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• Brahimi wins BBC African award 2014

  01-12-2014 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yacine Brahimi is voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014 and becomes the first Algerian to win the award.
  
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• Andrea Berta warned that £58m transfer priority could ‘crumble’ at Arsenal

  16-04-2025 18:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta is facing a crucial summer transfer window with Arsenal (Picture: Getty)William Gallas has his doubts that Viktor Gyokeres will live up to expectations if he joins Arsenal in the summer transfer window.Gyokeres has enjoyed another remarkable season at Sporting Lisbon, registering 31 goals and seven assists in just 28 league appearances this campaign.Such consistency has understandably seen the Swede become one of the most sought-after strikers in Europe, with a host of top clubs ci
  
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• Xbox boss vows Switch 2 support again but there’s still no sign of it

  16-04-2025 18:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Support is coming, but when? (Nintendo/Microsoft)Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has said he’s a ‘big believer’ in Nintendo, as he addresses questions about the company’s support for the Switch 2.The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct showcased an impressive amount of third-party support from the likes of Ubisoft, CD Projekt, Capcom, EA, Square Enix, and Sega, but one company was notably absent from the line-up.Microsoft has only published a couple of games on the Switch, as part o
  
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• Dragons’ Den star who scored £50,000 investment accuses rival of ripping off business

  16-04-2025 18:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  A Dragons’ Den contestant, who impressed the BBC show’s panel, is suing a business for copying her indoor dog toilet company.In 2022, Rebecca Sloan, 39, secured a £50,000 investment from Steven Bartlett, 32, for a 20% stake, after receiving offers from four bankers.She used the cash to develop her company Makeality’s product Piddle Patch, an environmentally-friendly litter tray made from grass for dogs.However, Makeality has accused Laurencia Walker-Fooks’s firm, Ci
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother favourite JoJo’s partner had role in major axed Amazon show

  16-04-2025 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  JoJo Siwa’s partner Kath Ebbs is a TV star – and soaps will have seen them before (Picture: Don Arnold/WireImage)Internet sensation JoJo Siwa is currently making waves after entering the Celebrity Big Brother house.The American popstar and influencer, 21, has been on quite the journey since entering the ITV reality show.Within days of walking in, they faced homophobic abuse from Hollywood’s Mickey Rourke.He received a warning for his actions, and was later removed for his beha
  
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• Coronation Street star stages return 25 years after controversial storyline

  16-04-2025 17:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dominic Rickhards is returning to Coronation Street (Picture: ITV)Former Coronation Street star Dominic Rickhards is returning to the cobbles after 25 years – albeit in a different role.The actor, 59, played occupational therapist Michael Wall in the ITV soap intermittently for two and a half years.Michael arrived to support Jim McDonald (Charles Lawson), who had been accidentally pushed off some scaffolding by son Steve (Simon Gregson), and was requiring the use of a wheelchair.They soon
  
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• Is ‘mammothpox’ real after WHO tests pandemic response with ancient mammal virus

  16-04-2025 17:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Caption: Mammothpox scenario: Should we be worried about ancient frozen mammals?
  gettyThe researchers and filmmakers had no idea they were looking at ‘mammothpox’ when they all suddenly fell ill.The novel virus was wriggling around a well-preserved wool mammoth specimen from thawing permafrost, permanently frozen ground.While analysing tissue samples, the team members began falling ill one after the other with symptoms akin to Mpox or smallpox.
  They knew that the virus would spread
  
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• Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas spark romance rumours after cosy helicopter ride

  16-04-2025 17:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ana de Armas and Tom Cruise have sparked relationship rumours (Picture: Backgrid)Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas fanned the flames of their romance rumour by touching down in London together after a private helicopter ride.Tom, 62, and Ana, 36, looked comfy and casual as they were snapped landing in Tom’s helicopter at Farnborough Airport.Ana wore a pair of dark blue wide-leg jeans with a white t-shirt and a black leather bomber jacket.Tom looked dressed down too in a pair of light grey trous
  
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• Chelsea urged to ‘cash in’ on £58m midfielder in summer transfer window

  16-04-2025 17:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Enzo Maresca has received fresh transfer advice from Chelsea supporters (Picture: PA)A number of Chelsea fans remain unconvinced about Romeo Lavia and believe he should be sold in the summer transfer window.It was reported on Wednesday that the 21-year-old midfielder was back in full Chelsea training at Cobham following his latest injury setback.Lavia, who joined the Blues from Southampton in the summer of 2023, has missed Chelsea’s last three Premier League games with a thigh problem.The
  
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• Who COULD she mean! Former Today programme star Mishal Husain uses first interview since BBC exit to decry 'bombastic' personality journalism and presenters who talk about themselves

  16-04-2025 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Today host Mishal Husain has criticised 'bombastic' presenters, following concerns that the BBC Radio 4 programme has become more personality-focused.
  
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• Barclays starts paying out £12,500,000 in outage refunds to customers — are you eligible?

  16-04-2025 17:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Millions of customers were affected (Picture: Getty Images)Barclays has now started issuing a total £12.5 million in compensation to customers affected by widespread outages on its app and website, with some reportedly receiving payments of up to £600 over the past week.In February, a number of banks’ mobile payment systems went down due to an ‘industry-wide’ IT failure, causing further disruption to those who were left without access to their accounts the previous
  
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• Disbelief as crime-swamped Met Police hold Easter Egg hunt for officers including counter-terror cops - and their kids aren't even allowed!

  16-04-2025 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Officers employed at the Empress State Building in London, which includes teams specialising in organised crime and counter-terror, are being offered the activity on Thursday.
  
