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• Games Inbox: Will the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct be a disappointment?

  02-04-2025 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Today is most certainly the day (Nintendo)The Wednesday letters page is excited and anxious about today’s Switch 2 news at the Nintendo Direct, as one reader is unimpressed by the Xbox Asus team-up.To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.ukPLEASE NOTE: We will have very limited time to put together the Games Inbox on Wednesday, so please get your emails in as quickly as possible, especially if you’re planning to comment on the Nintendo Direct. Otherwise t
  
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• Frasier fans left panicked after Channel 4 threatens to retaliate with ‘cut’

  04-04-2025 11:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  Frasier could be in danger on Channel 4 thanks to the US government (Picture: Channel 4)Frasier fans have had quite the scare after Channel 4 responded to Donald Trump’s new tariffs with a threat of its own.The US President has announced a baseline 10% tariff (tax on imported goods) across the globe, with an additional amount added to certain countries the administration views as having an unbalanced trade relationship.Although the UK managed to get away with just the baseline tariff, thi
  
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• Japanese Grand Prix practice stopped after two grass fires at Suzuka circuit

  04-04-2025 11:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  A large grass fire ended second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix (Photo: Sky Sports)Second practice for the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix was red flagged four times on Friday, twice because grass at the Suzuka circuit caught fire.The third race of the 2025 F1 season is on Sunday with Lando Norris well-placed to extend his championship lead.The Brit topped the timesheets in first practice and was only bettered by McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in second practice, though the afternoon session
  
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• RAF pilot who killed family of four in suicidal head-on collision pictured

  04-04-2025 11:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Richard Woods, right, drove his car in the wrong direction on the motorway, killing a family of four, pictured leftThe RAF pilot who killed a family of four after deliberately driving the wrong way down a motorway has been pictured.
  Richard Woods, 40, drove in the fast lane of a the M6 near Tebay, Cumbria for almost a minute on October 15 last year.Several drivers managed to swerve and avoid him but Jaroslaw Rossa, who did attempt to steer clear of Wood’s Skoda, struckhim head on.Mr Rossa
  
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• Chesney Hawkes reveals he blew £8,200,000 fortune after massive hit single

  04-04-2025 11:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chesney Hawkes ‘blew through’ the fortune he made from his hit single (Picture: Joseph Okpako/WireImage)Former teen heartthrob Chesney Hawkes made millions from his hit song The One And Only but blew it all, and is now issuing a warning to others.The musician, 52, has hit headlines as he’s rumoured to be entering Celebrity Big Brother this year after a rumoured line-up ‘leaked’, including the likes of Jojo Siwa, Mickey Rourke, Jack P Shepherd, and Trisha Goddard.He
  
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• Body pulled from water after boy, 16, went swimming with friends in lake

  04-04-2025 11:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  The lakes are popular with swimmers in Peterborough (Picture: Google)Police searching for a teenage boy who got into difficulty while swimming at a lake with his friends have found a body.The unnamed 16-year-old boy, reportedly from Peterborough, was swimming in the lake yesterday when he disappeared.Officers were called to Crown Lakes in Farcet, Peterborough, at 4 pm on Thursday, Cambridgeshire Police said.It’s now been announced that a body was recovered from the lake just bef
  
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• Murdered Emmerdale favourite ‘back from the dead’ as star stages return

  04-04-2025 11:08 via metro.co.uk
  Nate Robinson disappeared last year (Picture: ITV/Metro)Metro can reveal that actor Jurell Carter has filmed new scenes as Nate Robinson, who vanished last year.In September, Nate suddenly disappeared from the village after telling Tracy Shankley (Amy Walsh) about his new job in Shetland.At first, Nate hoped that Tracy would leave with him, so they could start their life again with daughter Frankie. Unfortunately, because this happened at the same time a rumour was circulating about Nate sleepi
  
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• 'Woke' Labour council faces claims it tells staff to take 'white privilege' test - and they are marked down if they shop at Waitrose or M&S, drive a new car or are a white male

  04-04-2025 11:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is claimed that Westminster City Council wants to increase 'global majority' recruitment and make sure there is at least one ethnic minority candidate on job shortlists.
  
