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• Cop saves driver from choking on chicken biscuit during routine traffic stop

  14-07-2015 23:51
  
  A Texas police officer making a routine cellphone stop saved a woman who was choking and attempting to call 911.
  
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• Cop saves driver from choking on biscuit during routine traffic stop

  14-07-2015 23:51
  
  An officer making a routine cellphone stop saved a woman who was choking and attempting to call 9-11.
  
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• Former MP who was driving force behind hunting ban finds dead fox dumped on driveway

  14-07-2015 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FORMER Labour MP who was a driving force behind the hunting ban found a dead fox dumped on his driveway just days before a planned vote on relaxing the laws.
  
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• I'm glad it's over, says Sterling

  14-07-2015 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Raheem Sterling says he is ready to consistently challenge for major honours after completing his £49m move to Manchester City.
  
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• Woman snares creepy commuter touching himself while filming her on packed Tube

  14-07-2015 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A CREEPY commuter started filming a fellow traveller then started touching himself – so she turned the tables and photographed HIM for police.
  
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• Knifeman yelling 'Allah is great' holds tourist at knifepoint inside Rome's coliseum

  14-07-2015 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A KNIFEMAN yelling "Allah is great" forced a terrified tourist to her knees in the middle of Rome's coliseum in a sickening attack mimicking an Islamic State style execution.
  
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• Police haul 'abusive Brits off Ibiza flight for drunkenly abusing cabin crew'

  14-07-2015 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FIVE boozy Brits had to be escorted off an EasyJet flight by Spanish police after they allegedly spent a two and a half hour flight hurling abuse at cabin staff.
  
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• Jewish peer who fled Nazis to Britain is rescuing Christians from ISIS to 'repay debt'

  14-07-2015 23:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A JEWISH peer who fled the Nazis as a child with the help of Christian missionaries is now paying to rescue 2,000 Christians from the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
  
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• Raheem Sterling to Manchester City: Winger thanks Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers after getting his record-breaking switch

  14-07-2015 23:04
  
  Raheem Sterling has left Liverpool at the end of one of the most poisonous transfer sagas in history with a final conciliatory gesture - thanking Brendan Rodgers for helping to develop his career.
  
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• Raheem Sterling to Manchester City: Winger thanks Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers after forcing through record-breaking switch

  14-07-2015 23:04
  
  Raheem Sterling has left Liverpool at the end of one of the most poisonous transfer sagas in history with a final conciliatory gesture - thanking Brendan Rodgers for helping to develop his career.
  
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• Raheem Sterling to Manchester City: Winger 'can't wait to get started' at new club after Liverpool switch

  14-07-2015 23:04
  
  Raheem Sterling has left Liverpool at the end of one of the most poisonous transfer sagas in history with a final conciliatory gesture - thanking Brendan Rodgers for helping to develop his career.
  
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• Wood Green shooting: Police arrest nine people as part of murder investigation

  14-07-2015 23:02
  
  Detectives carrying out a murder investigation have arrested nine people, including two teenage boys, in connection with the shooting of two “innocent bystanders” in Wood Green, north London.
  
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• Teenagers among nine people arrested in murder probe after 'drive-by shooting'

  14-07-2015 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TWO 16-year-old boys are among a group of nine people arrested in connection with the drive-by shooting of two "innocent bystanders" during last Friday's rush hour.
  
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• MH17 crash: MP of British victims raises concerns of relatives still unclear over who 'murdered their loved ones'

  14-07-2015 22:35
  
  Families of Britons killed when their plane was shot down fear the Foreign Office's attention has moved away from the crisis surrounding Ukraine, MPs have heard.
  
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• Cruel mother of murdered Daniel Pelka dies in jail

  14-07-2015 22:35
  
  The mother of murdered Daniel Pelka has died in prison on the eve of what would have been her son's eighth birthday.
  
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• SAS death march inquest: Widow blasts Army top brass for failings that left three dead

  14-07-2015 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE grief-stricken widow of an SAS recruit who died during a gruelling selection march has launched a blistering attack on military chiefs.
  
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• Eton College left red-faced after sending conditional offer to 400 boys by mistake

  14-07-2015 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN'S poshest school has been forced to apologise to crestfallen parents after accidentally sending out an email wrongly offering 400 pupils a prized place in its classrooms.
  
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• Man charged after Belfast violence

  14-07-2015 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 61-year-old man is charged with attempted murder after a car hit pedestrians during Monday's violence in north Belfast.
  
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• Labour’s tragedy is that Jeremy Corbyn is much the best leadership candidate

  14-07-2015 22:08
  
  For lovers of the English tongue, there is no greater thrill than being present at the birth of a dramatic linguistic development. I refer here not to the OED’s annual list of newly accepted words. You can see the addition to the lexicon of popular slang words like “hashtag” and “omnishambles” coming.
  
