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• How BBC is keeping Celebrity Traitors secret after rumoured line-up ‘leaks’

  24-04-2025 12:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  The BBC is reportedly working on keeping Celebrity Traitors filming a secret (Picture: BBC / Studio Lambert)Secrets about Celebrity Traitors are slowly being revealed after the rumoured line-up leaked before filming even began.The beloved BBC programme, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, is hitting screens for a celebrity version after three successful civilian series.For the uninitiated, The Traitors sees contestants take on challenges to try and win prize money by day, but at night, they’re s
  
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• Salman Rushdie's knife attacker is jailed for 25 years for shocking assault that left the Satanic Verses author blind in one eye

  16-05-2025 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison.
  
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• These bottle opener flip flops are the unexpected Father's Day gift all dads will actually want

  16-05-2025 17:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Looking for a Father's Day gift he'll genuinely use? These comfy, cool flip flops are perfect for summer, and come with a handy built-in bottle opener
  
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• Bus driver who failed to brake and killed 77-year-old woman pedestrian before smashing into cafe avoids jail as her sister pays heartbreaking tribute

  16-05-2025 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Almena Amica, 77, was using a pedestrian crossing to cross the road in the centre of Manchester when the bus accelerated and collided into her.
  
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• More than a third of women worry about being undressed in front of partner

  16-05-2025 17:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Skin insecurities have played a major role in denting body confidence, a new survery has found - with more than a third of British women admitting they feel uncomfortable getting naked in front of a partner
  
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• Melania Trump statue disappears from first lady's hometown sparking police search

  16-05-2025 17:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police in Slovenia have launched a manhunt for a statue of Melania Trump which has been erected for around five years. The statue suddenly went missing this week
  
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• Annoying Dem lawmaker who wants to impeach Trump makes hugely embarrassing gaffe on camera

  16-05-2025 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Congressman Shri Thanedar was filmed making an error that's unlikely to go down well with local voters who are fast tiring of his antics.
  
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• Run, don’t walk! The Nespresso travel tumbler everyone’s obsessed with has returned

  16-05-2025 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  This is your sign to get the impressive (and gorgeous) Nespresso Tumbler whilst you can. (Picture: Metro/Nespresso)
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  After going viral on TikTok, the time has finally arrived – and the must have accessory for iced beverage lovers has arrived… Yes, the Nespresso Tumbler is back in stock, but you’ll need to be quick g
  
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• Now we know why Tom Cruise is always at the movies

  16-05-2025 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Movie star Tom Cruise loves the cinema – and now Christopher McQuarrie has given insight into why he’s always promoting other people’s films (Picture: Getty/Instagram)Tom Cruise is a Hollywood megastar, known for his charisma, work ethic and jaw-dropping stunts – but he’s also known to be a big fan of movies, full stop.Indeed ‘see you at the movies’ has virtually become a calling card of his after he used it to sign off a special message to Top Gun: Mav
  
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• My boyfriend poked my back with his penis – his seduction technique needed work

  16-05-2025 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  I fancy the pants off my boyfriend and my sex drive is usually pretty strong – so why the hell was I so irritated? (Picture: Rachel Adams)Lying in bed under the covers, I was just about to doze off when I felt a familiar shape digging into my back.It was an invitation from my boyfriend and the next move was mine.
  I could wiggle my butt towards him or turn around, like I normally would, but for once, I hesitated. Normally the idea of Alex getting hard because he wanted to have sex with me
  
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• Inside 807ft skyscraper in a forest that’s almost as tall as London’s Shard

  16-05-2025 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The skyscraper stands out starkly against its surroundings (Picture: TK Elevator)A skyscraper almost as tall as London’s Shard has been built in the middle of a forest – and it’s become a popular tourist attraction.The huge, twisting tower surrounded by trees in south west Germany has a very practical purpose, besides sticking out of the surrounding countryside.Located near the medieval town of Rottweil, the futuristic concrete structure looks like something out of a sci-fi fi
  
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• Shark attack victim's 'blood curdling screams' heard as he's mauled on daily swim

  16-05-2025 16:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Vinall was on a daily swim at Port Noarlunga Beach when he was attacked by a shark about 150 metres from the shore in Australia yesterday morning
  
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• Disgusting elderly abuse caught on camera in senior living home

  16-05-2025 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Authorities rescued 10 elderly men and women and shut down a retirement home in San Luis Potosi, Mexico on Thursday after leaked videos showed the abuse of at least three seniors.
  
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• Daughter reveals her Qantas worker mum's desperate fight for life after falling 5m from Sydney Airport aerobridge walkway

  16-05-2025 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Customer experience supervisor Olivia Hristovska suffered critical injuries when the wall of a walkway to an aircraft seemingly ruptured as she leant against it on May 3.
  
