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• Flooding horror as one in four homes at risk of being underwater in just 26 years

  17-12-2024 01:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Environment Agency has issued a sobering report warning of the number of properties already in flood risk areas and the dangers posed by climate change in the decades to come
  
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• Holiday market burned to the ground at iconic location

  17-12-2024 03:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  A holiday market at Herald Square in Midtown Manhattan burned down partially early Monday (Pictures: NBC)A holiday market was burned and partially destroyed after just 10 days of spreading the season cheer at a iconic New York City location.The market at Herald Square in Midtown Manhattan, right by Macy’s flagship location, caught ablaze around 4am on Monday, according to the New York City Fire Department.A total of 18 shops were obliterated. The red and green temporary shops were left ch
  
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• Games Inbox: Was The Games Awards 2024 a disappointment?

  17-12-2024 03:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Witcher 4 -not out soon (YouTube)The Tuesday letters page is still confused about the Xbox multiformat policy, as a reader imagines what gaming will be like in five years.To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected] NOTE: We are currently preparing our content for over the Christmas period and will need a number of Reader’s Features, so if you’ve been meaning to write one but never quite got round to it we could do with as many as possible before
  
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• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince Andrew received written briefings from top brass at the Ministry of Defence

  17-12-2024 02:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Until the late Queen defenestrated Prince Andrew in 2022, he was regularly attending meetings and receiving written briefings from top brass at the Ministry of Defence.
  
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• Madison female school shooter, 17, planned deadly attack as cops hint at potential motive: Live updates

  17-12-2024 02:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unidentified female shooter, 17, killed a student, teacher and then herself at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison shortly before 11am Monday.
  
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• ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Why was antimony so prized by alchemists?

  17-12-2024 02:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The word antimony comes from the Greek anti and monos: 'a metal not found alone' and it can be found in more than 100 different minerals.
  
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• Mother-of-three, 54, is set to become multi-millionaire after selling five-bed Omaze house in leafy surrey - just five months after the getting keys

  17-12-2024 02:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five months after winning the keys to her opulent bungalow, Rachel Reid, 54, of Inverness, has put the six-bedroom property on the market for just under £3 million.
  
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• Oscar Pistorius's string of lookalike blondes including one who supported him through Reeva Steenkamp murder trial and another who declared him an emotional bully

  17-12-2024 02:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oscar Pistorius has begun dating a family friend just months after his release from prison for murdering former girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp - and the two women look suspiciously alike. 
  
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• Child safety campaigners left 'disappointed' as Ofcom's online safety code lacks measures to tackle suicide

  17-12-2024 02:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes as the regulator published a new set of rules that compel social media companies to take action against illegal and harmful content in order to comply with the Online Safety Act.
  
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• Amanda thought she had found the dream WFH job when she received a call from an Indeed 'recruiter'... now she's $48,000 in the hole

  17-12-2024 02:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Queensland woman Amanda Peters, 44, received a text from Isla who claimed to be a recruiter from the jobs website Indeed.
  
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• 'Fire-obsessed' boy, nine, likely started house blaze that killed him and his aunt after he was caught 'playing with lighter', probe finds

  17-12-2024 02:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Riley Chambers and Siobhan Abbott, 24, died from their injuries in a house fire on Rawson Street, Selston, at around 1am on Sunday, January 4.
  
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• Mother who sold her own child to a paedophile, 38, is jailed alongside him after sickening London sex abuse case

  17-12-2024 02:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman, who cannot be named to preserve the child's anonymity, regularly sold the girl to Ferdous Ahmad, of Queensbridge Road, Brixton, between November 2023 and March 2024.
  
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• Only those with perfect observation skills can spot differences in panda pic

  17-12-2024 02:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The picture is distracting for one clear reason - but don't let it deter you from cracking this puzzle in 30 seconds.
  
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• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind review – go go retro gaming!

