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• Priest baptises baby in the sea at Weymouth Beach

  31-07-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rev Stephanie Jenner, from Dorchester Methodist Church, welcomed Lola Green to her flock by performing the ceremony along the picturesque Dorset coastline.
  
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• Thug broke bride-to-be's leg by driving remote control car at her weeks before wedding

  31-07-2017 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emily Johnson, now Patel, had to walk down the aisle in crutches thanks to Ricky Fitzgerald who has been jailed
  
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• Salford nurse suspended after glassing man in nightclub

  31-07-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claire Singleton, 26, had necked five double vodkas on Boxing Day 2015 when she drunkenly felt Brian Lowe failed to 'acknowledge her properly' at Yates' bar in Bolton.
  
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• Teacher spied on wife with secret camera and tracking device after wrongly suspecting her of having an affair

  31-07-2017 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gavin Bowditch, 37, attached a tracking device to his wife's car and concealed a secret video camera under the couple's TV in a desperate bid to find proof that she was cheating on him
  
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• Sandon cyclist films him being attacked by a bird daily

  31-07-2017 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aidan Williams is dive-bombed by a Buzzard bird every time he goes to work near Sandon in Staffordshire.
  
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• Doctors astonished when they discovered newborn boy was ‘pregnant’ with his own twin brother

  31-07-2017 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 7cm half-formed brother, with a brain and limbs, was found lying behind the stomach of the otherwise healthy baby - one of only 200 recorded cases in the world
  
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• London teen found guilty of hacking bodyguard to death

  31-07-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tommy Roome (pictured) was found not guilty of murdering Ricky Hayden by a jury at the Old Bailey, but convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter over the fatal stabbing in Romford, East London.
  
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• Boy, 16, guilty of killing Polish man with single punch as he ate pizza outside a takeaway

  31-07-2017 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied the manslaughter of Arkadiusz Jozwik, 40, but was convicted by a jury
  
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• High Court blocks Tony Blair private prosecution bid

  31-07-2017 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  General Abdul Wahed Shannan Al Rabbat alleged that Mr Blair, then UK prime minister, committed 'the crime of aggression' by invading Iraq in 2003.
  
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• Chika Amadi suspended after gay Pride marchers tweet

  31-07-2017 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harrow Labour councillor, Chika Amadi, has been suspended after she posted a tweet labeling gay pride marchers as 'paedophiles'.
  
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• Sir Ian Botham branded a 'bully' after beef with radio presenter over plan to feed pheasants to the poor

  31-07-2017 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The sporting hero, nicknamed Beefy by fans, is championing a charity scheme to provide 500,000 free meals of game to the poor every year
  
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• Donald Trump fired Anthony Scaramucci because he "didn't want to burden" new chief of staff John Kelly

  31-07-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scaramucci, 53, resigned just 10 days after he was named Trump's new communications director, bringing an end to a brief reign that was filled with controversy and shocking attacks on White House colleagues
  
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• "Waiting for Max's new heart is rollercoaster of emotions," say family of brave 9-year-old who is focus of opt out campaign

  31-07-2017 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emma and Paul Johnson have spent almost eight months on a transplant ward knowing that their son is in desperate need of a donor organ.
  
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• Labour MP 'hit in face with brick by motorbike thug' as he appeals for help to identify offender

  31-07-2017 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Steve McCabe, an MP for Selly Oak in Birmingham, shared a photo of his injuries on his Twitter account this evening
  
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• Kate Middleton gets a new 'right-hand woman' as high-flying Catherine Quinn joins as Private Secretary

  31-07-2017 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Catherine will be based at Kensington Palace when she starts her new role in October planning the Duchess of Cambridge's diary and accompanying her to official engagements
  
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• A era in judgement: 10 high-profile times a simple error changed the course of history as we know it

  31-07-2017 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A simple error of judgment can cost money, time, reputations and sometimes even lives as History Revealed magazine looks at some of the most high-profile
  
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• Should child-like sex dolls be illegal? How Operation Shiraz copes with the loophole behind disturbing new phenomenon

  31-07-2017 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An increase in seizures has led to calls for the lifelike silicone figures to be banned in Britain and for any new laws to also take aim at the rise of sex robots
  
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• UK weather: Make the most of the sunshine because Atlantic storms to blight the rest of the summer

  31-07-2017 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Storms lined up in the Atlantic will be steered towards Britain by an unusually strong jet stream over the coming days
  
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• Iraqi general predicts 'easy victory over worn out' ISIS

  31-07-2017 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  General Najm al-Jabouri (pictured) said re-taking Tal Afar will be simple as the enemy's 2,000 fighters and their families are 'worn out and demoralised'.
  
