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• 7 of the biggest TV shows that ‘completely betrayed’ their fans

  29-03-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Do you agree with the choices? (Picture: Netflix/Everett/Rex Features/Shutterstock)TV fans have revealed which shows left them feeling absolutely betrayed – so let’s see if you agree with their choices.It can be a pretty lonely experience once you’ve finished your favourite TV series.For months on end, a show can feel like it’s part of your life, like huge hits that spanned years like Game of Thrones, Lost and Dexter.Whether you’re bored at work and you can&rs
  
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• Sony is bringing back classic PlayStation console themes for PS5

  23-04-2025 19:04 via metro.co.uk
  The themes are back (Sony Interactive Entertainment)PS5 themes to celebrate PlayStation’s 30th anniversary will officially return this week, as Sony rolls out an update to improve audio.PlayStation’s 30th anniversary may have served as a reminder of Sony’s distant past, but there was one celebration which delivered the right kind of nostalgia.In December, Sony rolled out an update which added the original PlayStation’s bright white boot-up sequence to the PlayStation 5,
  
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• The majority of people still think this female body part is ‘unacceptable’

  23-04-2025 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  It’s 2025, but we’re still somehow holding onto shame (Picture: Getty Images)From the constant mocking of Aimee Lou Wood’s teeth to Sydney Sweeney’s stomach being branded ‘chunky’ by trolls, it seems there’s no part of women’s bodies that isn’t in the firing line.And now, a new poll from YouGov shows that more than 60% of the British public believe it’s unacceptable for women to wear transparent or translucent clothing, as heaven forbi
  
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• Ben Affleck praised by fans after refusing to buy son, 13, $6,000 shoes

  23-04-2025 18:54 via metro.co.uk
  Ben Affleck has opened up about his son asking for $6,000 trainers (Picture: Getty)Ben Affleck has been met with huge praise after unpacking a viral video where he turned down his son’s request for expensive trainers.Last month, a clip emerged of the Batman actor and his youngest son, Samuel – who he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner – attending a sneaker convention, when the teenager eyed up a pair of Dior Air Force 1s with an eyewatering price tag.Having absolutely none of
  
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• French Open 2025 full schedule: Dates, TV channel and how to watch from UK

  23-04-2025 18:50 via metro.co.uk
  Carlos Alcaraz is aiming to defend his crown in the men’s singles at Roland-Garros (Picture: Getty)The French Open is back for another year as the world’s best tennis players fight it out to land a major title on the iconic clay courts in Paris.Carlos Alcaraz is aiming to defend his crown in the men’s singles while Iga Swiatek is the current champion in the women’s singles at Roland-Garros.The Grand Slam tournament is being shown live on a new TV channel in the United Ki
  
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• ‘Chemical incident’ closes roads with neighbours warned to keep windows shut

  23-04-2025 18:50 via metro.co.uk
  Emergency workers are at the scene wearing protective gear (Picture: JMG PRESS)People in Greater Manchester are being urged to keep their doors and windows closed amid a ‘chemical incident’.Video from the Manchester Evening News appears to show orange fumes spewing out of a tanker on West End Street, Oldham, this afternoon.Officials are trying to bring the ‘suspected chemical incident’ under control.
  West End Street and Chadderton Way have been shut.🚨 Emergency S
  
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• Thunderbolts* with Marvel’s ‘darkest material yet’ debuts to giddy early reviews

  23-04-2025 18:39 via metro.co.uk
  Florence Pugh has been singled out for praise in positive first reactions to Thunderbolts* (Picture: Marvel Studios)Marvel’s newest release Thunderbolts* has been praised in first reactions for its dark material and ‘independent cinema’ feel, as well as a movie-stealing turn from Florence Pugh.Described as ‘easily one of the best MCU movies in a long time’, it’s Thunderbolts* that will wrap up Phase 5 cinematically with Pugh in her first lead role for the fra
  
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• ‘It’s never worked’ – Chelsea star urged to leave after Enzo Maresca decision

  23-04-2025 18:35 via metro.co.uk
  Enzo Maresca hasn’t been able to get the best out of one player (Picture: Getty)Frank Leboeuf has urged Chelsea and Christopher Nkunku to ‘cut their losses’ and go their separate ways this summer as the Frenchman’s struggles at Stamford Bridge worsen.Much had been hoped of Nkunku at Chelsea when the versatile forward completed his £52m move from RB Leipzig in 2023.But after an injury-affected first campaign saw him feature sparingly in Mauricio Pochettino’s s
  
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• Toxin caused by common stomach bug could be driving up rates of bowel cancer

  23-04-2025 18:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rates of bowel cancer among young Britons have been increasing for years (Picture: Getty Images)A toxin produced by E. coli – the troublesome bug that causes vomiting and fevers – could be behind rising bowel cancer rates.
  The disease, also called colorectal cancer, predominantly impacts people over 50 though for the last two decades has begun to impact more young people worldwide.
  Many of these countries are richer nations in the west – including England – with poo
  
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• The super-rich are now building subterranean homes — and they look fit for the apocalypse

  23-04-2025 18:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Feeling apocalyptic looking at this sunken home? (Picture: Hawkes / SWNS)A little-known planning exemption is helping the super-rich to build subterranean homes in the middle of the countryside – and many of them look suitably apt for the apocalypse.The National Planning Policy Framework (paragraph 84, to be exact) is an exemption clause that allows new homes to be built in rural areas, provided the design is of ‘exceptional quality.’Historically, it’s mainly been used t
  
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• Multi million-dollar mansion of entrepreneur and his former TV producer wife is stormed by heavily armed police as part of 'money-laundering operation'

  23-04-2025 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NSW Police's anti-gang taskforce executed a no-knock warrant on a Bellevue Hill home in Sydney 's east owned by Stephanie Jendegian and her entrepreneur husband Garrett on February 6.
  
