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• Mum rushed in air ambulance after drinking cocktails at the Warwick Resort in Fiji

  18-12-2024 07:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An investigation is ongoing as to whether several tourists, including the mum, were poisoned at the Warwick Resort in Fiji, in a case which echoes the Laos tragedies
  
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• Sara Sharif's mother says her daughter's killers are 'sadist executioners': Read her heartbreaking victim impact statement in full

  18-12-2024 11:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sara Sharif's Polish mother Olga has slammed her daughter's killers as 'sadist executioners' in her heartbreaking victim impact statement following the pair being jailed for life yesterday.
  
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• 'Predatory' female police officer who posed in her uniform on her Tinder profile and tracked down member of public from crime scene for sex is barred from the profession

  18-12-2024 11:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A female police officer has been barred from employment by the force after it was revealed she had posed in her uniform on Tinder and also arranged dates with crime scene witnesses.
  
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• Man hurt in ‘alkaline attack’ at London’s Winter Wonderland

  18-12-2024 11:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Winter Wonderland attracts millions each year (Picture: Getty)A man has been injured in a ‘chemical attack’ in Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland, police said.Around 8 pm on Sunday, Met Police were called after two groups got into an ‘altercation’ at the popular Christmas attraction.A 22-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a bottle, thought to contain alkaline liquid, was thrown during the altercation.
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• Saudi golden ball bonus not enough at $1 million, reckons Judd Trump

  18-12-2024 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Judd Trump fancies the trophy more than the money (Picture: Getty Images)Judd Trump will not be going all out to make the first ever 167 break in snooker history this week, saying the $1m bonus is not enough to focus on potting the golden ball.The Riyadh Season Snooker Championship starts on Wednesday with the novelty golden ball involved which is worth 20 points and can only be potted after a 147 break has been made.This will allow the first player to make it to make history as the first to ma
  
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• Revealed: The revolting-sounding medieval cold cures that may work better than Lemsip, according to experts

  18-12-2024 11:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Although some ye olde cold cures suggest boiling an owls head or smearing goat excrement to your forehead to relieve a headache - there are some that might actually work.
  
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• Massive high street chain with 297 stores to axe 'unviable' shop locations - as bosses blame Labour's budget

  18-12-2024 11:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shoe Zone blamed the Chancellor Rachel Reeves's move to hike employers' national insurance contributions and increase the minimum wage.
  
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• Luca Brecel enjoying ‘strange’ criticism as he as he makes confident prediction

  18-12-2024 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Luca Brecel has not been fazed by his poor form (Picture: Getty Images)Luca Brecel expects his next 10 years on the snooker table to be his best and has found talk of his demise as a top player strange.The Belgian Bullet won the World Championship in stunning style last year but has struggled to replicate that form since his Crucible triumph in May 2023.His results in ranking events since becoming world champion have been so poor that there has even been the chance that he could lose his profes
  
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• Love triangle murder mystery is solved by macabre Google Street View picture showing man 'loading body bag into the back of a car'

  18-12-2024 10:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A couple allegedly killed and dismembered the woman's husband, who had been missing since November 2023. His remains were found in the cemetery in Trajueco, Andalucia, last week.
  
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• Woman, 28, banned from seeing her GP after repeatedly asking for morphine is diagnosed with incurable cancer

  18-12-2024 10:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steph Thomas (pictured) was removed from the surgery and told it was because of a 'breakdown in the GP/patient relationship' following her demands for morphine.
  
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• DVLA changes over eight days that will affect tens of thousands of drivers

  18-12-2024 10:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The organisation deals with tens of thousands of calls every day
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger, 77, is the absolute spits of Santa with great big bushy beard

  18-12-2024 10:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arnold Schwarzenegger has been spotted in his new role as Santa Claus (Picture: Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken on a new role in his 70s, and he’s suiting it.The 77-year-old Terminator actor looked almost unrecognisable while strolling around New York City dressed head-to-toe as Santa Claus.We’re used to the actor’s brown barnet, but he’s had a festive makeover and is now sporting a white beard and hair.Grinning from ear to ear, Arnold
  
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• Village councillor targeted by 'Baby Reindeer' style harassment by poison pen newsletter steps down - and reveals she has now moved away

  18-12-2024 10:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kerry Walker has sold up and moved across the country as a result of the ordeal and will step down from her position at Hoveton Community Council (HCC) next month.
  
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• Bombshell new claims over what mystery drones seen above New Jersey and New York really are from House foreign affairs chair

  18-12-2024 10:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes after Biden administration officials brushed away any speculation and insisted many of the drones were nothing but innocent commercial aircraft.
  
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• SP Energy Networks £10.6bn plan to lower bills and meet green energy targets

  18-12-2024 10:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The power company, which operates over 110,000km of power cables across the UK, also plans to double its transmission workforce, creating around 1,400 new jobs directly and supporting an additional 11,000 jobs nationwide
  
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• ‘We jumped the shark in the very first episode!’ Thirty-five years of The Simpsons

  18-12-2024 10:43
  
  From launching with an inexplicable Christmas show to wowing the public – and then being widely derided, the meta-cartoon changed TV for ever. Now, some say it’s back to its bestThe Simpsons first aired 35 years ago, on 17 December 1989, with a Christmas special originally scheduled to run eighth in the series – but brought forward because the ugly animation on the planned debut episode was so disliked, it was shuffled to last place. With a scheduled autumn start already delaye
  
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• 'World's smartest man' with 210 IQ claims to know what happens when you die – and it's chilling

  18-12-2024 10:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chris Langan, who claims to have an IQ higher than Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking, believes what happens after death can be explained using mathematics.
  
