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• Father of the Bride director Charles Shyer dies aged 83

  28-12-2024 18:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Charles Shyer has died aged 83The Father of the Bride Director and Private Benjamin co-writer Charles Shyer has died aged 83.
  Shyer, who created some of Hollywood’s most loved movies, has left an ‘unfillable hole’ in his family’s lives following his death on Friday December 27.In a statement, they wrote: ‘It’s with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father, Charles Shyer’s passing.’‘His loss leaves an unfillab
  
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• South Korea plane crash latest: Details of passengers on doomed flight that left 179 dead are released

  29-12-2024 12:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A total of 179 passengers 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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• Man is shot dead in a suspected gangland hit in western Sydney - as cops hunt for the gunman and discover a burnt out car nearby

  29-12-2024 12:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emergency responders were called to Sutherland Street, Canley Heights in Sydney's west at about 6.50 on Sunday night following reports shots had been fired.
  
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• Assad's critically ill wife 'barred' from returning to Britain for cancer treatment after passport expired

  29-12-2024 12:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Asma al-Assad, 49, will be unable to come back to her native London without her official travel documents amid reports she is severely ill with leukemia and has only a '50-50' chance of survival.
  
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• Over half of UK adults struggle with diet changes amid busy lifestyles

  29-12-2024 12:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than half of Brits are trying to lose weight but 'never get around to it' a recent survey shows
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson to pull off last ditch move to claw back profits at pub after revealing its first few months have been a 'total disaster'

  29-12-2024 12:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Unearthed licensing documents reveal for the first time today that the former Top Gear host inherited the generous opening hours from a former restaurant on the site of The Farmer's Dog.
  
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• The working class woman who went on to build a high street empire

  29-12-2024 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  A portrait of Florence Boot, the first female director of Boots, has been installed at the National Portrait Gallery (Picture: Stephen Chung/PinPep/Boots)In 1870 Queen Victoria decreed: ‘Let women be what God intended, a helpmate for man, but with totally different duties and vocations.’ However, there was one woman determined to flout such societal norms: Lady Florence Boot.Such was her ambition, in 1913, the Bystander magazine wrote that she ‘was the most wonderful exam
  
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• My daughter is perfect – but strangers constantly question her skin tone

  29-12-2024 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Havana entered this world and filled our hearts with love (Picture: Chyna Mills)While casually scrolling through the comments on a TikTok post featuring my three-month-old baby, Havana, my jaw dropped.‘That baby don’t even have a little melanin,’ one person wrote. ‘It’s just sad.’This person that I didn’t even know was commenting on my baby’s skin colour and it felt like being sucker-punched. I couldn’t wrap my head around how anyone could s
  
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• Mega-poll predicts surge for Nigel Farage's Reform as Labour risks losing nearly 200 seats

  29-12-2024 11:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The first seat-by-seat analysis since Labour's landslide win points to the increasing threat posed by Nigel Farage's Reform UK which could become the third biggest party
  
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• Elon Musk pens opinion piece defending his support for Germany's far-right AfD party, prompting editor to resign

  29-12-2024 11:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk has defended his support for Germany's far-right AfD party in an opinion piece in the Welt am Sonntag newspaper on Saturday, prompting a senior editor to resign.
  
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• Police issue major update as three women die after eating 'arsenic-laced' Christmas cake

  29-12-2024 11:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An official homicide probe has been launched by Brazilian police following the deaths of three women after eating a festive cake believed to be laced with arsenic
  
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• South Korea plane crash latest: Miracle two survivors pulled out alive as 179 dead

  29-12-2024 11:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A total of 179 passengers 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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• At least three migrants now confirmed dead trying to cross the Channel to the UK as rescue operation launched off Sangatte beach fears more casualties

  29-12-2024 11:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A large-scale rescue operation is said to be underway on a beach in Sangatte, in northern France , after the first alert was raised at around 6.15am.
  
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• Dad-of-two’s last phone call before vanishing on holiday just days before flight home

  29-12-2024 11:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  John Hardy last spoke to his family on December 14 (Picture: Leon McGowran)The family of a man who went missing on holiday in Spain said he sounded ‘distressed’ in his final phone call with them.John Hardy, also known as John George, was reported missing on December 18 after failing to catch his flight home to Belfast for Christmas.
  He had travelled to Alicante, Spain, three weeks earlier to visit friends, but his family became increasingly worried after his phone went dead on Decem
  
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• ‘I’m a Man Utd legend – Ruben Amorim should sell these five players’ 

  29-12-2024 11:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ruben Amorim took over at Manchester United last month (Pictures: Getty)Manchester United legend Nicky Butt has urged Ruben Amorim to sell five players, including former Chelsea star Mason Mount.There was widespread optimism among the United faithful when Amorim arrived at Old Trafford last month following Erik ten Hag’s sacking.Despite winning a couple of cups under Ten Hag, Manchester United largely underwhelmed under the Dutchman and were just 14th in the Premier League when he departe
  
