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• Asda releases grapes that taste 'like candy floss' – people seem to like them

  17-08-2017 17:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Asda has brought out a range of very sweet grapes
  
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• Albanian people smuggler claims he shouldn't be deported from the UK due to 'overcrowded Belgian jails'

  12-01-2025 01:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adriatik Hysenlika is facing extradition from the UK after being handed a ten-year prison sentence for raking in at least £1million as the head of a trafficking gang.
  
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• What’s my horoscope for today? January 12, 2025 astrological predictions for your star sign

  12-01-2025 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  What’s in store for you today? (Picture: Metro.co.uk)Today’s about chasing what feels right – even you’ve not got it figured out yet…Sagittarius is plotting how to squeeze more from their resources, while Capricorn is toying with risky ideas that might 9just work.
  Aquarius is caught in a nostalgic haze, rethinking old connections and Pisces? They’re riding the high of a recent glow-up and soaking up all the attention.
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• Ex-Labour MP Ivor Caplin's £350,000 home is 'searched by police' after he is arrested on suspicion 'of engaging in sexual communication with a child'

  12-01-2025 00:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ivor Caplin's £350,000 two bedroom flat in Hove, East Sussex was searched by Specialist Police after he was arrested this afternoon.
  
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• Boomer tradie shares blunt message as young Aussies are slammed for entitled demand

  12-01-2025 00:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A retired plumber has shared a blunt message after young Aussies revealed the extraordinary demands they were making of their bosses - and threatening to walk away if they weren't met.
  
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• Will Kate be the Baftas' comeback of the year? Princess of Wales set to return to royal working life with show-stopping appearance at star-studded awards

  12-01-2025 00:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Insiders at the awards are 'pulling out all the stops' to ensure the ceremony marks the Princess of Wales's return to the red carpet following her cancer diagnosis and treatment last year
  
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• Max George praises quick-thinking mum for ‘saving his life’ ahead of major heart surgery

  12-01-2025 00:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Max George’s mum saved his life when she noticed something could be wrong with his heart (Picture: Instagram)Max George has spoken about his terrifying health ordeal in his first interview post-heart surgery.The Wanted singer, 36, was rushed to A&E last month and later had a life-saving pacemaker fitted.Thankfully, he was discharged from hospital in Manchester before Christmas and is now at home, recuperating with his family by his side.But it certainly hasn’t been an easy road,
  
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• Ruben Amorim sets challenge for Man Utd star Kobbie Mainoo amid uncertain future

  12-01-2025 00:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kobbie Mainoo is locked in a contract dispute with Man Utd (Picture: Getty)Ruben Amorim has challenged Kobbie Mainoo to show he is worth £200,000-a-week amid his uncertain future at Manchester United.Mainoo, who currently earns £20,000-a-week, reportedly wants a 1,000 per cent pay rise to put pen to paper on a new deal at Old Trafford.Chelsea are thought to be ready to pounce should United decide to cash in on Mainoo during the January transfer window or again in the summer.Whi
  
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• LA Times owner's stark message to voters as he attacks Democrat incompetence over deadly fires: Live updates

  12-01-2025 00:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Outrage over the handling of the devastating Los Angeles fires is heating up amid reports that city leaders failed to prepare local reservoirs while power grids struggled hours before the blazes.
  
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• Rachel Reeves to launch Elon Musk DOGE-style war on 'waste and inefficiency' to tackle looming debt crisis - as she secures £600million cash injection from communist China

  12-01-2025 00:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ms Reeves will lead this new drive to tackle waste across the public sector, which will leave 'no stone unturned'.
  
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• Police officer killed after being hit by lorry while helping people involved in crash

  12-01-2025 00:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  PC Rosie Prior was killed this morning (Pictures: North Yorkshire Police)A police officer has been killed after being hit by a lorry while helping people at the side of the road following an earlier crash.PC Rosie Prior pulled up at the side of the A19 at Bagby, near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, to help motorists involved in a collision between a black Ford Focus and a silver Audi.But while she was standing on the verge of the road with the Audi driver and his passenger, a heavy goods vehicle (HG
  
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• Unrealistic salary you need to be earning to afford a house in each Aussie city

  12-01-2025 00:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Median property prices are now so high that Aussies on the national average salary would not get a loan to buy a house in most major cities.
  
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• Search for sisters missing from Aberdeen expanded to the coast

  12-01-2025 00:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last seen on CCTV in the city’s Market Street after leaving their home on Tuesday (Picture: PA)The search for two sisters who vanished four days ago by a river in Aberdeen has been extended to the coast.Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last seen on CCTV in the city’s Market Street after leaving their home on Tuesday at around 2.12am.The sisters crossed the Victoria Bridge to the Torry area and turned right on to a footpath next to t
  
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• Viewers convinced Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win error forced contestants to lose £250,000 

  12-01-2025 00:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win could potentially have had an ‘error’ (Picture: Kieron McCarron/Shutterstock)The latest episode of Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win has caused quite the kerfuffle as fans have accused the show of getting an answer wrong.Returning couple Richard and Lorna started strong at £30,000 with 32 lives, however, this number quickly dwindled as they climbed up the ladder.Minutes into the episode, fans were screaming on their behalf over a question on t
  
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• Peak District fury as gritters unable to work thanks to 200 double-parked cars blocking road

  12-01-2025 00:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gritters were unable to clear a busy road near Edale, Derbyshire, this morning because of the sheer number of double parked cars in the area, as people were urged to move
  
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• NIMBYs will say just about anything to stop their suburb from changing... their latest excuse to save an eyesore from being demolished takes the cake

  11-01-2025 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A proposed six-storey hybrid building proposal in Sydney has come under fire with NIMBYs launching an extraordinary excuse for not wanting the development.
  
