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• Jeff Bezos issues blunt response to Elon Musk's claim he predicted Trump would lose

  22-11-2024 01:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeff Bezos clapped back at Elon Musk after the Donald Trump ally claimed the Amazon founder told people the president-elect 'would lose for sure' and should sell all Tesla and SpaceX stock.
  
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• Passion explodes as fan favourite Coronation Street couple finally sleep together and a surprise admission follows

  22-11-2024 09:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Carla finally made her move! (Picture: ITV)This article contains spoilers for tonight’s Coronation Street, which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on ITVX.Coronation Street has given us all an early Christmas present with recent scenes that saw Carla Connor (Alison King) and DS Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) finally give in to their feelings for each other.Fans have been eager for the women to make things official for a long time, and tonight our wishes were finally granted.
  
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• Putin makes menacing new threat after Russia warns UK ‘directly involved’ in war

  22-11-2024 09:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageThe UK is ‘directly involved’ in the Ukraine war after its missiles were used to strike targets in Russia, an ambassador has said.
  Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, warned Britain the use of Storm Shadow missiles is bringing the country directly into the conflict.He said: ‘The UK is now directly involved in this war, because thi
  
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• Trump allies warn Britain would face US reprisals for helping International Criminal Court arrest Netanyahu… as Home Secretary says UK 'respects' warrant against Israeli PM

  22-11-2024 09:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the UK 'respects the independence' of the ICC after the action against Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-minister Yoav Gallant.
  
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• Aussie teen Holly Bowles dies after alleged methanol poisoning with her best friend in Laos - as police detain the hostel owner

  22-11-2024 09:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian teenager Holly Bowles has died after suffering alleged methanol poisoning during a holiday to Laos with her best friend.
  
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• Who is Paul Brand? Good Morning Britain’s new presenter leaves fans surprised

  22-11-2024 09:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageGood Morning Britain viewers have been left wondering who the guy is on their TV.
  The daily show has a plethora of hosts that they use including Richard Madeley, Susanna Reid, Martin Lewis, and Ed Balls.However, today it was Paul Brand sitting next to Kate Garraway when they tuned in at 6am.While he may be less known than his fellow presenters, viewers quickly
  
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• Guy Ritchie’s big budget TV set ‘targeted by thieves in costly heist’

  22-11-2024 09:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Guy Ritchie’s film set has been hit by thieves (Picture: Ian West/PA Wire)Guy Ritchie and his new big budget series have been targeted by thieves.The legendary filmmaker is currently in London working on Paramount+ show The Associate – which stars the likes of Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan – but a real life heist has rocked production.In something out of his 2000 crime comedy Snatch, two men reportedly turned up in a Toyota Prius and distracted everyone while a th
  
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• The Osbournes producer Cal Boyington found dead at home aged 53

  22-11-2024 09:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cal Boyington has died age 53 (Picture: Alexandra Wyman/WireImage)The Osbournes producer Michael Carlton ‘Cal’ Boyington has died at his home in San Pedro, California, at the age of 53.
  Boyington, a Hollywood talent agent and reality TV producer who worked on The Osbournes between 2002 and 2005, died on Monday after being found unconscious in his home, according to his brother, B.G. Dickey.
  His brother confirmed that a cause of death has not yet been determined but that me
  
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• US fast food chain that ‘blows McDonald’s out the water’ is opening new restaurants in UK

  22-11-2024 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The chain has some unique items, like the ‘Breakfast Baconator’ (Picture: Wendy’s)When it comes to fast food, many people often gravitate towards the likes of McDonald’s, KFC, and Burger King, but if you only ever go to one of these, you’re missing out.There’s a whole host of other options to choose from in the UK, with numerous US and Canadian chains recently setting up shop here.And a few places that had already launched have announced expansion plans, mean
  
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• Omaze winners celebrate with steak dinner after scooping stunning £500k home

  22-11-2024 09:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sarah Perry, 49, has won an Omaze £500,000 country home in Powys, Wales, and her husband Richard admits he was "flabbergasted" as he didn't even know she had taken part
  
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• ‘I’ve gambled away £750,000 – so why did lenders keep giving me money?’

  22-11-2024 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ali wasn’t even allowed to legally vote when he took out his first bank loan to pay for his gambling habit. (Credits: Getty Images)As a nine-year-old, Ali Robb was fascinated by the bright lights of the seaside amusement arcades where his parents took him to play on the coin pushers each summer.He was enticed by those two penny pieces piling up, edging precariously close to the precipice, knowing that they could all fall down any minute and he would make the big win of 20p.
  By the time he
  
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• Emmerdale character pays as Coronation Street confirms tragedy in 25 new soap spoilers

  22-11-2024 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  A dramatic week awaits in all corners of soapland, with tragedy and sadness aplenty (Picture: BBC / ITV / Lime Pictures / Prime)The soaps serve up high doses of high drama next week, as confirmed in my new spoilers, with a number of tragic events on the cards all across the genre, plus the moment we’ve been waiting for.
  The moment I’m referring to is of course Emmerdale’s Tom King getting his comeuppance, which finally arrives next week as the abuser is taken away for more que
  
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• California man who passed a polygraph about a sadistic killing is linked to the crime through DNA

  22-11-2024 08:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Randolph 'Randy' Williamson, who passed a polygraph test denying his involvement in the grisly murder of 17-year-old Esther Gonzalez in 1979, has now been identified as her likely murderer.
  
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• Police 'detain hostel owner' at centre of 'methanol poisonings' in Laos after five backpackers including British lawyer, 28, die from 'drinking toxic shots'

  22-11-2024 08:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The hostel owner at the centre of alleged methanol poisonings in Laos which has led to the death of five people has reportedly been detained by police.
  
