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• Man, 54, arrested after crossbow-wielding cyclist aims weapon at crowd

  15-04-2025 08:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageSeven people have been arrested after reports a person on a bike aimed a gun at a group standing on a residential street in Salford.Video footage shows the group screaming and running away when the figure pulled out what looked like an offensive weapon on Romney Road around 9.30pm on MondayAlthough reports suggested it was a gun, police recovered a crossbow.
  
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• 10 unmissable Time Out deals – including champagne, cocktails and live jazz

  24-04-2025 20:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  These are London deals you won’t want to miss (Picture: Searcys St Pancras Bar & Brasserie)Looking for 10 things to do in London? Luckily, there’s lots to do in this city for cheap in 2025! At least… There is now.Metro has teamed up with Time Out to bring you the best deals across the capital.Every Friday, 10 new deals will drop, available in the Metro newspaper, on Metro, and on our socials. You’ll also find them in our weekly London newsletter,
  
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• Terrifying moment masked gang arrive to attack a mother's property before hacking away with machetes and pelting bricks

  24-04-2025 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samantha, who did not want to use her surname, was left as petrified as a gang of yobs circled her property in southeast London in March.
  
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• England legend Trevor Sinclair faces bankruptcy battle over £36k unpaid tax bill after his punditry stalled when he tweeted 'black and brown' people should not mourn the Queen

  24-04-2025 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The judge damningly said 'Mr Sinclair has to wake up to the fact that there's no more head in the sand because this is serious'.
  
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• Motorist buys back his OWN £20,000 stolen car from dealership 70 miles away

  24-04-2025 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Motorist Ewan Valentine, 36, spent more than £20,000 on a replacement for a cherished car which was taken from his driveway - then discovered he had accidentally bought back his own stolen car.
  
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• Quick-thinking child's incredible six word question that saved her from 'abduction'

  24-04-2025 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unknown teenager had been walking on MacDade Boulevard in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday when she was approached.
  
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• Uvalde families sickened by paltry settlement from city that failed their kids

  24-04-2025 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The city of Uvalde approved a $2 million settlement for the 21 families that lost children in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School. The families have filing other pending lawsuits.
  
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• New Lego Fortnite sets feature Klombo and Mecha Team Leader

  24-04-2025 19:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lego Fortnite is getting nostalgic for Chapter 1 (Lego)The most expensive Lego Fortnite set yet has been revealed but it and three others all come with QR codes to unlock in-game skins.Video games are suddenly big business again when it comes to Hollywood but they’re also increasingly more mainstream in other areas, including the world’s most popular toy brand: Lego.A new Pokémon line was recently announced for next year, to go alongside Super Mario, Zelda, and Animal Crossin
  
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• Underage 'serial granny-rapist' finally set to face justice thanks to brave victim standing up to DA

  24-04-2025 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Authorities released chilling surveillance footage allegedly showing Tremonte Kirk, 17, stalking a woman in a parking lot in Milwaukee, as his brave victim spoke out to call for justice.
  
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• Girl, 10, suffocated after being swept away in mudslide on school trip

  24-04-2025 19:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Leah Harrison dreamt of playing football for England one day (Picture: North News)A girl was trapped in a flash mudslide during a school trip while crossing a stream, an inquest into her death has heard.
  The circumstances that led to the death of Leah Harrison, 10, from Darlington, County Durham, have been revealed after an inquest opened into the ‘tragic accident’ on May 22 last year.
  Leah was swept off her feet by a torrent of mud when she was out on a walk with fellow Year 6 pupi
  
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• Brit tourist missing in Philippines after leaving hotel with only flippers and snorkel

  24-04-2025 19:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mark Davis Morris, 44, disappeared while on holiday in the Philippines with his wife. The Brit reportedly told a friend he was going diving alone but police are investigating this
  
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• Cate Blanchett splashes her millions on futuristic eco mansion in ‘Hollywood-on-Sea’

  24-04-2025 19:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cate Blanchett has splashed the cash on a cool new eco home in… Cornwall (Picture: SWNS/REX)With an estimated net worth of $95million (£71.4m), it’s not surprising that Cate Blanchett has splashed the cash on a super snazzy eco home.The Australian actress is best known for her roles in films such as Carol, Tár, Ocean’s 8, and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, having received two Oscars, four Baftas, and four Golden Globes for her work over the years.But when she&rsq
  
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• Top Goldman Sachs banker quits UK and billionaire brothers follow suit amid concern non dom tax crackdown hitting higher echelons of the City

  24-04-2025 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three of Britain's richest men - top banker Richard Gnodde and brothers Ian and Richard Livingstone- have 'joined the exodus' of the super-rich amid a government crackdown on wealthy non-doms.
  
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• Female prison guard 'twerks and flirts with inmate' in shocking leaked video

  24-04-2025 19:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An unnamed prison officer was filmed on a mobile phone for a TikTok video apparently twerking at the request of an inmate at HMP Forest Bank, in Salford, Greater Manchester
  
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• REAL reason so many are overweight. Lawyer Hannah was exhausted and struggled with her size for years. Then she was medicated for her thyroid and lost 4st fast

  24-04-2025 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Walking into the family home at 8pm one night after work, Mark Ross found his three kids - then aged 11, nine and seven - ready for bed but his wife, Hannah, 43, was nowhere to be seen.
  
