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• Madeleine McCann: Body found in suitcase feared to be missing Briton identified at last

  21-10-2015 23:34
  
  POLICE have finally identified the body of a girl found in a suitcase initially feared to be that of missing Madeleine McCann.
  
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• My Chemical Romance former drummer Bob Bryar found dead at 44

  30-11-2024 08:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bob Bryar of My Chemical Romance was found dead in Tennessee (Picture:Gary Miller/FilmMagic)Former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar, 44, was found dead in his Tennessee home.A member of the band from 2004 to 2010, Bryar played the drums on all of MCR’s biggest hits in their heyday.
  Law enforcement reported no signs of foul play, as his belongings, including weapons and music equipment, were untouched, according to TMZ.
  His body was described as ‘badly decomposed’ by the o
  
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• Shocking new allegation against dentist 'who tried to murder wife with poisoned eye drops

  30-11-2024 08:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dentist, James Craig, accused of killing wife, Angela Craig, by poisoning her protein shakes and eye drops, now faces additional charges for allegedly soliciting a fellow inmate to kill a detective.
  
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• Miracle as Texas teen farmer survives freak accident that cost him his arm

  30-11-2024 08:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Braycin Parrish, 17, has been left with horrendous burns, without an arm and some toes after he was almost fatally electrocuted while riding his tractor.
  
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• Only a true genius can decipher word bare hidden in sea of bears in 10 seconds

  30-11-2024 08:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you're a word whizz, this brainteaser is sure to test your literacy and spelling skills - but the big question is can you crack it in under 10 seconds?
  
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• West Ham vs Arsenal: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injuries

  30-11-2024 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gabriel picked up a knock against Sporting midweek (Picture: Getty Images)Arsenal are sweating on the fitness of Gabriel Magalhaes ahead of their Premier League trip to West Ham United this evening.The Gunners were back in business last weekend as they sealed a comfortable win over Nottingham Forest before putting five past Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Tuesday.Gabriel were among the goal scorers midweek but picked up a knock late on and was seen signalling to the bench.
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• UK’s ‘quaint paradise’ named one of the world’s best places for 2025

  30-11-2024 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  East Anglia has been named one of the world’s must-visit regions for 2025 (Picture: Getty Images)When planning a getaway for 2025, places such as Rome, Japan, and Mexico might be on your must-visit list.But according to travel experts at Lonely Planet, a spot much closer to home should be a top contender for you.Along with places such as South Carolina, Bavaria, Valais, and the Jordan Trail, the UK’s very own East Anglia made it into the travel guide’s top 10 list of must-visi
  
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• Shop Lovehoney’s Black Friday sale now – get sex toys and lingerie at discounted prices

  30-11-2024 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lovehoney’s Black Friday sale is the perfect opportunity to purchase or update your sex toy and lingerie. (Picture: Lovehoney/Metro/Getty)
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• Kate Middleton's title was nearly given to another royal but move was suddenly blocked

  30-11-2024 08:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prior to becoming the Princess of Wales, Kate went by the title the Duchess of Cambridge - but it was originally intended for another member of the Royal Family
  
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• Evil mom Tiffanie Lucas who killed her two kids shares bizarre excuse over what drove her to murder

  30-11-2024 08:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tiffanie Ann Katherine Lucas, 32, pleaded guilty last month to the fatal shooting of her sons, Maurice 'Peanut' Baker Jr., 6, and his half brother, Jayden Howard, 9, in November 2023.
  
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• 'Fraudster' makes bombshell admission to Mica Miller's grieving family

  30-11-2024 07:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mica Miller, 30, was found dead in North Carolina on April 27 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, days after serving her pastor husband John Paul Miller, 44, with divorce papers.
  
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• Trump beams as he and Justin Trudeau appear in good spirits at Mar-a-Lago after differences over tariffs

  30-11-2024 07:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  All appeared to be well between Donald Trudeau and Justin Trudeau in an all-smiles photo of the president-elect and the Canadian Prime Minister at Mar-a-Lago Friday night.
  
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• Tragedy as boy, five, dies days after common flu symptom takes an awful turn

  30-11-2024 07:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tributes have paid to Zaydan Sandbeck, who suffered damage to his brain was put on life support at a hospital in North Dakota, US, but never recovered after he had flu-like symptoms
  
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• New maps reveal enormous snowstorm to hit UK in -5C Arctic blast

  30-11-2024 07:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK is set for another spell of freezing weather next week with a 400 mile wall of snow bringing potential disruption as temperatures drop to as low as -5C in parts of the country
  
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• England close in on victory as Chris Woakes takes charge against New Zealand

  30-11-2024 07:18 via theguardian.com
  
  First Test day three: New Zealand 348, 155-6; England 499Seamer shares the wickets with Carse to stifle Black Caps’ fightbackThere are Australian cricket supporters in Christchurch this week and not, word has it, to escape the sense of crisis that has engulfed their team back home. Apparently they were so taken by their experience during the 2-0 series win for their side earlier this year, a return visit was swiftly booked afterwards.And who could blame them? As the red weed of franchise T
  
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• Dramatic moment brazen thieves make off with a safe in early morning ram raid on closed shopping mall - smashing through the front window

  30-11-2024 07:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wild CCTV has captured brazen thieves cutting a trail of destruction and stealing a safe during an early morning ram raid on a Melbourne shopping centre on Saturday.
  
