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• Boxing Day horror as holidaymaker dies climbing Lake District mountain in dense fog

  28-12-2024 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A person has died while climbing in the Lake District on Boxing Day, with the climber travelling through dense fog before suffering a suspected fatal head injury
  
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• Britain's worst prisons: From inmates removing their own cell doors, to 'catastrophic' levels of drug use, violence and vermin infestations, the shocking reports that lay bare state of UK jails

  29-12-2024 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the last year, four prisons in England have been issued urgent notifications from the Prisons Inspectorate, which calls on the Justice secretary to remedy their declining state.
  
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• Protests engulf Georgia as far-right Mikheil Kavelashvili is sworn in as president - but predecessor insists she is the only legitimate leader

  29-12-2024 14:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Protests have today engulfed Georgia as a former Premier League footballer-turned-far-right party loyalist was sworn in as president despite his predecessor insisting she is the legitimate leader. 
  
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• JK Rowling says there are 'no trans kids' and says NO child is born in the wrong body in response to online troll who accused her of 'hateful focus'

  29-12-2024 14:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rowling has been the focus of controversy over the last few years for her views on women's rights and transgender issues as she repeatedly asserts 'sex cannot be changed'.
  
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• UK's rising sexual fetish vorarephilia and why dark eating trend is becoming so popular

  29-12-2024 14:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lots of unusual sexual fetishes are on the rise in the UK, with vorarephilia making the list of emerging fantasies - but what is it and why is it becoming so popular?
  
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• The weirdest homes that hit the market in 2024, from £15,000 telephone boxes to tiny cubby holes

  29-12-2024 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Big Brother house vibes in here are strong (Picture: Jam Press/OpenRent)A cubby beneath the stairs, a bathroom separated from the kitchen by a shower curtain, and a £15,000 telephone box were just some of the wackiest properties to hit the market in 2024.Whether listed for rent or sale, we’ve reported on all the weird and wonderful homes across the world, from London to San Francisco.
  There have been air raid shelters listed for hundreds of thousands of pounds, homes decorated w
  
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• I live in fear of my mum’s comments when wedding dress shopping

  29-12-2024 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  I’m being kept awake at night by the thought of what they’ll say (Picture: Getty Images)Wedding planner and venue owner Alison Rios McCrone helps solve your dilemmas, no matter how big or small, in a weekly agony aunt column.Dear Alison,I got engaged recently and I’m already loving throwing myself into wedding planning. My fiancé and I have already booked our venue, a wedding singer and organised our reception and I could not be more excited for it all.There is, ho
  
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• Hundreds of flights delayed from one of UK’s busiest airports due to thick fog

  29-12-2024 13:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  plane takes off in foggy conditions from London Gatwick airport (Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)Thick fog has stopped flights from taking off on one of the busiest travel days of the year.
  Flights from Gatwick airport have been delayed and cancelled over the last two days due to low visibility.
  Tens of thousands of passengers saw their journeys disrupted at one of the UK’s busiest airports.Kiera Quayle told Sky News she was stuck on the Isle of Man after visiting her husband’s
  
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• Labour facing electoral wipeout after mega-poll predicts loss of over 200 seats

  29-12-2024 13:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  All three of these party leaders could be duking it out if an election were held today (Picture: PA/Reuters)Almost half a year after the General Election, Labour’s honeymood period hasn’t lasted long.A new mega poll predicts they would face a wipeout in seats they recently gained if the poll were rerun today, despite securing a landslide on July 4.
  The party would be predicted to lose some 200 seats, falling short of a majority, which would result in a hung parliament.
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• Welcome to Big Cat Britain: All the sightings of 'beasts' mapped as expert makes shocking new claim about the huge felines rumoured to be stalking the countryside

  29-12-2024 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There have long been rumours of big cats roaming the British countryside over the years and in the last few years these more sightings have been made.
  
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• How The Night Porter became 'the most controversial movie ever': The brutal sex and violence that gave birth to 'Nazisploitation' with a twisted love story between a concentration camp officer and his sex slave

  29-12-2024 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The story of an SS officer who groomed, raped and ultimately protected a teenage concentration camp inmate from execution before striking up a relationship with her is not for the faint-hearted.
  
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• Every NIMBY'S worst nightmare: How developer building 6,000 new homes in Kent has now REFUSED to build £50m infrastructure including roads and school

  29-12-2024 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: People in Ashford, Kent, are fuming after Hodson, the lead housebuilder behind a 6,000-home development, announced plans to pull £50m of funding for roads and schools.
  
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• South Korea authorities confirm official death toll has reached 179 and includes all the passengers on doomed crashed plane

  29-12-2024 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A total of 179 people have been killed after a plane carrying 181 people crashed off the runway and smashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in South Korea.
  
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• 6 adorable moments when Royal children proved they have better winter wardrobes than you

  29-12-2024 13:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The grown-up members of the monarchy always look perfectly put together over the festive period, and their kids are also following in their fashionable footsteps
  
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• 'I stopped taking insulin so I'd be taken to hospital during homelessness hell'

  29-12-2024 13:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jennifer Mohammadi described her struggles in temporary accommodation as Keir Starmer faced pressure to end the 'scandal' of children abandoned by the care system once they turn 18
  
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• North Korean soldiers being sent by Russia to Ukraine are killing themselves to avoid capture, US reveals

  29-12-2024 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Friday that some of the soldiers had taken their own lives rather than surrendering to Ukrainian forces.
  
