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• Mum fears son, 14, died in social media challenge gone wrong - now she has one request

  13-01-2025 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ellen Roome whose 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney died in unclear circumstances has pleaded with MPs to back a change in the law to help her find answers about his death
  
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• The Traitors star shares update after partner’s stage three cancer diagnosis

  14-01-2025 13:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  A star of The Traitors has revealed her partner was diagnosed with cancer last year (Picture: BBC/ Studio Lambert)The Traitors star Leanne Quigley has revealed her partner is cancer free after facing a grade 3 diagnosis.The 28-year-old veteran from North Wales is one of the Faithful contestants on the current season of the BBC series.Leanne, who shares twin boys with her partner Sophie, recently revealed the unsettling diagnosis they’d received last year but how they were now feeling opti
  
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• Terminally ill teen left on hospital trolley in corridor for 14 hours

  14-01-2025 13:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mark McAvoy was placed into an induced coma (Picture: Media Scotland)A terminally ill teenager was left on trolley in a Glasgow hospital corridor for 14 hours while waiting for treatment.Mark McAvoy, 18, was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on Monday after he began vomiting and experiencing stomach pain.The boy suffers from cerebral palsy -a chronic condition that impacts movement – and scoliosis, a curved spine.But staff told Mark and his mum, Leanne, that there were no beds
  
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• Netflix’s pulsating new war thriller becomes sleeper hit with 95% on Rotten Tomatoes

  14-01-2025 13:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Viewers are loving Netflix’s latest hit film Number 24 (Picture: Netflix)Netflix’s latest hit Number 24 has been praised by fans who have watched and loved the gripping drama on Netflix.Number 24 has been a sleeper hit for Netflix which quietly launched the film on the streaming platform on January 1.After two weeks on the platform, streamers have begun to praise the film as it has climbed up in the ‘Top 10’ lists over the weekend.
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• Arsenal beat Man City to £51 million transfer but there is one catch with ‘new signing’

  14-01-2025 13:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta is already planning ahead for the summer transfer window (Credits: Javier Garcia/Shutterstock)Arsenal have won the race to sign Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi, beating the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool to the Spain midfielder.
  According to Mail Sport the Gunners have virtually agreed a £51 million deal, but the 25-year-old will remain with his current club until the summer.Arsenal had wanted to bring forward the player’s arrival, but Sociedad want to
  
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• Terror as LA hit by unprecedented new warning amid fears 70mph gusts could trigger gigantic new inferno

  14-01-2025 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials have issued an unprecedented fourth 'particularly dangerous situation' fire weather warning as high winds are set to hit the fire-ravaged Los Angeles area.
  
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• Mauritius hints it has secured more concessions from UK on Chagos deal amid backlash at claims Labour is ready to pay nearly £9BILLION

  14-01-2025 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer has been pushing for a quick agreement on ceding sovereignty of the archipelago - with just a week to go before Donald Trump re-enters the White House.
  
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• OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue 'bedded 1,057 men in 12 hours' at £15m 'sex party' mansion owned by playboy fraudster 'Fast Eddie' Davenport

  14-01-2025 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue bedding a record-breaking 1,057 volunteers in a mansion where convicted fraudster 'Fast Eddie' Davenport hosts his notorious sex parties, MailOnline can reveal.
  
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• Driver paralysed in drug crash caught smuggling cannabis into UK to ‘treat pain’

  14-01-2025 13:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Aaron Lee, 24, said he needed the one kilo of cannabis for his pain (Picture: SWNS)A man left paralysed from the waist down after crashing a car while high on cocaine tried to smuggle almost a kilo of cannabis through Heathrow Airport, a court heard.Aaron Lee was arrested after Border Force officers intercepted a package supposed to contain children’s blankets turned out to be drugs.His parcel landed in the UK on New Year’s Eve in 2023 having been mailed from the US to an address in
  
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• Furious moment influencer unleashes a scathing critique on P&O after setting sail on the cruise from hell

  14-01-2025 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emma Metzger, 28, from Brisbane shared a video detailing her eight-day journey of the Pacific Islands with her husband on board P&O ship Pacific Encounter.
  
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• TikTok responds to reports it could be sold to billionaire X owner Elon Musk

  14-01-2025 13:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  TikTok has dismissed rumours that it might sell its US operations to the mogul Elon Musk as "pure fiction".
  
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• Trump's CIA director will take a 'wrecking ball' to transgender lectures and pride events at Langley

  14-01-2025 13:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A trove of flyers obtained by DailyMail.com lays bare the extent of the agency's 'diversity, equity and inclusion' work triggering fresh accusations that it is being distracted from its core job.
  