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• Virgin Atlantic passengers stranded at military base after woman had ‘panic attack’

  04-04-2025 11:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Passengers complained of having no food (Picture: Getty)Virgin Atlantic passengers were left at a remote airfield without food for ‘more than 24 hours’ after a woman suffered a panic attack mid-air.
  An emergency landing was made Wednesday afternoon on Virgin Flight VS358, which had left London Heathrow for Mumbai hours earlier.After the woman reportedly began ‘shouting and screaming’, ‘distressing’ nearby families on the aircraft – reportedly about &lsq
  
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• Macron's Elysee mad house: French president wears 'industrial amounts' of cologne and uses 'ugly' sunglasses to mock guests while 'asserting his dominance', bombshell book claims

  04-04-2025 11:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One extract reveals how, in what is considered a bizarre power play, the French president sprays on so much Dior Eau Savage that his staff can smell him before he enters a room.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother star’s ‘bullying Christine McGuinness’ claims resurface ahead of launch

  04-04-2025 11:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Donna Preston was accused of bullying (Picture: Shutterstock/ITV)A Celebrity Big Brother contestant is already facing ‘bullying’ accusations before the new season.Donna Preston, 36, is in the ‘leaked’ lineup for the ITV reality show when it returns on Monday but she has been hit with controversy after allegedly bringing Christine McGuinness to tears.In 2019, Christine appeared on ITV2 show Hey Tracey!, while Donna played host Joel Dommett’s virtual assistant.In her
  
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• Teen driver who killed 'beautiful' girlfriend, 17, in horror VW Golf crash that broke his back faces years in prison

  04-04-2025 10:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Logan Addison, 19, caused the death of Lily-May Vaughan, 17, after he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf near Shawbury Heath, Shropshire, on February 4, 2023.
  
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• Teen who sold drugs using Harry Potter house elf Dobby as an alias and left female cyclist seriously injured in car crash is jailed

  04-04-2025 10:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lewis Breen-Ledger, 19, went under the name 'Dobby's Packs' on Instagram and Snapchat where he offered a 'menu of different drugs'.
  
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• Coronation Street star Stephanie Davis’ two-month-old son rushed to hospital after he ‘stopped breathing’

  04-04-2025 10:50 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Coronation Street’s Stephanie Davis has opened up about a harrowing ordeal that saw her baby son rushed to hospital with breathing problems.Actress Stephanie played the role of Courtney Vance in the ITV soap in 2023. In January of this year, the star gave birth to her second child.Stephanie, who is 31, shares the little tot with her partner Joe McKalroy.When Samuel was born, Joe shared a post on his Instagram confirming the baby’s
  
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• DWP urges Brits to check if they qualify for 'underclaimed' benefit worth £5,740 a year

  04-04-2025 10:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Advice comes from the UK's largest community of unpaid carers. From April 7, higher rates of Attendance Allowance - worth up to £5,740 a year - will be available to claimants
  
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• End of a three-year megafarm nightmare: Council rejects plans for 'US-style' facility with 714,000 chickens and 14,000 pigs after locals fears it would cause house prices to collapse in pretty Norfolk villages

  04-04-2025 10:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jubilant villagers cheered and hugged as an application for a US-style megafarm with up to 870,000 chickens and 14,000 pigs was turned down
  
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• Bad boy to Top Boy: How Ashley Walters battled alcoholism and was sent to prison before becoming one of Britain's most raved about actors - and why he was about to pack it all in before his star turn in Adolescence

  04-04-2025 10:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ashley Walters has attracted rave reviews for his portrayal of the detective leading the raid and questioning of the schoolboy murder suspect in Netflix phenomenon Adolescence.
  
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• Justin Kluivert injury update ahead of West Ham v Bournemouth Premier League clash

  04-04-2025 10:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  Justin Kluivert is a doubt for the away game vs West Ham (Picture: Jeremy Landey/Focus Images Ltd)AFC Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola has provided an injury update on Justin Kluivert ahead of Saturday’s trip to West Ham.Kluivert has been in stunning form for the Cherries this season, conjuring up 12 goals and six assists across 28 Premier League games.But the Dutchman was left out of the Bournemouth squad who lost 2-1 at home to Ipswich Town on Wednesday night due to fatigue.Kluivert
  
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• Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright treat baby Palma to ‘special’ first holiday

  04-04-2025 10:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright have been soaking up the newborn cuddles on a ‘special’ break (Picture: Instagram/Michelle Keegan)Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright have enjoyed making ‘special memories’ with their newborn baby girl on her first holiday.The Brassic star, 37, and Towie personality, 38, announced the arrival of their first child, daughter Palma, on March 6.Sharing the news on Instagram with a black and white photo of the tot, they wrote: ‘Together we ha
  