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• Speed limits could drop to 10mph on major roads in bid to improve safety

  16-05-2025 16:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Drivers could see speed limits reduced to 10mph in certain areas if proposals from the Road Safety Foundation are introduced - but it has been blasted by motorist groups
  
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• Brit swimming 60 miles in shark-infested sea but is 'terrified' of something else

  16-05-2025 16:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lewis Pugh said he is frightened of sharks but more terrified of a world without them, and that’s what the world could be looking at if we don’t act now
  
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• What happens next to assisted dying law change as MPs vote on controversial issue

  16-05-2025 16:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MPs have debated the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the Commons for the first time since November's 'yes' vote. The Mirror looks at what could happen next
  
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• The final insult: I knew my daughter's brute of a boyfriend would kill her... but a vile act as her body lay in a funeral home will haunt me until the day I die: KAREN EDWARDS

  16-05-2025 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Now Ashlee was 17 and had started to act distant with me. I thought I knew the reason why. Recently, she'd started seeing a man called Jimmy, who was seven years older than her.
  
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• People are sharing London’s best ‘mega walks’ to try this weekend

  16-05-2025 16:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  Warning: you’ll likely end up with sore feet (Picture: Getty Images)Why run a marathon when you can walk it? That’s the thinking behind the rise of London’s ‘mega walks’ – long treks across the capital that take you through parks, past canals and multiple boroughs. Of course, you don’t have to commit to walking a full marathon (although some do). Even a half-day wander can get you out of the house and show you parts of London you’d never norm
  
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• British boy, eight, seriously hurt after ‘running through glass’ on holiday in Magaluf

  16-05-2025 16:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  The boy was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery – his condition is unknown (Picture: SolarPix)A British child is seriously injured after running into a glass window pane at a Magaluf hotel.
  The eight-year-old had a ‘freak accident’ midday, suffering deep cuts, and had to be transferred to the hospital for an emergency operation.The youngster was with his parents at the time.Local reports said he had hurt himself after starting to run along a corridor and smashing into the
  
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• How a son's phone alerted his mother to his death, decades after his sister died the same way

  16-05-2025 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Melbourne mother has described how a mobile app helped her to discover her son had been involved in a fatal car crash.
  
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• Abandoned lynx have a new home just a few miles from where they were found in the Highlands

  16-05-2025 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three young lynx abandoned in the Cairngorms National Park earlier this year have found a new home at Highland Wildlife Park.
  
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• Chris Brown named in Diddy trial along with mystery NFL player Cassie had affair with: Live updates

  16-05-2025 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sean ' Diddy ' Combs' attorneys are expected to conclude their cross-examination of his ex-girlfriend and main accuser Cassie Ventura on Friday.
  
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• Bella May Culley: Six clues jailed teen left before going missing and mystery man riddle

  16-05-2025 16:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bella May Culley, 18, was arrested in Georgia on suspicion of drug offences. Her TikTok videos prior to her arrest have allegedly revealed drug use, cash flaunting, and troubling 'Bonnie & Clyde' references
  
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• Trump bizarrely claims he's the reason why Taylor Swift is 'no longer hot'

  16-05-2025 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump has fired off a new barrage ridiculing megastar Taylor Swift.
  
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• Antonee Robinson injury update ahead of Brentford vs Fulham

  16-05-2025 16:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Antonee Robinson missed Fulham’s defeat to Everton last weekend (Getty)Antonee Robinson remains an injury doubt for Fulham’s Premier League match against Brentford on Sunday.The 27-year-old left-back has been one of Fulham’s standout performers this season with 10 assists in the Premier League so far.But he failed to make Fulham’s matchday squad for their 3-1 defeat at home to Everton last Saturday due to an ongoing knee injury.Robinson returned to training on Thursday b
  
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• British popstar hunts down his ‘sextortion’ blackmailer in shocking new documentary

  16-05-2025 16:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jordan Stephens wants to confront his sextortion scammer (Picture: Dave Hogan/Hogan Media/REX/Shutterstock)Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens is travelling to Nigeria to track down his ‘sextortion’ blackmailer in a new Channel 4 documentary.The popstar, 33, wants to confront the sex scammer ‘face-to-face’ for the hard-hitting show with the working title Hunting My Sextortion Scammer.For the purposes of the film, Jordan also gets himself ‘sextorted’, which is a
  
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• Residents set to sue NSW government and Sydney Water over 'Erin Brockovich-level scandal'

  16-05-2025 16:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Residents are prepared to sue over cancer-causing 'forever chemicals' that have been present in their drinking water for decades.
  
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• Boots summer sale sees prices slashed by up to half price on No7, Lancome, Shark and more

  16-05-2025 16:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Boots summer sale is here and shoppers can currently get up to 50% off on selected beauty items and electricals, plus up to 20 points per £1 - but some deals are only around for today
  
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• British warship shoots down supersonic missile in ‘historic first’ for Navy

  16-05-2025 16:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageOne of Britain’s most advanced warships successfully shot down a supersonic missile in a major step forward for the Navy’s defence capabilities.
  HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, launched a specially-modified Sea Viper missile which hunted down a target flying at four times the speed of sound (Mach 4) in a test exercise on Thursday.The ‘supe
  
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