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• Hollyoaks ‘confirms’ controversial serial killer story with ‘many dead bodies’

  27-11-2024 13:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Martha has killed before, it seems (Picture: Lime Pictures)Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Wednesday’s (November 27) episode that is now available to view on Channel 4 streaming. The episode in question will air on E4 on at 7pm.Hollyoaks appears to have confirmed that Martha Blake (Sherrie Hewson) has claimed a number of lives, adding further fuel to the contentious theory that the character is a killer.
  Reports in the media earlier in the year suggested that the ch
  
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• I thought we’d have forever – then a bee stung my husband

  27-11-2024 16:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  I was told Jackson would never make a meaningful recovery: (Picture: Whitney Lyn Allen)On 14 October 2021, I was sitting at the dining room table, answering work emails, when my husband Ryan returned from the gym. While rubbing his arm, he told me that he’d been stung by a bee on the way home and felt weird.I could tell from Ryan’s voice that something was seriously wrong. I’d started dating Ryan when I was 24 and just two days earlier, we’d celebrated our eigh
  
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• Fruit seller who sold £5,000,000 banana won’t get a penny

  27-11-2024 16:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Shah Alam’s fruit stand is just steps away from Sotheby’s (Picture: Google)The fruit vendor behind the banana duct-taped to a wall – which sold for £5,000,000 at an auction in New York last week – had no idea about the fruit’s fate.
  74-year-old Shah Alam runs a fruit stand outside of Sotheby’s in Manhattan, where he sold the banana which ended up in the art piece.
  His bananas sell for £0.20 each, or £0.79 for a bunch.
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• British Airways launches three new Italian routes from London – including ‘underrated’ coastal city

  27-11-2024 16:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  This underrated coastal city will now be connected to London directly (Picture: Getty Images/RooM RF)Nestled just south of the more popular Bologna lies the stunning Medieval city of Rimini.Though it’s previously been slightly harder to access with less frequent flights, British Airways has just launched three new routes from London to Italy – and one of them ticks off the underrated Adriatic Riviera.The routes are set to start in 2025, with flights between Heathrow and Rimini begin
  
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• Masked robbers attacked Channel 4 star with hammers in £200,000 jewellery raid

  27-11-2024 16:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageTwo robbers who attacked a celebrity jeweller with hammers in a £200,000 raid are facing lengthy prison sentences.
  James Dixon, 42, and Thomas Loring, 41, were captured on CCTV as they ransacked Ian Towning’s shop in Chelsea and hit him on the head with a hammer on March 26.Mr Towning, 76, a star of the Channel 4 show ‘Posh Pawn’,
  
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• Trump news live: Top pollster predicts the Republican frontrunners in 2028

  27-11-2024 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The NIH is the country's top public funder of medical research with a budget of some $47.3 billion.
  
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• Three Americans including man facing death penalty are freed by China in US prisoner swap

  27-11-2024 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three Americans, including a man who was facing the death penalty, have been freed by China in a prisoner swap with the US.
  
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• Machete murder suspect, 52, is on the run after he 'chased down and hacked his neighbour' 25 times in gruesome attack near their homes

  27-11-2024 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alvaro Lovos, 52, has been named as the suspect in the killing of his neighbor Charlie Wilson, 67, outside a convenience store in Houston, Texas, around 11pm on November 19.
  
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• Martin Frizell steps down as editor of This Morning after 10 years saying he will need to 'free up time' for changing 'family priorities' as wife Fiona Phillips battles Alzheimer's

  27-11-2024 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Martin Frizell is stepping down as editor of ITV's This Morning show after 10 years in charge, it has been revealed.
  
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• Oregon principal learns harsh lesson 'for letting pedo teacher stay in school during police probe'

  27-11-2024 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two St. Helens High School teachers have been arrested on sexual abuse charges - including choir teacher Eric Stearns, who taught up until the day of his arrest - despite months-long investigation.
  
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• School pupils ‘shoved into padded rooms and thrown to floor’ in CCTV footage

  27-11-2024 16:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageChildren with learning disabilities in a school in north-east London were left locked in rooms for hours without food and drink, an investigation has found.CCTV footage shows pupils at Whitefield School in north-east London being forced into padded ‘calming rooms’ – where they are hit, thrown to the floor and left to sit in their own vomit.Ab
  
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• Kamala Harris supporters stunned by new video as internet dubs her 'drunk aunt at Thanksgiving'

  27-11-2024 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Social media went wild with accusations that Kamala Harris was drunk in her first video message to supporters after her stunning presidential election loss to Donald Trump.
  
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• DEI trainer recorded bullying beloved gay principal who then committed suicide lands ritzy new job

  27-11-2024 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kike Ojo-Thompson was branded abusive by an official government probe after she was found to have bullied and harassed Richard Bilkszto, 60, before his suicide.
  
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• Furious Americans slam Hollywood's 'out of touch and snobby' liberal elite after first Alec Baldwin then Sharon Stone brand millions 'ignorant and uneducated' for voting in Trump

  27-11-2024 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Baldwin and Stone's remarks were met with furious backlash by their fellow Americans, who took to X to call the Hollywood stars 'entitled, elitist snob losers'.
  
