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Drunk ship's captain set sail after TWENTY PINTS

Drunk ship's captain set sail after TWENTY PINTS

9 May 2013  A DRUNK ship’s captain set sail after downing TWENTY pints, a court heard.
Duncan MacNiven, 50,  from Aultbea, a fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland...
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"Cure or kill" dilemma for mum with million-to-one allergy to LIGHT

"Cure or kill" dilemma for mum with million-to-one allergy to LIGHT

7 May 2013  A MUM with a one-in-a-million profound allergy to LIGHT has been offered treatment that could cure her . . .  or kill her.
Katy Green, 28, has suffered from birth with...
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New yellow lines . . . outside school that was bulldozed four years ago!

New yellow lines . . . outside school that was bulldozed four years ago!

3 May 2013  CLUELESS workmen painted yellow zig-zags outside a school – that was bulldozed four years ago.
They didn’t spot the fact that Woodfield Primary, in Chester, had been...
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Breast cancer: Mum and daughter diagnosed on same day

Breast cancer: Mum and daughter diagnosed on same day

25 April 2013  A MUM and daughter were both diagnosed with breast cancer on the same day, then underwent surgery on the same day.
Karen Williams and her mum Diane Leach both discovered...
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A year after he nearly died, Muamba returns to the pitch

A year after he nearly died, Muamba returns to the pitch

23 April 2013 FABRICE Muamba has made a ‘surprise’ return to a football pitch – just over a year after he almost died from a cardiac arrest.

The former England Under-21 midfielder was...
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Schoolboy dices with death in lorry-surf video

Schoolboy dices with death in lorry-surf video

18 April 2013  A BOY in school uniform dices with death as he hitches a ride on the back of a TNT truck.
Cops are investigating after footage of his half-mile trip, at up to 30mph, was...
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One-legged man is told he's fit to work, after 13 years on benefits

One-legged man is told he's fit to work, after 13 years on benefits

12 April 2013 A SEVERELY disabled one-legged man has been told his Disability Living Allowance will be halted and he must find work
Richard Jones, 41, from Barrow, Cumbria, has been on...
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Fireball destroys £40,000 speed camera: Dramatic pics

Fireball destroys £40,000 speed camera: Dramatic pics

11 April 2013  A SPEED camera goes up in a fireball that cops believe was a deliberately targeted attack.
Dramatic pictures capture the moment that it, and a stolen blue G-reg Daihatsu...
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Hotel where guests can hire a goldfish for £5 a night

Hotel where guests can hire a goldfish for £5 a night

11 April 2013 HOTEL bosses are hiring out a GOLDFISH as a companion for lonely guests.
The Happy Guests Lodge in Dutton, Cheshire, charges a fiver a night
Owner Jeff Riley came up with the...
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Hospital gives baby Olivia Pooley a morphine overdose

Hospital gives baby Olivia Pooley a morphine overdose

11 April 2013 A HOSPITAL has apologised after bungling staff gave a morphine overdose to an 11-month-old baby.
It took 45 minutes before they realised Olivia Pooley had received 4mg of the...
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The cake-sized Jaffa Cake

The cake-sized Jaffa Cake

9 April 2013 THIS is the cake-sized Jaffa Cake that really takes the biscuit.
McVitie’s started selling  their world-famous Jaffa Cakes in 1927 and now for the first time they’re...
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Cheapest house in Britain - with a £1,000 starting price

Cheapest house in Britain - with a £1,000 starting price

5 April 2013 THERE have been houses in the past touted as the cheapest in Britain – but here’s one that beats them hands down, with a starting price of just £1,000.
Agents for the two-bed end...
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Docs baffled as Emily Marsh, 13, hiccups non-stop every two seconds for TEN WEEKS

Docs baffled as Emily Marsh, 13, hiccups non-stop every two seconds for TEN WEEKS

4 April 2013  EXPERTS are baffled by a schoolgirl who has been hiccupping non-stop for TEN WEEKS.
Emily Marsh, 13, hiccups every two seconds.
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Anorexic Georgia Willson-Pemberton, 26, died of "laxative overdose"

Anorexic Georgia Willson-Pemberton, 26, died of "laxative overdose"

3 April 2013  A FORMER private-school headgirl died of a suspected overdose oflaxatives, an inquest heard.
Anorexic Georgia Willson-Pemberton, 26, of Putney,  south west London, was...
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Wildfires light up sky in Scottish Highlands

Wildfires light up sky in Scottish Highlands

31 March 2013 WILDFIRES light up the skies around Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands as the fire service battle “numerous” out-of-control blazes.
Villagers in both Glenelg and Poolewe...
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How would ewe get 100 sheep to pose for a pic?