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• Switch 2 demand ‘far exceeds’ expectations as Nintendo apologises to players

  23-04-2025 18:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Switch 2 might be a juggernaut (Nintendo)Demand for the Switch 2 has surpassed Nintendo’s expectations in Japan, as it issues a statement about pre-orders.Nintendo may have fumbled certain details around the Switch 2’s reveal, with some very poor communication around pricing, but that has had seemingly no effect on pre-orders.Many retailers across the UK and Europe have already sold out, after pre-orders went live earlier this month – ahead of the console’s launch on
  
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• Rachel Reeves says US trip about more than tariff 'damage limitation' and talks up Trump trade deal amid fears of UK economic slowdown

  23-04-2025 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor is in Washington for IMF meetings and talks with other G20 finance ministers to discuss the impact of the US president on global commerce.
  
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• Prince Harry's bitter reason for UK security battle - and it's not to bring family here

  23-04-2025 18:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry has been embroiled in a legal battle over the safety of bringing his children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to the UK - but one expert believes it's also down to one other big factor
  
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• Trump announces dramatic new addition to the White House that he will pay for himself: Live updates

  23-04-2025 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It came after reports Trump is considering hiking taxes on those who earn more than $1 million a year. The proposed move would help fund tax cuts for other Americans.
  
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• Huge breakthrough as scientists pinpoint cause of colon cancer in young people... with 100,000 exposed yearly

  23-04-2025 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A common bacterial toxin may be to blame for America's colon cancer epidemic, a bombshell study from the University of California San Diego suggests.
  
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• Terrifying hint that Americans visiting popular sun spot are at high risk of terror attacks

  23-04-2025 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  American tourists planning a trip to one of the world's most popular summer destinations have been warned to 'exercise increased caution'.
  
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• Powerful Democrat Senator Dick Durbin announces he's retiring setting off a succession scramble

  23-04-2025 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Democrat has announced he will not run for re-election.
  
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• Trump sends the markets wild with promise for 'fair' trade deal with China amid growing uncertainty

  23-04-2025 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Markets rose Wednesday as Trump and his Treasury secretary spoke of the potential of a deal with China amid a trade war, plus the president saying he didn't plan to fire the head of the Fed.
  
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• Jealous husband who stabbed wife's male friend in the neck in frenzied attack after late night row is jailed

  23-04-2025 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ian Pemberton, 62, from Hornsea, pleaded guilty to attempted murder on August 26 last year. He has now been sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison.
  
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• Teen driver who killed best friend when ploughing into wall at 70mph in Vauxhall Corsa is jailed for six years

  23-04-2025 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Inexperienced and 'reckless' new motorist Finley Lintott-Warrillow, then 19, killed' Brandon Cousens, 18, when he crashed into a garden wall in Southampton.
  
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• Wife of tourist shot dead in terror attack describes moment gunman opened fire

  23-04-2025 17:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Relatives of a victim were seen sobbing at a funeral (Picture: AP)The wife of a tourist who was killed in a bloody attack by militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir has recalled her last moments with him, enjoying the sunshine.Militants opened fire on a crowd of tourists in a beauty spot near the Himalayas yesterday, leaving 27 people dead in a beauty spot just above the tourist town of Pahalgam in south Kashmir.One victim’s wife told Metro her husband had looked around just moments before
  
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• Fury as Lib Dem-run council axes 80th anniversary of VE Day event because its got no money - despite employing new chief executive on £205,000

  23-04-2025 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lib dem run Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council confirmed there will be no official event held in the harbour town to mark the anniversary on May 8.
  
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• The real reason why I and millions of other young people were drawn to the Pope in this cynical, social media-mad world: FRED KELLY

  23-04-2025 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The last thing I expected to wake up to on Bank Holiday Monday was a flood of messages from friends in their twenties expressing shock and sadness at the death of Pope Francis.
  
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• SpudBros' amazing surprise for young fan waiting in queue leaves people with tears in their eyes

  23-04-2025 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fans of the Preston-based Spud Brothers have praised owners for a 'wholesome' gesture.
  
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• Drug-fuelled driver who killed toddler after '20-line cocaine binge' is gang leader who was freed from prison early

  23-04-2025 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rawal Rehman, 35, had snorted the Class A drug and visited two massage parlours before the tragedy in which Louisa Palmisano, three, died in central Manchester.
  
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• Spain travel rule means Brits could be turned away at the airport over £97 issue

  23-04-2025 17:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British tourists are being warned they could be turned away at the airport if they do not have enough money to sustain themselves during their whole holiday to Spain
  
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• Gilgo Beach victim 'Peaches' finally identified after 27 years in bombshell serial killer case update

  23-04-2025 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tanya Denise Jackson, 26, and her two-year-old daughter Tatiana Marie were identified in a bombshell press briefing held by Nassau County officials Wednesday.
  
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• Dolls 'salvaged' from thrift shops, VHS tape sculptures and war trauma paintings: The four artists shortlisted for this year's Turner Prize are revealed

  23-04-2025 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Announced today at Tate Britain - on what would have JMW Turner's 250th birthday - the shortlist has attracted criticism for failing to be revolutionary in the same way as previous years.
  
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• Brighton is Britain's most travel-obsessed city where locals plan more trips than rest of UK

  23-04-2025 17:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People in Brighton book flights and travel 14% more than the UK average but resident of major places like London and Manchester haven't even made it into the top three most travel-obsessed cities
  
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