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• Ryanair passenger had pipe bomb in his hand luggage as he tried to make it on to Italian flight

  31-07-2017 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nadeem Muhammad, 43, tried to board a flight but security at Manchester Airport found a device made from batteries, tape, a marker pen and pins in the lining of his small case
  
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• Theresa May blasted by mum of boy forced to live in ‘solitary confinement’ for 23-hours-a-day due to no mental health beds

  31-07-2017 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shocking case makes a mockery of the Government’s drive to boost care for mentally ill Brits with 'Child B' diagnosed with autism and psychosis
  
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• Parking attendant pens brilliant response to rude driver

  31-07-2017 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holly Brewster, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire,was shocked by the note left on fiancé Tom Shillaw's car after using her blue badge to park in a disabled bay at Valley Centertainment.
  
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• The brothels, madams and prostitutes of Storyville: America's only legal red-light district that closed 100 years ago

  31-07-2017 21:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: NUDITY. The photos show New Orleans’ most famous madams flashing their wealth, prostitutes posing semi-nude and the decadence of the bordellos  on the hundredth year anniversary of the district’s closure
  
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• Racing driver escapes 100mph horror crash at Silverstone

  31-07-2017 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard Pilkington escaped with cuts and bruises after the horrifying accident which terrified the crowd at a show in Silverstone, Northamptonshire, on Sunday.
  
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• Moment gamer plays with cigarette lighter while chatting on her computer - then realises her HAIR is on fire

  31-07-2017 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman wasn't looking where she was holding her lighter and kept flicking it as she concentrated on her screen
  
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• 'She won't be lonely when her little sister dies': Family's heart-wrenching decision to have another child despite genetic condition

  31-07-2017 21:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In bid for Anya not to be alone after her sister’s death mum May Williams made the tough decision to have another baby – aware that the child could be born with same condition
  
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• House where Deborah Kerr learned to dance goes on sale

  31-07-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The property in Redland, Bristol, stands in its own landscaped grounds and boasts six bedrooms, a country style kitchen and both formal and 'snug' sitting rooms.
  
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• Ten top tips about taking your tablets after experts say 'you shouldn't take full course of antibiotics'

  31-07-2017 20:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From what's the best time of day to take them to is it wise to swallow with fruit juice - or even alcohol - we debunk some pill myths
  
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• Wanted man BITES police dog's head as officer desperately tries to drag suspect away in dramatic video

  31-07-2017 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Video shows the suspect repeatedly kicking the police dog, called Theo, and biting the animal's ear and head as a second man encourages him to "bite his ear off"
  
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• Donald Trump fires White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci just days into job

  31-07-2017 20:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's the latest sign of turmoil within the White House and it comes just hours after the president tweeted that there was no "chaos" in his administration
  
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• One in five MPs are still using their taxpayer-funded expenses to employ members of their family

  31-07-2017 20:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Official data shows that, of the 589 MPs who returned to Parliament after the June election, 122 have declared the employment of a relative in the latest Register of Members’ Financial Interests
  
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• Thug broke bride's leg by with his remote controlled car

  31-07-2017 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ricky Fitzgerald used his remote controlled car in Burgess Hill, West Sussex to plough into bride Emily Patel – leaving her with ‘appalling’ injuries just three weeks before her wedding.
  
