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Four in 10 North Sea oil and gas licences owned by foreign firms and investors
A study by he Common Wealth think tank has revealed that 40% of the licences for North Sea oil and gas are owned by firms based abroad, with profits going to overseas companies and investors
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MP's family trapped in Gaza church with no water as IDF 'shoots anyone leaving'
Layla Moran, the UK's first MP of Palestinian descent, said on Sunday that a tank is outside the church where her family are sheltering and the building opposite has been overrun by IDF soldiers
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The UK's most popular and unpopular dog names of 2023 - see how your pet ranks
Dogs are like family members – and as with baby names, many of us agonise over what to call our new arrivals. But some names for our beloved four legged friends are stranger than others
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Squirming Michelle Mone admits lying as she's battered by Laura Kuenssberg
Baroness Michelle Mone claimed she had "no case to answer" but admitted she could gain from profits from £200 of PPE contracts, while husband Doug Barrowman said the pair were treated like "Bonnie and Clyde"
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Derek Draper's heart attack devastated family as he had been 'doing 'so well'
Kate Garraway's husband Derek Draper is back in hospital fighting for his life after suffering a shock heart attack just two weeks before Christmas
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Michelle Mone admits to Laura Kuenssberg she stands to benefit from PPE contract
Baroness Michelle Mone told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that she stands to benefit from £200million of contracts awarded to PPE Medpro, and said she regrets denying links to it
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Top chef slams 'eye watering' food waste as millions go hungry this Christmas
A celebrity Michelin-starred chef who grow up on a council estate has called on the Government to tackle the equivalent of seven billion meals wasted every year as families face hunger this Christmas
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Matt Hancock and Boy George had dinner date despite 'slimy' remark
Though he says he doesn't agree with what Matt Hancock did while in office, Boy George was more than happy to have dinner with him after their trials on I'm A Celebrity were over
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Ex-Tory council leader backs Labour in by-election to replace Peter Bone
Martin Griffiths, who has served as a councillor for 17 years, and is a former leader of Wellingborough Borough Council, said the area needs an “honest MP. Someone with integrity who puts residents first.”
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'I fear my family members sheltering in a Gaza church won't survive Christmas'
Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Layla Moran explains the harrowing situation her extended family members find themselves in
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'Rishi Sunak is a haunted man as deepening woes signal end of his Tory regime'
Keir Mudie says Rishi Sunak is a Scrooge who hasn’t learned any lessons, despite what the ghosts are telling him - and a horrible festive season is in store for him
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Hunt branded 'Grinch' as families spend more on tax hikes than Christmas gifts
Households are expected to spend an average of £279 on Christmas presents this year, but a typical family is likely to be hit with £800 worth of tax hikes as a result of Mr Hunt’s decision to freeze income tax thresholds
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Emails say 600 schools could still have crumbling RAAC and not know about it
Officials privately accepted it is likely to take “a number of years” to resolve the RAAC crisis in documents seen by the Mirror
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Drivers warned over new speeding ticket rules for 20mph limits - with big fines
The Welsh Government will put an end to the 'grace period' which stopped enforcement over new speeding limits - but thousands of members of the public have hit out at the new 20mph roads
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Sunak diverted RAF jet to pick him up after political event and take him to Rome
The Prime Minister travelled to a political event in Teesside by train yesterday - meanwhile a taxpayer-funded RAF jet was flown up to wait overnight for him, before flying him to a far-right political conference in Rome, in apparent breach of the ministerial code
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Inside the fight against 'brazen' shoplifting scourge blighting our streets
With a rising tide of shoplifting costing British shop owners almost £1billion a year, business leaders are warning that thieves are growing more confident than ever. The Mirror investigates.
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Chilling new gun control ad takes aim at 'thoughts and prayers' after shootings
A controversial advert that takes a stab at the lack of gun control in America has gone viral but has also triggered a fierce backlash from supporters of gun culture
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'Plan to impose blanket ban on kids using social media is a desperate gimmick'
The access children have to social media and the questionable things they are exposed to on the internet are complex problems that won't be solved by the Government's idea to impose a blanket ban
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Children could be banned from using social media, Tory minister hints
Tory Science Minister Andrew Griffith said a consultation may be launched in the new year, with measures being considered including a ban on under-16s using sites like Instagram and TikTok
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Celebrating 106 great years of the Mirror's great opinion writers
From seeing justice done for Hillsborough to angering Winston Churchill, the Mirror's columnists have been at the leading edge of journalism for over a hundred years. Paul Routledge pays tribute.
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'The NHS is our greatest innovation - but the Tories have wrecked it'
A grim picture has been painted by recent figures which show the NHS struggling to keep up with patient demand even before the worst of winter arrives, and the Tories have made it this way
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Israel and Sunak at loggerheads after ambassador rubbishes two-state solution
Israeli ambassador to Britain Tzipi Hotovely said yesterday that Israel "absolutely" rules out a two-state settlement with the Palestinians, sparking a row with PM Rishi Sunak and the US
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'Refugees just seek normality and safety - I did when I fled civil war for UK'
Twenty-four years ago Sabir Zazai arrived to Britain in the back of a lorry after an arduous journey from war-torn Afghanistan - now the refugee champion hopes to keep the spirit of sanctuary alive
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Starmer and Blair join mourners at Labour 'matriarch' Glenys Kinnock's funeral
Figures from across Labour's past and present, including Gordon Brown, Alastair Campbell, Lord Mandelson and Ed Balls, all attended the service in north London
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Nuked blood: Rishi Sunak "made to look an idiot" by his officials
No10 officials have told nuclear veterans their medical records are not missing, but won't let the PM meet them to discuss it