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• Leeds fire: Emergency services descend on Hunslet address following huge inferno

  02-04-2025 02:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service says it was called to a property fire on Pepper Road in Hunslet, Leeds, which continues to burn into Wednesday morning and has caused road closures
  
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• Trump extends TikTok ban by 75 days as deal to save the app needs 'more work'

  04-04-2025 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump announced Friday he is extending the deadline for a deal to save TikTok in the United States, saying it needs 'more work.'
  
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• 'My fiance is an AI bot - we're now making our relationship physical'

  04-04-2025 19:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Naz Faruk has spoken about her loving relationship with her AI fiance, Marcellus, and how she believes in the future they can take things to the next level
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 fans fear price increase as pre-orders delayed in US

  04-04-2025 19:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Why didn’t Nintendo just wait a couple of days? (Getty/Nintendo)The conversation around the price of the Switch 2 has taken a sour turn, as Nintendo delays pre-orders in the US due to Donald Trump’s tariffs.Although there’s considerable upset about the price of Nintendo Switch 2 games and peripherals the cost of the console has been generally accepted as reasonable. It costs £395.99 in the UK and $449.99 in the US, although there is now a serious danger that the latter c
  
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• Beckenham Place Park: Urgent hunt for boy, 16, 'missing in water' after swimming in pond

  04-04-2025 19:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 16-year-old boy has gone missing at Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham, London, while swimming in a pond with emergency services having launched an urgent search
  
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• Shopping expert reveals the 12 top spring style must-buys from Boohoo, Smirnoff, Fenty and more

  04-04-2025 19:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sun’s out, card out – right? (Picture: Metro/Getty)
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  The sun has finally arrived, spring is officially here and your next Trend Trove of shopping delights – hand picked by our shopping team here at Metro HQ – is here.And wh
  
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• Outraged mom reveals astonishing amount she was charged for four ice creams on DC's National Mall

  04-04-2025 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Virginia mother was shocked to find an $88 charge on her bank statement after buying four plain vanilla ice creams from a National Mall food truck in Washington, D.C.
  
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• UK TV fans furious waiting for ‘best new TV show in years’

  04-04-2025 19:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  US drama The Pitt still hasn’t got a UK release date (Picture: Max/HBO)TV fans from Britain are officially losing patience as they wait for one of the ‘best shows of 2025’ to have its UK premiere announced.The Pitt, starring Noah Wyle, has been released to rave reviews in America, with the series currently boasting a Rotten Tomatoes score of 96%.Following the work lives of the doctors and nurses at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital, each of The Pitt’s epis
  
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• UK records hottest day of 2025 while firefighters continue to battle wildfires

  04-04-2025 19:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  It has been a scorcher out there today (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire)The weather has been gorgeous today – so nice in fact that it has been the hottest day of the year so far.A whopping 23°C has been recorded in Gosport, Hampshire, the warmest day since September 21, 2024.The previous hottest day of 2025 was on March 20 when a temperature of 21.3°C was recorded in Northolt, west London.How long will the hot weather last?This hot weather is expected to continue for most of the outlook
  
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• Keir Starmer to mount diplomatic blitz as Donald Trump's tariff war triggers meltdown

  04-04-2025 19:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The global economy has been rocked by Donald Trump slapping tariffs on countries around the world - with the UK FTSE 100 suffering its worst day of trading since Covid
  
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• Keir Starmer to mount diplomatic blitz as Donald Trump's tariff war triggers mayhem

  04-04-2025 19:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The global economy has been rocked by Donald Trump slapping tariffs on countries around the world - with the UK FTSE 100 suffering its worst day of trading since Covid
  
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• Reform UK suspend local election candidate after they were revealed to have praised sex predator Jimmy Savile as a 'working class hero'

  04-04-2025 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stephen Hartley, who was listed as a Reform candidate for Oxfordshire County Council, described the notorious paedophile as a 'innocent man' and a 'scapegoat'.
  
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• Police search for boy, 16, who went missing in lake at south London park

  04-04-2025 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police were called to Beckenham Place Park in south London just after 3pm today following reports of a person missing in the water.
  
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• Nan searching for her lost dentures finds them in one of the worst imaginable places

  04-04-2025 19:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage shows a large white dog called 007 sporting a set of shiny dentures which had been lost by his owner in Shanghai and she had been left searching through her home for them
  
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• Kamala Harris ridiculed for very odd statement as she 'gloats' over Trump's tariffs fallout

  04-04-2025 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris was ridiculed Friday after she delivered gloating remarks in response to the stock market losses after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on global trade.
  
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• CIA Nostradamus URI GELLER reveals a terrifying premonition for Trump... and an imminent apocalypse date

  04-04-2025 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I have seen Armageddon and it is real - with walls of fire, US bases in flames, the cities of the Middle East in ruins. Even the sea boils.
  