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• Bark detective: dog trained to sniff out UK tree disease

  30-11-2024 07:01 via theguardian.com
  Six-year-old spanador called Ivor taught to identify tree fungal-like organism killing trees and shrubs around UKSniffer dogs are usually found looking for contraband at airports and train stations, but the UK government is now dispatching trained hounds to find forest-harming pests.A dog has been used for the first time in the UK to successfully identify tree disease. Researchers from Forest Research used a trained spanador – a cocker spaniel labrador cross – to find the tree pathog
  
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• ‘Why would we wait?’: Lebanon starts to rebuild as ceasefire takes effect

  30-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Residents of Nabatieh say they do not expect the government to help and have set to work clearing the rubbleFor two months, the only sounds in Nabatieh were the buzzing of an Israeli drone overhead and the dull thump of distant airstrikes. The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, the drone was gone and southern Lebanon’s second largest city was filled with the sound of hammering and the clang of excavator buckets lifting rubble from blocked streets.“We
  
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• When you might as well eat it in bed – the Edith Pritchett cartoon

  30-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• Tim Dowling: my band is making a music video – but I can’t play, or even act

  30-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We’re recording a charity Christmas song and I’m drowning in a sea of wrong notes. Luckily, a lifeboat is at handI am in a lifeboat station on the south coast, standing beneath the stern of a Shannon class rescue vessel, wearing a borrowed fisherman’s jumper and holding a banjo. There are lights on me, and I am very much at sea.My band has recorded a Christmas song to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, and we are here to make the mu
  
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• Neighbours confirms legend’s exit as Yaz deceives a Ramsay Street local

  30-11-2024 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Another big week on Ramsay Street! (Picture: Amazon Prime Video/Metro)Neighbours are lining up a dramatic week on Ramsay Street, as Yaz Shields (Chrishell Stause) continues to dig for information on her late brother Heath (Ethan Panizza).Viewers of the Australian soap saw the mysterious newcomer arrive at Lassiters Hotel last week, clearly searching for answers surrounding her brothers death. With Holly Hoyland (Lucinda Armstrong-Hall) on her radar, she plays up to another local’s crush t
  
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• Meghan Markle's five-word veiled swipe about life away from Britain and the royals

  30-11-2024 07:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle spent two Christmases with the Royal Family at Sandringham. Now some people believe she has taken a 'swipe' at The Firm with new comments about her festive plans with Harry
  
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• Landmark space mission set to create artificial solar eclipses using satellites

  30-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Two satellites in Proba-3 mission expected to be launched on Wednesday in India and will work in tandem to study sun’s coronaFinal preparations have begun for a landmark space mission that will use satellites flying in close formation to create artificial solar eclipses high above the Earth.The Proba-3 mission is the European Space Agency’s first attempt at precise formation flying in orbit and calls for two spacecraft to loop around the planet in an arrangement that never deviates b
  
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• Indie films losing out to obsession with bankable stars, says Richard Eyre

  30-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  British director whose career is being celebrated at the BFI says creative industry increasingly wants safe betsThe veteran British director Richard Eyre has said it is “very hard” to get small-budget independent dramas made any more because studio bosses are obsessed with “bankable” celebrity names.Eyre, who has worked across film, theatre, TV and opera, winning five Olivier awards and a Bafta, also spoke of the importance of making drama that embraces social realism &nd
  
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• From Conclave to Michael Kiwanuka – a complete guide to the week’s entertainment in the UK

  30-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Cardinal Ralph Fiennes picks a pope (and potentially an Oscar), and the Mercury prize winner returns with another intimate gemConclave
  Out nowThere’s Oscar buzz aplenty for this lead performance from Ralph Fiennes as a British cardinal at the heart of the pope-picking process, with Vatican honchos wrangling over who should be the next pontiff. Pulpy thrills from director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front). Continue reading...
  
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• Experts warn 'wash your Christmas tree twice' or risk health problems

  30-11-2024 07:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brits are being urged to clean their artificial Christmas trees at least twice a year after TikTok video goes viral
  
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• Driver killed in shocking crash after ploughing car into a Melbourne Coles

  30-11-2024 07:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man has been killed in Melbourne 's southeast overnight after his car ploughed into the side of a Coles , leading to a concrete wall collapsing on the vehicle.
  
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• Don’t chuck your orange peel – save it to make a zero-waste cake | Waste not

  30-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Orange rind gives this polenta cake wonderful depth of flavourI’ve long been a fan of whole orange cake, and have shared various recipes for it in my cookbooks and articles over the years. Recently, however, I tried making it with just the orange peel instead of the whole fruit – and what a revelation! Why use the entire orange when you can just make use of a byproduct instead? After all, it’s the bitter rind that gives this cake its wonderful depth of flavour, so it makes tota
  
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• Blind date: ‘She is a good hugger. None of this air-hug, spongy blancmange stuff’

  30-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Katy, 44, a clinical psychologist, meets Nick, 47, a consultantWhat were you hoping for?A lovely dinner and a good chat with someone new, and to experience the craziness of having a very public blind date. Continue reading...
  
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• Aldi shoppers say new £50 hair styler is 'miles better' than Dyson and Shark

  30-11-2024 07:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 5-in-1 gadget is being billed as an 'amazing' and affordable alternative to the very popular Dyson Airwrap - which costs hundreds of pounds more
  
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