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• King Charles' royal cypher revealed - and how coins, postboxes and stamps will look

  10-09-2022 17:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Queen's royal cypher was on our passports, bank notes and police uniforms for 70 years, but after her tragic death we will have to get used to seeing King Charles' new symbol
  
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• Golden retriever ruins family holiday after running off with whole turkey

  27-12-2024 22:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chuck bit down on the bird and wouldn’t let go (Picture: SWNS)A pet golden retriever managed to ruin his family’s holiday after running off with their entire turkey in his mouth.
  Chuck’s owner was dropping presents at her friend’s house in Armagh, Northern Ireland when she heard her daughter yelling.Her daughter was saying ‘No, Chuck, no!’. When she turned around, she saw her golden retriever running off with the family’s dinner in tow.
  She chased Chuck
  
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• Murder probe launched after ‘hero dad’ killed outside of pub

  27-12-2024 22:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kirk Marsden died of his injuries after being hit by the Toyota (Picture: PA)Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was hit by a car after an argument in a bar on Christmas Day.Kirk Marsden had been celebrating at the Gate Street Bar and Grill in Blackburn, Lancashire, before 5 pm when he was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser after an earlier argument.
  The 37-year-old dad, from Blackburn, suffered multiple serious injuries after being hit.
  He was taken to Royal Preston Hosp
  
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• Man charged with murder after Christmas Day stabbing in Bletchley left two women dead

  27-12-2024 22:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Teohna Grant (left) and Joanne Pearson (right) were both killed (Picture: Thames Valley Police)A man has been charged with two counts of murder after two women were stabbed on Christmas Day.Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24, both from Bletchley, Milton Keynes, died from their injuries.
  Jazwell Brown, 49, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count each of possession of a knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place and causing unnecessary suffering to a prot
  
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• Christmas travel chaos breaks out at UK airports including Gatwick and Manchester with more than 100 flights delayed or cancelled after 'heavy fog' descends on Britain

  27-12-2024 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Travellers are being urged to check with their airline as air traffic restrictions are in place at several UK airports due to fog, the country's main air traffic control (ATC) provider Nats said on Friday.
  
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• Coronation Street legend missing following affair reveal in Coronation Street

  27-12-2024 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  David and Shona’s marriage is on the rocks (Picture: ITV)David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) has gone missing in Coronation Street after learning about wife Shona’s (Julia Goulding) affair.It comes following a dramatic Christmas, with detective Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) – who slept with Shona earlier this year – alluding to the fling.After weeks of suspecting that she was having an affair with his former brother-in-law Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson), David challenged h
  
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• Coronation Street legend arrested for fraud as the truth implodes

  27-12-2024 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Leanne was arrested (Picture: ITV)Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) has been arrested after trying to frame sister Toyah (Georgia Taylor) and ex-fiancé Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) for fraud in Coronation Street.Over recent weeks, Leanne has been transferring money from the Viaduct Bistro into a fake account that was set up in Toyah’s name.It all began when she discovered that Toyah and Nick had made things official following their affair.After intercepting his emails, she learnt that Nic
  
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• ‘Unforgettable’ 2004 film with 94% Rotten Tomatoes score leaving Netflix next week

  27-12-2024 21:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  An Oscar-winning drama starring Jim Carrey is leaving Netflix in a matter of days, despite boasting an almost-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was released in March, 2004, and became an instant hit – with critics and fans alike heaping praise on Michel Gondry’s masterpiece.Jim led the cast as Joel Barish alongside Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood and Tom Wilkinson.The film followed Joel, who learned that his ex-girlfriend, Clem
  
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• Man, 49, is charged with murder after two women, 28 and 38, are killed in Christmas Day knife attack that also left teenage boy injured

  27-12-2024 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged in a double murder investigation after two women were stabbed to death in Milton Keynes on Christmas day.
  
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• Wringing in the New Year! Revellers face a Hogmanay washout

  27-12-2024 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Revellers are set for a Hogmanay washout after forecasters warned of 'significant disruption' because of torrential rain, strong winds and snow.
  
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• Cyber-hacking is 'a very big threat' to Scots network, admit rail bosses

  27-12-2024 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scotland's rail network is vulnerable to cyber-hacking and 'unequipped' for the transition to digitally-controlled signalling, Network Rail bosses have warned.
  
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• Could the neighbourhood nightmare be over? Now council agrees to rehome artist's eyesore exhibition

  27-12-2024 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It seems Fife sculptor Denis Carbonaro's 'protest art' may have paid dividends - after his local council said it deserved to be displayed elsewhere.
  
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• SNP cuts blamed as jail staff suffer 250 attacks every year

  27-12-2024 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 250 assaults a year have happened on workers in Scotland's prisons, leading to concerns that violence in jails is 'out of control'.
  
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• Orchestra that allowed youths to film performances on their phones lets grime rappers Lady Leshurr and Big Dog Yogo into its ranks to boost classical music audiences

  27-12-2024 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has arranged a concert with two grime artists as part of its continued project to try to appeal to a younger audience.
  
