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• Logan Paul ‘retires from WWE’ with major update on WrestleMania 41 plan

  12-12-2024 15:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Logan Paul claims he is ‘retired’ from professional wrestling (Picture: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)Logan Paul has claimed he has retired from WWE.The controversial YouTuber turned professional wrestler has given an update on his future in the squared circle and insisted he won’t be part of WrestleMania 41 in April 2025 as WWE moves to Netflix.The annual two-night extravaganza is heading to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19 and 20 next year, but Logan has rev
  
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• 80s comedian Duncan Norvelle, known for ‘Chase Me’ catchphrase, dies aged 66

  12-12-2024 17:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Duncan Norvelle has died aged 66 (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)Comedian Duncan Norvelle, known for his trademark ‘Chase me’ catchphrase, has died aged 66.Norvelle rose to fame on the ITV variety show Saturday Royal in the early 1980s, and went on to appear on the likes of Through the Keyhole, and more recently, Celebrity Come Dine With Me.His death was confirmed by his agent, who shared in a tribute: ‘All I can say is Duncan was a comedy genius and British icon ahead of his time
  
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• Friends star Matt LeBlanc, 57, makes rare public appearance after massive career change revealed

  12-12-2024 17:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Friends star Matt LeBlanc has made a rare public appearance (Picture: Backgrid)Friends star Matt LeBlanc has made a rare public appearance after it was revealed the actor is now running a used car dealership.From 1994 until 2004, Matt played Joey Tribbiani in the beloved sitcom, which also starred Jennifer Anistin, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and the late Matthew Perry.After the show ended, he went on to appear as a fictionalised version of himself in the series Joey, before pre
  
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• Glastonbury fanatics are hoarding cheese like greedy mice – here’s why

  12-12-2024 17:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Glastonbury hopefuls have resorted to buying cheese in the hopes of a ticket (Picture: GETTY)Glastonbury Festival hopefuls will always go to great lengths to secure a ticket to the Worthy Farm extravaganza.
  They’ve waited in queues, downloaded 10 different browsers, used every device they could find, organised a 100-person strong ticket syndicate… And yet come the November ticket drop, many were left without that golden pass to the best event of the summer.
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• Trump reveals how he really feels about Jill Biden after their 'loving' picture at Notre Dame goes viral

  12-12-2024 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump revealed how he really feels about Jill Biden after a photo them chatting at the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral went viral.
  
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• Trump reveals why Kamala Harris' biggest mistake of the presidential campaign had to do with Joe Rogan

  12-12-2024 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first error VP Kamala Harris committed during the campaign was 'taking the assignment,' Donald Trump told Time Magazine. Then he cited his own extended interview with Joe Rogan.
  
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• Shame-faced 'serial rapist' playboy twins swap suits for suicide vests in court as parents watch

  12-12-2024 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alleged serial rapist identical twins stood shame-faced and wearing suicide vests in their first court appearance after being charged in a wide-ranging sex crimes investigation.
  
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• 'Leaked texts' reveal more details of Liam Payne's final hours: Singer 'told hotel staff they were 'useless' because they couldn't get cocaine - and he offered sex worker $5,000 to come to his hotel in hours before death'

  12-12-2024 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Esteban Grassi, the chief hotel receptionist who is now under formal investigation, claimed Payne called down 'insistently' to ask for alcohol, and to ask where he could get cocaine.
  
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• How YOUR kebab could leave you with a life-changing illness: Warnings over fast-food after 50 customers were poisoned at Britain's 'worst' takeaway

  12-12-2024 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kebabs are the beloved late-night snack at the end of a boozy night out. But the Turkish treat can have potentially-ill life-changing consequences - as diners poisoned at a Welsh kebab house found out.
  
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• Boy suffers life-changing illness after 50 are poisoned at market town kebab shop

  12-12-2024 17:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sami Abdullah, 46, and Hassan Saritag, 38, ran Marmaris Kebab Shop in Abergavenny, where dozens of customers were poisoned by shigella bacteria (Picture: Media Wales)More than 50 customers were poisoned by contaminated food served by a South Wales kebab shop whose bosses have now been ordered to pay £10,000.Eleven of them were hospitalised by a shigella outbreak in Abergavenny, including an 11-year-old boy who suffered a ‘life-changing illness’.He now has has type 1 diabetes a
  
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• Three men describe how Diddy 'drugged and raped' them in shocking new lawsuits

  12-12-2024 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The anonymous complainants filed their lawsuits in New York state's Supreme Court.
  
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• Grandmother, 86, becomes one of Britain's oldest convicted drink drivers after crashing her car during rush hour following lunchtime glass of wine with male friend

  12-12-2024 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brenda Black suffered minor injuries when she flipped her Fiat 500 on its side after colliding with two parked cars on Wethersfield Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside on June 22.
  
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• I dated the 'devil' who murdered Sara Sharif. He jealously watched my every move and hunted me to Poland after blaming me for a miscarriage. That could have been my child...

  12-12-2024 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When the news broke that Urfan Sharif was on the run after murdering his own daughter, hundreds of miles away in Poland his ex-girlfriend (pictured) was frozen in shock.
  
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• Shellshocked worker who complained about 12 tonnes of rotting dead crabs at seafood firm that supplies M&S and Tesco wins nearly £10,000

  12-12-2024 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Coleman, a health and safety manager for aleading seafood supplier in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, left his job after his concerns over 12 tonnes of decomposing crabs were ignored.
  