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• Gang members jailed for life after shooting rival at children’s birthday party

  14-01-2025 13:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kacey Boothe, 25, was shot dead outside the Peterhouse Community Centre in Walthamstow in August 2022 (Picture: PA)Four men have been jailed after killing a man in a gang shooting outside of a child’s first birthday party.
  Kacey Boothe, 25, was shot dead outside the Peterhouse Community Centre in Walthamstow in August 2022.
  He was shot two years after his brother Kyle has been shot with the same weapon.
  Kacey’s friend Khalid Samanter, the father of the one-year-old, had been the int
  
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• Chef's one-pan 20-minute steak enchilada bowl recipe will help your gut

  14-01-2025 13:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This one-pan steak enchilada bowl takes less than 20 minutes from start to finish to make and is filled with healthy ingredients, including prebiotic black beans and vegetables
  
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• 'Cheeky’ toddler mysteriously dies 'for no reason' after being found unresponsive in bed

  14-01-2025 13:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sullivan Stapleton was just 19-months-old when he was found unresponsive at his family home in Hampshire in December 2023 but despite doctors' best efforts they were unable to revive him
  
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• 'I slept with 919 men in a day and my view on Bonnie Blue's stunt will shock you'

  14-01-2025 13:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Controversial adult film star Bonnie Blue claims to have broken a world record by sleeping with more than 1,000 men in 12 hours, allegedly overtaking record holder Lisa Sparks
  
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• The BBC just quietly added new episodes of ‘incredible’ comedy making fans weep

  14-01-2025 13:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  BBC viewers have been left feeling emotional after the launch of the last series of the ‘guilty pleasure’ Australian comedy-drama.The hilariously wholesome show, originally released in 2021, features the story of Oly (Nathalie Morris), an unexpectedly pregnant teen who after the birth of her daughter, Jacinda, navigates life as a young mother with an unconventional family.The final season is set to pull on heartstrings as Angie (Oly`s mother, played by the talented Claudia Karvan) re
  
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• Ex-Stringfellows lap dancer sues the Met Police for more than £100,000 after claiming she was left traumatised after being filmed on CCTV going to toilet in a cell

  14-01-2025 13:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nadine Buzzard-Quashie, 44, a former Stringfellows lap dancer, is suing the Metropolitan Police for more than £100,000 after claiming she was filmed by CCTV going to the toilet while in police custody.
  
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• Tips to increase your pension pot as survey shows many are unsure how to boost it

  14-01-2025 13:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nearly three in 10 do not know the process to increase their pension contributions and a quarter are unsure, according to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association
  
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• China 'in secret talks to sell Tik-Tok to Elon Musk'

  14-01-2025 13:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk is being considered by Chinese officials to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations as a last resort if the app faces a nationwide ban in the coming days.
  
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• Moment Mercedes driver crashes into parked car and a tree before calmly driving off as if nothing happened

  14-01-2025 13:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the shocking moment a Mercedes-Benz driver crashed into a parked car and a tree - before driving off as if nothing happened.
  
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• London women being attacked by weirdo 'cutting off their hair' as police launch manhunt

  14-01-2025 13:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Posts on social media say five women have been attacked so far and had their hair chopped off, with one woman allegedly 'badly beaten' in the Sidcup area of south east London
  
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• Ukraine shows off laser drone that can 'irradiate' target from more than 3 miles away

  14-01-2025 13:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New footage shows the dramatic moment one of Ukraine's new laser-enabled drones destroys a target from over three miles away - and it could help Zelensky's forces fight off Putin's invasion
  
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• Katie Boulter victory marks historic moment for Britain at the Australian Open

  14-01-2025 13:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  British No.1 Katie Boulter defeated Rebecca Marino 6-4 3-6 7-5 (Picture: Getty)Katie Boulter’s victory over Rebecca Marino at the Australian Open has secured a slice of history for Great Britain at the Grand Slam tournament.It marks the first time six British players have reached the second round at Melbourne Park across the men’s singles and women’s singles.The other five players to reach the second round include Emma Raducanu, Harriet Dart, Jodie Burrage, Jack Draper and Jac
  
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• Forgotten 90s Sega series could be making a comeback at Xbox Direct hints rumour

  14-01-2025 13:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  If Sega’s open to making an Eternal Champions movie, then an Ecco revival isn’t too farfetched (Sega)As theories swirl on what the upcoming Xbox showcase’s mystery reveal is, Sega is found to have filed new trademarks for one of its dormant IPs.Between the likes of Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, and Shinobi, Sega is going all in on reviving several of its classic IPs. Not just through games, but movies as well.It hasn’t provided an update on any of those projects since their
  
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• Ruth Langsford's 'favourite' superfood lunch recipe with just nine ingredients

  14-01-2025 13:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Loose Women and QVC star has shared an 'upside down salad' recipe with her fans, which she eats most days in a bid to stay healthy
  
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• 'I made the pasta Italians love - the comfort food dubbed the Queen of Rome'

  14-01-2025 13:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There's an Italian recipe that's loved by the Romans and most people in the UK probably won't have heard of it. But it's so rich and indulgent, it's worth trying
  
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• This ‘holy grail’ setting spray is my secret to flawless makeup that lasts all day (and it’s on sale!)

  14-01-2025 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  This ‘holy grail’ setting spray is my secret to flawless makeup that lasts all day (and it’s on sale!) (Picture: Amazon/Urban Decay)
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  Remember back in the day when the Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray had us all in a chokeho
  
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• Only eagle-eyed people can spot cats hiding in this tricky skyline scene

  14-01-2025 12:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you're looking to seriously test yourself with a tricky brainteaser, look no further, as there are many moggies to spot in this picture - but can you find them all?
  
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• Thug strangled woman so hard she started 'seeing stars' after meeting her on Snapchat

  14-01-2025 12:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Barrett, 27, met his victim on social media and travelling from London to Leeds, West Yorkshire, where he became angry and grabbed her by the throat for several seconds
  
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