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• BREAKING: John Prescott dead: Former deputy prime minister dies aged 86 after Alzheimer's battle

  21-11-2024 07:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Prescott's family said the former deputy prime minister "spent his life trying to improve the lives of others" and he died peacefully after a battle with Alzheimer's
  
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• Ring girl breaks silence after going viral at Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight

  21-11-2024 10:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sydney Thomas admits her newfound fame is ‘overwhelming’ (Picture: Instagram)Ring girl Sydney Thomas has opened up about her newfound fame after going viral at the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight last weekend.Some boxing fans declared Thomas ‘the real winner’ after a disappointing bout between Paul and Tyson, which led boos and allegations it was fixed.Thomas, 20, was one of five ring girls working at the event in Texas along with Virginia Sanhouse, Lexi Williams, Delia Sy
  
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• Tributes to girl, 14, who died after collapsing at rugby club

  21-11-2024 10:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Seren-Ella Jenkins died on November 15 (Credit: GoFundMe / Google Maps)
  This is the first picture of a 14-year-old girl who collapsed and died at a south Wales rugby club.Seren-Ella Jenkins collapsed on Friday evening at Amman United Rugby Football Club.She was treated by an air ambulance, which arrived at 9.55pm, and airlifted to hospital but unfortunately died the next morning.
  Police are probing Seren’s ‘unexplained’ death.Seren’s schoolfriends have now set up fundras
  
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• Soaring AI demand sends Nvidia profits rocketing up by 109% making it the world's most valuable company

  21-11-2024 10:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Revenue jumped 94% year-on-year to $35.1 billion, when analysts had forecasted sales of $33.2 billion
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott branded Putin's 'useful idiots' as they lead leftie bleating over Ukraine's use of UK Storm Shadow missiles in Russia - with ex-Labour leader asking if we are now 'at war with a nuclear power'

  21-11-2024 10:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Labour leader and his close friend and ally spoke out as Kyiv used the powerful weapons outside its own borders for the first time after being authorised by Sir Keir Starmer.
  
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• The greatest political punch in history: Moment John Prescott socked protester who egged him on the election trail

  21-11-2024 10:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He was the politician who pulled no punches and in the wake of Lord John Precott's death at the age of 86 from Alzheimer's his most famous political moment is being remembered again.
  
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• Iceland’s huge volcano on the Rekjanes Peninsula erupts again

  21-11-2024 10:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageA volcano in Iceland has erupted for the seventh time this year, spraying molten lava and forcing locals to evacuate.Homes and businesses in the town of Grindavik were evacuated on Thursday morning due to the eruption on the nearby Reykjanes Peninsula.The eruption in southwestern Iceland started with little warning at 11:14 pm on Wednesday night, with resident
  
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• Inside the Colosseum's FIRST gladiator fight: What happened when Priscus and Verus went head to head in front of Emperor Titus at arena's opening in AD80

  21-11-2024 10:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As historian Dan Snow recounts in a Channel 5 documentary tonight, the first fight in the Colosseum saw two warriors, Priscus and Verus, battle it out in front of Emperor Titus.
  
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• The monarchy is in deep trouble - and could end. This 'greedy' habit may be their downfall, predicts eminent royal expert A.N. WILSON

  21-11-2024 10:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  How safe is our monarchy? While the late Queen was alive, there was no doubt about the answer: the overwhelming majority believed it was the chief factor in our 'Kingdom' being 'United'.
  
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• Richard Madeley tears up in rare emotional moment with GMB co-star

  21-11-2024 10:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageRichard Madeley confessed he was ‘tearing up’ on Good Morning Britain today after an emotional moment with Kate Garraway on Carers Rights Day.
  Kate, 57, was talking about the role of carers in the UK after she cared for her late husband Derek Draper while he was suffering with health complications related to Covid.DJ Naughty Boy – real name S
  
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• Popular soap brings back major character despite star being dead for 18 years

  21-11-2024 10:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Christiane Maybach died in 2006 (Picture: United Archives / Alexander Stingl)Popular German soap Unter uns is set to bring back one of its most iconic characters for its 30th anniversary – despite the character and actress having been dead for 18 years.Unter uns first aired on November 28, 1994 and featured actress Christiane Maybach as Margot Weigel – the owner of Schillerallee 10.The character had a string of failed romances during her dramatic 11-year stint on the show, before dy
  
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• John Prescott's turbulent marriage from scandalous affair to train toilet proposal

  21-11-2024 10:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who has passed away at the age of 86, had support from wife Pauline throughout his political career - but their marriage had some dramatic ups and downs
  
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• Revealed: Cheryl's heartbreaking vow after Liam Payne's funeral, friends tell KATIE HIND, and how One Direction bandmates 'all wanted to be there for their old friend' despite tensions

  21-11-2024 10:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liam Payne's funeral was, of course, invitation-only - and what a star-studded guest list it was, including the members of the band in which he made his name in 2010.
  
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• 'I flew to Turkey for weight loss surgery - now I only have 7% of my stomach left'

  21-11-2024 10:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE: Donna Worthington, 36, from Birmingham, went to Turkey for gastric sleeve surgery as she wanted to lose weight but she has told how she was left fighting for her life after a botched operation
  
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• Fans devastated after top Michelin star restaurant suddenly closes 'overnight'

  21-11-2024 10:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Craig Rogan (pictured) shut the doors on The Collective in Leeds over the weekend and claimed the decision was 'out of his hands'.
  