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• Popular 80s comedian dead aged 66: Tributes pour in for star as he passes away 12 years after suffering a stroke which left half his body paralysed

  12-12-2024 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Comedian Duncan Norvelle has died at the age of 66 - 12 years after suffering a stroke which left half his body paralysed.
  
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• Netflix cracks down on incredible staff perks including unlimited parental leave in child's first year

  12-12-2024 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix is cracking down on their generous employee benefits, including giving new mothers and fathers unlimited time off in their child's first year.
  
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• Luigi Mangione's cellmates yell message to the public during wild live broadcast from Pennsylvania prison

  12-12-2024 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luigi Mangione's cellmates yelled a message to the public from inside Pennsylvania prison during a wild live broadcast, as the fellow inmates highlight his 'terrible' conditions.
  
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• Lawmaker doubles down on bombshell that drones over New Jersey are from 'Iran mothership' and warns Pentagon 'not telling the truth'

  12-12-2024 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) doubles down on his claim the drones sighted over New Jersey could be Iranian while also suggesting it could be China behind them and blasting the Pentagon.
  
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• Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi seen for first time since their multi-million pound Cotswolds home was hit by flooding

  12-12-2024 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ellen, 66, and Portia, 51, were seen on their outing just days after their new multi-million pound farmhouse in the Cotswolds was threatened by flooding shortly after they moved in.
  
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• Donald Trump joins exclusive club enjoyed by Hitler, Stalin, Khrushchev and Khomeini

  12-12-2024 17:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  President-elect Donald Trump (middle) speaks during a Time magazine Person of the Year event at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday (Picture: AP)President-elect Donald Trump has for the second time joined an exclusive club in the company of global figures and leaders – some controversial.Time magazine named Trump its 2024 Person of the Year, and he thanked the news outlet and beamed while ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange shortly after on Thursday morning.
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• The enormous number of Canadians who died by assisted suicide in 2023

  12-12-2024 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shocking data has revealed that over 15,000 Canadians have chosen to die using medical assistance in 2023. There has been a 15.8 percent increase in requests between 2022 and 2023
  
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• 12 best cosy Christmas candles including Yankee Candles for £2.50 and NEOM favourites

  12-12-2024 17:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Looking for the best candles to get your home smelling extra festive, or to give as gifts at Christmas? Beauty editor – and fragrance expert – Laura Mulley picks her favourites
  
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• What REALLY happened when David Tennant was hit by the curse of Macbeth for the fourth time in five weeks: Audience member reveals why performance was called off

  12-12-2024 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Tennant was crouching on stage at the Harold Pinter theatre and was just about to perform a soliloquy when a member of staff hurriedly walked on and asked him to leave.
  
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• Tottenham urged to sack Ange Postecoglou and replace him with Premier League rival

  12-12-2024 17:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ange Postecoglou has guided Spurs to just one win in seven games (Getty)Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara has called on Spurs to appoint Thomas Frank if Ange Postecoglou is sacked.Tottenham have registered just one win in their last seven games and currently sit 11th in the Premier League, seven points behind fourth-placed Manchester City.Spurs travel to Rangers in the Europa League on Thursday night and a win would push them into an automatic qualification spot for the next round.
  
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• Fiancée wears wedding dress to boyfriend's funeral after fatal hit-and-run before big day

  12-12-2024 17:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Inés de Jesús, known locally as El Bola, was killed after he was hit by a Flecha Azul bus in Tlaxcala, Mexico, sparking outrage among residents after the driver allegedly fled the scene
  
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• Rural police officer who filmed himself performing a sex act in his station in full uniform for his girlfriend is banned from the force

  12-12-2024 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rural police officer Simon Barker made the x-rated video in his North Yorkshire police station before sending it to his partner.
  
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• Ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov pleads guilty to lying about Joe Biden and Hunter bribes

  12-12-2024 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov accused of feeding false information on the Biden family pleaded guilty to several federal charges.
  
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• Mikel Merino names Arsenal star who isn’t afraid to ask ‘stupid questions’ in training

  12-12-2024 17:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mikel Merino is a big fan of Arsenal wonderkid Myles Lewis-Skelly (Picture: Getty)Mikel Merino has lauded his Arsenal teammate Myles Lewis-Skelly and is glad the teenager isn’t afraid to ask ‘stupid questions’ in training.Lewis-Skelly, 18, was handed a rare start and played 64 minutes as the Gunners defeated Monaco 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.It marked his biggest moment at the club to date after making his senior debut off the bench against Manchester City in Sep
  
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• Man breaks world record by eating meat and potato pie in 17 seconds

  12-12-2024 17:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michael Chant finished his pies and headed off to see his son in the Nativity play (Picture: SWNS)A man has been crowned as the new world pie-eating champion after eating a meat and potato pie in 17 seconds flat.
  Michael Chant, 43, beat the previous record holder Martin Appleton-Clare, who ate his pie in 23 seconds, at the event in Wigan, Manchester.Star of Channel 5’s ’22 Kids and Counting’, Noel Radord, supplied the pies for the competition.After claiming his trophy, Michael
  
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• XL Bully called Hunter 'just snapped' before attacking baby: Relatives reveal eight-month-old girl is stable in intensive care

  12-12-2024 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two people have been arrested in connection with the attack after emergency crews were called to reports that a baby had been bitten by an XL Bully named Hunter (pictured).
  
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