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• Eric Morecambe’s iconic glasses fetch whopping five-figure sum at ‘extraordinary’ auction

  13-01-2025 00:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eric Morecambe’s glasses have collected a five-figure sum (Picture: Evening Standard/Hulton/Getty)A pair of glasses worn by comedy legend Eric Morecambe have sold for £20,000 at a memorabilia auction in Hertfordshire.The late comic – who died in 1984 aged just 58 – was part of an iconic and hilarious duo with his comedy partner Ernie Wise, who died in 1999.Morecambe and Wise ruled the airways in Britain from the late 1960s until the former’s sudden death from a hea
  
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• Popular tourist hotspot to slug Aussie visitors with new tax

  13-01-2025 06:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A country is considering slugging Aussie tourists with a new tax.
  
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• Man detained by residents with blowtorch near LA fires revealed to be an illegal immigrant

  13-01-2025 06:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The homeless arson suspect who was taken into custody near where one of the three Los Angeles wildfires broke out has been identified as Mexican national Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva.
  
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• Weary LA residents finally told when they can return to homes after fires ravaged thousands of buildings along the coast: Live updates

  13-01-2025 06:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAILY MAIL LIVE BLOG: The wildfires ravaging California have killed at least 16 people and destroyed over 12,000 structures.
  
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• Chloe suffered a broken leg and was on her road to recovery... but a terrifying complication now has her family planning her funeral

  13-01-2025 06:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Sydney mother who dedicated her life to helping others has after she broke her femur and suffered a complication.
  
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• UK snow maps show exactly when 1,000km blizzard will hit WHOLE COUNTRY in 30-hour blitz

  13-01-2025 06:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The latest weather modelling maps show intense snow could fall across the entire length of the UK in a 30-hour Arctic blitz later this month, with 15cm per hour flurries on the cards
  
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• Archaeology breakthrough as incredible 4,100 year old Egyptian tomb uncovered

  13-01-2025 06:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The kiln tomb is filled with vibrant wall painting and inscriptions, and is believed to belong to a witch doctor who likely 'healed' pharaohs from animal bites and stings
  
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• A Woolworths customer checked how much more expensive groceries are today compared to 15 years ago... the results will surprise you

  13-01-2025 05:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Woolworths shopper compared how much more expensive the same grocery shop would be today compared to years ago after she found a 15-year-old receipt.
  
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• Who started the Pacific Palisades Fire? Haunting new theory suggests New Year's Eve revelers could be to blame

  13-01-2025 05:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Palisades Fire - the largest of the three blazes ripping through Los Angeles - ignited on January 7 and has scorched 23,713 acres and is only 13 per cent contained as of Sunday.
  
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• Watch the cringe moment TV pundit Andrew Bolt is confronted by an angry 'TikTok Karen' in an antiques store - but the Sky News Australia star insists the best bits were edited out

  13-01-2025 04:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sky News star Andrew Bolt has revealed what he really said during a blistering takedown after a TikTok 'loser' accosted him in an antique store at the weekend.
  
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• Aussie issues brutal message as debate erupts over whether Sharia law should be integrated into our legal system

  13-01-2025 04:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A young Aussie has reignited a decade-old debate over whether Sharia law should be recognised in Australia.
  
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• Tragic update after Queensland woman was shot in the back while sitting in a car

  13-01-2025 04:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman is at risk of dying and has life-altering injuries after being shot in the back in a car, with police appealing for public information into a vehicle of interest.
  
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• Several trees along a shoreline were deliberately poisoned to 'improve the view'... the cheeky response from council is drawing praise

  13-01-2025 04:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Sydney council has drawn praise for its cheeky response after several trees were illegally poisoned to improve the 'view' of the ocean.
  
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• How Aboriginal people are being given $50 vouchers to share treaty ideas

  13-01-2025 04:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'It's a type of reverse racism, and it does more harm than good.'
  
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• School is struck by tragedy after beloved teacher dies

  13-01-2025 04:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken children of a woman devoted to teaching have said their mother was a 'caring' woman as they fight to send home her remains.
  