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• NI Police Investigate 'Loyalist Threat' And Photo

  14-07-2015 22:02
  
  Police in Northern Ireland are investigating the legitimacy of a threat from unnamed loyalists after a photograph was released of three masked men, seated behind a table with guns on it. Their statement described police officers and members of the Parades Commission as "legitimate targets". It referred to Monday night's violence in Belfast where there were clashes at the height of the marching season as an Orange Order parade was halted.
  
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• SAS inquest: Experts call for military to be stripped of its legal protection for non-combat deaths following damning verdict

  14-07-2015 21:57
  Stripping the military of its legal protection from criminal prosecution for non-combat deaths is the only way to improve its woeful safety record, legal and safety experts have claimed.
  
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• Archbishop Desmond Tutu admitted to hospital in Cape Town

  14-07-2015 21:56
  
  Archbishop Desmond Tutu is being treated for an infection in a Cape Town hospital.
  
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• Iran nuclear deal: Jubilation in Tehran, relief in the White House and dismay in Israel as an agreement is finally reached

  14-07-2015 21:46
  After 18 days of painstaking talks in Vienna, and before that more than a decade of negotiations that at times appeared to be going nowhere, world powers and Iran finally unveiled a comprehensive agreement on Tehran’s nuclear programme.
  
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• Researchers find new 'flesh eating' bacteria strain could be spreading worldwide

  14-07-2015 21:40
  
  Scientists have warned that a new strain of a 'flesh-eating' bug is spreading globally, and has contributed to a rise in disease cases in the UK.
  
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• Andy Burnham says Labour would back further airstrikes on Isis in Syria under his leadership

  14-07-2015 21:35
  
  Andy Burnham has signalled that Labour would back the extension of airstrikes against Isis positions in Syria under his leadership.
  
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• Sterling at 20: How he compares

  14-07-2015 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport compares Raheem Sterling's career progress to Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney.
  
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• Man found dead in water was murdered

  14-07-2015 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Paisley man whose body was recovered from Locher Water in Bridge of Weir was murdered, police say.
  
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• 11 British nationals among 20 tourists arrested in Inner Mongolia

  14-07-2015 21:25
  
  Nine Britons and two people with joint British and South African nationality have been arrested in northern China, the Foreign Office (FCO) confirmed last night.  
  
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• What would the Labour party look like with Andy Burnham as leader?

  14-07-2015 21:20
  
  And Burnham the current front-runner in Labour’s leadership race, has laid out what some of the party’s main policy positions would look like under his leadership.
  
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• The most efficient government in the world has been announced... and it's Qatar

  14-07-2015 21:16
  
  It is an autocracy where women are discriminated against, migrant workers are exploited and free speech is curtailed. But according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Qatar is a model of efficient government.
  
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• Indie magazine sales are proving print is not dead

  14-07-2015 21:15
  
  As a teenager, Ruth Jamieson would often feign sickness on a Friday, knowing that she could accompany her mother on the weekly shop and buy a magazine of her choice from the supermarket. It was the start of a lifelong love affair. Having gone on to work at various magazines, it didn't always make for an easy career path: she was at The Face when it folded in 2004.
  
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• Eid al-Fitr: When does Ramadan end and what does the occasion mark?

  14-07-2015 21:12
  
  Millions of Muslims across the world will gather with their friends and family this weekend to mark the end of Ramadan - the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
  
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• Fox hunting Q&A: Why has the vote been scrapped and what is behind the SNP's stance?

  14-07-2015 21:02
  
  Q | Last week the Government said it was going to give MPs a vote on relaxing the fox-hunting ban, but now it has scrapped the plan. Why?
  
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• Fox hunting ban: SNP goes back on pledge not to vote on matters that 'purely affect' England

  14-07-2015 20:48
  
  The Scottish National Party (SNP) has been accused accused of attempting to sabotage government plans to reach a new constitutional settlement for the UK after it ripped up a long-standing convention not to vote on English-only laws  in Westminster.
  
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• Nine arrested over shooting of 'innocent bystanders'

  14-07-2015 20:47
  
  Murder probe detectives have arrested nine people - including two teenage boys - in connection with the shooting of two "innocent bystanders" last weekend.
  
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• Daniel Pelka's cruel mother dies in prison after murder conviction

  14-07-2015 20:47
  
  The mother of murdered four-year-old Daniel Pelka has died in prison.
  
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• Nairobi Westgate attack: Shopping mall re-opens two years after terror siege where al-Shabaab killed 67 people

  14-07-2015 20:46
  
  The bullet holes are plastered over, the shattered glass restored. Two years after terror struck at Westgate in Nairobi, the upscale shopping mall is set to reopen amid many unanswered questions over what happened during the four-day siege.
  
