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Stab victim's heartbreaking tribute - 'hope God likes your TikTok dancing'
Elianne Andam's cousin visited a shrine set up by the girl's pals at the scene of her senseless killing - and described her as a 'highly intelligent and a lovely, lovely girl'
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Cancer patients have charity cash cut in cost of living crisis
Macmillan Cancer Care has given grants to cancer patients to help with their additional costs for around a century - but they are having to chop £50 off the grant due to huge numbers of applications
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4 mins from Croydon stab scene teens can still allowed to buy knives with no ID
Our volunteer Uva was able to buy knives from two stores in Croydon, close to where Elianne Andam was stabbed to death earlier this week
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Republicans and Democrats take huge step in averting Government shutdown chaos
The House has passed an emergency stop gap bill to prevent the US Government shutting down - all eyes are now on the Senate with Republicans and Democrats at loggerheads
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Far-right extremists praise Braverman after controversial immigration speech
Extremists aim to 'capitalise' on comments made by Suella Braverman about immigration, that being discriminated against for being gay or a woman should not guarantee refugee status
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Democrat pulls Congress fire alarm sparking evacuation amid shutdown vote
Democrat Jamaal Bowman was caught on camera in the Cannon House office just before the House was to begin voting. An investigation is now under way
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'Braverman's horror shows are a sorry sign of times and say a lot about Tories'
Keir Mudie says Suella Braverman has been taking her act on the road this week to test it out before her big speech on Tuesday and becoming increasingly unhinged in the process
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'Evil child killer Colin Pitchfork will kill again - I know, he killed my child'
Barbara Ashworth, whose daughter was killed by Colin Pitchfork, urges the Parole Board not to make the same mistake twice as the double murderer launches a new bid for freedom
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Jacob Rees-Mogg earns a whopping £750 an hour on GB News on top of MP's salary
The multi-millionaire's pay check for the controversial news channel - which is equivalent to a £356,000 full-time salary - is in addition to the £86,584 salary Jacob Rees-Mogg earns
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'I swapped Rwanda for Rochdale to marry ex-Labour and now we're adopting'
Simon Danczuk and his wife Claudine got married in Rwanda over the summer and are having a UK ceremony at the end of October - then, they plan to adopt a baby from her homeland
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Carrie Johnson stocks up on £3.99 Aldi candles in far cry from 'gold wallpaper'
The Johnsons are notorious for their lavish lifestyle including a 2021 scandal over Downing Street renovations - but after sharing a recent trip to Aldi, it seems Carrie is on a budget
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Five problems awaiting Rishi Sunak at Tory conference - from HS2 to Liz Truss
The PM faces a number of hurdles this week with a divided party after 13 years in power, with doubts looming over HS2, speeches by former PMs, and a protest just outside the conference centre
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'If Tories can't prevent ticket offices axe it will be a betrayal of passengers'
It has emerged rail firms consulted with ministers before pressing ahead with the cull, but the Government has tried to claim it was not involved when it could have halted it
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HS2 snub is another Tory nail in the North’s sorry sinking coffin
How has the region that was the ­backbone of the industrial revolution sunk from being one of the world’s richest to one of Europe’s poorest?
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Chilling Partygate secrets revealed in TV drama - with booze, drugs and sex
Georgie Henley, who plays fictional No10 special adviser Grace Greenwood, hopes seeing Tory lies re-enacted in the show will encourage public to show their outrage at ballot box
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Rishi Sunak to pledge billions for road schemes in bid to sugarcoat HS2 betrayal
The PM will unveil plans for a roads spending bonanza at Conservative Party conference as he faces accusations he's doing the dirty on the North by cancelling HS2 to Manchester
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Worried voters want police to get tough to tackle shoplifting scourge - poll
A Mirror survey revealed people are increasingly concerned about crime in their local area. The majority (55%) would support tougher penalties for those convicted of shoplifting
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Tories strip £90billion from defence during 13 years of cuts to the military
The House of Commons Library calculated that £90.3billion more cash would have been injected into the armed forces if the Conservatives stuck with spending 2.5% of GDP on defence
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Tories deny they're plotting to strip pensioners of Winter Fuel Allowance
The Government insisted it was not going to axe the lifeline following reports Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was drawing up plans that would have meant only the very poorest OAPs would still be eligible
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US government shutdown threatens nationwide chaos - all you need to know
Unless a divided house can unite by Sunday, the US government will shutdown. This could leave millions not receiving their paychecks and millions more unable to access bassociaic services
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Rishi Sunak slammed as fake friend of motorists as potholes farce creates misery
Labour criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for trying to portray himself as a friend of drivers as he prepares to block English councils from imposing 20mph speed limits
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Oldest US senator and 'icon for women in politics' passes away age 90
Dianne Feinstein was the first woman president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman mayor of San Francisco, and one of two of the first women elected to the US Senate from California
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Boxes of champagne unloaded in bumper booze delivery for Conservative conference
Security staff were pictured checking over crates of plonk as Tory faithful, MPs and ministers prepare to descend on Manchester for the annual Conservative Party Conference
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Tories will hike taxes by up to £3,500-a-year for every UK home by next election
Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found the Conservative Government has presided over the biggest set of tax rises in a single parliament since the Second World War