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• Chelsea stance on Moises Caicedo transfer revealed after Al-Nassr interest

  16-04-2025 17:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Moises Caicedo is wanted by Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr (Shutterstock)Chelsea have no intention of selling Moises Caicedo this summer following interest from Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr.The Ecuador international turned down a move to Liverpool in order to join Chelsea in a £115 million deal from Brighton in 2023.Caicedo struggled in his first season at Chelsea but under Enzo Maresca this term, the 23-year-old has been one of the team’s standout performers.According to The Tele
  
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• Read the creepy letter female rehab counselor exchanged with Washington boy, 16, 'she molested'

  16-04-2025 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alicia Kaye Stowe, 36, is currently on trial in Washington state after prosecutors say she had sex with the then 16-year-old.
  
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• I spent 5 days on a Northern Lights cruise — every hellish obstacle was worth it

  16-04-2025 17:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  The icy wilderness of the Arctic is one of the best places to see the Northern Lights (Picture: Hurtigruten)Fingertips burning, I can barely hold my phone steady as Arctic wind whips daggers across my cheeks. My thermal vest has dislodged from the waistband of my trousers, exposing naked skin to the biting polar breeze. My nose is running, my toes are aching, and my neck has seized from gazing upwards into the blackness of the night sky.And then, from the abyss, it appears: a white wisp swirlin
  
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• Over £275k of unwanted electric cars dumped at the roadside in Nottingham after US Tesla rival went bust

  16-04-2025 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nine brand new EVs have been abandoned on a public road after the Tesla-rivalling manufacturer went into liquidation last year.
  
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• Elon Musk 'offered to impregnate glamorous influencer then retaliated when she turned him down'

  16-04-2025 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk allegedly offered to impregnate right-wing influencer Tiffany Fong- and then retaliated by harming her X earnings when she declined the officer.
  
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• The Apprentice winner Joseph Valente slams Lord Alan Sugar who's 'gone soft'

  16-04-2025 17:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Plumber-turned-multi-millionaire Joseph Valente - who won the show in 2015 - said Lord Sugar's "fear factor had been watered down" ahead of tomorrow night's final
  
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• 'I tried chef's hack for fluffiest scrambled eggs - breakfast is changed forever'

  16-04-2025 17:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scrambled egg is one of the most popular breakfast dishes in the UK - but all too often they can come out of the pan too sloppy, hard or rubbery. We tried a chef's recipe to get them perfect
  
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• JD Vance goes ballistic on 'bulls***' journalist critical of Trump's plans to deport millions

  16-04-2025 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vice President JD Vance took to social media on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trump 's deportation strategy, losing patience for what he described as 'bulls*** arguments.'
  
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• Kate Cassidy reveals Liam Payne's chilling final words to her as she details the true extent of his addiction struggles in new interview - after she was accused of using him for 'clout'

  16-04-2025 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kate Cassidy has revealed the chilling final words Liam Payne said to her during their last goodbye in Argentina just days before he died. 
  
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• Sporty medical student, 23, is left quadruple amputee after suspected bout of 'flu' turned out to be life-threatening sepsis

  16-04-2025 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lily McGarry, 23, from Jersey, was studying medicine at Cardiff University when she was rushed to A&E in January with flu-like symptoms.
  
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• Police chief hits out at people who report 'fluff and nonsense' and says officers must stop dealing with 'guff' and prioritise real crimes

  16-04-2025 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police should stop wasting their time investigating 'guff' and tell people reporting 'fluff and nonsense' on social media to 'grow up', one of Britain's top chiefs has said.
  
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• Moment 'Rolex ripper' gang mistakenly target pair of undercover police officers in Mayfair - before being swarmed and arrested by cops

  16-04-2025 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of the yobs, Yakob Harket, 21, can be seen snatching a replica Patek Philippe Rose Gold watch from the female officer's wrist in Berkeley Square, Mayfair.
  
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• Pill taken by millions on NHS ‘could also prevent leukaemia’

  16-04-2025 17:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Professor George Vassiliou, who co-led the study into metformin (Picture: Blood Cancer UK/PA Wire)One of the most prescribed drugs in the UK could have a new benefit we didn’t know about, researchers say.Metformin, which is mainly used to control diabetes, could help prevent an aggressive form of blood cancer, a new study suggests.Research published in Nature today first looked at its effects in mice, then analysed genetic data for humans.They found that people who took metformin were les
  
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• Elon Musk breaks silence on bombshell claims about his 'legion' of kids and their mothers

  16-04-2025 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The article included an in-depth account from 26-year-old conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair, who claims Musk bought her silence after she gave birth to a baby boy who is his back in February.
  
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• Sculpture at Port of Dover celebrates VE Day and the pioneering history of radar

  16-04-2025 17:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The sculpture, named Echoes, was unveiled in Dover today and has been designed by artist Martin Barraud to commemorate the anniversaries of Victory in Europe Day
  
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• Major change on Woolworths shelves that has divided shoppers

  16-04-2025 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many Woolworths shoppers are outraged while others don't see what the fuss is about.
  
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• Insider reveals truth behind Prince Harry's rumoured 'falling out' with Princess Eugenie

  16-04-2025 17:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reports had suggested that Prince Harry and Princess Eugenie's once close relationship had 'soured' after a specific incident but a royal insider has now hit back at the claims
  
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• Janet Street Porter issues groveling apology after being branded 'snobby' for 'trash talking bin men' on Loose Women - all while wearing £245 blouse

  16-04-2025 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 78-year-old was joined by Charlene White, 44, Denise Welch, 66, and Mariella Frostup, 62, to chat about some of this week's newsworthy topics.
  
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