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• Man killed 35 people because he was ‘unhappy with divorce settlement’

  27-12-2024 21:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  The site is now a mass memorial to those who died (Picture: PA)A man has been sentenced to death after killing 35 people by driving a car into a crowd.Fan Weiqiu went on the murderous spree because he was unhappy with his divorce settlement, a court in the southern city of Zhuhai, China, heard on Friday.The victims were exercising at a sports centre when he attacked them last month. After ploughing through the crowd, he attempted to ‘stab himself’ with a knife.Fan pleaded guilty to
  
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• Horror and death after woman takes to Florida roads in Hummer 'while drunk'

  27-12-2024 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Susan Gayle Elman, 65, plowed a 2006 Hummer H3 into the side of a Mustang driven by Charlie Gilbert, 41, in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 2, and Gilbert died at the scene.
  
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• Trump accidentally shares cryptic message intended for Elon Musk with the world

  27-12-2024 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President-elect Donald Trump sent a cryptic message to his billionaire tech friend Elon Musk on Friday hours after a brutal social media debate on immigration blew up in his face.
  
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• Seven killed and 17 injured after boat sinks off Haiti

  27-12-2024 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At least seven people were killed and 17 were injured after a ship, the Maelys Lome II, capsized at a port in Port-au-Prince Haiti on Monday.
  
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• NHS issues urgent two-day warning as cases of norovirus bug soar across UK

  27-12-2024 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The NHS has issued a stark warning to the public as cases of winter vomiting bug norovirus have been on the rise in the UK in recent weeks, with health officials saying the illness is at persistent levels
  
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• Former embassy worker is suing Spanish government after colleagues accused her of being a 'double agent' and repeatedly insulted British people

  27-12-2024 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lydia Lorenzo accused staff at the Spanish embassy on Belgravia Square of making 'disparaging' remarks about the UK government and Britons more generally.
  
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• Ultra-rare lobster is spotted in Maine supermarket's seafood tank

  27-12-2024 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Christmas Eve, the Shaw Institute, based in Blue Hill, celebrated the arrival of a rare aquatic marvel: a split-colored lobster named Arnold Clawmer.
  
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• Russia ‘shoots down Santa’ in viral video days after alleged involvement in crash

  27-12-2024 21:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageA Russian video depicting Santa Claus being shot down as he entered Moscow airspace has gone viral on social media.
  The clip emerged shortly after Russia was accused of being involved in the crash of an aeroplane in Kazakhstan, which killed 38 people.Thirty-eight people were killed and there has been speculation that Russia was responsible for t
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo reveals his pick to win the Champions League

  27-12-2024 20:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo believes teams are ‘scared’ to play Real Madrid at the Bernabeu (Globe Soccer Awards)Cristiano Ronaldo has backed Real Madrid to win the Champions League again this season and insists Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will overcome their slump.Carlo Ancelotti’s side, who beat Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final last term, have endured a difficult campaign in Europe this season securing just nine points from six games so far.Madrid currently si
  
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• Emmerdale legend accused of Will’s murder – and it’s not Kim Tate

  27-12-2024 20:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Will suffered a heart attack on Christmas Day (Picture: ITV)Dawn (Olivia Bromley) and Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) have become suspicious of the events surrounding Will Taylor’s (Dean Andrews) death in Emmerdale.Viewers of the ITV soap saw Will, the husband of soap icon Kim Tate (Claire King) perish earlier this week.The character clutched his chest and fell to the floor in pain shortly after Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) informed her all about Will’s vicious plan
  
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• Arrest made in Emmerdale following April Windsor’s disappearance

  27-12-2024 20:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Amelia remains missing (Picture: ITV)Evil Jade (Twinnie-Lee Moore) has been arrested in Emmerdale following Marlon Dingle’s (Mark Charnock) investigation into the disappearance of his daughter April Windsor (Amelia Flanagan).Marlon’s heart dropped over Christmas when he went up to April’s bedroom, only to find she wasn’t there.The teenage found herself caught in the middle of Ross Barton’s (Michael Parr) trouble with Jade a few weeks ago, which resulted i
  
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• 'Cockroaches crawl all over me at night – I can't sleep in bed or cook in kitchen'

  27-12-2024 20:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Council tenant Karen Barrett, 65, from Birmingham, said that she now has nowhere to sleep because of insects and is also reliant on takeaway meals as she can't cook in her flat
  
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• Holocaust survivor, 83, is 'stabbed to death' outside her nursing home in Israel by 'Palestinian terrorist who was former West Bank informant before his cover was blown'

  27-12-2024 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ludmila Lipovsky was attacked while waiting for her daughter to pick her up to take her to a medical appointment in the city of Herzliya on the outskirts of Tel Aviv on Friday morning.
  
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• Azerbaijan Airlines crash: How brave pilots battled to save jet after being 'hit by Russian missile'

  27-12-2024 20:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pilots were able to guide the doomed Flight 8432 from Russian airspace following an 'explosion' that prompted panic inside the cabin, eventually crashing the aircraft in Kazakhstan
  
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• Wallace and Gromit achieves incredibly rare Rotten Tomatoes score after smashing Christmas ratings

  27-12-2024 20:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  The new film Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl has debuted with an impressive rating (Picture: Netflix/ AP)The latest Wallace and Gromit film has debuted with an impressive 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.This week, on Christmas Day, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl aired on the BBC.It was the sixth film following the eccentric inventor and his loyal beagle, with the pair faced with an old foe – penguin Feathers McGraw – who takes revenge on them by reprogramming Wal
  
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• Milton Keynes stabbing: Police issue major update after two killed in Christmas Day attack

  27-12-2024 20:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thames Valley Police have issued an update following a Christmas Day knife attack in Milton Keynes in which two people were killed and two others were injured - it was previously reported that a dog also died after the attack
  
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