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• 9 best skin-plumping serums and creams tried and tested – with 'filler-like results'

  29-12-2024 11:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We've rounded up the best skin-plumping serums and creams for 2024, tried and tested by our experts. From Kate Somerville to Estée Lauder, here are the products that actually work
  
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• Pop Idol star Rik Waller unrecognisable 23 years later after shock career change

  29-12-2024 11:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rik Waller rose to fame on Pop Idol in 2001 (Picture: Fremantle Media/REX/Shutterstock)Pop Idol star Rik Waller is living a very different life these days, more than 20 years after he rose to fame.The singer from Kent wowed judges Simon Cowell, Nicki Chapman, Pete Waterman and Neil Fox with his vocals back in 2001, when he was 20 years old.He became a favourite to win the first series of the reality singing competition, and was catapulted to fame.Sadly, he had to pull out of the competition, de
  
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• Outnumbered BBC star conned by fraudsters who posed as her TV parents

  29-12-2024 11:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The actress, who plays daughter Karen in the show, told The People she was targeted by two fraudsters who claimed to be her on-screen mother and father Claire Skinner and Hugh Dennis.
  
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• Fatboy Slim’s mum dies on Christmas Day with his and Zoe Ball’s son paying touching tribute

  29-12-2024 11:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Woody Cook revealed the death of paternal grandmother on Christmas Day (Picture: @woody_cook/Instagram)Zoe Ball and Fatboy Slim’s son Woody Cook has announced the death of his ‘Granny Ros’ in an emotional tribute message.The 24-year-old DJ said his dad’s mother died on Christmas Day this year, praising her as an ‘amazing woman’ who was ‘ready’ to move onto her ‘next life’.Fatboy Slim, real name Norman Cook, has not shared a public trib
  
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• Jeju Air passenger's harrowing final five-word message to relative before plane crashed killing 177

  29-12-2024 11:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Jeju Air flight from Thailand to South Korea came to a horrific end as the aircraft appeared to struggle during landing before skidding off the runway and crashing into a wall and exploding
  
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• I thought fatigue was down to work — I actually had stage four cancer

  29-12-2024 11:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tony Frawley dismissed his symptoms until his wife made sure he saw a doctor — now he wants everyone to be aware of symptoms
  
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• EV owner cops $200 fine over entitled car park act at Chadstone Shopping Centre

  29-12-2024 11:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An electric vehicle driver has been caught off-guard after racking over $200 in fees for a simple mistake in a busy carpark over the Christmas shopping period.
  
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• South Korea plane crash latest: Miracle two survivors pulled out alive after 179 dead

  29-12-2024 11:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A total of 179 passengers 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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• Kate Middleton 'left in floods of tears' after Prince William 'changed New Year plans' in tense call

  29-12-2024 11:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the early days of dating,Prince William and Kate would spend Christmas with their respective families and come together for New Year - but one year this didn't happen, and a book claims it left Kate devastated
  
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• Are you happy with Starmer’s performance this year? Take our poll and have your say

  29-12-2024 11:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Since taking over in the summer, the Prime Minister's leadership has been a curious mix of bold policy initiatives offset by contentious cost-saving decisions which saw his approval rating plummet. How do you feel about his time at the top so far?
  
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• Lottery curse: How devoted couple who wanted to change their lives with £60K win both ended up dead within 7 months of each other - and were never able to spend a penny

  29-12-2024 10:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Jean and Brian Davies from Billinge in Merseyside, thought their lives had changed after a win on the Postcode Lottery but sadly they would never enjoythe cash they deserved.
  
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• Plane horror witness recalls chilling moment jet engine exploded as speculation mounts over what caused plane's horror crash

  29-12-2024 10:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A crew member who is thought to be one of only two survivors of a South Korean jet plane crash described the moment the engine exploded as it crashed off a runway and smashed into a wall.
  
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• 'I advise lottery winners how to spend their money - they always make the same mistake'

  29-12-2024 10:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Carter has been working with lottery winners for nearly 20 years, counselling thousands of lucky Brits, and says they always make the same mistakes with their money
  
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• Coffs Harbour businessman Jim Auld identified as pilot killed in horror light plane crash at Palmers Island

  29-12-2024 10:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jim Auld, 67, was flying the plane when it took off from McIntyres Airfield in Palmers Island near Yamba in northern NSW on Sunday morning.
  
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• How Camilla's lookalike sister became her 'rock' during Queen's toughest years

  29-12-2024 10:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Camilla and her sister Annabel Elliot's relationship was recently revealed on screen. From the end of her first marriage to her being crowned, here's how Annabel has supported her sister
  
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