new communications director has vowed to “fire everybody” if that is what it takes to plug leaks from the White House press office. Related: Exit Spicey, enter the Mooch: another day in Trump's tragicomic America | Richard WolffeContinue reading...
  
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• 'We've got acid on us': Two teenagers struck with 'noxious substance' in east London race into shop desperately screaming for water

  25-07-2017 21:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A shopkeeper recalls the terrifying moment the two men with 'skin peeling off' ran into his shop in the Bethnal Green area
  
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• Two teenagers struck with 'noxious substance' in east London in latest suspected acid attack

  25-07-2017 21:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incident follows a spate of attacks in the capital leaving victims scarred or even blind
  
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• National Lottery Euromillions results: Winning numbers for £40m jackpot on Tuesday, July 25

  25-07-2017 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tonight's lottery could make you a very rich person - but have you got a winning ticket?
  
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• Kendrick Lamar tops VMA nominations as MTV eliminates gendered categories

  25-07-2017 21:25
  The rapper has received eight nods at this year’s Video Music Awards with Katy Perry and the Weeknd close behind on five eachMTV has announced the nominees for the 2017 Video Music Awards, eliminating the gendered categories of years past and combining the awards for best male and female video into one category, artist of the year. Rapper Kendrick Lamar led the pack with eight nominations for the music video for Humble, while the Weeknd and Katy Perry were not far behind with five nods eac
  
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• US Navy ship fires warning shots after Iranian vessel 'ignored radio calls' and came within 150 yards

  25-07-2017 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US says the Iranian vessel approached at high speed and ignored radio calls - but Iran described the US ship as "unprofessional and provocative"
  
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• Poll reveals 17% think Jeremy Corbyn's pledge was to wipe out all student debt (it wasn't)

  25-07-2017 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As many men wear their pants twice or more without washing them as think the Labour leader's pledge was actually to wipe all student debt
  
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• Poll reveals 17% think Jeremy Corbyn's election pledge was to wipe out all student debt (it wasn't)

  25-07-2017 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As many men wear their pants twice or more without washing them as think the Labour leader's pledge was actually to wipe all student debt
  
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• Chlorinated chicken? Yes, we really can have too much trade | George Monbiot

  25-07-2017 21:18
  Britain should not be forced to accept lower US food standards. But this is only a small part of the harm done by globalisation• George Monbiot is a Guardian columnistWhat’s wrong with chlorinated chicken? It’s not as if chlorine is absent from our lives: we drink it in our tapwater every day. Surely it’s a small price to pay for the trade deal with the US that the British government seeks?There are several answers to this question, ranging from the instrumental to the exi
  
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• Uber and Deliveroo chiefs face new grilling by MPs

  25-07-2017 21:16
  Head of Commons business committee Rachel Reeves aims to question courier executives and their workers on the gig economyUber, Deliveroo and other representatives of the “gig economy” face fresh inquiries by British MPs, which will involve their senior executives being grilled by a parliamentary committee over the companies’ working conditions. Rachel Reeves, the new chair of the House of Commons business committee, told the Financial Times (£) one of her priorities was t
  
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• Sport and sunshine fuel surge in UK supermarket alcohol sales

  25-07-2017 21:16
  UK heatwave feeds extra £158m in sales of drink with huge leap in suncare and ice-cream purchases but signs emerge of consumers starting to tighten beltsBritons have downed £158m more alcohol in the last three months compared with 2016, as they enjoyed sunny weather and a string of major sporting events including Wimbledon, the British and Irish Lions rugby tour and the British Grand Prix.A 6% rise year-on-year rise in alcohol sales, a continuing boom in sales of sun cream and ice-cr
  
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• Adobe to pull plug on Flash after years of waning popularity

  25-07-2017 21:12
  The media-powering technology was once inescapable – but it began to fall out of favor after Apple decided not to use it on the iPhoneAdobe Flash, a once ubiquitous technology used to power most of the media content found online, will be retired at the end of 2020, the software company announced Tuesday.Adobe – along with Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Mozilla – said support for Flash would ramp down across the internet in phases over the next three years. Continue read
  
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• Schoolgirl sexually abused and urinated on is scared videos of sick crimes will come out

  25-07-2017 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The girl says the abuse by Myles Bell and Jamie Turner will "stay with me for the rest of life"
  
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• Daughter of woman 'repeatedly sexually assaulted by police officer' says she 'offered to take her mum's place'

  25-07-2017 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Detective Constable Mark Glover is accused of going to a family's home and carrying out a number of sex attacks on a mum and her 21-year-old daughter - but he denies the charges
  
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• Daughter of woman 'repeatedly raped by police officer' says she 'offered to take her mum's place'

