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'I'm an American Airlines pilot – there's two reasons your chair won't recline on plane'

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Ever wondered why your seat won't recline on the plane? Well according to one American Airlines pilot, there's two very important reasons – and it's quite interesting...

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Mystery of 'John Doe #3' found dead in creek bed finally solved after 45 years

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Detectives used facial reconstruction and DNA testing to identify 25-year-old Donald Gene Horecka, who went missing sometime in the late 1970s to early 1980.

Plane crashes into huge warehouse with multiple 'casualties' reported

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The plane crash is the latest incident to have rocked America in recent days with a reporter at the scene having shared that so far 11 people have been injured in the crash

Four dogs die in 'devastating' floods after 'absolutely no warning' given to kennels

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Most of the dogs staying at Manchester Boarding Kennels on Willow Farm in Urmston have been rescued as a 'major incident' was declared across the region - but four were sadly not so lucky

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Airline with the least legroom revealed and it's not Ryanair or easyJet

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A Which? survey has ranked popular airlines based on the amount of legroom they provide, with some carriers offering significantly more room than others on short-haul flights

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Prince William channels late Queen as ‘new rock’ for royal family

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Prince William is said to have inherited his late grandmother's 'steadfast' approach to change as he stepped up as the 'new rock' of the royal family during a difficult year

Labour kickstarts social care shake-up - with help for thousands of people to stay at home

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has ordered an independent probe to look at reforming the crisis-hit social care sector - but the final proposals won't be published until 2028

Royal British Legion issues rallying cry to World War Two heroes ahead of major 80th anniversary

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If you or a family member are a veteran of World War Two, the Royal British Legion wants to hear from you, so you can take part in this year's 80th anniversary

Fears grow for NHS as polling shows the public are impatient for Labour to rescue health service

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The NHS is being hit by 'quad-demic' of illnesses, as an Ipsos poll shows long waits for A&E, 999 calls and GP appointments are the biggest worries Britons have

Four in five car thefts not being solved by police - check how bad your area is

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Some 24,837 car thefts went unsolved in just a three-month period last year - check our digital map to see how different police forces performed across the country

Thursday, Jan 2

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Fed-up locals in rural village that inspired kids' TV favourite claim area is being ruined

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Camberwick Green was a favourite TV show for a generation of children based around rural village Wivelsfield Green, in East Sussex, but now there are fears that it is being overdeveloped

Britain faces mega 400-mile wall of snow in just days as weather maps turn purple

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The UK is in the midst of a brutal Arctic blast and when a low pressure system moving in from the south west hits cold polar air it will lead to a wall of snow more than 400 miles wide

Village shocked by spate of cat poisonings as pets left foaming at the mouth

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Animal charity 'Animals in Need Donegal' has appealed to people to stop putting down poison after a spate of cat poisonings in the village of Ballintra, Co Donegal

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Arctic blast sees five days of Met Office snow and ice warnings as communities face being cut off

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The UK is in the middle of an Arctic blast with yellow warnings for ice and snow from the Met Office which ran from Thursday and on until Monday with flurries of up to 30cm in some areas

Ten-year-old girl shot in head outside home during New Year celebrations for a selfish reason

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Yanelis Munguia, aged 10, was struck in the head by a stray bullet while outside her home celebrating New Year with her family in Florida and they saw her suddenly collapse to the ground

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Surrey hospital issues critical incident as patients are sent home over virus spread

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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has declared a critical incident at East Surrey Hospital owing to high levels of sickness and of demands on its staff

New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar was a 'lone wolf' US army veteran radicalised by ISIS

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Shamsud-Din Jabbar is believed to have been acting on his own own when he launched the horrific attack in New Orleans having become disillusioned with the US and joined ISIS

Counter-terror cops and MI5 on standby for ISIS copycat attack in UK after New Orleans

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Chris Phillips, former head of the UK's National Counter Terrorism Security Office, told the Mirror: 'There will be concerns of a copycat attack taking place in the UK. Iconic sites are the key and there are hundreds of them here in the UK'

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Plymouth powercut hell as thousands of homes left without electricity after 'loud bang'

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More than 1,000 homes have been left without power in Plymouth after an earlier loud nose which caused windows to shake in some places as a transformer "went"

Meghan Markle's famous pals set to join Mindy Kaling and appear in new Netflix series

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Meghan Markle’s highly anticipated Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, will showcase the Duchess of Sussex engaging in various activities with close friends and celebrity guests

Wayne Osmond dies aged 73 as The Osmonds singer's family pay heartbreaking tribute

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The Osmonds singer Wayne Osmond has died at the age of 73 as his family issued an emotional statement where they said they 'love him and will miss him dearly'

Brit tourist and her fiance found dead in Vietnam after drinking wine in holiday villa mystery

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Greta Marie Otteson, 33, who enjoyed travelling had been living in Vietnam with Els Arno Quinton and the pair had recently got engaged before they were found dead on Boxing Day

Is April Windsor dead on Emmerdale? Truth about missing teen after hospital scenes

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April Windsor went missing from the Emmerdale village on Christmas Day and was last seen getting into a mystery car

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Family killed by eating poisoned Christmas cake could've survived if they hadn't made key error

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Family members Tatiana Denize Silva dos Anjos, 43, Maida Berenice Flores da Silva, 58, and Neuza Denize Silva dos Anjo were killed when they ate a Christmas cake in Brazil

‘New Orleans attack is in the shadow of a far greater terror being unleashed in Gaza’

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As tragic as the deaths are in America and Germany, Mirror columnist Paul Routledge says we must keep a sense of proportion and remember where horror on a far greater scale is being perpetrated by Israel against Palestinians

Royal fans spot blunder in Meghan Markle's new Instagram video as Netflix trailer drops

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As the trailer drops for Meghan Markle's new Netflix series With Love, Meghan, eagle-eyed fans have picked up on a blink and you'll miss it detail which offers a little behind the scenes insight

Meghan Markle Netflix series release date, episode count and special guests

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Netflix have unveiled Meghan Markle’s brand new series and it’s already causing a stir.

Fish dinner poisoning horror as teen, 17, dead and eight in hospital in new Brazil scandal

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A 17-year-old boy has died and eight family members were taken to hospital after being poisoned during a New Year's dinner in Brazil, following a fatal family Christmas dinner in the same country

'25 bold ideas for Keir Starmer which can inject real hope for brighter Britain'

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After the Prime Minister's appeal for ideas to bring growth, Real Britain columnist Ros Wynne-Jones offers 25 ways Labour can reform the country and make things feel better again

What's wrong with Sarah on Emmerdale? Health battle explained after horror collapse

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Sarah Sugden's health has been a big storyline on Emmerdale over the years, with her health once again taking front and centre in a new storyline this evening