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• Search for Lance Appleby is called off two weeks after he was mauled by a shark

  13-01-2025 04:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police have officially given up on the search for a missing surfer's body.
  
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• Don Lemon explodes over Obama's lovefest with Trump after years of vicious insults: 'I'm not smiling if you're calling my wife a man'

  13-01-2025 04:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former CNN anchor Don Lemon fiercely criticized Barack Obama for being civil toward President-elect Donald Trump, arguing it normalizes dangerous behavior.
  
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• Aussie's brutal message amid call for sharia law to be integrated into our legal system

  13-01-2025 04:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A young Aussie has reignited a decade-old debate over whether Sharia law should be recognised in Australia.
  
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• Not everyone needs to be diagnosed with depression and anxiety says Tony Blair as he tells Brits to 'stop medicalising the ups and downs of life'

  13-01-2025 04:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Tony Blair said there is a danger of telling too many people going through life's normal challenges that they are suffering a mental health condition.
  
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• Dating app Grindr 'linked to dozens of child sex abuse cases' - some with boys as young as 12

  13-01-2025 03:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Grindr faced at least 13 police reports of serious sexual offences allegedly perpetrated against children, including at least five reports of rape, in which it was listed as the first point of contact.
  
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• Painting LA pink! Fire retardant stains houses that still stand and everything around them in an attempt to slow the blazes that have killed at least 24 people

  13-01-2025 03:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spray, known as Phos-Chek, has been dropped from nine large planes and 20 water-dropping helicopters across the city to fight the fires that have been burning since Tuesday
  
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• LAFD forced to explain why they are fighting fires with 'women's handbags' as conspiracies rage online

  13-01-2025 03:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Erik Scott has been forced to confront online conspiracy theories as firefighters continue to battle the deadly wildfires.
  
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• Aussie reignites debate about whether Sharia law should be integrated into our legal system

  13-01-2025 03:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A young Aussie has reignited a decade-old debate over whether Sharia law should be recognised in Australia.
  
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• Iran confirms man 'who provided material used in a drone attack to kill three US soldiers' who was detained in Italy has returned home: 'Swap deal' comes as Italian journalist is freed

  13-01-2025 03:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mohammad Abedini, 38, was arrested on an US warrant on December 16 over allegations he had supplied the sophisticated drone navigation technology used in the lethal attack.
  
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• Youths slammed for dangerous fare dodging tactic after sitting on moving tram

  13-01-2025 03:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shocking images of young people sitting on the outside of a moving tram were taken on Friday afternoon and hared to a social media group
  
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• Four people die in horror crash on Leach Highway in Cloverdale, Perth

  13-01-2025 03:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four people have died after a horrific crash involving a taxi and a four-wheel drive on a major Perth highway.
  
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• DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Amid the chaos and darkness, charity offers a ray of hope for people made homeless by the devastating wildfires

  13-01-2025 03:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People have been gathering in Santa Anita Park in Los Angeles with whatever possessions they were able to collect as they escaped from the wildfires currently ravaging the city
  
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• My £850k newbuild flat is riddled with cracked walls, leaks and collapsing ceilings - it's worthless and uninsurable just six years after I bought it

  13-01-2025 03:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daniel Bruce now fears his property in Agar Grove, Camden, is worthless just six years after he bought it - as he watches it fall apart in front of his eyes.
  
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• The council bosses who failed victims of the Rotherham grooming gang: How senior leaders have pursued roles as government advisers, bankers - and an 'executive coach and mentor'

  13-01-2025 03:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation condemned senior officials who 'underplayed' the scale of the 'appalling' abuse against girls as young as 11.
  
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• I'm the TV fitness guru accused trying to KILL my allergic boss with a deliberately planted chocolate bar... I've been cut off by friends but I will rebuild my life

  13-01-2025 03:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Friends of Jody Bunting were urged to 'cut him off' after the fitness guru was accused trying to murder his allergic boss with chocolate.
  
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