How would ewe get 100 sheep to pose for a pic?

22 March 2013 PERSUADING 100 sheep to stand still for a picture is no easy task.
But after six hours, and troughs full of food, photographer Carys Mair Evans captured this stunning image to...
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Punter, 86, betrayed by the prostitute he loved, aged 26

Punter, 86, betrayed by the prostitute he loved, aged 26

21 March 2013  A PUNTER aged 86 told how he was betrayed by his “regular” prostitute, aged 26, who stole his cash.
Richard Scott regarded Amanda West as his friend despite the 60-year...
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Sister jailed for plundering life savings of bed-ridden stroke victim

Sister jailed for plundering life savings of bed-ridden stroke victim

19 March 2013 A BED-RIDDEN heart and stroke patient says he will never forgive his sister for plundering his life savings.
Christine Davies, 57, offered to take control of her brother’s...
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Benefit cheat who claimed he could barely walk was judo instructor

Benefit cheat who claimed he could barely walk was judo instructor

18 March 2013  A BENEFIT cheat who claimed he could barely walk was a black belt JUDO INSTRUCTOR, a court heard.
David Roberts, 48, falsely claimed more than £18,000 disability living...
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Man, 27, critically injured by toppled telegraph pole

Man, 27, critically injured by toppled telegraph pole

13 March 2013   A MAN is in a critical condition after a telegraph pole toppled over in high winds and hit him on the head.
Paramedics resuscitated him after he suffered a cardiac...
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Boy, 5, dies in his sleep of meningitis

Boy, 5, dies in his sleep of meningitis

13 March 2013  A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy died in his sleep of suspected meningitis.
Tiernan Mowbray went to bed feeling “hot and tired” but with none of the classic symptoms of the disease.More

Caught on CCTV: Girl,12, hit by car then dragged under bus (WARNING: graphic video)

Caught on CCTV: Girl,12, hit by car then dragged under bus (WARNING: graphic video)

12 March 2013  A SCHOOLGIRL was hit by a car then dragged under a bus in horrifying scenes captured on CCTV.
Jade Phillips, 12, is in a serious condition after she suffered a fractured...
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Farmer ordered to pay £50,000 after tractor crushes worker to death

Farmer ordered to pay £50,000 after tractor crushes worker to death

11 March 2013  A FARMER has been ordered to pay nearly £50,000 after a worker was crushed to death by a tractor with a faulty handbrake on his farm in Cumbria.
Tom Phizacklea, 34, died...
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Farmer ordered to pay £50,000 after tractor crushes worker to death

Farmer ordered to pay £50,000 after tractor crushes worker to death

11 March 2013  A FARMER has been ordered to pay nearly £50,000 after a worker was crushed to death by a tractor with a faulty handbrake on his farm in Cumbria.
Tom Phizacklea, 34, died...
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Beer for breakfast!

Beer for breakfast!

8 March 2013  BREWERY bosses are under fire for launching a “breakfast beer”.
Critics say Cold Turkey Breakfast Beer, from the Scottish Highlands, will encourage people to drink in the...
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Climber slips on ice and dies in 600ft plunge

Climber slips on ice and dies in 600ft plunge

7 March 2013  A DAD-OF-TWO slipped on ice and plunged 600ft to his death on a notorious Lake District mountain trail.
Martin Peel, 35, was enjoying a mini-break with two friends when he...
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Toddler stops breathing for three minutes after nurse blocks tube

