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• Gregg Wallace faces fresh allegations: Fellow BBC star claims MasterChef presenter 'touched her inappropriately', another that he flashed her

  03-12-2024 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former greengrocer, 60, has stepped back from the show after nearly 20 years while allegations into alleged misconduct are investigated.
  
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• 'One of London's best pubs' may be forced to close after snooty neighbours in £2m homes complained about 'women talking at the top of their voices'

  04-12-2024 10:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Sekforde in Clerkenwell has served thirsty Londoners since the early 19th Century, likely including author Charles Dickens whose bank was located on the same road.
  
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• Mother of Britain's 'Jihadi Jack' pleads for him to be brought home after 'naïve' suspected IS terrorist begged to be repatriated from Syrian prison

  04-12-2024 10:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sally Lane, 61, said her son Jack Letts, 29, who fled to Syria to allegedly become an Islamic State fighter as a teenager, should be brought home to Britain or Canada so he can be tried in their courts.
  
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• 'Out of his mind' president's last throw of the dice completely backfires: Impeachment proceedings begin for South Korean leader following martial law debacle

  04-12-2024 10:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The scandal-hit political leader declared the extraordinary measure on Tuesday night in a bid to thwart 'pro-North Korean, anti-state forces' - but the move was widely seen as a political ploy
  
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• Beach hut on pristine Dorset sandbank sells for £485,000 in just 24 hours - making it one of Britain's most expensive

  04-12-2024 10:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The humble abode at Mudeford Sandbank was snapped up in just 24 hours despite coming in at 20m² and onlookers describing it as 'just a shed'.
  
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• Sports Direct blasted after misspelling Wales on bobble hats in embarrassing blunder

  04-12-2024 10:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Angry social media users called out the sports company for mistakenly selling bobble hats with 'Cyrmu' on instead of 'Cymru'.
  
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• Two-year-old girl drowned in garden bin after council failed to organise foster care when her mother was in hospital despite repeated requests, inquest hear

  04-12-2024 10:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Little Mazeedat Adeoye's heartbroken mother had repeatedly asked begged Newham Council for help to find a foster placement for her daughter but to no avail.
  
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• X Factor legend reveals Simon Cowell ‘destroyed their sex life’

  04-12-2024 10:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sean Smith from Same Difference blamed X Factor for ruining his love life (Picture: Rex)An X Factor finalist said he dreamed of being the ‘next Robbie Williams’ but instead Simon Cowell killed off his love life.Sean Smith, 39, said he ‘never had a problem with the ladies’ before competing on the ITV show in 2007 with his sister Sarah in the group Same Difference.However, his mentor Simon, 65, leant into the duo’s ‘squeaky-clean and saccharine’ for the l
  
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• TV stars who met on iconic set lovingly celebrate two years together

  04-12-2024 10:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Angus shared a sweet post on Instagram to mark their anniversary (Picture: Instagram)Former Hollyoaks stars Angus Castle-Doughty and Niamh Blackshaw have marked a huge milestone in their relationship after celebrating their second anniversary. The couple met on the set of the Channel 4 soap, where Niamh played Juliet Nightingale and Angus appeared as villan Eric Foster. On Tuesday, Angus shared a sweet tribute to Niamh to mark their anniversary on his Instagram Story. Sharing the
  
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• Moment Brit, 30, is arrested in Thailand 'for raping six-year-old girl he knew through a friend'

  04-12-2024 10:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luke Adam Lawrence, 30, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, was identified by sleuths at the National Crime Agency (NCA) in London over an alleged video of a schoolgirl being abused
  
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• Tragedy as three-day-old baby dies after 999 took 8 minutes to pick up mum's call

  04-12-2024 10:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tiny three-day-old Wyllow-Raine Swinburn died after her parents waited an agonising eight minutes for 999 call handlers to pick up the phone - before an ambulance took half an hour to arrive
  
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• Star Wars superfan sells £1MILLION collection of toys and memorabilia after admitting haul has become too big

  04-12-2024 10:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Star Wars superfan, Luke Kaye, 56, from Swindon, is flogging his 'cherished' memorabilia collection after confessing that his £1 million haul has become too 'enormous'. 
  
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• Teen walks free after mum Emma Lovell stabbed to death in horror Boxing Day home invasion

  04-12-2024 10:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A teenager who was 17 when he broke into Emma Lovell's Brisbane home alongside another teen on Boxing Day 2022 can walk free from court after serving 710 days in pre-sentence custody
  
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• 'Idiot' driver filmed himself speeding before killing grandad - then blamed him

  04-12-2024 10:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Caleb Mansfield-Marr, 22, overtook numerous cars on the wrong side of the road while driving twice the speed limit before the horror crash in Stockport, in August last year
  
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• Horrifying moment woman is attacked by a SHARK while diving

  04-12-2024 10:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Influencer Lilian Tagliari was swimming among 50 nurse sharks in The Maldives early last month when one suddenly took a bite out of her right leg.
  
