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• Map reveals which areas in the UK will get the most sunshine this weekend

  04-04-2025 10:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Yes, that blinding ball in the sky is the sun. It’s back (Picture: Rick Findler / Story Picture Agency)Dust off your sunglasses. The UK is about to be reunited with something it hasn’t seen in what feels like years – the sun.
  The UK weather map from the Met Office is covered in cartoon suns for the next three days.
  Today will see some stretches of Wales and the west coast of England covered in cloud with the sun just about peaking through.
  But from about 4pm, according to fore
  
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• Inside Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s relationship from brief split to couple’s therapy

  14-04-2025 13:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Katy Perry has opened up on how she keeps her relationship with Orlando Bloom healthy (Picture: Getty)Katy Perry has taken on the trip of a lifetime and is heading to space on board Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spacecraft alongside an all-female team on Monday, April 14.Katy, 40, will be joined by TV host and journalist Gayle King, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’ fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, former NASA aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist and research scientist Amanda Nguyen
  
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• Claire Sweeney makes emotional discovery about late legend as she returns to Brookside

  14-04-2025 13:49 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 PageFormer Brookside star Claire Sweeney has made an emotional return to the cul de sac – and discovered a sweet tribute to her co-star Dean Sullivan.The actress, 53, starred as Lindsey Corkhill in the cult Channel 4 soap sporadically from 1991 until the final episode was broadcast in November 2003.Nowadays she’s better known as C
  
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• What did Mickey Rourke say to Ella Rae Wise before Celebrity Big Brother axe?

  14-04-2025 13:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mickey Rourke has been dropped from Celebrity Big Brother (Picture: Rex/Shutterstock/ITV)Mickey Rourke lasted just six days in the Celebrity Big Brother house – he was thrown out after numerous rule-breaking incidents.The American actor and former boxer, 72, was pulled up by the ITV series for using inappropriate language and exhibiting unacceptable behaviour.Politician Michael Fabricant was the first of this year’s line-up to be evicted on day five, even after Mickey had sparked a
  
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• Kate Garraway in hospital dash as teenage son suffers 'really bad' injury 'at worst possible time' - with GMB star updating fans as she replaces Lorraine Kelly for first time in 11 years

  14-04-2025 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 57-year-old stepped in for the Scottish presenter, 65, on ITV's Lorraine on Monday morning.
  
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• Karenna Groff plane crash: Grieving dad's heart-piercing words after athletes and doctors died in disaster

  14-04-2025 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James Santoro and his girlfriend Karenna Groff were killed when their private jet went down on Saturday in a field in Copake, killing all six people on board.
  
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• Immigration lawyer 'deported' via Team Trump email...but they made huge mistake

  14-04-2025 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US citizen Nicole Micheroni was stunned when she opened the letter from the Department of Homeland Security on Friday morning.
  
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• China warns on 'discrimination' against firm that owns British Steel as No10 says it is 'confident' raw materials can be secured to save Scunthorpe plant

  14-04-2025 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beijing urged the UK not to 'politicise' the situation amid a desperate scramble to keep furnaces running at the Scunthorpe plant.
  
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• 'Awkward' Erica Stoll's secret pain at the Masters as her husband Rory McIlroy's rumoured 'other woman' ex-girlfriend watches from the sidelines

  14-04-2025 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was only 11 months ago that Erica Stoll was facing divorce papers from her husband Rory McIlroy. But after their shocking U-turn, the Northern Irish golfer's wife has now proved she's firmly back at his side.
  
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• Moment pigeon ruins teen's rollercoaster snap after photobombing the picture to smack him in the head

  14-04-2025 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Logan James, from North Seaton, Northumberland, had been riding the Velocity at Flamingo Land for just 15 seconds when the bird emerged from nowhere and flew straight into his head.
  
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• BREAKING: Keir Starmer makes British Steel prediction and responds to 'deliberate sabotage' claim

  14-04-2025 13:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  No10 has said it is 'confident' that vital materials will arrive on time to save two furnaces at the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe in a race against time to keep it open
  
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• Shocking moment 'mini-tornado' whips through car park amid scorching heatwave

  14-04-2025 13:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A mini tornado was caught on camera in an Irish car park. Shocked passers-by described how they saw a 'dust devil' appear at the car park in Tipperary
  
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• British 'father and son', 46 and 17, drown while swimming at Australian tourist beach

  14-04-2025 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three people were reportedly swept out to sea on Sunday afternoon at Round Hill Head at 1770 in Queensland , sparking a major emergency service response with a helicopter deployed.
  
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• My best friend dumped me by text - hurting me more than any man ever has. After seven years, I finally contacted her and this is how she reacted...

  14-04-2025 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I have always found it awkward to socialise, especially with women. As if every interaction is a test that I don't know the rules for.
  
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• 'Mexican Jeffrey Dahmer' accused of killing 20 women collapses and dies on day of court hearing

  14-04-2025 13:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Miguel Cortés Miranda, dubbed the 'Mexican Jeffery Dahmer', was accused of brutally killing 20 women and keeping their body parts in his home - but mysteriously died on the day of his court hearing
  
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• Horse statue proposed to celebrate Appleby's gypsy fair is canned by council because of 'anxiety and distress' experienced by locals

  14-04-2025 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blacksmith Jake Bowers had lodged an application to install the sculpture on the banks of the River Eden in the leafy town of Appleby, Cumbria, as a 'gesture of inclusion' to travellers.
  