Toddler stops breathing for three minutes after nurse blocks tube

7 March 2013 A TODDLER admitted to hospital with a bad cold had to be resuscitated after a nurse accidentally blocked his breathing tubes.
Little Sannjay Varathabawan’s heart stopped for...
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Calm down dear, the vet will see you now

Calm down dear, the vet will see you now

7 March 2013  THESE zoo keepers are no mugs – they know exactly how to calm down a jittery bird ahead of its health check.
They put them head down into an empty coffee cup  before...
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Homeless man tortured and killed in chilling echo of horror film, court told

Homeless man tortured and killed in chilling echo of horror film, court told

5 March 2013  A HOMELESS man was tortured and stabbed to death in a sadistic and chilling echo of a violent horror film, a court heard.
Andrew Mackenzie Nall’s body was found with...
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Hospital's missing Alzheimer's patient found 175 miles away

Hospital's missing Alzheimer's patient found 175 miles away

4 March 2013  HOSPITAL bosses have launched an investigation after a 90-year-old patient with Alzheimer’s went missing in Bolton, Greater Manchester — and was found almost 175 miles...
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Passenger smuggles DOG on flight from Tel Aviv to London

Passenger smuggles DOG on flight from Tel Aviv to London

4 March 2013  A WOMAN passenger was removed from a plane after she smuggled a DOG onto a London-bound British Airways flight.
She managed to get the tiny teacup Yorkshire Terrier past...
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Cat sedated after yobs squirt washing up liquid in eyes, nose and mouth

Cat sedated after yobs squirt washing up liquid in eyes, nose and mouth

1 March 2013 VETS had to sedate a terrified moggie after thugs squirted washing up liquid into its eyes, nose and mouth and hacked off its whiskers.
Owner Adele Maden, 42, said she was...
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Health and saftety alert: Schoolboy isolated for wearing real tie instead of clip-on

Health and saftety alert: Schoolboy isolated for wearing real tie instead of clip-on

14 February 2013 A SCHOOLBOY was isolated for breaching health and safety rules by wearing a regular rather than a clip-on tie.
Max Richmond, 13, says the clip-on ones are uncomfortable and...
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Mob that brought terror to 45 phone shops

Mob that brought terror to 45 phone shops

11 February 2013 A GANG of a dozen youths ransacked 45 mobile phone shops, wrenching handsets and tablets worth hundreds of thousands of pounds from displays.
They "steamed" into stores...
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Forgotten widow dies after she was left to starve for nine days

Forgotten widow dies after she was left to starve for nine days

5 February 2013  A WIDOW who was left to starve after her nursing care was cut off has died in hospital.
Gloria Foster was left for nine days after the council-contracted agency...
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Tragic dad chokes to death on chewing gum

Tragic dad chokes to death on chewing gum

4 February 2013  A DAD choked to death on chewing gum.
Michael Leslie Jones, 59, collapsed outside his home in what a coroner said was “an awful, tragic accident that could have happened...
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Hoarder trapped for THIRTY HOURS in mountain of clutter

Hoarder trapped for THIRTY HOURS in mountain of clutter

1 February 2013 A COMPULSIVE hoarder was trapped for THIRTY HOURS by a mountain of his own clutter.
Noel Rainer, 85, fell over a 2ft-high mound of paper in his kitchen and couldn’t move.More

Patient choked to death after nurse missed "nil by mouth" sign

Patient choked to death after nurse missed "nil by mouth" sign

25 January 2013 A PATIENT choked to death after a nurse missed a “nil by mouth” sign above his bed, an inquest heard.
The nurse who gave Norman Betchley, 81, a tablet and a glass of water ran...
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British soldier with a secret wife in Norway: Families to be united after 60 years

British soldier with a secret wife in Norway: Families to be united after 60 years

24 January 2013  A BRITISH soldier’s two families will be united for the first time, after the revelation of a 60-year wartime secret.
Bernard Ambrose Dearsley left a wife of 17 years,...
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A win at last for Britain's worst team, after five years, 100 games and 933 goals

A win at last for Britain's worst team, after five years, 100 games and 933 goals

24 January 2013  AFTER five years, 100 games and 933 balls in the back of their net, Britain’s worst football team has finally won its first match. Huncoat United Under-15s finally tasted...
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