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• Matt noticed something glimmering in the dirt after a heavy downpour... what he discovered left him in disbelief

  06-01-2025 03:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Incredible footage captured the moment a rare discovery was made in outback Queensland.
  
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• World’s most congested cities are revealed – with London named Europe’s worst

  07-01-2025 17:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Londoners lost an average of 101 hours sitting in traffic jams (Picture: Neil Hall/EPA)Traffic delays are a part and parcel of life in London – and now a new study has revealed the cost of congestion in the world’s most gridlocked cities.
  Escaping traffic jams in London is almost impossible if you cannot swap a car for public transport or a bike.
  For those stuck behind a wheel on UK roads, the delays come at a cost as time and fuel are lost. While also being mentally taxing, constan
  
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• Score 1 month free and 10,000 points (worth up to £50!) with a new Yonder credit card

  07-01-2025 17:02 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Post-Christmas it seems like everyone is short on cash and January’s payday seems a long way o
  
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• Driver crashed Dragons’ Den star’s Ferrari and narrowly missed jogger

  07-01-2025 16:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageThe driver of a Ferrari which ploughed into a bike rack narrowly missing a jogger earlier this year has pleaded guilty to careless driving.
  Joey Baptiste, 41, was at the wheel of a Ferrari F430 which crashed in Norwich earlier this year.In a moment captured on CCTV footage in March, the vehicle is filmed speeding around a bend on Rose Lane before crashing into
  
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• Lonely elderly woman who has no family or friends writes tear-jerking note to kind restaurant staff

  07-01-2025 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The owner of Black Sheep Burgers & Shakes in downtown Springfield, Mike Jalili, is searching for an elderly woman who left the staff a tear-jerking note.
  
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• Canadian politician responds to Trump's takeover threats by offering to buy two U.S. states

  07-01-2025 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The saga of Donald Trump wanting to envelop Canada continued on Monday when an Ontario politician floated a counteroffer to buy two US states.
  
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• Trump demands his hush money conviction is thrown out with just days until sentencing

  07-01-2025 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump launched another eleventh hour attempt to get his hush money case  thrown out on Tuesday, days before he is due to be sentenced.
  
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• Judge reveals 'reservations' over WFH community sentences that let criminals do online courses from comfort of their homes

  07-01-2025 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a report by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), judges said these types of sentences were seen by criminals as a 'reward' that meant they could avoid being out in all types of weather.
  
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• Elon Musk says his English 'nana' might have been a grooming gang victim in present day after growing up 'very poor' with 'no one to protect her'

  07-01-2025 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Tesla billionaire said that his 'Nana' had 'no one to protect her' and could have fallen into the clutches of abusers had she been growing up in 2025.
  
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• Elon Musk interested in buying Liverpool, billionaire’s father reveals

  07-01-2025 16:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk wants to buy Liverpool football club (Picture: Getty)Elon Musk has a desire to buy Premier League club Liverpool, according to the billionaire’s father.Musk, whose net worth exceedes $400billion, is the world’s richest man and already owns giant companies such as X, Tesla and SpaceX.But the 53-year-old is keen to expand his business portfolio even further and has eyes on a Premier League club, according to his father Errol.Asked by Times Radio if reports of him wanting to
  
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• Moment knife-wielding thug is interrupted by man wanting to buy a drink as he tries to rob a corner shop

  07-01-2025 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bizarre CCTV footage captured the moment a shopper casually nudged the balaclava wearing yob out of the way so he could pay for his item.
  
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• Is YOUR local hospital one of Britain's worst? From A&E waits to the backlog for routine ops and cancer treatment, our interactive data-tracker lays bare performance of all trusts amid the 'quad-demic'

  07-01-2025 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline's postcode search tool - hailed by NHS insiders and leading experts - utilises monthly performance figures to showcase how YOUR hospital is faring
  
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• Glastonbury performer Neil Young to release ‘lost’ album from the 70s

  07-01-2025 16:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Neil Young is set to release a lost album (Picture: Gary Miller/Getty Images)Neil Young has revealed that he’s set to release a ‘lost’ album that was first recorded in 1977.The singer, 79, has announced that he is set to release a ‘lost’ album on Valentine’s Day titled Oceanside Countryside.The collection of songs set to be released from the archives and was recorded between May and December in 1977 and is a sister record to the album 1978’s Comes A Tim
  
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• Zara Tindall almost crushed by horse as it lands on top of royal at racing event

  07-01-2025 16:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Zara Tindall, the daughter of Princess Anne, is currently in Australia for the Magic Millions Horse Racing event with husband Mike - but she almost ended up seriously hurt after an unexpected incident with a horse during a photoshoot
  
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• Queen Mary of Denmark stuns in chic grey gown as she hosts New Year reception for armed forces alongside King Frederik

  07-01-2025 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Queen Mary of Denmark looked chic as she hosted a New Year's for reception for officers from the armed forces alongside her husband King Frederik on Tuesday in Copenhagen.
  