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• Alexander Isak injury update provided by Eddie Howe ahead of Leicester v Newcastle

  04-04-2025 10:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alexander Isak was withdrawn with a groin issue in Newcastle’s victory over Brentford (Picture: Getty)Eddie Howe has confirmed Newcastle will make a late call on whether or not Alexander Isak will be able to play in the side’s Premier League clash with Leicester.Isak, 25, broke the deadlock in Newcastle’s 2-1 win over Brentford on Wednesday evening to become the first player in the club’s history to score 20 or more goals in back-to-back Premier League campaigns.But Isak
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing star considered ‘faking breaking an ankle’ to get out final

  04-04-2025 10:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Louise Redknapp has revealed she considered quitting Strictly Come Dancing (Picture: PA)Louise Redknapp has admitted she debated whether faking an injury to get out of Strictly Come Dancing.The Eternal singer and former judge on the UK version of So You Think You Can Dance signed up to compete on Strictly in 2016.Although she eventually reached the final with professional partner Kevin Clifton, Louise has now revealed she considered ways to quit the show.Despite receiving one of the highest sco
  
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• Map reveals which areas in the UK will get the most sunshine this weekend

  04-04-2025 10:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Yes, that blinding ball in the sky is the sun. It’s back (Picture: Rick Findler / Story Picture Agency)Dust off your sunglasses. The UK is about to be reunited with something it hasn’t seen in what feels like years – the sun.
  The UK weather map from the Met Office is covered in cartoon suns for the next three days.
  Today will see some stretches of Wales and the west coast of England covered in cloud with the sun just about peaking through.
  But from about 4pm, according to fore
  
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• Baby-faced murderer, 16, laughs in court as he is named for first time

  04-04-2025 10:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joel Lorell Simpson, 16, 'ambushed' David Hunt, 45 and repeatedly stabbed him inside a house used for County Lines drug operations - the teenager has been named after a judge lifted reporting restrictions
  
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• Marks & Spencer’s sell-out £30 frying pan shoppers say looks just like Our Place is back in stock

  04-04-2025 10:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marks & Spencer's saucepan went viral for being an affordable alternative to Our Place's bestselling Always Pan, and after selling out it's now back in stock
  
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• When are the soaps on as Coronation Street is pulled by ITV yet again?

  04-04-2025 10:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  ITV’s schedules have changed again (Picture: ITV/Michael Adams)The ITV schedules are in chaos once again tonight, with Coronation Street and Emmerdale taking the brunt of the changes.Tonight’s episode of Emmerdale is set to air at the earlier time of 7pm, while Coronation Street has been taken off air entirely.This is due to coverage of the UEFA Women’s Nations League beginning on ITV1 at 7.30pm.The football match between England and Belgium will kick-off at 8pm.Fortunately, C
  
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• Instant karma as man yanks 10ft croc's tail before the beast snaps back and sinks its jaws into his arm

  04-04-2025 10:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Border security guard Simson Paulus, 41, who was by the Etaka waterhole in Epalela, Namibia, ignored repeated warnings to leave the 10-foot Nile crocodile alone.
  
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• Top Cash ISA rates this month as returns continue to fall despite record-high interest rates

  04-04-2025 10:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Savers are being encouraged to act quickly to secure the best interest rates as returns continue to fall, despite some providers still offering up to 7.5% on savings accounts and up to 5.6% on Cash ISAs
  
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• Global shares keep plunging after US stocks' worst day since Covid: Body blow for Starmer as Trump says UK should be 'happy' with 10% tariffs and aides 'pour cold water on hopes of deal'

  04-04-2025 10:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FTSE 100 fell another 60 points this morning after the US president's trade war  sparked a global rout - wiping £2trillion off company values.
  
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• Emmanuel Macron's bizarre power plays revealed: How French president wears 'industrial amounts' of cologne to make his mark - and has a box of 'ugly' sunglasses used to mock aides

  04-04-2025 10:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One extract reveals how, in what is considered a bizarre power play, the French president sprays on so much Dior Eau Savage that his staff can smell him before he enters a room.
  
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• Fire chief claims devastating wildfire was 'probably started deliberately' after blaze tears through beauty spot - and warns dry weather with high winds could cause further trouble

  04-04-2025 10:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The blaze, at Upton Heath, Poole, in Dorset, which has now been extinguished, burnt through the equivalent of '40 Twickenham Rugby pitches side by side' on Wednesday.
  
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