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• Brits are only just realising what the olive oil bottle tab is for

  01-04-2025 12:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An olive oil bottle has a little plastic tab that can stop you from pouring too much oil - and people are only just realising what it's for, with one person branding it a 'game changer'
  
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• Alan Shearer names striker with £40million release clause who Chelsea or Man Utd should sign

  04-04-2025 11:55 via metro.co.uk
  Alan Shearer is a huge fan of Ipswich striker Liam Delap (Picture: Getty)Alan Shearer fears it is inevitable that Ipswich striker Liam Delap will be linked with a big money move to Manchester United or Chelsea this summer.
  The England Under-21 international joined the Tractor Boys in the summer following a £20 million move from Manchester City.Despite Ipswich struggling towards the foot of the table, Delap has enjoyed a reputation enhancing Premier League campaign.Indeed, the 22-year-old&
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 is 10 times more powerful than original console says Nvidia

  04-04-2025 11:53 via metro.co.uk
  It’s not OLED, but it’s still impressive (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)Nvidia has confirmed details about the Switch 2’s capabilities, including the use of DLSS and ray-tracing technology.Nintendo highlighted a surprising amount of technical specifications during its Switch 2 Direct, but it still left some hanging questions around the console’s capabilities.The company posted detailed specifications on its official website after the presentation, with the Switch
  
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• I was offered 'sex for rent' by SpareRoom 'sugar daddy' - it left me 'feeling like a prostitute'

  04-04-2025 11:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jasmine Emery was looking for a new place to live when she received the sickening proposition from a self-proclaimed 'sugar daddy'. The 20-year-old got the pervert blocked by the website.
  
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• Kellie Bright reveals exciting new venture away from EastEnders: ‘Everything I ever wanted’

  04-04-2025 11:48 via metro.co.uk
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  EastEnders favourite Kellie Bright has revealed a surprising career move away from the BBC soap.The actress, 48, joined the show as Linda Carter in 2013, with her family taking over the Queen Vic pub.Linda has been at the centre of a number of high-profile stories, from being raped by her brother-in-law Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo), her alcoholism and losing husband Mick (Danny Dyer) at sea.More rece
  
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• Boden’s ‘super comfortable’ suede clogs look just like Gucci and they’re currently £75 off

  04-04-2025 11:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Boden's spring sale is still going strong, and we've found a pair of wooden clogs that look just like Gucci's completely sold-out style for less than £50
  
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• Mother-of-one, 23, who posted 'mission complete' on Snapchat after scamming professor, 78, out of £300,000 family jewellery in gang who posed as police to prey on OAPs is jailed

  04-04-2025 11:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leonnie Charles, 23, was part of a criminal gang which targeted 'vulnerable' pensioners by pretending to be police officers and asking them to hand over their cash and valuables.
  
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• Keep flies out of your home with 60p item they 'hate' as the weather warms up

  04-04-2025 11:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the weather gets warmer, flies will start making their way into your home - but you can stop them in their tracks with a very simple trick that won't break the bank
  
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• Parents of kids in bus crash with Virginia Giuffre throw more doubt on her story

  04-04-2025 11:40 via metro.co.uk
  Some parents of the children travelling on the school bus have backed the driver’s account of a relatively minor crash (Picture: Facebook)Parents whose children were on the school bus that Virginia Giuffre claimed hit her car at 70mph leaving her close to death have said her story is not believable.Ms Giuffre said the crash had caused renal failure and left her with just four days to live in a post accompanied by a bruised selfie on Sunday.Doubts began to emerge 24 hours after the post, w
  
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• Firefighters' union in 'bizarre' bid to protect the polyamorous

  04-04-2025 11:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Scottish firefighters' union has been criticised for launching a 'bizarre' bid to boost the 'legal protections' of polyamorous people.
  
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• Bombshell twist over bucks night rapists who attacked three young women over one party weekend

  04-04-2025 11:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The three men have filed explosive new documents with the court nearly a year after being found guilty of assaulting three teenage women over a two-night bucks party in Newcastle.
  
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• Birmingham bin worker striking over pay says 'locals with us' despite rubbish and rats

  04-04-2025 11:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Single parent Caroline says Birmingham City Council could force bin workers to take a pay cut of at least £6,000 - the mum is striking with other workers which has sparked rodents to take over the city
  
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• Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit amid growing fears Putin is planning to deploy nukes in space in star wars arms race with the West

  04-04-2025 11:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The United States Space Force catalogued a new object in orbit this week that officials believe may have separated from Cosmos 2583 (pictured) on March 18.
  
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• Fateful final mission of WWII bomber that was shot down by Nazis with one survivor - as it is found at bottom of Aegean Sea 82 years later

  04-04-2025 11:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leslie Norman Row, from Gravesend, Kent, was flying a mission over the Mediterranean when his Baltimore Bomber was attacked
  
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• Teenager, 19, arrives at court where he is charged with murdering father, 57, and trying to murder woman and boy

  04-04-2025 11:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old man charged with the murder of his father and the attempted murder of a woman and boy has arrived at court.
  