  17-12-2024 02:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind – just like the TV show (Digital Eclipse)Some of the best graphics of the year can be found in this loving homage to Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and early 90s video games.It can’t be easy for toymakers like Hasbro, when it often seems that adults are more interested in their wares than kids. Hasbro owns a variety of companies and franchises, including Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast, as
  
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• Furious locals rally around landlord at centre of bitter legal fight with convicted terrorist over 'offensive' pub name

  17-12-2024 02:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Khalid Baqa, who was jailed for four years for preparing Jihadi propaganda, has sparked outrage by trying to sue the Saracens Head Inn in Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
  
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• Mystery drones over UK airbases and threat of Russian 'sleeper agents': Putin's covert agents are 'probing the West's defences for future attack', warns colonel as UFO hysteria grips US

  17-12-2024 02:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon claimed the incursions worldwide may be part of a Kremlin ploy to 'test the waters' and expose weaknesses in the defences of British and American bases.
  
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• Daily Mail among 40 publishers calling for the Government to tackle big tech firms' unauthorised use of content to train AI systems

  17-12-2024 02:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new coalition, called Creative Rights in AI Coalition, launched yesterday urging ministers to protect copyright rules for creative groups.
  
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• Santa paws! Festive bull terrier Tom shows off his best Christmas outfit

  17-12-2024 02:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With his eclectic collection of yuletide-themed costumes Tom could be the best dressed canine on December 25.
  
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• Melbourne siege: Man is arrested after he allegedly barricaded himself inside a home in Heidelburg West

  17-12-2024 02:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 49-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly barricaded himself inside a home in Melbourne's northeast and sparked a dramatic siege.
  
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• Madison female shooter, 17, who killed 2 was already in the school at beginning of the day: Live updates

  17-12-2024 02:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unidentified female shooter, 17, killed a student, teacher and then herself at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison shortly before 11am Monday.
  
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• How Yang Tengbo, the alleged Chinese spy who befriended Prince Andrew, wormed his way to the very top of British society

  17-12-2024 02:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Operating in plain sight as an Anglophile Chinese businessman keen to forge meaningful links between the two nations, he infiltrated top institutions with astonishing success.
  
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• Festive season could make four health conditions worse, doctor warns

  17-12-2024 02:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A doctor has warned that people with four common health conditions could find their symptoms worsen during Christmas celebrations
  
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• Commonwealth Bank boss makes embarrassing admission about outrageous $3 withdrawal fee

  17-12-2024 02:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn says he was unaware of the disastrous decision to charge account holders $3 to withdraw cash until he read about it in the media.
  
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• Bali Nine inmate Matthew Norman breaks his silence as he reacts to his freedom after 19 years in an Indonesian jail

  17-12-2024 02:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Norman, the youngest of the Bali Nine members at just 18 years old, was keen to get his hands on 'easy cash, fast cash' when he was approached and offered $15,000 for a drug trafficking job.
  
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• Judge rules on whether Trump can claim presidential immunity in hush money case he wants thrown out

  17-12-2024 02:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York Judge Juan Merchan ruled on Monday after Donald Trump's lawyers moved to have the hush money case dismissed after the Supreme Court immunity ruling.
  
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• Dire fears Prince Andrew's Chinese spy links are only the 'tip of the iceberg'

  17-12-2024 02:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Yang Tengbo, who became pals with Prince Andrew, also met former prime ministers David Cameron and Theresa May, it has emerged as China has been descibed as "a very clear threat"
  
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• 'Easiest' 1% Club question people have ever seen - can you solve it

  17-12-2024 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Research has shown that regularly tackling brainteasers can improve focus, memory retention, and even help delay cognitive decline - will you be able to find the answer to this question
  
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• Woman's entire tiny home is STOLEN after thieves used UTV and pickup truck… and that's not the worst part

  17-12-2024 01:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Monica Badzinski was shocked to find her entire tiny home was stolen in the middle of the night on November 12, leaving only broken cinder blocks, cut wires and crushed cables on an empty slab of land.
  
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• How an Aussie saved the life of a Bali Nine jailmate - rescuing her from a firing squad just minutes before she was due to die. And now she's received the best news of all

  17-12-2024 01:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Filipina maid Mary Jane Veloso, 40, was due to be executed by firing squad alongside Australian drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran on April 30, 2015.
  
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• England's sewage scandal took place because successive governments failed to enforce the law for three decades, investigation reveals

  17-12-2024 01:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For years water companies have claimed it was legally acceptable to allow untreated human waste to pour into rivers and seas.
  
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