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• Kemi Badenoch shadow minister rejected calls for mandatory child abuse reporting in 2018

  11-01-2025 14:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Then-safeguarding minister Victoria Atkins - now a member of Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet - said the case for a mandatory reporting duty had "not been made."
  
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• The little-known iPhone trick that can double your battery life

  11-01-2025 17:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  A few simple steps can help save your iPhone battery (Picture: Getty Images)With the cold weather gripping the UK, many will see their phone batteries draining faster than usual.
  Freezing temperatures are known to shorten the smartphone battery life and lower its performance – but other factors can also drain it faster.
  However, iPhone owners can take a couple of simple steps to double the battery life.
  An Apple expert and content creator Thiago Derminio revealed the hack that is just a f
  
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• Katie Price celebrates ‘justice’ for son Harvey as Met cop sacked for racist messages

  11-01-2025 17:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Katie Price has celebrated ‘justice’ for her son, Harvey Price (Picture: PA/Instagram)Katie Price declared that ‘justice’ had been served after a Met police officer sent messages mocking her son, Harvey Price, over WhatsApp.In 2023, officer Carlo Francisco was found to have committed gross misconduct over messages shared in several group chats.Some of these included making fun of Harvey, 22, who is autistic, with vision-impairing septo-optic dysplasia and also Prade
  
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• Furious lawmakers say Biden is trying to 'firebomb everything' with new alcohol warning on his way out

  11-01-2025 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lawmakers are furiously pushing back on a last-minute alcohol proposal by the Biden administration just before Donald Trump's inauguration.
  
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• Bill Maher makes dramatic U-turn on how he'll joke about Trump after election

  11-01-2025 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bill Maher has revealed he's taking a surprising new approach to joking about Donald Trump.
  
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• Brits overwhelmingly reject Elon Musk as half say he's 'threat to democracy'

  11-01-2025 17:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new poll found both the erratic tech billionaire, and Tommy Robinson whom he championed on Twitter, are deeply unpopular with the public
  
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• How Trump's plan to make Canada the 51st state could change the U.S... and backfire on Republicans

  11-01-2025 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on making Canada the 51st state, but expanding the U.S. to the north could be disastrous for Republicans in Washington, DC.
  
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• Harry and Meghan's 'uncomfortable' dynamic in new Netflix show slammed by BBC presenter

  11-01-2025 16:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle's new Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, will launch on January 15 - but TV presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell has claimed the Duke and Duchess look 'uncomfortable' on screen together
  
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• Carrie Johnson shares 'horrible' health battle after spending a week in hospital

  11-01-2025 16:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The wife of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised NHS staff, saying she was "horribly, horribly ill" for three weeks - and still hasn't fully recovered
  
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• The shocking picture that sums up LA's woeful fire response as fire chief turns on embattled mayor and inferno explodes: Live updates

  11-01-2025 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Outrage over the handling of the devastating Los Angeles fires is heating up amid reports that city leaders failed to prepare local reservoirs while power grids struggled hours before the blazes.
  
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• Drug dealer convicted of rival’s murder after refusing to ditch luxury manbag

  11-01-2025 16:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dualla Abdi, 20, (inset left) was wearing the flash accessory when he knifed Tyreece Scott (right) (Picture: Metropolitan Police)A drug dealer who stabbed a rival to death has been convicted of murder after being snared by his Louis Vuitton-style manbag.Dualla Abdi, 20, was wearing the flash accessory when he knifed Tyreece Scott, 24, in Hounslow, west London, shortly before 1am on January 16 last year.While he ditched his clothes after the attack, he refused to dump the bag and it was eventual
  
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• Monster of Avignon Dominique Pelicot's daughter Caroline Darian makes damning statement in first interview since his conviction in France's biggest-ever rape trial

  11-01-2025 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Caroline Darian remained a pillar by her mother's side during the grotesque trial of Dominique Pelicot, for raping and organising the mass rape of his wife, Gisèle.
  
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• Neil Robertson tipped for Masters glory by former world champion after surprise call-up

  11-01-2025 16:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Neil Robertson has an unexpected crack at winning a third Masters title (Picture: Getty Images)Neil Robertson has been tipped to win the Masters title by former world champion Dennis Taylor, despite the Australian only taking his place in the draw on Friday.Ronnie O’Sullivan withdrew from the Masters just two days before he was due to play, opting out of defending his title at Alexandra Palace on medical grounds.As Robertson was ranked 17th in the world at the cut-off for Masters qualific
  
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• Two trams collide in Strasbourg leaving dozens injured

  11-01-2025 16:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Two trams have crashed at the main station Gare de Strasbourg in FranceSeveral people have been left injured after two trams crashed in the French city of Strasbourg.
  The emergency services rushed to Strasbourg station after two trams crashed this afternoon in the city in eastern France.
  Around thirty people are feared injured, with five casualties reportedly in critical condition, according to the French outlet Actu17.
  The police confirmed that tram traffic through the main station has been in
  
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• Gatwick Airport CCTV image is released after family have luggage stolen containing house keys, bank cards, Apple gadgets and scuba gear

  11-01-2025 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A family were preparing to depart on a long haul flight when the theft happened at the check-in area A in the South Terminal at London Gatwick.
  