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• Home Office urges Brits to renew UK passports ahead of exact date

  04-04-2025 11:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Home Office has issued a warning to anyone with a British passport, urging them to renew their old-style travel documents before April 10 - or they may be forced to pay more
  
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• Baby P’s mum could be out of prison in months after fresh bid for freedom

  04-04-2025 11:23 via metro.co.uk
  Tracey Connelly was jailed in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son Peter at their home in Tottenham, north London, on August 3, 2007 (Picture: ITV News/PA)
  The mum of Baby P, who died after being subjected to months of horrific abuse, could be free again in months after being granted a new parole hearing.Tracey Connelly was sent back to prison in September after breaching her licence conditions, in a move authorised by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood.She was jailed i
  
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• Mother-of-one, 23, who posted 'mission complete' on Snapchat after scamming professor, 78, out of £300,000 family jewellery as part of fraud gang that preyed on OAPs is jailed

  04-04-2025 11:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leonnie Charles, 23, was part of a criminal gang which targeted 'vulnerable' pensioners by pretending to be police officers and asking them to hand over their cash and valuables.
  
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• 89p fruit that keeps flies from your home - they 'can't stand' it

  04-04-2025 11:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As people open windows and doors to let in the fresh air it also can lead to our homes being invaded by house flies along with the germs they carry
  
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• Major breakthrough in murder of underworld figure 'Afghan Ali' gunned down front of crowds on Melbourne's Chapel St on a Friday night

  04-04-2025 11:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Keshtiar, known as 'Afghan Ali', had been walking with another man when he was gunned down by a drive-by shooter.
  
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• Frasier fans left panicked after Channel 4 threatens to retaliate with ‘cut’

  04-04-2025 11:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  Frasier could be in danger on Channel 4 thanks to the US government (Picture: Channel 4)Frasier fans have had quite the scare after Channel 4 responded to Donald Trump’s new tariffs with a threat of its own.The US President has announced a baseline 10% tariff (tax on imported goods) across the globe, with an additional amount added to certain countries the administration views as having an unbalanced trade relationship.Although the UK managed to get away with just the baseline tariff, thi
  
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• Japanese Grand Prix practice stopped after two grass fires at Suzuka circuit

  04-04-2025 11:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  A large grass fire ended second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix (Photo: Sky Sports)Second practice for the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix was red flagged four times on Friday, twice because grass at the Suzuka circuit caught fire.The third race of the 2025 F1 season is on Sunday with Lando Norris well-placed to extend his championship lead.The Brit topped the timesheets in first practice and was only bettered by McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in second practice, though the afternoon session
  
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• Britain's bicycle theft hotspots are revealed as 14k are swiped by thieves outside train stations in just three years - where does your town rank?

  04-04-2025 11:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 4,106 bicycles were taken from stations across the UK last year - the equivalent of 11 each day - with Cambridge North by the far the worst with 119, according to British Transport Police data.
  
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• RAF pilot who killed family of four in suicidal head-on collision pictured

  04-04-2025 11:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Richard Woods, right, drove his car in the wrong direction on the motorway, killing a family of four, pictured leftThe RAF pilot who killed a family of four after deliberately driving the wrong way down a motorway has been pictured.
  Richard Woods, 40, drove in the fast lane of a the M6 near Tebay, Cumbria for almost a minute on October 15 last year.Several drivers managed to swerve and avoid him but Jaroslaw Rossa, who did attempt to steer clear of Wood’s Skoda, struckhim head on.Mr Rossa
  
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• Chesney Hawkes reveals he blew £8,200,000 fortune after massive hit single

  04-04-2025 11:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chesney Hawkes ‘blew through’ the fortune he made from his hit single (Picture: Joseph Okpako/WireImage)Former teen heartthrob Chesney Hawkes made millions from his hit song The One And Only but blew it all, and is now issuing a warning to others.The musician, 52, has hit headlines as he’s rumoured to be entering Celebrity Big Brother this year after a rumoured line-up ‘leaked’, including the likes of Jojo Siwa, Mickey Rourke, Jack P Shepherd, and Trisha Goddard.He
  
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• Body pulled from water after boy, 16, went swimming with friends in lake

  04-04-2025 11:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  The lakes are popular with swimmers in Peterborough (Picture: Google)Police searching for a teenage boy who got into difficulty while swimming at a lake with his friends have found a body.The unnamed 16-year-old boy, reportedly from Peterborough, was swimming in the lake yesterday when he disappeared.Officers were called to Crown Lakes in Farcet, Peterborough, at 4 pm on Thursday, Cambridgeshire Police said.It’s now been announced that a body was recovered from the lake just bef
  
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• Donald Trump unveils bizarre new 'gold card' with his face that will cost you $5million

  04-04-2025 11:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US President showed off his new visa on Air Force One. The $5 million card features his face, his name and the huge price tag splashed over. Trump also bizarrely claimed he was the first person to buy the residency permit
  
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• Murdered Emmerdale favourite ‘back from the dead’ as star stages return

  04-04-2025 11:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nate Robinson disappeared last year (Picture: ITV/Metro)Metro can reveal that actor Jurell Carter has filmed new scenes as Nate Robinson, who vanished last year.In September, Nate suddenly disappeared from the village after telling Tracy Shankley (Amy Walsh) about his new job in Shetland.At first, Nate hoped that Tracy would leave with him, so they could start their life again with daughter Frankie. Unfortunately, because this happened at the same time a rumour was circulating about Nate sleepi
  
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• Personal Allowance increased to tax-free £13,830 for certain households

  04-04-2025 11:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Personal Allowance is the amount of money you can earn before you start paying income tax - and you can increase it by £252 a year if you're married or in a civil partnership
  
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• 'Woke' Labour council faces claims it tells staff to take 'white privilege' test - and they are marked down if they shop at Waitrose or M&S, drive a new car or are a white male

  04-04-2025 11:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is claimed that Westminster City Council wants to increase 'global majority' recruitment and make sure there is at least one ethnic minority candidate on job shortlists.
  
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