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• FBI was not allowed to brief President Joe Biden on evidence that suggested Covid-19 was caused by a lab leak, ex-scientist for US intelligence agency claims

  27-12-2024 00:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FBI was not allowed to brief the US President on evidence that suggested Covid-19 was caused by a lab leak, it was claimed last night.
  
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• Britain's biggest Christmas market 'rip-offs': From £618 hotdogs to £2,750 wood carvings, £50 for a 150-second train ride and £775 for family day out

  27-12-2024 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From shelling out a staggering £618 for two hotdogs in Nottingham, to blowing almost £800 on a day trip to London's Winter Wonderland, these are some of the most costly Christmas markets.
  
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• Reform UK threatens legal action against Tory leader Kemi Badenoch in membership 'fakery' row - as Nigel Farage blasts 'disgusting' claims

  27-12-2024 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A furious row has erupted between Mrs Badenoch and Reform leader Nigel Farage after an online counter indicated Reform now has more than 141,000 members.
  
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• Aussie mum breaks her silence after her son suffered 'horrific' injuries when New York City taxi hit them on Christmas Day as they were heading out to dinner

  27-12-2024 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Stewart and her son Tyler were heading out to dinner in Midtown Manhattan around 4pm local time on Wednesday.
  
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• Channel Tunnel chaos as Eurostar is stuck for 2.5 hours between UK and France with passengers breaking down in tears as others face massive queues and delays

  27-12-2024 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Travellers heading to Paris on the 6.01am Eurostar departure from London were stranded in the tunnel about one hour into their journey because of a train fault - leaving some in tears at missed flights.
  
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• One month's rainfall in just two days to deluge UK as weather warnings issued

  27-12-2024 15:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office says rain and snow are expected next week as the transition between 2024 and 2025 becomes unsettled - and Strathclyde, including Glasgow, will see the heaviest rainfall
  
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• Sailor who narrowly avoided drowning after he was swept overboard in Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race during a wild night that claimed two lives breaks his silence on terrifying ordeal

  27-12-2024 15:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luke Watkins, captain of the 15ft Porco Rosso, was blown overboard as the 2013 handicap winner, formerly known as Victoire, made her way past Green Cape on the NSW Coast in the strong winds
  
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• Ryanair issues warning for all flights as 'dense fog' blankets UK

  27-12-2024 15:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ryanair told passengers both in and flying into the UK to check their app for flight updates as dense fog blankets the country and rain scheduled to hit the nation
  
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• Convicted terrorist suing Saracen's Head landlords over 'racist' pub signs says he'll donate court winnings to Gaza orphans

  27-12-2024 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Convicted terrorist, Khalid Baqa, who is pursuing civil action against Saracen's Head publicans overits 'racist' name says he will give his court winnings to Gazan orphans. 
  
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• Luca Bennett: Heroic lifesaver's desperate bid to save 15-year-old washed off the rocks is revealed

  27-12-2024 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A surf lifesaver came agonisingly close to saving a teenage boy who was swept off the rocks into the ocean - but was instead left in tears on the beach after a big wave foiled the rescue effort.
  
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• BMW driver with car sticker saying 'My driving scares me too' is stopped by police for doing 118mph on motorway on Christmas Day

  27-12-2024 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A BMW driver with a sticker on their that read 'my driving scares me too' was caught speeding on a motorway at 118mph on Christmas Day.
  
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• Teenager wins £30,000 payout after being ‘sacked for wearing trainers to work’

  27-12-2024 15:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Benassi claimed she was treated like a child during the incident (Picture: Linkedin/Google)A teenager who was sacked for wearing trainers to work has won almost £30,000 in compensation.Elizabeth Benassi, now 20, successfully sued her former employer for ‘victimisation’ after her boss ‘treated her like a child’ when she came into work with sneakers.The former employment adviser was shown the door after only three months in the role but claimed that other employees w
  
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• Killer cop Kristian White who fatally Tasered 95-year-old great-granny Clare Nowland faces being sent to Australia's top secret Long Bay prison

  27-12-2024 15:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kristian White will be taken to the most top secret jail in Australia if he is sentenced to full-time imprisonment next year.
  
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• Milton Keynes stabbing: Man left flat 'super chilled' after two women 'butchered on Christmas Day'

  27-12-2024 15:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 49-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder following the deaths of two women, aged 24 and 38, on Christmas Day in a tragedy in the Bletchley area of Milton Keynes
  
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• 'Elderly couple tried to steal plane seat – people were stunned by my response'

  27-12-2024 15:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman has been praised after she sought revenge on an elderly couple who tried to steal her plane seat on a 13-hour flight – so what would you do in this situation?
  
