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Trophy hunter poses with 'Valentine's gift' - the heart of giraffe she just shot

Van Der Merwe, who started hunting at five and has killed up to 500 animals including lions, leopards and elephants.

By Daily Mirror 3 years ago

Trophy hunter poses with 'Valentine's gift' - the heart of giraffe she just shot

Woman who murdered pregnant victim and cut baby out of her to be first woman executed by US in 70 years

Woman who murdered pregnant victim and cut baby out of her to be first woman executed by US in 70 years

By Daily Mirror 3 years ago

Harry and Meghan 'sack 15 UK staff and close Palace office'

Harry and Meghan 'sack 15 UK staff and close Palace office'

By Daily Mirror 4 years ago

'Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm so glad I slid into your DMs'

'Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm so glad I slid into your DMs'

By Daily Mirror 4 years ago

Iran offers $80million bounty for Donald Trump's head

Nancy Pelosi, House speaker, criticised the manner in which the decision was taken.

By Daily Mirror 4 years ago

Iran offers $80million bounty for Donald Trump's head

'Domestic abuse kills more young women than cancer'

“The shame lies at the feet of the perpetrators.”

By Daily Mirror 4 years ago

'Domestic abuse kills more young women than cancer'

Mum dies after mistaking symptoms of deadly disease for start of menopause

Her family and friends are now trying to raise money for the Brain Tumour Research charity.

By Daily Mirror 4 years ago

Mum dies after mistaking symptoms of deadly disease for start of menopause

Homeless by choice Army veteran says being outside helps with PTSD

“If I am in a room on my own there is too much going on in my head.”

By Daily Mirror 4 years ago

Homeless by choice Army veteran says being outside helps with PTSD

Study: Children born through IVF more likely to develop cancer

The overall rate of cancer in IVF children is about 17% higher than in non-IVF children.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Study: Children born through IVF more likely to develop cancer

What happens when you have a 'favourite' child

For the child who does not feel favoured specifically, the consequences can be devastating:

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

What happens when you have a 'favourite' child

Stevie Wonder 'isn't blind'

The so-called 'Stevie Wonder Truthers' bizarrely claim there's a whole heap of evidence to suggest Stevie can see

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Stevie Wonder 'isn't blind'

Mum, 25, has septuplets in remarkable natural birth with six girls and one boy

The mum, who has not been named, is also in good health after the rare birth in the Diyali Province of eastern Iraq

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Mum, 25, has septuplets in remarkable natural birth with six girls and one boy

How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are spending first Valentine's Day

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are enjoying their first Valentine's Day as a married couple - and we hope it's extra special

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are spending first Valentine's Day

Forget Valentine's Day - February 14 named busiest day for divorces

Thousands of married couples filed for divorce on Valentine's Day

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Forget Valentine's Day - February 14 named busiest day for divorces

Mum ‘dismembers son and puts remains in handbag’

Nakira Griner, 24, is accused of the first-degree murder

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Mum ‘dismembers son and puts remains in handbag’

Chilling line Donald Trump skipped in SOTU speech

But a line he skipped in his annual speech was even more shocking.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Chilling line Donald Trump skipped in SOTU speech

Cry it out: Tears are good for eye health, emotional wellbeing

You are urged not to hold back tears as a good old cry does wonders for physical health

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Cry it out: Tears are good for eye health, emotional wellbeing

Mutant goat born with two heads, four eyes and three ears

The kid, which was unable to stand and needed to be bottle fed, died four days later during cold weather in Yezhai, eastern China

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Mutant goat born with two heads, four eyes and three ears

Doctors pump 15 cans of beer into man's stomach to save him from dying

Fifteen cans were used over the better part of a day.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Doctors pump 15 cans of beer into man's stomach to save him from dying

Newborn baby's body found in women's toilet bin

Fire officials later confirmed that the baby had died.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Newborn baby's body found in women's toilet bin

Man charged with 'plot to attack White House'

He had "hand-drawn diagram of ground floor of the West Wing", court documents show.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Man charged with 'plot to attack White House'

Online calculator ‘will tell your risk of breast cancer’

It lets GPs determine risk by combining a blood test with medical and family history

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Online calculator ‘will tell your risk of breast cancer’

Baby dies after mum gives him vodka so she can go for party

Doctors then checked the baby and found he had a viral infection.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Baby dies after mum gives him vodka so she can go for party

Kim Kardashian confirms she's expecting fourth child

She also revealed her fourth child will be a boy.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Kim Kardashian confirms she's expecting fourth child

Baby drowns as mum checks Facebook

By the time the mum called emergency workers, little Naomi could not be saved.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Baby drowns as mum checks Facebook

Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border unless he gets £3.9bn funding for wall

The shutdown began on December 22, triggered by the President's demand for $5 billion (£3.9 billion) in funding for his proposed border wall.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border unless he gets £3.9bn funding for wall

Canary Island volcanic eruption could send tsunami towards Britain

Waves could top 160ft.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Canary Island volcanic eruption could send tsunami towards Britain

‘Womb raider’ sliced pregnant mum to steal baby

Woman told her boyfriend she was pregnant, so she had to find a baby.