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• Alabama woman claims she and daughter were tazed by police after teenager suffered seizure

  14-07-2015 20:43
  
  A woman from Alabama has claimed that police officers repeatedly used tazers on her and her daughter after the teenager suffered a seizure at a rap concert.
  
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• Company owner jailed over apprentice's death

  14-07-2015 20:41
  
  A businessman has been jailed for eight months after a teenager was killed at his factory while on a Government-funded apprenticeship.
  
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• First blood to Nicola Sturgeon as she outfoxes David Cameron on hunting

  14-07-2015 20:40
  
  First blood, then, to Nicola Sturgeon in this fascinating new phase of Westminster warfare. Outfoxing one’s opponents is enjoyable at any time: all the more so if an offensive that David Cameron and Co somehow failed to anticipate leaves them spluttering with indignation too.
  
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• Harman joins Cameron at Isil security briefing amid Syria strikes speculation

  14-07-2015 20:39
  
  Labour's interim leader Harriet Harman joined David Cameron and other senior ministers for a briefing from security chiefs on the threat from the Islamist terror group Isil.
  
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• Donald Macintyre's sketch: Matinee idol Lord Owen steals the limelight once again

  14-07-2015 20:31
  
  He oozed gravitas. The matinee-idol looks, if a little craggier, seemed surprisingly undiminished by age. He had the effortless authority of a leading ministerial participant in the last referendum on Europe 40 years ago, and his high octane lesson in recent political history would not have been easy listening for the Cabinet Secretary.
  
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• Harvey Nichols shoplifters 'unlikely stars' of new advertising campaign

  14-07-2015 20:30
  
  Shoplifters who were caught on CCTV stealing from Harvey Nichols are the unlikely stars of the department store's latest advertising campaign.
  
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• Aldi leads backing of UK farmer-friendly 'fruit and veg pledge'

  14-07-2015 20:30
  
  Supermarket chain is first among rivals to sign up the code drawn up by National Farmers Union designed to boost business conditions for growers and suppliers
  The German discount supermarket chain Aldi has stolen a march on rivals in Britain by throwing its weight behind a groundbreaking national initiative to back British farmers.
  It is the first retailer to sign up to a so-called “fruit and veg pledge” drawn up by the National Farmers Union, which aims to improve long-term relationships wi
  
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• Greece debt crisis: Leaked IMF report heaps fresh pressure on creditors to grant massive relief as part of latest bailout deal

  14-07-2015 20:29
  A leaked analysis of Greece’s sovereign debt by the International Monetary Fund has heaped fresh pressure on the country’s creditors to grant the Mediterranean country massive debt relief as part of its latest bailout deal.
  
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• SAS inquest: Deaths of three soldiers down to a catalogue of 'gross failures', court concludes

  14-07-2015 20:23
  
  The three British soldiers who died during a selection test for the SAS were killed as a result of a catalogue of “gross failures” by one of the military’s elite units, their inquest concluded.
  
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• Bankers are in a sweat over Greece – but not Milk Tray Man Mark Carney

  14-07-2015 20:23
  
  Bank of England governor spoke to MPs about the Greek crisis in a drawl that was so laid back as to be threatening, while his colleague failed at simple maths Urbane, tanned, decked out in accessories as featured in this month’s GQ and smooth. Very smooth. Mark Carney is the Milk Tray Man de nos jours. While other European bankers have been getting into a sweat over Greece, the governor of the Bank of England gives the impression of a man who has just been on holiday there. Not even an imminen
  
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• Teen Murder Trial: Girl 'Was An Inside Woman'

  14-07-2015 20:22
  
  Jeremie Malenge, 17, was stabbed multiple times on the night of 6 January, including a 12.5cm wound that went through his ribs and pierced his heart. He and a 17-year-old friend had been chased through the streets of Hackney by three other young men: Tre Morgan, 18, and two others, aged 14 and 17, the Old Bailey heard. Prosecutors say the three were helped by Sanaa Ibrahim, an 18-year-old who allegedly helped them find Jeremie and his 17-year-old friend.
  
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• Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán: DEA knew of Mexican drug lord's year-long plans to break out of maximum-security prison

  14-07-2015 20:22
  
  Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, began planning his escape from a maximum-security prison within weeks of his arrest in February 2014, an investigation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has found. Guzmán, the boss of the feared Sinaloa cartel, escaped from Altiplano prison, 56 miles from Mexico City, last Saturday evening.
  
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• Bank of England policymaker says case for raising interest rates is building

  14-07-2015 20:18
  
  David Miles says time to start taking rates back to more normal levels was ‘soon’, warning that waiting too long could mean sharper increases laterThe time is nearing to raise interest rates in the UK and waiting too long will mean having to hike more sharply in the end, departing Bank of England policymaker David Miles has said.
  In his final speech as an external member of the Bank committee that sets interest rates, Miles also warned investors against looking to other central bank moves fo
  
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