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• Celebrity trend for owning 'micro-pigs' has inspired families to buy the cute animals

  08-02-2019 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the celebrity trendfor owning micro-pigs inspires more families to buy the cute animals Kathryn Knight visits Pigs Inn Heaven in Lancashire-a sanctuary for unwanted pet pigs.
  
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• Sir Philip Green 'groped female exec and paid her £1m to stay quiet'

  08-02-2019 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir Philip Green, chairman of Arcadia Group which owns Topshop, Wallis and other retailers, dropped legal action against Daily Telegraph
  
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• Young man, 22, slashed across face in random attack - but has amazing response

  08-02-2019 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES: The horrific incident in Manchester put Luke Evans' professional boxing career in jeopardy
  
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• Parents being charged £2 'ransom' to retrieve confiscated mobile phones

  08-02-2019 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  South Wigston High School in Leicestershire has introduced a new mobile phone policy which has split opinion among parents
  
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• Meghan Markle 'burst into tears' over sister's 'Princess Pushy' tell-all book

  08-02-2019 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Sussex is reported to have been upset her half-sister Samantha announced plans for an explosive book on their childhood
  
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• UK's former ambassador to the US speaks for the first time about attack at Victoria Station

  08-02-2019 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Christopher Meyer, 74, suffered horrific injuries after a 16-year-old pushed him over at Victoria Station last July, but he agreed with the judge in not sending the youth to jail last week.
  
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• Eight out of 20 businesses on a street in the historic city of Worcester are now second-hand stores

  08-02-2019 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The historic Mealcheapen Street in Worcester is now so overrun with charity shops that traders are calling for them to be licensed to curb their spread.
  
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• Tragic dad shot dead on way to work was expecting fourth child with partner

  08-02-2019 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Father-of-three John Lawless, 39, was killed while he was on his way to work in Darndale, Dublin
  
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• Horror as London Zoo tiger Melati brutally killed by a potential mate as they were being introduced

  08-02-2019 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London Zoo's beloved female tiger Melati has been brutally mauled to death by her potential new mate while the two beasts were being introduced today.
  
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• Mexican Volkswagen dealership adopts two abandoned pooches, hires them as the site's new watchdogs 

  08-02-2019 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meet Virtus and Polo, two abandoned dogs that were recently saved from an animal shelter and found a home at a Volkswagen dealership in Chetumal, Mexico, last week.
  
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• Emiliano Sala investigator makes offer to pilot David Ibbotson's family

  08-02-2019 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: David Mearns, who led the mission to find the footballer's body, says he hasn't had contact with the pilot's family
  
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• Fury as 'Sir Tommy Robinson' banner is unfurled at Rangers football match

  08-02-2019 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The flag was seen at the Scottish Premiership match between Rangers and St Mirren
  
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• Sir Philip Green braced for sexual and racist abuse allegations after dropping legal case

  08-02-2019 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shamed tycoon has been hit with a £3million legal bill after dropping a case against the Daily Telegraph
  
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• Armed police shut down Bond Street station over 'suspect armed with gun and knife'

  08-02-2019 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Metropolitan Police rushed to Bond Street Station, which was evacuated and closed
  
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• Son, 32, is charged with murder after mother's burned corpse was found decomposed in a closet

  08-02-2019 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jason Reeves, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his 67-year-old mother, whose scorched body police found inside her Brooklyn apartment Wednesday.
  
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• Woman who told her mum someone would kill her found dead in a suitcase

  08-02-2019 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Valerie Reyes, 24, called her mum Norma to say she was scared about someone coming to murder her and the next day she vanished
  
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• Wig-wearing paedo with multiple names would have raped girl if he wasn't interrupted

  08-02-2019 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Baker, 41, of Hull, received an extended prison sentence after being labelled a dangerous offender
  
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• Killer jailed for life for murdering disabled woman then chopping up body

  08-02-2019 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrew Wallace, 42, killed Julie Reilly, 47, in her flat in Glasgow, last year - and parts of her body still have not been found
  
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• Teacher who faked cancer pocketed £19k but is ordered to pay back just half

  08-02-2019 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keera Brayford, from Knowsley, Merseyside, spent months duping her own family by claiming she had three types of cancer tumour
  
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• Meghan Markle burst into tears after learning her sister was writing a book about her

  08-02-2019 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle was upset over half-sister Samantha's upcoming book because she felt she was being 'taken advantage of', according to a close friend with knowledge of the situation.
  
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• Grown-up paedophile victim confronted by his attacker in prison

  08-02-2019 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Colin Cooper's victim 'felt like a child' after realising who he had run into, before running back to his cell and breaking down in tears
  
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• Enterprising schoolboy, 16, rents out trainers including a £1,249 pair of Louboutins for £20-a-day

  08-02-2019 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iman Khan, 16, from Glasgow, spent £5,000 of his own cash on his shoe collection. Customers pay £20 a day and £40 for a weekend to rent shoes that they couldn't normally afford.
  
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• Chef, 20, who murdered his one-year-old stepdaughter in a 'savage' attack is jailed for 19 years

  08-02-2019 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Martin Johnson, 20, was supposed to be caring for Erin Tomkins, one, at her home in Gleadless, Sheffield but she was left with multiple, horrific injuries all caused by her 'remorseless' stepfather.
  
