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Luxury Liverpool apartment block goes up in flames

Emergency crews were called to the unoccupied building on Thursday evening It took firefighters several hours to extinguish the blaze in Sydney's south-west Police established a [...]

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Teenager given tickets for retrieving Tom Brady’s jersey

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft rewarded the devoted fan who helped retrieve Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl 51 and 49 jerseys with front row seats to the team's regular-seas [...]

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The tale of the starling that improved Mozart’s concerto

Memoir MOZART'S STARLING By Lyanda Lynn Haupt (Corsair £14.99)On April 12, 1784, Mozart completed the score of his Piano Concerto No 17 in G. Six weeks later, he was astonished [...]

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Los Angeles couple uses bird poop trick to pickpocket

Los Angeles Police are looking for a man and a woman who allegedly walked up to victims and distracted them by saying they had bird poop on their backsThey've stolen a wallet and a [...]

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‘Hot felon’ Jeremy Meeks lands MAJOR fashion campaign

He was catapulted into the spotlight after his mugshot went viral in 2014.And while making headlines with controversial new romance with Chloe Green, Jeremy Meeks, 33, is making su [...]

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Alcohol firms are downplaying links to CANCER

Alcohol firms are misleading the public over the risks of drinking and cancer, researchers claim.They are using 'denying' and 'distraction' tactics to rebuff the evidence that even [...]

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German court: It’s legal to pass gas in front of police

A Berlin man had reportedly passed gas twice in front of a female police officerThe man was fined 900 euros (£1,080) for the 2016 incident earlier this yearPolice saw the man's ac [...]

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Man, 30, shares photos of his injuries after gang attack

Tom Kennedy, 30, was beaten up by a number of men in a small dust track near Paget Road, Trumpington, in Cambridge, on FridayA man has shared photos of his injuries after he was ba [...]

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Chris Soules pictured for the first time since accident

Former Bachelor star Chris Soules was all smiles as he was pictured for the first time since being charged in April for his involvement in a fatal hit and run crash in Iowa. The [...]

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Teacher ‘asked student to sketch portrait of her naked’

A 28-year-old teacher was indicted on Thursday for allegedly soliciting an eighth grade student at her all-boys' school in Texas. Rebecca Goerdel, a special education teacher at t [...]

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Undocumented teen shares mom’s heartbreak over DACA

An undocumented teen who just started her freshman year of college has shared the heartbreaking note her mom wrote her after the Trump administration announced it was ending Deferr [...]

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Apple’s iPhone 8 was ‘plagued with glitches’

Apple's new iPhone, which is expected to be unveiled on Tuesday, was 'plagued by production glitches early in the manufacturing process' that could lead to major shortages when it [...]

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Osprey helicopter goes up in smoke again

Smoke can be seen billowing from the engine of the U.S. Osprey aircraft after emergency landing in JapanIt came in to land at Oita Airport in August but engineers are still despera [...]

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Job Centre worker flew girl from Nigeria to be her slave

Afolake Adeniji, 50 (pictured outside court in August), was found guilty of a human trafficking offenceA fraud investigator who kept a teenager as her personal slave and made her w [...]

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Cruel father put spider in eight-year-old son’s mouth

A cruel father forced his young son to watch graphic horror film The Ring and 'disciplined' him by putting a spider in his mouth, a court heard.The man also repeatedly hit and shou [...]

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Woman nearly DIED from hyperemesis gravidarum

A mother-of-four has detailed how she almost died of the same severe morning sickness condition that is currently affecting pregnant royal Kate Middleton.Jenn Morson, a mother of f [...]

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Tourists swim with 16 FOOT saltwater crocodiles

Thrill-seeking holidaymakers can now risk a face-to-face encounter with a 16-foot saltwater crocodile separated only by a thin plastic barrier. The tourist attraction, which is ba [...]

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Theresa May ups Hurricane Irma aid package to £32million

Prime Minister Theresa May has upped Britain's Hurricane Irma aid package to £32million.The category five storm is continuing to tear a deadly trail through the Caribbean. It has [...]