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• UK snow forces school closures as 'unsafe to open' ahead of Storm Bert havoc

  22-11-2024 08:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Storm Bert is set to wreak havok across the country - bringing heavy rain, strong winds and disruptive snow to parts of the UK throughout this weekend, the Met Office says
  
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• Horror as man is hit by a train after jumping onto the tracks at Sydney's Central Station

  22-11-2024 08:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A person has reportedly jumped onto the tracks at Sydney's Central Station.
  
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• 'Hate' incidents being probed by police include a child who said a classmate smelled like fish, a woman likening another to a Rottweiler and the 'homophobic name Leonard'

  22-11-2024 08:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police forces have been blasted for investigating 'hate crimes' that include calling someone a Rottweiler or being called a 'Leonard' over a row about a hedge.
  
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• Laos methanol poisoning: Hostel owner held by cops over deaths of 5 tourists including Brit

  22-11-2024 08:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British lawyer Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, died on Thursday after drinking shots laced with methanol and became the fifth victim in backpacker town in Laos
  
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• Gay man's chilling video before being gunned down in Tampa Bay dog park... as murder suspect claims bombshell text messages change everything

  22-11-2024 08:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A chilling video of a gay man taken a day before he was shot in a Tampa Bay park is released while the murder suspect hopes a series of incriminating text messages will change everything.
  
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• Full list of school closures across UK after fourth day of snow and ice warnings

  22-11-2024 08:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  Several schools are closed today (Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)Schools across the UK have been forced to close for a fourth day after freezing weather conditions cause snow and ice.The Met Office has put yellow weather warnings for snow, ice and rain in place across all of Scotland and Northern Ireland, the south west of England, coastal, north and central Wales, and the north east, north west, and central England.And it’s only set to get worse as Storm Bert batters the UK with
  
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• Nancy Mace's stunning takedown of rainbow flag-waving protester who stormed Georgetown conference

  22-11-2024 08:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nancy Mace shot back at a transgender activist after she confronted the Congresswoman over her campaign against allowing transgender women from using women's bathrooms.
  
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• Budget hammer blow to shops: Retail sales slumped 0.7% last month as jittery Brits feared huge Labour tax raid - with business warning of job cuts and price rises to come

  22-11-2024 08:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Retail volumes were down by 0.7 per cent, far more than expected, as consumers waited for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to drop the hammer.
  
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• Ant McPartlin admits being ‘unprofessional’ in frustration over Dean McCullough on I’m A Celebrity

  22-11-2024 08:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageAnt McPartlin has admitted to getting frustrated on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and acting unprofessionally.
  During last night’s episode, Dean McCullough faced yet another bushtucker trial as the public once again voted for him to tackle it.
  Before taking on Lethal Labs, Dean, 32, was subject to some stern words from self-described
  
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• Met Police force set to lose 2,000 officers as result of budget cuts

  22-11-2024 08:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  London’s Met Police is set to scrap 2,000 officer roles and a possible 400 civilian staff jobs as it cuts its annual finances - with some police stations already reducing their hours
  
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• Laos poisoning victims were at ‘mafia-run’ bar hours before being taken to hospital

  22-11-2024 08:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Simone White (left) and Bianca Jones (centre) have boh died after they were poisoned. Holly Bowles (right) remains critically illA bar in Laos which allegedly poisoned and killed five people including a British woman openly sells hard drugs to customers, it has been claimed.At least seven tourists were taken to hospital after drinking shots laced with methanol in Vang Vieng.
  Simone White, from Kent, was backpacking through the country and staying at the Nana Backpacker Hostel and bar when she b
  
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• Hostel owner ‘detained’ after five killed by poisoned booze including Brit lawyer

  22-11-2024 08:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Simone White (left) and Bianca Jones (centre) have boh died after they were poisoned. Holly Bowles (right) remains critically illA hostel owner has reportedly been detained by police after five people including a British woman were poisoned and killed with methanol.
  At least seven tourists were taken to hospital after drinking shots laced with methanol in Vang Vieng.
  Simone White, from Kent, was backpacking through the country and staying at the Nana Backpacker Hostel and bar when she became il
  
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• 'World's healthiest fruit' you've never heard of has anti-cancer properties

  22-11-2024 08:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cherimoya, also known as the "custard apple", has been crowned the healthiest fruit in the world and is second overall on a BBC list of the "world's most nutritious foods".
  
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• ‘Without them, we’re nothing!’ EastEnders legend heaps praise on ‘extraordinary’ colleagues

  22-11-2024 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Harriet Thorpe joined the cast of EastEnders last year (Picture: BBC)EastEnders star Harriet Thorpe has heaped praise on her soap colleagues ahead of a huge week for her character Elaine Peacock. The stage and screen veteran took over the role of Linda Carter’s (Kellie Bright) mum from Maria Freidman last year, as Elaine was re-introduced as the new co-landlady of The Queen Vic. Since joining the soap, Harriet’s character has navigated a number of challenges after her part
  
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• Tom King’s last supporter abandons him as the truth is out in Emmerdale

  22-11-2024 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  At last (Picture: ITV)It’s been a really, really long time coming but at last, the clock has stopped for Tom King (James Chase) in Emmerdale.Over the last year and a half, Tom has abused Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper). When they were in a relationship, Belle was subjected to being watched via CCTV cameras, being hurt physically and mentally as well as being isolated from her friends and family in the village.Once Belle ended her marriage, things sadly stop. The lack of evidence surroun
  
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• Teenager transforms into man after barber gives him new dramatic haircut

  22-11-2024 08:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Haircuts can really turn you into a new person – and now one client looks completely different after a barber dramatically transformed him in a post which has gone viral on TikTok
  
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