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• Gatwick airport luggage thief seen brazenly stealing passenger's suitcase in police CCTV

  11-01-2025 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are on the hunt for a Gatwick Airport luggage thief who has been stealing suitcases from the South Terminal, leaving a family without their house keys, electronics, and bank cards
  
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• Alan Shearer names Premier League star who was given ‘a kick up the backside’

  11-01-2025 23:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alan Shearer says ‘Jack Grealish did everything that he could have done’ (Picture: BBC)Alan Shearer has heaped praise on Premier League star Jack Grealish after he was given ‘a kick up the backside’ by his manager Pep Guardiola.Grealish played the full match as City smashed Salford 8-0 in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday at the Etihad.The Englishman provided two assists, one for Jeremy Doku and another for James McAtee, while he also got on the scoresheet himsel
  
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• Britain's three more days in the freezer! Country shivers through coldest January night in 15 years - as gas chiefs tried to quell fears of a national energy shortage

  11-01-2025 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cold-weather health warnings were extended until Tuesday as much of the country endured below-zero temperatures, with -18.9C (-2F) recorded in Altnaharra, Scotland on Friday night.
  
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• Second-class service! Royal Mail to scrap some Saturday deliveries across major towns and cities in biggest shake-up to services in generations

  11-01-2025 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Second-class deliveries on Saturdays are to be axed from homes in London , Bristol, Darlington, Nottingham , Coventry, Salisbury, Winchester, Cardiff and Hull.
  
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• Crippling five months of rail strikes set to begin today will cost us £1billion and 'paralyse' UK economy, say hospitality chiefs

  11-01-2025 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Train managers at Avanti West Coast will walk out every Sunday until May 25 in an ongoing row over rest-day shifts, bringing another blow to venues which have already lost billions in previous strikes
  
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• Unbelievable 'mental health' reason NIMBYs want to save this eyesore from being knocked down

  11-01-2025 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A proposed six-storey hybrid building proposal in Sydney has come under fire with NIMBYs launching an extraordinary excuse for not wanting the development.
  
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• Elon Musk and Dominic Cummings 'in plot to sabotage UK politics': Former No 10 adviser is helping orchestrate Tesla billionaire's attacks on Keir Starmer, government sources claim

  11-01-2025 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson's former No 10 adviser is planning a new 'StartUp Party' which he hopes will smash the traditional Westminster system and is understood to be communicating with Mr Musk on WhatsApp.
  
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• Rachel Reeves insists she's won £600m of trade deals as critics slam her for going on controversial China trip with a 'begging bowl'

  11-01-2025 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor met Vice-Premier He Lifeng in Beijing to discuss trade and investment opportunities, saying she wants a long-term relationship with China in 'our national interest'
  
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• Rachel Reeves 'eyes hotel tax' to bolster UK's coffers: Families are facing surcharge on holidays to foot bill for Labour's economic chaos

  11-01-2025 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Treasury officials are thought to have done 'modelling exercises' over the impact of introducing a 'tourist tax' similar to that in France as part of efforts by Rachel Reeves to stabilise finances
  
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• 180(000)! Nigel Farage's joy as he channels his inner Luke Littler to celebrate Reform hitting another membership target

  11-01-2025 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a pointed jibe at the Tory leadership Mr Farage held up a dartboard registering the maximum 180 score, leading to wild cheers at Reform UK's North West England Conference in Chester yesterday.
  
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• Queen's most famous lookalike banned her daughter-in-law from her funeral - as shock barbed comment is revealed in her will

  11-01-2025 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeannette Charles made a living for 40 years from her uncanny resemblance to Queen Elizabeth II by playing her in personal appearances, TV shows and Hollywood films including Naked Gun
  
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• India headteacher forces 100 'humiliated' schoolgirls to remove shirts after 'Pen Day' celebration

  11-01-2025 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 100 schoolgirls at a school in Dhanbad, India, were ordered to remove their uniform tops after their pen day celebrations, when friends write on their outfits
  
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• FLOURISHING AFTER 50: My husband refuses to talk about money - is he hiding something?

  11-01-2025 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This week, leading money educator Vanessa Stoykov helps a woman who has no idea about her husband's financial situation.
  
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• King's charity chief and family friend of anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has bank account frozen in Bangladesh

  11-01-2025 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ahmed Shayan Rahman, who is chairman of the King's British Asian Trust and has a decades-long relationship with Tulip Siddiq's family, has had his accounts in Bangladesh frozen
  
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