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New 8,400 mile route will link London to Japan

An epic 8,400 mile railway route will link London to Tokyo in an ambitious project proposed by the Russian government.Vladimir Putin's officials are currently in serious talks with [...]

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Two people paddle board as whale shark looms below

Drone camera captured two paddle boarders relaxing in crystal clear water as a huge whale sharks shadow was belowThe video was taken in Cancun, MexicoWhale sharks are actually gent [...]

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Senator says sexual assault remains pervasive in military

Sexual assault in the U.S. armed forces remains pervasive despite the military's attempts to eradicate sex crimes from the ranks, according to a new report by a Senate Democrat who [...]

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Trump snubs U.S press at event with Emir Kuwait

President Donald Trump navigated his way through a low-key press conference by shunning U.S. reporters and domestic topics at a joint appearance with the Amir of Kuwait, then crack [...]

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Largest-capacity container ship visits East Coast port

The Theodore Roosevelt container ship passed under the Bayonne Bridge on ThursdayNew Jersey and the Port Authority of New York spent $1.6billion to raise its height from 155 feet t [...]

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Close relationships can extend your lifespan

Loneliness can bring on a slew of health problems, which can eventually lead to an early death, a new report has revealed.And these problems can begin as early as infancy, the repo [...]

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South Korea holds military exercises to counter NK threats

South Korea and the United States on Thursday completed the deployment of a US missile defense system to counter North Korean threats - a day after conducting military exercises ai [...]

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Girl thought to be brain dead may still be alive

A Northern California judge has said Jahi McMath, who was declared brain dead more than three years ago after a tonsillectomy, may still be technically alive.The judge ruled Tuesd [...]

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Star Wars and Marvel films ONLY on Disney streamingservice

Disney has revealed Star Wars and Marvel movies will only be available on its own new streaming service when in launches in 2019.Earlier this year the entertainment giant announced [...]

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Missouri man pulls gun on activist over bumper stickers

A Missouri man has landed in jail on a weapons charge after police say he pulled a gun on a local Democratic activist because he disliked her bumper stickers supporting liberal cau [...]

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School cafeteria worker arrested for teenage sex with boy

Aimee Chevalier, 40, was arrested on August 8 for engaging in 'sexual activities' with the boy whose age has not been revealedA cafeteria worker at a Christian Academy in Florida h [...]

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Prince George appears to shyly whisper ‘hi’ to new teacher

The first day of school is nerve-wracking for any child, even if you happen to be third in line to the throne.Prince George arrived at Thomas's Battersea, London, on Thursday prepa [...]

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Kansas nurse falls ill from tainted alcohol in Mexico

A Kansas nurse has spoken out to warn others after she fell violently ill from suspected tainted alcohol while vacationing with her husband in Mexico.Cindy Otte and her husband Jef [...]

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Schoolboy achieves the highest possible IQ score of 162

Rtvik Patel has now joined Mensa, the high IQ society, after achieving the highest possible test score His interest in joining Mensa was sparked when he watched Channel 4's Child [...]

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Betsy DeVos tears up Obama rules on campus sex probes

Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tore up Obama's rules on investigating campus sex assault claims Thursday, saying they had been 'weaponized' and had led to people being wrong [...]

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Tenn who swam to freedom was ziptied, beaten and raped

Police in Minnesota are hailing a 15-year-old girl for her bravery after they say she had survived a harrowing month-long ordeal during which she was repeatedly raped and beaten by [...]

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Pictures of the Beatles attending a conference in Bangor

This fascinating selection of photos gives a rare glimpse into the Beatles trip to Bangor days before they learned of the death of their manager Brian Epstein.The Fab Four arrived [...]

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Buyer found for public housing project that Trump owns

The owners of a New York public housing project – among them, President Donald Trump – have reached an agreement to sell the property for $850 million, the New York Daily News [...]