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• Center Parcs backtracks on decision to close for Queen’s funeral

  13-09-2022 22:16 via metro.co.uk
  People will be able to stay despite earlier uncertainty (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)Center Parcs has u-turned on its decision to ban holidaymakers from staying at their resorts on September 19.Distraught families complained in their droves after the company announced it would close on the day of the Queen’s funeral.Guests due to arrive on Monday were told not to travel and to arrive on Tuesday instead.But Center Parcs say they have now ‘reviewed our position regarding the v
  
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• Old Etonian guilty of trying to kill ex by throwing her down a well

  16-01-2025 18:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Camilla Welby was the victim of attempted murder by her ex Douglas Clifton Brown, 56 (Picture: SWNS)A man accused of threatening to throw his former partner down a well has been found guilty of attempted murder.Douglas Clifton Brown, 56, a former student at Eton, argued with Camilla Welby in the car after drinks at a friend’s house at 10.30pm in August 2023.After this, he then attacked her and Clifton Brown who was driving, changed routes by driving to High House Estate near Congham, Norf
  
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• Inside The Traitors filming location where hit BBC gameshow will be set for 5 more years

  16-01-2025 18:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fans couldn’t be happier that The Traitors is back (Picture: Cody Burridge/BBC/PA Wire)The Traitors fans have two reasons to celebrate – the third series is well underway and also, the BBC have reportedly made a bold choice that indicates the longevity of the series.Ardross Castle in Alness, north of Inverness in the Scottish Highland, is a location that viewers have got used to seeing on their screens and may continue to do so for the foreseeable future.The soaring popula
  
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• Mystery as Rudy Giuliani fails to show for his contempt of court trial

  16-01-2025 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rudy Giuliani failed to show up for a trial to decide whether he can keep some of his valuables after he was found guilty of defamation in a $148million judgment.
  
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• Man admits ploughing car into Buckingham Palace causing £24,000 in damage

  16-01-2025 18:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Johnny Scott, 26, smashed his car into the gates of Buckingham Palace whilst in a 'fidgety and dazed' state - before armed police arrived on scene and arrested him
  
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• This Phil Mitchell storyline is a vital change of pace for his character

  16-01-2025 18:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lately, he is seen to be lonely and isolated; but is unable to admit this to anyone (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)You don’t need to be an avid EastEnders fan to know that Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is the ultimate ‘hard man’ of British telly.This iconic character has graced our screens for nearly 35 years now; punching, huffing, and boozing his way through anything and everything the writers have thrown at him. He’s been shot twice, married five time
  
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• Referees banned from blowing whistles on new £700,000 pitch after noise complaints

  16-01-2025 18:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sports pitches at Cornwallis Academy in Boughton Monchelsea near Maidstone, Kent (Picture: SWNS)Referees have been banned from blowing their whistles on a local football pitch after angry neighbours complained about the noise.Cornwallis Academy near Maidstone has been unable to use their football pitch since August because of a ban on whistles by Maidstone Council.It has meant a new £700,000 sports pitch in Kent is going unused.Not only has the school been banned from using it, but so hav
  
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• Crazy P frontwoman Danielle Moore was struggling with 'punishing' perimenopause symptoms and felt 'burned out' from 'hectic work schedule' before she took her own life aged 52, inquest hears

  16-01-2025 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Danielle Moore, 52, was due to celebrate her eighth wedding anniversary on the weekend after she died, Birmingham Coroner's Court heard today.
  
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• Minah’s big mistake could ruin The Traitors season 3

  16-01-2025 18:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Minah is suddenly prime suspect and I’m petrified she has just made a colossal mistake (Picture: BBC)Minah Shannon has played the best game by any contestant on The Traitors ever – until now.The 29-year-old call centre manager has carried the third series on her butter-wouldn’t-melt shoulders as the perfect assassin, with the charm of a high street hun to the faithful’s faces but bursting with the ruthlessness of an evil genius as soon as their backs are turned.I’v
  
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• Battle to stop super prison: Villagers launch legal bid to challenge Angela Rayner's decision to force through plans for a 1,700 capacity jail on green belt land

  16-01-2025 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary approved the building of a jail holding 1,700 prisoners near Chorley in Lancashire.
  
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• Social media giants given 'final deadline' to stop kids accessing harmful content

  16-01-2025 18:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Media regulator Ofcom has ordered online services to take urgent action to stop kids seeing content relating to pornography, suicide, self-harm and eating disorders
  
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• Sickening moment teenage mob stab transgender girl nine times for lying about her gender and performing sex act on boy

  16-01-2025 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 18-year-old aspiring model was lured to a roller disco where the gang screamed 'tranny' as they punched, kicked and stamped on her after she was knifed nine times in Harrow.
  
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• Chelsea vs Wolves: Latest team news, predicted lineup and injuries

  16-01-2025 18:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea are looking to get back to winning ways in the league (Picture: Getty)Chelsea will look to end their five-match winless run in the Premier League when they host Wolves at Stamford Bridge on Monday.Enzo Maresca’s side cruised to a 5-0 win in the FA Cup against Morecambe at the weekend to secure their first win of 2025.However, the Blues failed to build on that momentum in midweek and needed an injury-time equaliser from Reece James to secure a 2-2 draw with Bou
  
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• The five tech titans that will sit with Trump during inauguration and what their position means

  16-01-2025 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Donald Trump is sworn in on Monday he will be surrounded by the tech titans he believes will deliver the jobs and free speech that will define his term.
  