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• Ruben Amorim speaks out after Marcus Rashford casts doubt on Man Utd future

  18-12-2024 10:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marcus Rashford has signalled his desire to leave Manchester United (Picture: Getty)Ruben Amorim says he hasn’t spoken to Marcus Rashford yet about his future at Manchester United but insisted he wants him to stay at the club and get back to his best.Rashford led the line and scored in Amorim’s first game in charge against Ipswich Town but has started just two of the subsequent six games in all competitions.Sunday’s Manchester derby saw Rashford left out of the matchday squad
  
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• Liam Payne suspects 'refuse to testify' during questioning by judge probing One Direction star's tragic balcony fall

  18-12-2024 10:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alleged dealer Braian Nahuel Paiz and Ezequiel David Pereyra, a former employee at the Buenos Aires hotel where the singer lost his life, said they were 'retaining their right to remain silent'.
  
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• Paul Scholes claims Arsenal star has ‘gone backwards’ under Mikel Arteta

  18-12-2024 10:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Scholes says Arsenal need more from their midfielders to win the Premier League (The Overlap)Paul Scholes believes Gabriel Martinelli has ‘gone backwards’ under Mikel Arteta and feels Arsenal need more goals from their midfielders in order to win the Premier League this season.Martinelli was one of Arsenal’s standout performers in the 2022/23 campaign, scoring 15 goals in all competitions.However, the Brazil international followed that up with just eight goals last season
  
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• Home Bargains' £4.99 perfume 'so similar' to Sol de Janeiro

  18-12-2024 10:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fragrance fans love Home Bargains' perfume offering that costs less than a fiver and has drawn comparisons to a popular Sol de Janeiro scent
  
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• Covid bombshell as scientists make huge discovery that could be bad news for booster jabs

  18-12-2024 10:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Australia are working on a new Covid vaccine which could forever alter booster jabs and change the issue of the lessening effectiveness of boosters
  
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• Reeves says compensating Waspi women not ‘best use of taxpayers’ money’ as backlash grows – UK politics live

  18-12-2024 10:33
  Chancellor and PM have both defended not to pay compensation to Waspi womenWes Streeting, the health secretary, is giving evidence to the Commons health committee. The hearing is just starting and there is a live feed here.Good morning. Keir Starmer is facing his last PMQs of the year and, if he takes a glance at the papers this morning, he will find that he is being attacked by the Tory papers for not implementing a Jeremy Corbyn manifesto promise. Here are two of the headlines about yesterday&
  
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• Eamonn Holmes, 65, issues worrying health update revealing he’s ‘wheelchair laden’

  18-12-2024 10:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageEamonn Holmes has shared a worrying health update, revealing he is ‘wheelchair laden’.The GB News presenter, 65, has faced mobility issues in recent years, and has been pictured in public using crutches, a walking frame, or in a wheelchair.Earlier this year, he claimed he was on ‘borrowed time’ and ‘not OK’, before heartbrea
  
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• Avanti West Coast workers confirm series of new strikes after rejecting deal

  18-12-2024 10:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union working as train managers will walk out on New Year’s Eve, January 2 and Sundays between January 12 and May 25
  
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• Evil dad who subjected his children to a vile reign of terror learns his fate as one of his daughters watches on

  18-12-2024 10:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man, who cannot be named, stared straight ahead in a Sydney courtroom as his eldest daughter sat about 5m away, occasionally turning to look at her longtime tormenter.
  
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• Man who faced 'several years' in a Dubai jail for sending a ninja emoji is FREE and returning home

  18-12-2024 10:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stuart Quiney, 39, was reportedly flying back to Ireland this morning after the decision was granted, following several months spent in custody in the UAE
  
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• Why does Saudi Arabia want to host the World Cup? - Football Weekly

  18-12-2024 10:29
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lina Al-Hathloul, Nick Ames and Philippe Auclair to reflect on Saudi Arabia being awarded the 2034 World CupRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; a special on Fifa’s decision to award the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia. How transparent was the bidding process and why does Saudi Arabia want the World Cup? Continue re
  
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• The perils of being a host this Christmas – and how to make your life easier

  18-12-2024 10:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite 40 per cent of people saying they feel like they miss out on all the fun when they have to host, 60 per cent say they feel pressure to make sure everything is perfect
  
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• Father of girl, 19, who died from poisoned alcohol speaks out for the first time

  18-12-2024 10:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Holly Bowles (pictured) was in Laos with her best friend Bianca Jones (Picture: Facebook)The dad of 19-year-old Holly Bowles, who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos said she was ‘everything you’d want your daughter to be.’Holly was travelling in south east Asia with her best friend Bianca Jones when they fell ill.They drank alcohol suspected to contain methanol, a toxic substance.Her dad, Shaun Bowles, said he was in ‘disbelief’ when he found out shewould
  
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