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• London Underground lines suspended after power and signal issues across Tube network

  26-11-2024 07:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth line has been part suspended (Picture: Getty Images)If you’re travelling on the London Underground this morning, prepare for severe delays after several issues across the TfL network.Almost half of Tube lines have reported issues just as the rush hour gets underway.
  A stretch of the Elizabeth line is suspended between Paddington and Abbey Wood due to a signal fault, while the Bakerloo, District, Piccadilly and Northern lines and the London Overground have severe delays.It comes
  
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• Man City join Arsenal and Liverpool in transfer race to sign €60m Spain star

  26-11-2024 11:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Man City are hoping to beat their top-flight rivals in a new transfer race (Picture: Getty)Manchester City have joined Arsenal and Liverpool in the transfer race to sign €60m Spain star Martin Zubimendi in January, according to reports.Zubimendi looked set to join Liverpool when they agreed to meet the midfielder’s €60m (£51m) release clause in the summer – but he rejected their advances – and instead signed a new contract at Real Sociedad.The Reds have not giv
  
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• Five ways Keir Starmer could spend £240,000,000 to ‘Get Britain Working’

  26-11-2024 11:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer has pledged to get Britain working again (Picture: PA)Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a new plan to ‘get Britain working again’ and tackle ‘economic inactivity’.
  The ‘Get Britain Working White Paper’ will be announced today by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall and aims to get more than 2 million back into work – with an estimated price tag of £240,000,000.
  ‘We will make sure everyone, regardless of their backgrou
  
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• Netflix drama slated as ‘so bad’ five years ago is shooting up the charts

  26-11-2024 11:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageA British psychological thriller that was slated by viewers when it was first released five years ago has now proved to be a favourite with Netflix subscribers.The four-part series Cold Call stars Coronation Streets’ Sally Lindsay as June Clarke, a carer who is ‘barely getting by’.After losing her job and discovering her daughter Hana (Taj At
  
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• British Airways is launching new luxurious first class cabins — here’s a sneak peek

  26-11-2024 11:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  The new suites are meant to feel like a ‘modern luxury hotel’ (Picture: British Airways)British Airways has quietly unveiled new first class cabins – and Metro can share a sneak peek more than one year before they take to the air. At an exclusive launch event at BA HQ last night, we stepped inside the state-of-the-art pods, that are intended to feel like you’re in a modern luxury hotel. The new first class suites, which have been six years in the making, will b
  
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• Air fryer fanatics rush to get their hands on ‘the best yet’ from Ninja – now on sale this Black Friday

  26-11-2024 11:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Perfect for tight living spaces and smaller kitchens – Ninja’s latest air fryer is changing the game one again. (Picture: Ninja/Metro/Getty)
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  With hundreds of 5* reviews online, the Ninja Double Stack XL 9.5L Air Fryer has quickly beco
  
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• Maura Higgins’ ex makes prediction after she meets his dad on I’m A Celebrity

  26-11-2024 11:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageMaura Higgins’ ex-boyfriend has made a prediction about her relationship with his father, Barry McGuigan, on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!.Shane McGuigan, 36, dated the former Love Island star, 34, six years ago before she found fame on the ITV2 dating show.Shane appeared on Good Morning Britain this morning to say that he thinks the
  
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• Best actress Oscar winner, 49, ‘joins celebrity dating app’ after breakup

  26-11-2024 10:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Charlize Theron is reportedly on celebrity dating app Raya (Picture: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)Charlize Theron has reportedly taken to the celebrity dating app Raya to find love after recently going through a breakup from model boyfriend Alex Dimitrijevic.The Oscar winner, 49, supposedly made a profile on the app that included several pictures of her and even linked back to her Instagram profile, proving it was really her, according to The Sun.
  They reported that she isn’t using her real nam
  
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• Labour's big new 'back to work' threat to strip youngsters of their benefits if they are unwilling to graft or train already happens, admits minister -  and they can appeal if it's too harsh

  26-11-2024 10:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alison McGovern was grilled over the drive to 'get Britain working again' and achieve an 'ambitious' target of getting another 2 million people into jobs.
  
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• World’s oldest man dies aged 112 just months after breaking record

  26-11-2024 10:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  John Tinniswood lived until the age of 112 (Picture: Family)The world’s oldest living man has died at the age of 112, ‘surrounded by music and love’ in his care home in Merseyside.
  John Tinniswood passed away on Monday in Southport, months after being named as the oldest man in the world.
  He was born in Liverpool on August 26, 1912, the year the Titanic sank, and became the world’s oldest living man in April. He attributed his longevity to &
  
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• The moment it all went wrong for Meghan and the Queen: RICHARD EDEN reveals in his show Reading The Royals how a wedding row over 'respect' was the beginning of trouble

  26-11-2024 10:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The moment where things went wrong for the pair's relationship has puzzled royal experts, but now Richard Eden has studied the evidence in a new YouTube television series - Reading The Royals.
  
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• Own The Savoy (or at least part of it): World famous London hotel puts 3,000 items up for auction in refurbishment drive, including 1,371 pieces of furniture and 344 works of fine art

  26-11-2024 10:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Savoy, located in the Strand, has always been determined to stay ahead of the times and as it looks to renovate once more, it's furnishings are going up for auction.
  
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• New bank holiday planned to mark major event anniversary in 2025

  26-11-2024 10:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The major celebration will be marking the heroics of the 'Greatest Generation' who fought against Hitler and the Nazis in Europe and Africa, and Japan in Asia - with a bank holiday in either May or August.
  
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• Message in a bottle washes up on Peterborough beach after 16 years at sea

  26-11-2024 10:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bottle was dropped into the ocean around 50km off the coast of Brazil between Rio de Janeiro and Salvador on November 3, 2008.
  