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• Robbie Williams’ biopic debuts with eye-wateringly high Rotten Tomatoes score

  27-12-2024 15:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Better Man has debuted to stellar reviews (Picture: Paramount Pictures/Better Man AU Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved)Robbie Williams’ Better Man biopic has received an incredible reception following its release, including a very impressive score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.In a move that has generated quite the discussion, the Angels hitmaker is portrayed by a CGI monkey in his musical/fantasy flick, which chronicles his meteoric rise to fame.After landing in cinemas on Boxing Day,
  
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• More than 150,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to the UK since 2018 after another 407 arrived on Boxing Day

  27-12-2024 15:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In all, 150,220 small boat migrants have reached the UK since the first dinghies crossed in 2018, equivalent to the population of a town the size of Blackpool.
  
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• Britain's first surrogate mum interrogated by social services during labour and forced to 'abandon' child

  27-12-2024 15:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kim Cotton was the UK's first surrogate mother - a decision which changed her life forever and made her one of the most controversial women in Britain in the 80s
  
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• John Cena got WWE rookie ‘hammered’ on moonshine after high profile debut

  27-12-2024 15:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  John Cena has always made time for rookies (Picture: USA Today Sports via Reuters Con)John Cena is primed for his WWE return and 2025 retirement tour, after well over two decades in professional wrestling.The wrestler turned Hollywood megastar will be back for WWE’s move to Netflix on January 6, and he’s safe to say he’s left his mark on the business, as well as the careers of those in it.For retired Welsh grappler Mason Ryan – now part of the KÀ by Cirque du Sole
  
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• 'I have an extinct name - even though it's vanished I'm hoping for a comeback'

  27-12-2024 15:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mum was gutted to discover her name was going near-enough extinct, as registrations for the moniker have fallen off a cliff. Now she wants to start a campaign to bring it back
  
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• Doctor issues advice for anyone going to the toilet immediately after eating

  27-12-2024 15:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The gut doctor has shared why you might immediately need the toilet after eating - and what to do to avoid it
  
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• CAROLINE BULLOCK: Once shy arm candy, Nicole Kidman's a brassy diva dishing about her Big Os. Is THIS why she's not holding back anymore?

  27-12-2024 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Her face seems ever more frozen, but Nicole Kidman's inhibitions are melting. From diva disses to ego fueled La La Land introspection, it's all adding up to some increasingly bizarre behavior.
  
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• ‘Affordable warmth’ – shoppers rave about ‘best electric blanket’ that costs from 1p to run

  27-12-2024 15:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  If you’ve been looking for ways to keep warm this winter, without putting your heating on for an extensive amount of time – then you might want to invest in this electric blanket. (Picture: Metro/Dunelm)With parts of the UK still feeling a chill at night and in the early morning, the Fogarty Soft Touch Embossed Electric Blanket has become highly rated by users for being ‘welcome company in bed on a chilly night’ – not to mention ‘more efficient than leaving t
  
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• Urgent warning to tea drinkers from scientists over what could lurk in your cuppa

  27-12-2024 14:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Mutagenesis Group of the UAB Department of Genetics and Microbiology in Spain have discovered some commercial tea bags release nano and micro plastics
  
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• Scientists issue urgent warning about drinking TEA - as they discover a single tea bag can release billions of dangerous microplastics into your body

  27-12-2024 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have warned that a single tea bag can release billions of dangerous microplastics into your body.
  
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• Embarrassment for woke late night hosts as new study shows how their anti-Trump pleas fell on deaf ears

  27-12-2024 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Late-night hosts relentlessly made Donald Trump the focus of nearly all of their jokes before the presidential election , but failed to sway the voting, as revealed by a new study.
  
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• MAGA unleashes fury at secret plan to block Trump from taking office

  27-12-2024 14:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump's most ardent supporters are unleashing fury after a secret Democrat plan to block the president-elect from taking office was exposed.
  
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• 'I was stuck in Eurostar hell and saw nothing more than a bottle of water being offered by staff'

  27-12-2024 14:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  According to some caught up in the chaos, all that was offered to tired, dehydrated and panicked passengers was a bottle of water - despite the company claiming they offered hot drinks to those stranded in Calais
  
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• Enzo Maresca praises ‘fantastic’ Premier League star linked with Chelsea transfer

  27-12-2024 14:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Enzo Maresca is a big fan of one of Chelsea’s transfer targets (Photo: Getty)Enzo Maresca has heaped praise on one ‘fantastic’ Premier League star who has been heavily linked with a big money transfer to Chelsea.After losing in injury-time to Fulham on Boxing Day, Chelsea will look to bounce back on Monday when they travel to struggling Ipswich Town.The Blues are largely expected to sweep aside the Tractor Boys who are 19th in the table and yet to win at home since returning t
  
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• Paul Merson makes new Premier League title claim amid Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal race

  27-12-2024 14:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Merson says Chelsea looked ‘nervous’ in their defeat to Fulham (Picture: Getty)Paul Merson has made a new Premier League title race claim after a dramatic day of action in the top-flight on Boxing Day.Chelsea lost to Fulham at Stamford Bridge in a chaotic west London derby, which saw Rodrigo Muniz score a winner in the 95th minute.Despite the result, Chelsea remain second, but they will fall behind Arsenal if the Gunners win their game in hand against Ipswich on Friday night.Li
  
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