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• Kamala Harris advisor shares behind-the-scenes metric showing the $1billion campaign was doomed

  27-11-2024 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A senior advisor for Kamala Harris admitted internal polls showed that the vice president was never ahead of Donald Trump in the battleground states.
  
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• Man bleeds to death after being scratched by his beloved cat

  27-11-2024 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man who suffered from diabetes and poor blood clotting has died after he was scratched by his beloved cat which caused him to bleed out.
  
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• 'Man praised for divorcing wife for 'heartless' treatment of gay son'

  27-11-2024 15:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Redditor posted on the "Am I The A******" subreddit, and asked whether his decision to dump his wife over her troubling comments were warranted
  
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• I played in a Champions League final for Liverpool – now I want to be a DJ

  27-11-2024 15:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Loris Karius made key mistakes in the Champions League final six years ago (Picture: Getty)Loris Karius played for Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final but the German goalkeeper is now keen to become a professional DJ.The 31-year-old has been a free agent since July after Newcastle United decided not to give him a new deal and he could be set for a career swap.Karius, who spent just under two years at St James’ Park as a back-up ‘keeper, is perhaps best known for his notorio
  
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• 'I'm on the cusp of a sexual relationship with my sister - I can't stop my feelings'

  27-11-2024 15:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man has found himself in a situation where he feels like it's 'wrong' to act on his feelings towards his 'sister' but the pair have realised they have deep feelings for eachother
  
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• Aussie TikTokker stunned after bizarre McDonald's drive-thru ordeal on the Gold Coast

  27-11-2024 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Aussie TikTok star's McDonald's coffee run took a bizarre turn.
  
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• Heartbreaking sign your dog is dying that owners tragically overlook

  27-11-2024 15:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While it may never feel like the right time to say goodbye to your dog, there are signs your beloved pet may be nearing the end of their life, a pet grief counsellor says
  
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• Manchester City have forgotten how to win – here’s three ways Pep Guardiola can fix it

  27-11-2024 15:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola is struggling for answers (Picture: Getty)Such was the nature of Manchester City’s staggering collapse against Feyenoord on Tuesday night that the frustration was visibly etched upon Pep Guardiola’s face.Arriving for his post-match press conference with several scratch marks on his forehead and a cut on his nose, the game’s closing stages had clearly taken their toll on the Spaniard.And perhaps for good reason. For the first time in his career, Guardiola saw his
  
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• Update after royal member and son of Norway's Crown Princess Marius Borg Hoiby arrested for 'rape'

  27-11-2024 15:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marius Borg Hoiby, 27, was arrested in Oslo late on Monday last week on a preliminary rape charge - but police are now investigating a new alleged sexual offence
  
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• UK snow: New maps turn purple as 546-mile Arctic bomb to blanket parts of Britain

  27-11-2024 15:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The latest weather forecast from the Met Office suggests the weather will remain "unsettled" into December, although more likely dominated by rain than snowfall
  
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• Shane was looking forward to his first ever cruise. But the dream voyage became a nightmare moments after he got onboard MSC Grandiosa

  27-11-2024 15:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shane Hryhorec had been looking forward to his eight-day European voyage onboard the MSC Grandiosa cruise ship.
  
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• BBC radio star with ‘incredible legacy’ leaving broadcaster after 26 years

  27-11-2024 15:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mishal Husain is leaving the BBC (Picture: BBC)Mishal Husain, one of the presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, has announced her exit.
  The 51-year-old journalist has been a presenter at the BBC for 25 years.
  Husain was also a host of The Today Debate and fronted several 2024 general election debates for the BBC this year.The journalist is moving to front a new interview series at financial and data media company Bloomberg, as editor-at-large of Bloomberg Weekend Edition.She said: &
  
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• Items inside Winter Wonderland's £10 mystery bag 'look more like lost property'

  27-11-2024 15:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The contents inside the £10 mystery bag have caused a debate among social media users as some ask 'was it worth it?'
  
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• Full list of LGBTQ+ heroes nominated for Metro Pride Awards revealed

  27-11-2024 15:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Bailey, Beth Mead and Ncuti Gatwa are among the constellation of starts on the list (Picture: Getty/PA)The nomination list for the Metro Pride Awards has been announced – and it’s as star-studded, sequinned and inspiring as you can imagine.Metro will host an award ceremony next year to recognise the incredible people, organisations, celebrities, businesses and allies that campaign for LGBTQ+ rights.And what better time to do this than during LGBT+ History Month on February
  
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• Bike lane from hell that cost £1.7m will be scrapped after injuring cyclists and pedestrians and hammering small businesses - with final bill to the taxpayer set to top £3m

  27-11-2024 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cycle lane scheme along Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough was installed in 2022 at a cost of £1.7 million and was supposed to make the key arterial route 'greener and safer'.
  
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• I’m A Celebrity star’s furious mum vows to confront ‘angry’ Ant McPartlin

  27-11-2024 15:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! star Dean McCullough’s mum is ready to have a word with host Ant McPartlin (Picture: ITV)I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! star Dean McCullough’s mum is preparing to have a word with host Ant McParlin after he was ‘hard’ on her son.The BBC Radio 1 DJ, 32, entered the camp as one of 12 celebrities competing on the current season of the long-running ITV series last week.Although Dean first endeared himself wit
  
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