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• Who is Mikheil Kavelashvili, the ex-Man City player appointed president of Georgia?

  29-12-2024 13:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili, 53, was sworn in as the president of Georgia today (Picture: AFP or licensors)Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former Manchester City football player, was sworn in as Georgia’s new president today.It comes after a controversial election process denounced as ‘illegitimate’ by the outgoing president, Salome Zourabichvili and the country’s four opposition parties.
  Kavelashvili, 53, is a member of the far-right Georgian Dream party, which won p
  
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• Novak Djokovic reveals one ‘strange’ aspect of new Andy Murray coaching set-up

  29-12-2024 13:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Novak Djokovic is adjusting to life under new coach Andy Murray (Picture: Getty)Novak Djokovic has enjoyed working with new coach Andy Murray but admitted it is strange to reveal his secrets to the Scot having spent years battling against each other.Murray, who only stepped away from playing at this summer’s Olympics, was a surprise hire by Djokovic in November ahead of the Australian Open.The Serb had been without a full-time coach since parting ways with Goran Ivanisevic
  
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• Keir Starmer and Labour's net zero 'grocery tax' could push up the use of harmful plastics, industry leaders warn

  29-12-2024 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Industry leaders have warned that a 'grocery tax' designed to reduce the use of plastics, could in fact cause manufacturers to save money on using harmful plastic
  
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• Beyoncé ‘1,000% believes’ Jay-Z but is ‘heartbroken’ over accuser’s similar age to Blue Ivy

  29-12-2024 13:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Beyoncé continues to show support for husband Jay-Z after sexual assault allegations (Picture: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)Beyoncé is ‘staying by’ husband Jay-Z’s side after he was accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 along with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.The Texas Hold ‘Em hitmaker has put her support behind her husband — who denies the allegations — but is ‘heartbroken’ by the alleged victim’s age.Jay-
  
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• Major change to Aussie passports coming within days

  29-12-2024 13:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest increase, which has been slammed as a 'backdoor tax grab' will make a standard 10-year Australian passport the most expensive in the world
  
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• Are any shops open on New Year’s Day?

  29-12-2024 13:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Will shops be open on New Year’s Day? (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images)Christmas Day has passed and the world is slowly opening back up again with the January sales not far from UK high streets and supermarkets. New Year’s Day is a bank holiday in the UK which means not everything will be open.
  But some stores will be opening their doors for the essentialsThis is what you can expect for shopping on January 1.Which shops are open on New Year’s Day? Sho
  
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• Tiny island seeing in New Year 2025 first and it's not part of Australia

  29-12-2024 13:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Although huge fireworks over Sydney Opera House is often the first sign of New Year celebrations reported in the UK, our antipodal friends aren't the first to see in January 1
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan 'overshadowed Kate Middleton' – now she can celebrate

  29-12-2024 13:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As 2024 comes to a close, the Princess of Wales will be more grateful than most to have this year behind her - and she has an exciting celebration to look forward to
  
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• Azerbaijan Airlines plane was ‘shot from the ground by Russia’, says country’s president

  29-12-2024 12:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  The tomb of Mahammadali Eganov, 13 who died in the Azerbaijan Airlines crash (Picture: Getty)A plane which crashed killing 38 people on Christmas Day was shot at from the ground as it travelled over Russia, the president of Azerbaijan said.
  Ilham Aliyev said today that he regretted that ‘some circles’ in Russia had tried to hush up the truth by sowing false narratives about what caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane to crash.State television reported that he said the passenger plane,
  
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• Cruz Beckham hailed as ‘better than Oasis’ for surprise new original song

  29-12-2024 12:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  David and Victoria’s son Cruz Beckham has released a snippet of his own original music (Picture: Instagram/@cruzbeckham)Cruz Beckham has surprised fans with the first snippet of his own original music in years, drawing unexpected comparisons to Oasis.And some have even said his new song is ‘better’.The 19-year-old, who is the son of footballer David Beckham and former Spice Girls chart-topper Victoria, has been known to harbour musical ambition for some time.He shared his firs
  
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• Nine British suspects are arrested after police smash gang allegedly importing cocaine to the UK in boxes of frozen broccoli

  29-12-2024 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officers in Spain seized two-and-a-half tonnes of cannabis and 187 kilos of cocaine during property searches and a raid on a warehouse in Guadalajara, 40 miles north-east of Madrid.
  
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• Anthony Albanese refuses to admit a glaring fact most Aussies already know

  29-12-2024 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthony Albanese was grilled at a press conference over a glaring issue facing Labor. But the Prime Minister refused to admit there's a problem.
  
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• South Korea plane crash: Map shows doomed Jeju Air flight's journey before horror fireball crash

  29-12-2024 12:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 150 of passengers have been killed in the deadliest aviation disaster on South Korean soil in decades with only two members of the crew having been confirmed to have survived
  
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• Snow warning issued by Met Office with up to 10 inches set to fall over New Year

  29-12-2024 12:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has today issued several weather warnings, including for snow, rain and wind as it assess the forecast for New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and into 2025
  
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