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• Controversial footballer axed from tournament over 'high testosterone' wins BBC Women's Footballer of the Year

  26-11-2024 10:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zambia and Orlando Pride striker Barbra Banda received the most votes from BBC Sport website readers after being included on a five-player shortlist.
  
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• Smirking thug who murdered mother-of-three by brutally stabbing her in the street in front of horrified friends after she broke up with him faces life in prison

  26-11-2024 10:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Logan Burnett, 27, launched the frenzied attack on mother-of-three Courtney Mitchell, 26, after subjecting her to a campaign of harassment which included causing a flood in her home.
  
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• Neville names two Man Utd stars who are ‘certainties’ under Amorim

  26-11-2024 10:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gary Neville says four Manchester United players could thrive under Ruben Amorim (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville believes two Manchester United players are ‘certainties’ to succeed under new head coach Ruben Amorim.The Portuguese coach saw his side draw 1-1 with Ipswich during his opening match in charge last Sunday.Despite many of the same faces, it was a much-changed United side in terms of system and formation as
  
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• Pubs need to sell 60,000 extra pints to cover business rate changes

  26-11-2024 10:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The retail, hospitality and leisure industry will receive 40% relief on business rates from 2025/26, capped at £110,000 per business, compared to the 75% discount in the current financial year
  
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• There's FOUR hideous viruses this winter that can turn deadly. Here doctors reveal what you must know to protect your family from the quad-demic

  26-11-2024 10:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We are all too familiar with the term 'pandemic', but experts fear Britain could be facing a 'quad-demic' this winter - with a surge in cases of four winter bugs...
  
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• Christmas tragedy as man, 24, dies after getting electrocuted while hanging festive lights on the roof near a high voltage power line

  26-11-2024 10:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Pascual Mateo, 24, was installing the festive decorations in his Escondido, San Diego County home on Thursday November 21 at the time of the incident
  
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• World's oldest man dies in UK care home just months after setting record

  26-11-2024 10:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Alfred Tinniswood, who was born the year the Titanic sank, died on Monday aged 112 at a care home in Southport, Merseyside, just months after receiving a world record
  
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• Solicitors and barristers who earn less than £67,000-a-year on list of key workers eligible for Sadiq Khan's rent-controlled homes

  26-11-2024 10:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The London Mayor is seeking to build at least 6,000 'Key Worker Living Rent' homes by 2030, which he claims will be 'genuinely affordable' and could save key workers up to £600 monthly.
  
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• Manchester United join Liverpool in fierce transfer race for prolific £42m forward

  26-11-2024 10:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eintracht Frankfurt forward Omar Marmoush is in Manchester United’s sights (Picture: Getty)Manchester United are exploring a move for Eintracht Frankfurt star Omar Marmoush ahead of the January transfer window.Marmoush joined Eintracht on a free transfer in May 2023 and the signing has proved an incredible piece of business, with the forward registering 12 goals and six assists across a stellar debut season with the Bundesliga outfit.This term, the 25-year-old Egyptian has picked up where
  
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• Russian shock as satellite images suggest Putin's new 'wonder weapon' missile 'caused little damage' after he unleashed it on Ukraine

  26-11-2024 10:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian pundits suggested that the Dnipro defence plant had been 'completely destroyed' and a 'black hole' had formed at the site of the attack, but the images do not support this.
  
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• Hunt for attacker after man stabbed 19 times with a screwdriver in east London

  26-11-2024 10:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Met Police has released a photo of a man they wish to speak to in connection with the stabbing (Picture: Met Police)Detectives investigating a screwdriver attack in which a man was stabbed 19 times in east London have released a photo of the suspect as part of an ‘urgent’ appeal to track him down.Tom Savage, 36, suffered life-changing injuries in the ‘horrific’ attack, which took place in Mirabelle Gardens, Stratford, shortly after 9pm on August 19.He spent weeks in
  
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• ‘Wasn’t an easy decision’: TV star quits major show after 14 years

  26-11-2024 10:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chad Duell has quit his role in General Hospital (Picture: Disney via Getty Images)Fans of US soap General Hospital have been dealt another blow as a major star quit the show after 14 years. Chad Duell has announced that he has quit his role as Michael Corinthos – just weeks after fellow long-running star Kelly Monaco’s final scenes aired. The actor first appeared as the son of A.J. Quartermaine and Carly Corinthos in 2010, becoming the third actor to take on the role
  
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• Jude Law reveals the truth about The Holiday cottage and shares secrets about filming with Cameron Diaz: 'I've just burst the bubble!'

  26-11-2024 10:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The actor, 51, 'burst the bubble' when he spilled filming secrets from his Christmas classic The Holiday on BBC Radio 2.
  
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• Can the Chancellor REALLY promise no more tax rises? Fears Rachel Reeves will add another broken vow to Labour's U-turns list with warnings spending plans are 'front loaded' and growth stalling

  26-11-2024 10:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rachel Reeves made the tax commitment in an appearance at the CBI conference, as she tries to quell a mounting revolt over her £40billion 'tax-bomb' Budget.
  
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• Warning that higher costs facing retailers will 'inevitably' increase prices

  26-11-2024 10:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Figures show significant bargains remained in place across fashion, furniture and electricals in early Black Friday sales.
  
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• Nurse Abha Anuradha Kumar ordered to hand back $880,000 inheritance after huge fortune left to her by patient she had met 24 days earlier

  26-11-2024 10:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melbourne man Lionel Cox,, 92, passed away in 2015, leaving Abha Anuradha Kumar a large inheritance that lawyers claim was created under 'the most suspicious circumstances imaginable'.
  
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