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• Emmerdale fans ‘work out’ who will buy David’s shop as Eric Pollard makes ultimate sacrifice

  04-12-2024 10:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eric is considering selling the shop (Picture: Michael Adams)Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell) has found himself in serious financial bother in Emmerdale after investing his life savings into cryptocurrency.With his own account empty, he left Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop) devastated when he stole her savings for another investment.In last night’s episode, Eric promised to sell the shop in order to get her money back – and fans think they’ve worked out who will buy it.‘It doe
  
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• LGBTQ+ Russians win fight not to be called ‘perverts who should be crushed with tanks’

  04-12-2024 10:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Russia’s so-called ‘gay propaganda’ law has long silenced the country’s LGBTQ+ community (Picture: Sergey Nikolaev/NurPhoto)A group of LGBTQ+ Russians who were described as ‘Aids-riddled perverts’ have won a claim in the European Court of Human Rights.Aleksey Yevstifeyev, Ruslan Miniakhmetov and Daniil Grachev alleged Moscow did nothing to protect them from homophobia.The three claimants alleged that a ‘well-known politician’ hurled homophobic ins
  
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• Fugitive who killed off-duty paramedic Pauline Smith in horror crash and went on the run days before being sentencing is jailed

  04-12-2024 10:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mingen He, 25, had pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving causing the death of Pauline Smith (pictured) in a crash in 2022.
  
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• Charles Spencer's wife's telling comment on divorce after splitting for sad reason

  04-12-2024 10:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Earl Spencer is in a tricky position following his girlfriend's alleged decision to sue his third wife, Karen Gordon. The former couple only recently announced the end of their 13-year marriage in June
  
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• Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? host Chris Tarrant retires after 50 years

  04-12-2024 10:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host Chris Tarrant has retired from TV (Picture: ITV)Chris Tarrant has revealed he’s retired from TV after a career spanning more than 50 years.The presenter, 78, is best known for fronting the children’s programme Tiswas from 1974 to 1981 and the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? from its inception in 1998 until 2014.In 2012 he began presenting the travel documentary series, Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways, which ran for six seasons and
  
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• Major update on future of UK interest rates shared by influential think tank

  04-12-2024 10:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said the global economy would 'remain resilient' over the coming years but that “risks and uncertainties are high”.
  
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• 00s TV legends haven’t aged a day as they reunite after years apart

  04-12-2024 10:19 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Former EastEnders stars Michelle Ryan and Kim Medcalf served up some serious 00s nostalgia as they reunited for a pre-Christmas catch-up this week. The actresses were part of one of the BBC soap’s most memorable storylines in 2005, when their characters Zoe Slater and Sam Mitchell were implicated in Den Watts’ (Leslie Grantham) murder. Fans will remember how Den’s wife Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman) bludgeoned him to death
  
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• Interest rates will stay higher for longer because of Labour's monster tax and spend Budget, OECD warns

  04-12-2024 10:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In its annual economic survey, the OECD predicted that both interest rates and inflation will be above previous expectations.
  
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• Coronation Street legend, 78, steps back from role to ‘have a bit of a life’

  04-12-2024 10:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Maurren will appear on an ad-hoc basis moving forward (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)Coronation Street star Dame Maureen Lipman is to take a step back from her Evelyn Plummer role to take a ‘gap year’.The actress, 78, has been a regular cast member in the ITV soap but will only appear on a recurring basis moving forward.She recently discussed her engagement to partner David Turner – who she proposed to on a train – on Lorraine Kelly’s self-titled daytime show.&lsq
  
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• Teenager involved in burglary that saw British mother Emma Lovell stabbed to death in front of her husband walks FREE despite being convicted

  04-12-2024 10:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emma Lovell, 41, was knifed down outside her property near Brisbane on the night of December 26 2022, during a home invasion carried out by two 17-year-old boys.
  
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• Snooker Shoot Out 2024 TV channel, draw, schedule, rules and prize money

  04-12-2024 10:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mark Allen is the defending champion at the Shoot Out (Picture: Getty Images)The Snooker Shoot Out gets underway on Wednesday in Leicester, with the unique event providing a very different atmosphere to the rest of the calendar.Every match in the tournament is just one frame, with a 10 minute maximum and played under a shot clock.The fans in Leicester are welcome to make plenty of noise and they certainly will do so, especially in the Friday and Saturday evening sessions.Ranking points are on t
  
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• Man 'who stabbed eight-year-old girl to death had attacked the child's mother after arguing about a phone'

  04-12-2024 10:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Malika Noor Al Katib, 8, died after she was stabbed in the neck at her home in County Wexford, Ireland on Sunday evening.
  
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• Russia's new Oreshnik 'super missile' is 'a PR stunt dreamt up to scare the West after Putin's nuclear bluff failed'

  04-12-2024 10:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Moscow Times reports that four Russian officials say the Oreshnik threat to Ukraine and the West was an 'orchestrated show' by the Putin regime.
  
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• New map shows when snow is set to return to Britain as -5C Arctic blast hits

  04-12-2024 10:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK is set for more freezing weather with the mercury dropping to -5C and heavy snow can be expected almost the full length of the country as cold air moves in from the Arctic
  
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• Winter Plunderland! Thieves snatch £500 of gadgets off couple at Hyde Park's festive event after targeting them as they left ride

  04-12-2024 09:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The festive funfair in central London opened less than two weeks ago, but already there have been 12 thefts reported to the Met Police , Metro reports.
  
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