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• Much-loved mum 'found dead in restaurant toilets lay undiscovered for two days'

  07-01-2025 16:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sabrina Lyttle allegedly went to use the toilet in the restaurant two days before she was founded dead in one of the cubicles, prompting a police response, with an inquest due to be held in April
  
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• Future of lifetime Isa under review as MPs probe if it's still fit for purpose

  07-01-2025 16:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Lisa account was introduced in 2016 and aims to help people save for their first home or retirement - but there have been calls to overhaul its design in recent years
  
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• More hospitality businesses will be forced to close after Labour's tax bomb budget than during Covid, nightlife tsar warns

  07-01-2025 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just seven days into 2025, Manchester's Night Time Economy adviser voiced major concerns after seeing a 'raft of closures' already this year.
  
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• Alabama woman charged with killing her husband gives astonishing jailhouse interview

  07-01-2025 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Genesis Patricia Tanksley, 27, who left her husband at the hospital after he was fatally shot in the chest, claims she was 'wrongly accused by law enforcement.'
  
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• Princess Charlotte spotted wearing £1.5k necklace with surprise Prince Harry link

  07-01-2025 16:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Princess Charlotte matched her mum, the Princess of Wales, by wearing a stylish tartan coat during the Royal Family's annual walk to church on Christmas Day - and it seems her dainty necklace has a very unexpected link to her uncle, Prince Harry
  
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• One in five British travellers paid excess baggage fees last year, figures show - so how much will each airline charge if YOU overpack?

  07-01-2025 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is an all too familiar scenario: you finally get to the front of the airport check-in queue only to discover your bags are overweight. As a new survey shows, it can be a highly costly mistake.
  
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• Man refuses to swap plane seats so boy, 7, can sit with dad – and people agree

  07-01-2025 16:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man has been praised for standing his ground and refusing to swap seats on a plane so a young boy could sit next to his dad - but the father wasn't at all pleased with his attitude
  
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• Disturbing murder-suicide mystery as girl, 11, found killed in snow outside pretty New York home

  07-01-2025 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A young girl and her grandmother were killed by her father in a murder-suicide that shocked their upstate New York community.
  
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• Labour's tax raid on private education claims another victim: Parents' fury as independent boarding school is closing on 175th anniversary because of VAT charge on fees

  07-01-2025 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Loughborough Amherst School, a boarding school for boys and girls aged 4 to 18 that began in 1850, said the 'economic reality' made it no longer viable.
  
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• Urgent HMPV warning as virus cases double in Britain in under a month

  07-01-2025 16:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rising cases of HMPV have been recorded in the UK and US in recent weeks as the virus ravages parts of China, and Brits have been urged to take precautions over the bug
  
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• Nigel Farage has made £190k selling 'tax-free' gold since entering Parliament

  07-01-2025 16:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Reform UK leader has trousered nearly £190k from selling gold as a "tax-free" investment since he was elected to Parliament, meaning he's made over £570k in the six months since he became an MP
  
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• ‘Simply not cricket’ – Virat Kohli slammed by India legend after Australia defeat

  07-01-2025 16:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Virat Kohli endured an underwhelming series against Australia (Picture: Getty)Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has criticised Virat Kohli’s conduct during the series defeat to Australia.Australia came from 1-0 down to win the fiery five-match series 3-1, successfully regaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade and qualifying for this summer’s World Test Championship final.It looked like India might clinch yet another series win Down Under when they beat a
  
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• Chilling videos show creeper who's been terrorizing peaceful neighborhood late at night

  07-01-2025 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Surveillance videos from multiple homes in a Louisiana neighborhood have caught a person peeping through windows, running through backyards and attempting to open doors.
  
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• Spiritual guru blamed for deaths of three of his followers dies 'suddenly' aged 67

  07-01-2025 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The family of James Arthur Ray announced his passing on X last week, saying the author died 'suddenly and unexpectedly' on January 3.
  
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• Female firearms officer wins discrimination claim against MoD after she was 'forced to retire' when bosses insisted she had to work eight days in a row with 12-hour shifts

  07-01-2025 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A female firearms officer at a nuclear testing facility in Scotland has won an employment tribunal against the MoD after a judge ruled she suffered discrimination because of a disability.
  
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