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• Pupils caught stealing luxury items from duty free nearly cause flight home to be grounded after school skiing trip

  16-01-2025 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of seven students snatched items worth €800 (£670) before Milan Bergamo Airport staff confronted their oblivious teachers.
  
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• Biden's DOJ gives sweetheart plea deal to murderous gang leader who Trump wants to execute

  16-01-2025 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jairo Saenz, 28, will avoid the death penalty and life in prison after receiving a sweetheart plea deal despite being linked to a wave of violent crimes as the leader of the infamous MS-13 gang.
  
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• Trump changes mind on TikTok ban after super-fans on app helped him beat Biden

  16-01-2025 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The president-elect made great use of Gen-Z TikTok creators to reach young voters and is keen to see the app survive a federal ban set for January 19.
  
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• Tragic Elianne Andam's killer warned fellow prisoner 'Do you want to end up 6ft under?'

  16-01-2025 18:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hassan Sentamu, 18, made the chilling claim as he awaited trial for murdering 15-year-old Elianne Andam in a row over a teddy bear in Croydon back in September 2023
  
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• Texas cheerleader, 17, banned from caring for her own pets after 'poisoning rival's show goat'

  16-01-2025 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aubrey Vanlandingham, 17, life dominating the social hierarchy could be coming to an end as she's banned from seeing her prize-winning goat Lacey as she waits for her trial to start in March.
  
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• Mayor Karen Bass failed to deploy LA's $1M crisis team to fire-ravaged areas for a week in latest fumbled decision to emerge

  16-01-2025 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Palisades Fire - the first of several blazes to erupt in LA - broke out on Tuesday last week, but Mayor Karen Bass reprotedly did not call on her crisis response team until seven days later.
  
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• Inseparable mother and daughter, 4, are killed in horrific crash on an icy Virginia pond

  16-01-2025 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kayeley Williams, 33, and her daughter Maddie, four, died after their car overturned into an icy Virginia pond.
  
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• Ron DeSantis reveals his pick to fill Florida Senate seat after Lara Trump withdrew her name

  16-01-2025 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Florida Governor Ron Desantis has announced who will fill Senator Marco Rubio's seat.
  
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• Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii interview: ‘There’s a lot more possibilities with Majima’

  16-01-2025 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Majima is commanding the seas (Sega)GameCentral speaks with Like A Dragon producer Hiroyuki Sakamoto about mini-game creation, spin-offs, and how the studio’s approach to development has helped it survive.Based on our initial hands-on last year, we were still unsure how distinctive Like A Dragon spin-off Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii would end up being. The game is built on the bones of its predecessor Infinite Wealth, only this time with fan favourite character Goro Majima taking the spotlight
  
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• Like A Dragon boss rules out Akiyama spin-off

  16-01-2025 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Akiyama is no leading man, apparently (Sega)Goro Majima might be getting his own Like A Dragon game this year, but don’t expect another fan favourite to get the same treatment. The Yakuza series, now known as Like A Dragon, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, with its most extravagant entry yet. Despite being a fan favourite character since the original, it’s only now Goro Majima is taking the wheel in Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii. While he’s bee
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 specs and size measurements leak after reveal

  16-01-2025 17:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nintendo may never reveal detailed specs (YouTube)There might not have been any official information about the Nintendo Switch 2 tech specs but a series of leaks may hold the answer.The Nintendo Switch 2 console has now been officially announced but inevitably the brief reveal trailer has raised more questions than it’s answered.Insiders had already warned not to expect much in terms of game reveals (although we did get Mario Kart 9) and the lack of any price or release date info, beyond
  
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• Donald Trump’s scowling new portrait looks strangely familiar

  16-01-2025 17:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  President-elect Donald Trump’s 2025 official portrait (right) appeared to resemble his 2023 mugshot (left) (Pictures: Reuters)President-elect Donald Trump’s official portrait has been unveiled, and it’s déjà vu of his most infamous picture – his mugshot.
  Trump appeared to scowl in his 2025 presidential portrait, furrowing his brows and staring icily at the camera like he did in his 2023 mugshot in the Georgia election interference case. He did not smile and
  
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• Kiena Dawes' boyfriend Ryan Wellings is jailed for six years and branded a 'danger to women' and a 'monster' after she killed herself and blamed him in note - but he was CLEARED of manslaughter

  16-01-2025 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Violent 'bully' Ryan Wellings was previously cleared of the unlawful killing of Kiena Dawes, 23, who left a suicide note calling her partner a 'monster' who had 'killed me'.
  
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• Pyjama expert settles debate on how often you should wash your nightwear

  16-01-2025 17:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A pyjama brand owner has waded in on the age-old debate of when you should be washing your nightwear, admitting that she has seen some pretty "wild answers" on the topic
  
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• Coroner calls for young drivers to be banned from giving lifts to friends after 19-year-old killed himself and his pal, 18, in high-speed drunken smash

  16-01-2025 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joe Walsh, 19, died alongside his passenger friend Toby Barraclough, 18, (pictured) when the Seat Ibiza he was driving smashed into a wall in Shelf, West Yorkshire, in 2023.
  
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• Mystery Rudy Giuliani fails to show for his contempt of court trial

  16-01-2025 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rudy Giuliani failed to show up for a trial to decide whether he can keep some of his valuables after he was found guilty of defamation in a $148million judgment.
  
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