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• Strasbourg tram crash sparks major incident as dozens injured in horror station smash

  11-01-2025 16:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 30 people have been hurt after two trams collided in Strasbourg, France, earlier today, as emergency teams get to work on the injured in the area
  
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• Mystery as thieves steal three Humvees and a treasure trove of machine gun mounts from California army base

  11-01-2025 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brazen thieves remain at large after three high powered military vehicles, more than a dozen bayonets and other items were stolen from a California military base on Wednesday.
  
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• Ohio congressman slammed for saying Californians shouldn't get disaster fire relief unless they change policies

  11-01-2025 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Representative Warren Davidson said California state shouldn't receive disaster funds until state policies are changed to prevent wildfires from devastating the Golden State.
  
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• LA fires: Ultra rare 'fire tornado' caught on camera tearing towards leafy neighbourhood

  11-01-2025 16:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Terrifying images show a 'fire tornado' forming as wildfires in LA edge closer to San Fernando Valley - at least 11 people have now been killed, with thousands of buildings destroyed
  
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• UK weather warnings as NINE ultra rare 'amber' health alerts issued in -18C cold snap

  11-01-2025 16:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has extended its ultra rare cold 'amber' health alerts for all of England until Tuesday - it comes following the coldest January night in 15 years
  
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• Emma Connolly nails winter maternity dressing in 'comfy but chic' knitted set

  11-01-2025 16:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emma Connolly recently announced her second pregnancy, and we've found her stylish knitted matching set from Mango if you're looking to steal her maternity style
  
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• Blow for Liverpool despite Antonio Conte confirming Khvicha Kvaratskhelia wants move

  11-01-2025 16:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia wants to leave the club (Picture: Getty Images)Khvicha Kvaratskhelia wants to leave Napoli but Paris Saint-Germain are leading the way to sign him ahead of his Premier League suitors.The 23-year-old has been a hit with the Italian club since his move from Dinamo Batumi in his homeland of Georgia back in 2022.He has scored 30 goals for Napoli and helped them win the Serie A title in 2023, still an important part of the team that is sitting top of the table again
  
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• My friend told me her wedding date and I felt immediate dread

  11-01-2025 16:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  I didn’t realise it at the time, but I’ve suffered with SAD since my teens (Picture: Lara Rodwell)When an old school friend, Charlotte*, asked me to be her bridesmaid just under two years ago, a cocktail of emotions bubbled up inside of me.I was flattered, of course, and excited too. But I was also immediately filled with dread.Autumn is Charlotte’s favourite season, so she’d settled on bonfire night, November 5, 2023 for her nuptials. But for me, that was a problem
  
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• Labour to make huge change banning 'heartbreaking' practice by greedy landlords

  11-01-2025 15:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  But more measures are expected to be added to Labour's landmark Renters Rights bill in the Commons - including one preventing guarantors of tenants who have died being chased for excessive amounts of future rent.
  
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• British former child actor, 32, dies in Los Angeles wildfires

  11-01-2025 15:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former child star Rory Callum Sykes has died in the wildfires (Picture: Shelleysykes)Rory Callum Sykes, 32, who appeared in the British TV show Kiddy Kapers during the 1990s, has died in the LA wildfires.A former child actor has been named as one of the victims of the California wildfires.
  Follow our live blog for the latest updates on the LA wildfiresRory Callum Sykes’s mother announced on social media that she was unable to save her son and he died at their family home in Mali
  
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• LA fires: Terrifying moment weatherman's live forecast interrupted by urgent phone warning

  11-01-2025 15:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fox News 11 chief meteorologist Adam Kreuger was left puzzled after alarms from people's phones started blaring with evacuation orders in the broadcaster's west LA studio
  
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• Fears LA wildfires could spread deadly fungi – would it be like The Last of Us?

  11-01-2025 15:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Most fungi don’t handle the heat all too well – for now, at least (Picture: Getty/AP)As the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’ history continue to raze California, there’s a chance something else could be spreading without anyone realising it.Fungus spores.
  In HBO’s post-apocalyptic zombie thriller The Last of Us, a mutated version of a real-world fungus has infected humans and turned them into zombielike beings covered in mushrooms.Follow our live blo
  
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• Zuck 2.0: What's really behind Mark Zuckerberg's startling transformation from meek Democrat darling to cage-fighting MAGA warrior

  11-01-2025 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg sat down with podcaster Joe Rogan for three hours on Friday and barely mentioned his newfound support of President-elect Donald Trump. Could this be Zuck 2.0?
  
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• Caroline Flack's mum 'devastated' by Lewis Burton and Lottie Tomlinson romance

  11-01-2025 15:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As Lottie Tomlinson and Lewis Burton prepare for life as a family of four, the mum of Caroline Flack is continuing to mourn the loss of her late Love Island presenter daughter
  
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• 'Living Nostradamus' issues chilling 2025 warning as LA wildfires prediction comes true

  11-01-2025 15:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Self-professed psychic Athos Salomé, dubbed Living Nostradamus, has issued a chilling warning for 2025 as it emerges he predicted the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles back in 2023
  
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