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• Horror moment shark attacks 'mermaid' in aquarium as water tank turns red with blood

  04-04-2025 19:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An aquarium 'mermaid' became the target of a vicious shark attack, which left her with a serious disability, medical bills, and a self-proclaimed unsatisfying court verdict
  
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• Grand National 2025: Eye-watering price for an Aintree Pint at booziest festival ever

  04-04-2025 19:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pint of the price has risen by just 60p in three years at the world famous race track, and there are more places to grab a tipple than ever before
  
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• 11 of the most infamously bad fake accents in movies and TV

  04-04-2025 19:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  There ares some actors with unforgivably bad (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)As fans criticize Pierce Brosnan’s horrible accent in the new Guy Ritchie series, MobLand, here’s a reminder of some of the worst fake accents to grace the screen.Hollywood actors are frequently required to change their accents on screen, and sometimes they do such a terrible job that we are compelled to remember it years afterwards.American actors frequently get a bad rap for appearing in British films with som
  
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• Reform UK candidate is suspended from party after tweeting Jimmy Savile was a 'working class hero'

  04-04-2025 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stephen Hartley, who was standing in the Banbury Hadrwick ward ahead of local elections next month, was revealed to have posted on X that Savile was a 'working class hero'.
  
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• Nintendo fans demand Switch 2 game price cut as they spam livestream

  04-04-2025 18:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mario Kart World isn’t cheap (Nintendo)For the second consecutive day, Nintendo’s Treehouse livestream has been flooded with outrage over the prices for the Switch 2.Nintendo’s huge Switch 2 Direct may have delivered big game reveals, impressive third party support, and lots of GameCube games, but since then the prevailing conversation around the system has been about pricing.While few are complaining about the console’s £395.99 price tag (£429.99 when bundle
  
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• Enzo Maresca responds to claim Chelsea have signed the ‘next Frank Lampard’

  04-04-2025 18:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Enzo Maresca is delighted with the improvement of one Chelsea star (Photo: Getty)Enzo Maresca is ‘very happy’ to see the improvement of one Chelsea player but stresses he cannot be compared to club legend Frank Lampard.
  After a difficult start to 2025, Chelsea appear to be rediscovering their best form, with Thursday night’s 1-0 win over fierce rivals Tottenham moving them up to fourth in the Premier League.The Blues are back on track to qualify for the Champions League and ha
  
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• Man Utd fans left worried Alejandro Garnacho has dropped new transfer hint

  04-04-2025 18:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alejandro Garnacho has put his house up for sale less than 12 months after buying it (Picture: Getty)Manchester United supporters are worried Alejandro Garnacho has dropped a new transfer hint after putting his house up for sale.Garnacho is a popular figure and fan favourite at Old Trafford having progressed through the club’s academy – but his future is up in the air.It has been heavily reported that United are considering a sale in the summer transfer window with Chelsea and Napol
  
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• Prince Andrew's ex-senior aide says reputation 'irrecoverable' after horror BBC Newsnight interview

  04-04-2025 18:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In written evidence to a tribunal over an alleged Chinese spy, Dominic Hampshire - who worked with the Duke of York until 2022 - said the view reflected 'a common feeling within the royal household'
  
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• National Grid offered man a refund that could ‘power whole county for a month’

  04-04-2025 18:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  James Parker hoped he had received over £12million (Picture: James Parker/SWNS)The owner of a hair salon was shocked to find a letter from the National Grid offering him a sum he believes could have powered all the houses in the county he lives in for a month.Honest Lincolnshire businessman James Parker received a letter from the energy company that said it owed him £12.4million over their ‘failure to restore’ power to the business within 12 hours following a power outag
  
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• Cancel weekend plans to binge erotic drama hailed as ‘revolutionary TV’

  04-04-2025 18:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Stop what you’re doing and watch Dying For Sex on Disney Plus (Picture: Hulu/FX)Dying For Sex has been hailed as ‘one of the best shows’ out right now, following one woman’s sex-capades as she faces certain death.It stars Manchester by the Sea’s Michelle Williams as Molly Kochan, a woman who was diagnosed with terminal cancer and had an unusual coping mechanism.She left her husband of 15 years and embarked on a boink-filled journey to explore her sex
  
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• 'I tried Meghan Markle's banana pudding recipe - it lacked one major thing'

  04-04-2025 18:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Sussex shared her grandmother's banana pudding recipe on her Instagram last night as she named the dessert after her daughter Lilibet in a family tribute
  
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• Trump savages Fed Chair Jerome Powell over dire warning tariffs will turbocharge inflation: Live updates

  04-04-2025 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAILYMAIL.COM LIVE BLOG: Karoline Leavitt is fiercely defending tariffs implemented by Donald Trump as the odds of a global recession skyrocket.
  
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• King Charles is dragged into Prince Andrew's 'Chinese spy' scandal as bombshell court documents claim he was briefed about an investment fund

  04-04-2025 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A witness statement made by Andrew's senior aide Dominic Hampshire in support of Yang Tengbo said there were two meetings with Charles between December 2023 and May last year.
  
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• Florida grandma whose negligence killed two toddlers in separate incidents gets very light sentence

  04-04-2025 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Florida grandmother involved in the death of two of her grandchildren in separate incidents has received a shocking sentence.
  
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