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

‘Womb raider’ sliced pregnant mum to steal baby

Congo child soldiers brainwashed into battle

UN high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, described the Kasai region as a “landscape of horror”

By Daily Mirror 5 years ago

Congo child soldiers brainwashed into battle

Why Alvaro Morata has decided to leave Real Madrid to sign for Manchester United

Alvaro Morata's proposed move to Manchester United will not damage his chances of becoming Spain's main man, according to ex-boss Vicente del Bosque.

By Daily Mirror 6 years ago

Why Alvaro Morata has decided to leave Real Madrid to sign for Manchester United

Manchester United urged to break world transfer record for Spurs’ Harry Kane NOT Cristiano Ronaldo

Jose Mourinho wants his Manchester United bosses to get £100million Spurs star Harry Kane ... and ignore Cristiano Ronaldo.

By Daily Mirror 6 years ago

Manchester United urged to break world transfer record for Spurs’ Harry Kane NOT Cristiano Ronaldo

Gilbert Deya caught in another scam selling olive oil as cure for cancer, HIV

A preacher who calls himself the 'Archbishop of Peckham' is allegedly selling extra virgin olive oil as a miracle cure for cancer and HIV. Gilbert Deya and his team were said to have been caught by a newspaper selling the £1.99 750ml product from Aldi in their church shop in South London for £4.99 as a cure if used on food.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Gilbert Deya caught in another scam selling olive oil as cure for cancer, HIV

Body of missing 11-year-old girl 'found in freezer' by her grandmother and aunt

The body of a missing 11-year-old girl is thought to have been found in a freezer by members of her family, police have revealed.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Body of missing 11-year-old girl 'found in freezer' by her grandmother and aunt

Man dies on Aer Lingus flight 'after biting another passenger and becoming extremely violent'

A man died aboard an Aer Lingus flight last night after he began biting another passenger and became unwell after being restrained.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Man dies on Aer Lingus flight 'after biting another passenger and becoming extremely violent'

Mum of two becomes first person in UK to donate kidney to stranger after Facebook appeal

"My biggest fear was not waking up and my kids being without a mum, when the reason I'm doing this is so another child isn't living without a mum," Louise added.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Mum of two becomes first person in UK to donate kidney to stranger after Facebook appeal

Mum and girlfriend deny murdering her two-year-old son and threatening to saw off another young boy's penis

A mother and her partner have denied murdering her two-year-old son and blaming his death on a seven-year-old boy.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Mum and girlfriend deny murdering her two-year-old son and threatening to saw off another young boy's penis

Man with 'world's longest penis' says women are too afraid to have sex with him`

But he also wants to be registered as disabled because he says his giant penis gets in the way and he is not able to hold down a proper job.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Man with 'world's longest penis' says women are too afraid to have sex with him`

Heartbroken bride moves wedding for dying dad but loses mum days before ceremony

Kelly said, “It was all going well until that Monday morning before the wedding when I woke up and had ten missed calls, and then my husband told me that my mum had died.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Heartbroken bride moves wedding for dying dad but loses mum days before ceremony

Two arrested at Creamfields after cops find 100 ecstasy tablets stashed in shampoo bottles

A shocking image shows officers uncovering the haul of tablets stashed in bottles of Head & Shoulders at the site in Daresbury, Cheshire.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Two arrested at Creamfields after cops find 100 ecstasy tablets stashed in shampoo bottles

Thousands of fluffy baby birds try to escape from crashed lorry

The chirping little bundles of feathers were looted from an overturned farmer’s truck by villagers following an accident that covered the road in a yellow mass.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Thousands of fluffy baby birds try to escape from crashed lorry

Mum causes daughter endless torture after ‘forcing' her to take heroine at age 7

They say an addict needs to hit rock bottom before they can turn their life around. And for Emma Monks, this was bringing her first-born into the world while behind bars for burglary with two prison officers by her side.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Mum causes daughter endless torture after ‘forcing' her to take heroine at age 7

Woman with horn on her head set for removal operation

The villager has become known to local residents as the 'unicorn woman' since the abnormal growth has appeared and taken over the top of her head.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Woman with horn on her head set for removal operation

Drunken lout accused of smoking on Easyjet flight launches homophobic rant at stewardess

Dawson pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words in an aircraft to a member of the crew, under Schedule 13 of the Air Navigation Order 2009, at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court, reports the Liverpool Echo.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Drunken lout accused of smoking on Easyjet flight launches homophobic rant at stewardess

Baby in miracle escape from horror car smash after saved by pram bought for unborn sister

Firefighters said the new pram stopped Kayci from being crushed while Vanessa, who is 24 weeks pregnant, and Marcel also escaped serious injury.

By Daily Mirror 8 years ago

Baby in miracle escape from horror car smash after saved by pram bought for unborn sister

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