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• Middle class people with well-paid jobs and comfortable lives 'lost everything' in summer riots, policing chief claims

  21-11-2024 10:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matt Storey, the commissioner for Cleveland, said they had 'really settled lifestyles' which had now evaporated.
  
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• Daughter smokes her dad's ashes in honour of his last wish

  21-11-2024 10:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rosanna Pansino, 39, shared the moment on YouTube with her 14 million subscribers five years after her father passed away
  
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• Vladimir Putin launches 'revenge attack' after Ukraine hits Russian site with UK missiles

  21-11-2024 10:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian officials said that Russian troops attacked "enterprises and critical infrastructure" with missiles - among them an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time
  
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• At a time when most politicians seemed terrified of saying anything vaguely memorable, John Prescott was an unashamed bruiser who gloried in his working-class roots, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK

  21-11-2024 10:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Prescott was an unrepentantly colourful figure. Asked how he would like to be remembered, he once replied: 'As an aggressive bugger.' He was certainly that.
  
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• EV salary sacrifice explained: How to save 40% on a new electric car

  21-11-2024 10:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Salary sacrifice allows you to get an electric car more affordably, with tax benefits and a wide variety of choice.
  
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• Elon Musk SLAMS Albanese government over social media age-limit reforms

  21-11-2024 10:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The billionaire owner of X Elon Musk has called out the Albanese government's new social media to stop young teenagers accessing social media.
  
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• Captain Tom Moore’s family speak out and say damning report is  ‘unfair and unjust’  

  21-11-2024 10:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Hannah Ingram-Moore and her family have defended their actions after the release of a report about their conduct at a charity in the late Captain Sir Tom Moore’s name (Picture: PA)Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family have branded a report about their ties with a charity set up in his name as ‘unjust and excessive’ and insisted they ‘never took a penny’ from public donations.The Ingram-Moores also claimed they have been treated ‘unfairly and unj
  
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• Where is Emmerdale? Fans in a state over missing episode

  21-11-2024 10:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cain has been the subject of much discussion with Emmerdale fans, who want to see the next episode (Picture: ITV)Emmerdale fans have been left in a state after the latest offering of the ITV soap failed to go up on ITVX.
  The long-running soap, which airs weeknights at 7:30pm, has been dropping episodes early online via its broadcaster’s streaming service, with daily editions of the serial available to view from 7am each morning.Fans, however, were left upset on Thursday (November 21) morn
  
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• Captain Tom Moore three years on from his death – how the circus has distracted from this 100-year-old man’s extraordinary act

  21-11-2024 10:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Captain Tom left behind an incredible legacy (Picture: PA)The British public can probably all agree that Captain Sir Tom Moore was one of the best of us.The nonagenarian, walker in hands, circled his back garden 100 times during the first coronavirus lockdown in 2020 to raise £38.9 million for the NHS.But three years on from Captain Tom’s death, his extraordinary deeds and hard work have been overshadowed by the actions of others – including those he should have been able to t
  
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• BBC Rich List gets major shakeup as top earners Zoe Ball and Gary Lineker quit

  21-11-2024 10:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  The BBC Rich List has had a shakeup (Picture: Getty/PA)Following the departures of several major BBC presenters, the broadcaster’s Rich List has also undergone a shakeup, and the identity of the highest-paid star might surprise you.This week, Zoe Ball announced that she was stepping down from her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show after six years to ‘focus on family’.The 53-year-old had been second on the Rich List, having taken home a salary of £954,999.Meanwhile, her replaceme
  
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• Man killed at own 40th birthday party after friend puts him in 'guillotine hold'

  21-11-2024 10:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Toulson died during an incident at his apartment in Adelphi Wharf in Salford, Greater Manchester, after going out to celebrate his 40th birthday with his friends
  
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• Witchcraft cult horror as 12 mummified bodies are discovered at Thai black magic sect where devotees 'meditate with corpses to gain superpowers'

  21-11-2024 10:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Black magic gurus at the Siri Chan Forest Monastery in Kamphaeng Phet claimed the bodies, including the corpse of a child, gave followers supernatural powers
  
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• Spice up your sex life and save up to 50% at Ann Summers in big Black Friday event

  21-11-2024 10:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sex toys, lingerie and pjs have all been slashed in price at Ann Summers. (Picture: Metro/Ann Summers/Getty)
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  The countdown to Black Friday has begun and we’re gearing up to bag some huge savings on big brands.One not to be missed? The Ann S
  
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• Emmerdale’s Beth Cordingly reveals one-word response to Cain and Ruby twist

  21-11-2024 10:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageIt turns out Emmerdale star Beth Cordingly was just as shocked about the twist in Wednesday’s episode as fans were. The actress has revealed her one-word response to her soap bosses after being told Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) would cheat on wife Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) with Beth’s character Ruby Fox-Miligan. Fans saw the brother-and
  
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• Emmerdale star Beth Cordingly reveals one-word response to finding out Cain and Ruby twist

  21-11-2024 10:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageIt turns out Emmerdale star Beth Cordingly was just as shocked about the twist in Wednesday’s episode as fans were. The actress has revealed her one-word response to her soap bosses after being told Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) would cheat on wife Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) with Beth’s character Ruby Fox-Miligan. Fans saw the brother-and
  
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