  25-07-2017 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Detective Constable Mark Glover is accused of going to a family's home and carrying out a number of sex attacks on a mum and her 21-year-old daughter - but he denies the charges
  
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• Senate Republicans vote to open debate on repealing and replacing Obamacare

  25-07-2017 21:03
  Key step toward healthcare reform passes thanks in part to John McCain’s return, but shape of final legislation and chances of success remain unclearSenate Republicans took a tentative step toward fulfilling seven years of promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Tuesday, which they achieved only after the dramatic return of Senator John McCain, who was diagnosed last week with brain cancer.The procedural vote, which passed without the support of a single Democrat, allows the Se
  
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• More than 600,000 pupils in England taught by unqualified teachers

  25-07-2017 21:03
  Labour says many school staff have no guaranteed training in safeguarding children, and standards are at risk Labour has accused Theresa May’s government of allowing more than 600,000 pupils to be taught by unqualified teachers.After a pledge by Jeremy Corbyn to stamp out the practice, the party has analysed official figures to calculate that 613,000 pupils in state-funded schools in England have been taught by adults with no formal teaching qualifications. Continue reading...
  
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• Gurrumul obituary

  25-07-2017 21:02
  Singer and guitarist whose soulful voice and songs blending western musical styles and Australian Indigenous culture made him a world music celebrityThe soulful, high tenor voice of the singer and guitarist Gurrumul, who has died aged 46, brought him international celebrity, even though he mostly sang in the Australian Aboriginal languages of Gumatj, Galpu and Djambarrpuynu. He performed at concert halls around the world, sang for the Queen and for Barack Obama, and was hailed by Rolling Stone m
  
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• BBC star Rachel Burden says female staff were 'belittled' when they asked if they were paid the same as men

  25-07-2017 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The broadcaster is paid £130k while co-star Nicky Campbell is paid more than £400k - and she admits the gap is too wide
  
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• The first electric Mini will be released in 2019 - and its makers BMW say it WILL be built in the UK

  25-07-2017 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The firm's German owners had been considering making the model on the continent because of Brexit fears
  
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• Greece's €3bn bond sale doesn't mean its debt crisis is at an end | Nils Pratley

  25-07-2017 21:00
  The omens are better, with the IMF calling for debt write-offs – but the chances are Greece will require another bailoutCompare and contrast. As Greece raised money in the bond markets for the first time in three years on Tuesday, prime minister Alexis Tsipras declared that the fundraising was “the most significant step to finish this unpleasant adventure”, meaning the country’s bailout.Back in April 2014, when Greece was returning after a four-year absence, the country&r
  
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• RAF typhoon scrambled to intercept Russian nuclear bomber

  25-07-2017 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Royal Air Force Typhoon based in Romania has been launched as a response to Russian aircraft operating near NATO airspace over the Black Sea.
  
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• Noel Edmonds increases compensation claim for HBOS fraud to £300m

  25-07-2017 20:56
  Former Deal Or No Deal host boosts claim from tens of millions to three times the total Lloyds has set aside for the caseNoel Edmonds has increased his compensation claim against Lloyds Banking Group to £300m after he fell victim to fraud at the hands of former HBOS Reading staff.
  The former Deal Or No Deal host had originally been seeking in the region of £50m to £70m, but a new statement issued by Edmonds confirms the claim has been ramped up substantially. Continue reading..
  
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• Brussels attacks Liam Fox's 'ignorant' remarks on chlorinated chicken

  25-07-2017 20:46
  EU withering about UK trade secretary’s view on food standards being minor matter in potential trade deal with US after BrexitSenior EU figures have hit back at Liam Fox’s “ignorant and indigestible” claim that lowering UK food standards to allow the import of chlorinated chicken from the US is an insignificant detail.European officials warned that Fox has failed to grasp the implications of continuing trade with the EU, should the UK lower its standards compared to the E
  
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• The Guardian view on Poland’s courts: people power and a glimmer of hope | Editorial

  25-07-2017 20:43
  After days of protests against the government’s plans to control the judiciary, the president has vetoed part of the legislation. That is something – but not enoughPeople power has historically been a powerful force in Poland. The energy and singular determination of the 1980s grassroots Solidarity movement played a key role in ending Soviet-imposed dictatorship in central Europe. Strikes and demonstrations brought down tyranny through a peaceful transition. Recalling this is importa
  
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• Egyptian tank crew 'saves 50 people' by CRUSHING car bomb

  25-07-2017 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Egyptian tank crew was credited with saving up to 50 people from a car bomb laden with explosives which drove at an army checkpoint in North Sinai (pictured).
  
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