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• 'I haven't seen my sister in three years': Venezuelans tell how families have been ripped apart

  08-02-2019 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than three million people have fled their homes and lives in Venezula amid the country's crisis. Forced out by no medicine, jobs or food, families have been scattered across the globe
  
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• Nick Clegg's wife moans about new life after he takes £15m-a-year Facebook job

  08-02-2019 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The family have moved to a new five-bedroom, £7million home in California's Silicon Valley
  
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• Funeral director is sacked after he's caught having sex in an undertakers

  08-02-2019 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Shocked employees found Christopher Grimes, 64, with a woman in a room where coffins are stored
  
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• Bride-to-be told rare cancer has returned weeks after getting engaged

  08-02-2019 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hope Stringer, 27, of Essex has malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) sarcoma - which cannot be treated in the UK
  
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• 'Drink driver' charged with killing teens in hit and run days before Christmas

  08-02-2019 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sian Chambers and Alex Ross, both 19, died after a crash on the Lincoln bypass in the early hours of December 22
  
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• Gay village serial killer sentenced to life in prison for murdering eight people

  08-02-2019 21:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Twisted Bruce McArthur photographed victims' naked bodies in fur coats with cigars after he killed them
  
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• Stafford house fire: Family who also lost children in blaze send beautiful message

  08-02-2019 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sandra Lever, whose four grandchildren died in a house fire in Jackson Street, Walkden in Salford, Greater Manchester, has sent her love to relatives of Riley, Keegan, Tilly and Olly who died in a blaze on Tuesday
  
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• Storm Erik: British Airways aborts landing in vicious gales at Heathrow Airport

  08-02-2019 20:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dramatic footage shows the British Airways flight BA276, arriving from India, struggle against Storm Erik's monster gusts
  
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• Libby Squire: Police probe CCTV of man minutes before missing student was last seen

  08-02-2019 20:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Libby Squire, a University of Hull student, has not been seen for a week despite a huge search operation by Humberside Police
  
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• Gravediggers' strike that helped put the final nail in the coffin of union power

  08-02-2019 20:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  During Labour's winter of discontent, striking gravediggers were demonised in headlines flashed around the world
  
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• Hero doctor during Blitz in London was sworn to secrecy by Government cover-up

  08-02-2019 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Joan Martin witnessed horrifying sights as she bravely worked in London during the Blitz
  
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• Surrey 'murder': Woman stabbed to death in broad daylight by man who jumped out of car

  08-02-2019 20:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man is being held by Surrey Police on suspicion of murder after the fatal stabbing in Ewell, Surrey at roughly 3pm today
  
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• Libby Squire: Mum of butcher arrested over student's disappearance insists 'he's no killer'

  08-02-2019 19:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Hull home of Paweł Rełowicz, where he lives with his wife and two children, is still being searched by Humberside Police
  
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• EuroMillions results: Friday's winning National Lottery numbers for £123million jackpot

  08-02-2019 19:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tonight's EuroMillions prize would make one ticket-holder Britain's third richest winner ever
  
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• Plight of killer whale Ula who will spend whole life imprisoned in 'concrete coffin'

  08-02-2019 19:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The orca calf is kept in a popular Spanish zoo after mum Morgan gave birth last September
  
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• Liam Neeson admitted urges to knife someone - years before black b*****d' remarks

  08-02-2019 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a 1995 biography about his life, race row Hollywood star Neeson said he presents himself as 'a normal human being' - but said he sometimes he's dying to stab somebody
  
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• Storm Erik: Met Office issues new yellow warning as 70mph gales to blast UK

  08-02-2019 19:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Met Office says Storm Erik, which has already killed a man after a tree came crashing down on the A384 in Devon, will continue to batter the country
  
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• Libby Squire: Sister of Polish butcher arrested insists he's innocent

  08-02-2019 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Detectives have sealed off Paweł Rełowicz's house, took away his computers and towed away his silver Vauxhall Astra after they arrested him on suspicion of abducting the Hull student, 21.
  
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• Alfie Lamb seen running after mum on CCTV hours before he was crushed to death

  08-02-2019 19:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adrian Hoare and Stephen Waterson are on trial after Alfie Lamb, three, was crushed behind an Audi's electric car seat
  
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• Tory MP Christopher Chope blocks law to protect girls from genital mutilation

  08-02-2019 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tory MP Christopher Chope shouted 'object' to prevent the progress of a Bill allowing the courts to issue protection orders if they think a child is at risk from FGM.
  
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• Horse racing bosses deploy a 'war room' of vets to halt equine flu outbreak

  08-02-2019 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It emerged today that three more horses from Grand National-winning trainer Donald McCain's (pictured) Bankhouse Stables in Cheshire, where the alarm was first raised, have now tested positive.
  
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• Stafford fire: Couple arrested over deaths of four children are their parents

  08-02-2019 19:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Natalie Unitt, 24, and her partner Chris Moulton, 28, are being quizzed by Staffordshire Police detectives after being discharged from hospital
  
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• Transgender women 'should be entitled to womb transplants' so they can have a baby

  08-02-2019 19:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The world's first baby, born using a womb from a dead woman, took place in Brazil in 2017
  
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• Dad says 'my son is turning white' during panicked 999 call after son, 7, is shot

  08-02-2019 18:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christian Hickey and his mother Jayne were gunned in the legs when they answered the door of their home in Eccles, Greater Manchester
  
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• B&M are selling glittery pink Unicorn gin that tastes like marshmallows

  08-02-2019 18:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The £17.99 speciality liqueur uses vanilla flavouring and special edible protein for glitter
  
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• London Zoo tigress Melati brutally killed by tiger brought to UK to be her mate

  08-02-2019 18:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Melati was killed this morning by potential mate, Asim
  
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• Concern grows for missing sisters, aged 15 and 16, who disappeared five days ago

  08-02-2019 18:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lilly and Tiagen Allinson were last seen near their home in Nelson, Lancashire, and have links to Birkenhead, Merseyside
  
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