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• Legend Of Zelda Nintendo Switch 2 ports will address their most controversial mechanic

  14-04-2025 13:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  You will need a separate mobile app to make use of this change though (Nintendo)Nintendo is adding an option to repair weapons in the Legend Of Zelda games for Switch 2 though not in the way some fans would have hoped.There were once claims of an enhanced version of The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild running on the Nintendo Switch 2 but, at the time, it was unclear if this was a tech demo or something Nintendo actually planned to release.The recent Nintendo Switch 2 showcase confirmed it w
  
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• Black Mirror fans spot sinister hidden detail in season 7’s most shocking episode

  14-04-2025 13:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Black Mirror is known for its shocking twists and disturbing content (Picture: Netflix)Warning: spoilers ahead for Black Mirror season 7 episode 1.Black Mirror fans are used to being horrified but season 7’s most shocking episode had a sinister blink-and-you’ll miss it detail that makes it so much worse.  The first episode of season 7, which is titled Common People, tells the story of Mike (Chris O’Dowd) and Amanda (Rashida Jones) a young couple struggling to conceiv
  
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• England cricket legend Alec Stewart's wife dies following 12-year breast cancer battle - just months after he stepped down as Surrey boss to support her

  14-04-2025 13:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE OVAL: Surrey are mourning the death of Lynn Stewart, wife of Alec, their former captain and director of cricket. Flags were flying at half-mast on Monday at The Oval.
  
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• City giant's bid to lure workers back to the office with free lunch Fridays

  14-04-2025 13:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Employees working at WPP headquarters in the capital had previously only been required to go into the office three days a week.
  
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• Rory McIlroy's rumoured ex Amanda Balionis reacts as she watches him win the Masters with his wife by his side - months after she was dragged into divorce storm

  14-04-2025 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The reporter rumoured to have had a relationship with Rory McIlroy sent him a message after watching him celebrate his Masters win with his wife and daughter.
  
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• Maura Higgins' campaign to ditch her reality roots and elbow her way into the A-List as she begs to be 'besties' with Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber after partying with Margot Robbie and the Kardashians

  14-04-2025 13:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former grid girl burst into the public eye in 2019 on the fifth series of Love Island, where she finished in fourth place with Irish Dancing In The Stars' Curtis Pritchard .
  
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• Black Mirror’s freaky Thronglets is an actual game you can download for free

  14-04-2025 13:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  A cuddly nightmare (Netflix Games)An episode of Netflix’s Black Mirror has spawned a virtual pet sim, described as a ‘Tamagotchi-gone-wrong’.Several episodes of Black Mirror have explored dystopian near-future depictions of games, between the interactive Bandersnatch and the augmented reality nightmare in Playtest, but an episode in the latest season takes a different approach.In season seven episode Plaything, a former games journalist who is obsessed with a mysterious game f
  
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• Lanzarote is flooding — can you get a refund on your holiday?

  14-04-2025 13:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arrecife, Lanzarote, after flooding at the weekend (Picture: Europa Press Canarias via Getty Images)On early Sunday April 13, torrential rain devastated homes and roads in Lanzarote, forcing the government to declare a state of emergency.The deluge saw 2.4 inches of rain fall in two hours overnight, and the floodwaters caused homes to be submerged with more than 150 incidents in Costa Teguise and 70 in Arrecife, and San Bartolomé also being badly hit.While the state of emergency was
  
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• Only Fools And Horses and Miami Vice star dies aged 78 after suffering from a 'long and painful illness'

  14-04-2025 13:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The actor was known for starring in Miami Vice in a recurring limo driver role and also appeared in the Only Fools And Horses Christmas special.
  
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• Who is in the Blue Origin female crew with Katy Perry and how long is the mission?

  14-04-2025 13:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Katy Perry will be jetting to space in a matter of days (Picture: Getty / AP)In just a few hours, Katy Perry will make history as the first-ever popstar to travel to space on an all-female flight.The Firework singer, 40, along with Lauren Sanchez, are among the six passengers on board Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spacecraft, which is scheduled to take off at 14.30pm BST (8.30am local time) today.
  She was met with a wave of backlash when she announced her trip in February, and was forced to tur
  
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• Two new species of dinosaur discovered in 125,000,00 year old fossil

  14-04-2025 13:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fossiled imprints of the dinosaurs in the ancient Yixian rock formation in China (Picture: National Science Review)Dinosaur Top Trumps needs an update, as there are new contenders on the Early Cretaceous scene.Researchers have discovered two new species in a 125-million-year-old fossil in China.
  While they’d be wiped out by a T-Rex card, they’d still get a good killer rating if you were a rodent or small lizard.
  The new dinos, similar to pint-sized predator Compsognathus, have
  
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• Aimee Lou Wood's lookalike sister Emily leaps to her defence over 'mean' SNL skit - after the beauty influencer revealed how she deals with having a famous sibling

  14-04-2025 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Sunday morning, The White Lotus star was flooded with support from thousands of followers after she branded NBC 'mean and unfunny' for their skit.
  
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• Cats will 'turn and run in opposite direction' if you leave one fruit in garden

  14-04-2025 13:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you're fed up of finding clumps of cat poo in your vegetable patch, there is a simple method gardeners have been using to keep cats out - and you can just use what's already in your kitchen
  
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• I contracted a 'harmless' and little-known virus while pregnant and it left my newborn deaf. No one ever warned me - and millions of mothers could be in the same situation: CARA LEE

  14-04-2025 13:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Carla Sobrini's daughter Emilia failed her newborn hearing test, she had no idea that a virus she'd unknowingly caught from her older child during pregnancy was to blame.
  
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