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• Expert urges men to call doctor straight away if this symptom happens on toilet

  24-04-2025 19:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All men are encouraged to pay attention when visiting the toilet because according to one expert, one particular sign can be a red flag for a host of serious health conditions
  
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• Mirror's Daily Digest: Our top stories from jailed footballer to soap stars getting engaged

  24-04-2025 19:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In this Thursday's Mirror Daily Digest, we've pulled together the biggest stories of the day from an EFL footballer jailed for killing a cyclist to Emmerdale stars' surprise engagement
  
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• 'Sleazebag' reporter who exposed Signal scandal gets Trump White House invite for 'curious' reason

  24-04-2025 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Trump revealed that he is meeting with Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg, who exposed the Signal group chat where top officials discussed an attack on the Houthis in Yemen.
  
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• Married couple subjected to ultimate indignity by callous thieves on their doorstep

  24-04-2025 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Navy veteran Gregory Poulos, 56, and his wife Angie Beltsos, 61, were arriving home from a late dinner on Monday when armed robbers pointed guns at their faces around 10pm.
  
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• Schoolboy, 12, relives moment he witnessed man 'murder his Covent Garden elderly neighbour in row over shutting gate'

  24-04-2025 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The boy was celebrating his 12th birthday and had come out of a Zara store when he froze on the spot as he saw blood dripping out of 74-year-old James O'Neill's mouth and head.
  
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• America's wokest DA breaks her own rules to let Tim Walz worker who keyed six Teslas off the hook

  24-04-2025 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mary Moriarty has been exposed for breaking her own rules...with her antics even angering local liberals.
  
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• Don’t underestimate Liverpool’s easy title win, Arne Slot’s team were the pick of the bunch

  24-04-2025 19:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Liverpool’s 20th league title is a landmark achievement (Picture: Getty Images)Liverpool will be crowned champions of England for a record-equalling 20th time this weekend*. Clearly Liverpool and fans of the club don’t need me to point out this is kind of a big deal, but is it possible that the rest of us have been lulled into underestimating the scale of this season’s achievement? I think so.The efficient, near-certain return of the bottom three to their Championship homes ha
  
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• Teaching union faces legal action over appointment of firebrand leader amid anti-Semitism row as Jewish member says 'he doesn't represent us'

  24-04-2025 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matt Wrack, a hard-Left Jeremy Corbyn ally, was appointed uncontested as the General Secretary of the NASUWT despite being a former fireman with no teaching experience.
  
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• Nintendo fans figure out new way to fight Switch 2 scalpers pre-orders

  24-04-2025 19:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s better to just wait for new stock (Nintendo)The eBay vigilantes fighting back against Nintendo Switch 2 scalpers have come up with a new plan, now that US pre-orders have gone live.Despite Nintendo’s efforts to mitigate Nintendo Switch 2 scalping, listings for the console soon popped up on eBay after pre-orders went live here in the UK, earlier in the month.Unsurprisingly, the same thing is happening on the other side of the Atlantic, now that pre-orders are finally open in the
  
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• Massachusetts lawmaker announces 'unexpected' death of his daughter, 22, during trip to Italy

  24-04-2025 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Massachusetts congressman announced the tragic death of his young daughter on Thursday.
  
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• Major plan to switch off kids' social media while they're at school being looked at

  24-04-2025 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Technology Secretary Peter Kyle told The Mirror he is looking 'very carefully' at ways to stop children wasting hours scrolling on their phones after youngsters begged for help
  
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• Best things to do in London this weekend including Squid Game in ‘real life’

  24-04-2025 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s bargains galore this week with The Slice (Picture: 2023 Getty Images)Welcome back to The Slice!The London Marathon is this weekend. And while we’ll be cheering on the brave runners of London from home or on the sidelines, we know some of you will be out there putting your best foot forward. Find out where medalists can claim their post-race freebies for some much-needed refueling below.The race isn’t the only thing hotting up this weekend. Where better to enjoy the h
  
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• What the strange Mark Williams vs Hossein Vafaei Grand Prix clash was all about

  24-04-2025 18:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mark Williams and Hossein Vafaei meet in the second round of the World Snooker Championship this week, their first clash since a strange incident last year.The pair have not met since January 2024 when Williams beat Vafaei 4-1 in the last 16 of the World Grand Prix in Leicester.The Welshman was in fine form, knocking in breaks of 108, 76 and 75, but there was heat between the two at the end of the contest as the Iranian shook hands with the referee but not with his opponent and stormed out of t
  
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• Ian Wright backs Marcus Rashford to join shock Premier League club

  24-04-2025 18:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marcus Rashford has impressed during his loan spell at Aston Villa (Picture: Getty)Ian Wright says there is ‘no chance’ Aston Villa loanee Marcus Rashford will return to Manchester United.Rashford’s future remains far from certain as he comes to the end of his loan spell at Villa Park.The 27-year-old has enjoyed an encouraging stint at the Midlands club since effectively being forced out of Old Trafford by Ruben Amorim.Amorim constantly overlooked Rashford following his arriva
  
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• Gavin Newsom blocks shameful plan to release killer migrant after widespread backlash

  24-04-2025 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California Governor Gavin Newsom has agreed with collaborate with ICE and hand over an illegal immigrant convicted of vehicular manslaughter.
  
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