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• Workers who lost tribunal rights should have the chance to pursue their claims | Letters

  31-07-2017 20:31
  There should be access to justice for those who could not afford hiked tribunal fees, writes Professor John Holford, the odds are already stacked against claimants, says Tony Greenstein and Unison is congratulated for fighting the case by Frank BurchillYou report that following last week’s supreme court decision the Ministry of Justice will refund employment tribunal fees charged since 2013 (Employment tribunal fees scrapped after supreme court rules them unjust, 27 July). So it should; bu
  
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• Theresa May underlines free movement will end in March, 2019, in bid to quell a bitter war in the cabinet

  31-07-2017 20:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It follows a warning from Chancellor Philip Hammond that a Brexit ‘transition period’ could see free movement effectively continue for up to three further years after 2019
  
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• Great-grandfather aged 99 buys his first property in Oxfon

  31-07-2017 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geoffrey Green, 99, has finally taken a step onto the property ladder after buying his first home in Richmond Witney retirement village in Oxfordshire.
  
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• Cars left abandoned in middle of roundabout after '10 drivers crash over one weekend'

  31-07-2017 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cars and vans have ploughed straight over the traffic island, flattening road signs and leaving debris strewn across the carriageway
  
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• Selfridges opens up Christmas store before start of August

  31-07-2017 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Selfridges in central London became the first department store in the world to launch its Christmas shop on Monday amid much criticism.
  
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• Nephew finds hidden footage of uncle's 'murder' two years after everyone thought he died in a fire

  31-07-2017 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Loner Peter Fasoli, 58, was allegedly murdered by "fantasist" Jason Marshall who tricked his way into his home in January 2013
  
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• Fantasist 'killed Peter Fasoli during a bondage session'

  31-07-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jason Marshall, 28, sent a 'calculated and cynical' message to Peter Fasoli, 58, (pictured) after he allegedly killed him during a bondage sex session at his bungalow in west London in January 2013.
  
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• Grandfather dies of heart attack in Prudential RideLondon

  31-07-2017 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maris Ozols (pictured) was taking part in the Prudential RideLondon challenge, which sees participants cycle from the capital to Surrey, when he collapsed yesterday.
  
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• Striking unseen photographs of young David Bowie

  31-07-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Bowie Unseen: Portraits of an Artist as a Young Man', features extraordinary pictures of the famed artist from as far back as 1967. It was the year that Bowie released his self-titled debut LP.
  
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• Dr Miriam Stoppard on stages of grief and how to help distraught family adjust to the loss of a loved one

  31-07-2017 20:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When faced with the death of someone close, most people experience transient rather than persistent distress, and don’t develop a mental health condition
  
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• Why are there so many US diplomats working in Russia?

  31-07-2017 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Hundreds of people are set to lose their jobs after Putin's crackdown.
  
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• Family of 12-year-old confirmed dead in Grenfell fire 'will not rest until they get justice for her'

  31-07-2017 19:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jessica Urbano Ramirez, 12, and Nura Jemal, 35, have both been formally identified as victims of the devastating blaze which claimed the lives of at least 80 people
  
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• New shelters to open around Calais for migrants

  31-07-2017 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  France announced Monday it would open two shelters for migrants sleeping rough around the port of Calais, relenting to pressure to improve the lot of hundreds of people hiding from police.
  
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• Ronaldo appears in court over £13million tax fraud probe

  31-07-2017 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Portugal forward was questioned at a court on the outskirts of Madrid today to determine whether he committed tax fraud worth almost 15 million euros.
  
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• Mum and her two kids killed in crash on way to Devon

  31-07-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mother was driving her two young children towards Barnstaple in Devon when their car collided with a lorry, in a crash witnessed by her husband from a vehicle in front.
  
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• ISIS is using chaotic Libya as platform for its resurgence

  31-07-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Terror experts claim the group is taking advantage of the chaotic security and political situation to use Libya as a launchpad for its resurgence, having been chased out of its Iraqi stronghold in Mosul.
  
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• Racing star Richard Pilkington cheats death after being thrown from classic car at Silverstone in dramatic crash

  31-07-2017 19:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Pilkington escaped with cuts and bruises in the accident which terrified the crowd at The Silverstone Classic at Silverstone on Sunday
  
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• Rapist who murdered 3-year-old girl publicly executed with machine gun under Sharia law in front of huge crowd

  31-07-2017 19:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING DISTRESSING IMAGES A policeman fired five bullets from an assault rifle into Muhammad al-Maghrabi as he lay with his hands handcuffed behind his back
  
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