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• Mystery of the giant pipes 8ft wide and 1,500ft long found washed up on English beach

  11-08-2017 12:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A total of 12 plastic pipes washed ashore and it later emerged they had come free while being towed on their way to Algeria from Norway
  
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• New Band Aid single slated as ‘tuneless monstrosity’ after Bob Geldof debuts remix

  25-11-2024 11:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageThe new Band Aid 40 remix of Do They Know It’s Christmas? has been unveiled and it’s not exactly getting people in the festive spirit.On Monday morning, four decades after a charity supergroup founded by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure came together to raise money to battle famine in Ethiopia, a new new take the track has dropped.The AI production only us
  
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• Monster of Avignon should be jailed for 20-years over mass rape of wife Gisele Pelicot, French prosecutors demand as they admit maximum available sentence is 'too little'

  25-11-2024 11:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The French rapist who allowed scores of men to defile his own wife after drugging her should spend 20 years in prison even though that is 'too little', a prosecutor said today.
  
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• Sir Alf Ramsey's 1966 World Cup 'masterplan' found in old suitcase including tactics sheets, instructions telling players to drink milk and target Germany's weaknesses

  25-11-2024 11:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The never-before-seen letters, tactical diagrams, scouting reports and training schedules were left in a suitcase belonging to Sir Ramsey's former neighbours.
  
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• Maps show storms could cause Thanksgiving travel chaos as 80million are set to hit the roads and 18M will take to the air this week

  25-11-2024 11:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New maps have revealed just how chaotic travel will be over Thanksgiving, as wintry weather is set to complicate the journeys of the millions of travellers who are set to go home this week.
  
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• Why Kyren Wilson is ‘not really happy’ with snooker career so far

  25-11-2024 11:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kyren Wilson is impressing as snooker’s reigning world champion (Picture: Getty Images)He is the reigning world champion but Kyren Wilson says he is not particularly happy with his snooker CV, feeling he could have won plenty more titles.The Warrior has been in great form over the last few months, following his Crucible triumph with wins at the Xi’an Grand Prix and Northern Ireland Open.The 32-year-old now has eight ranking titles to his name and is at the UK Championship this week
  
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• Half of businesses say Starmer's taxes will force them to cut jobs: CBI members slam monster Budget raid - but Rachel Reeves will tell conference TODAY 'there is no alternative'

  25-11-2024 11:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CBI is using its conference to sound the alarm on the £25billion hike to employer National Insurance.
  
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• I've been happily married for 30 years, but my husband doesn't know about my secret £200,000 escape fund. I believe EVERY woman should have one - and here's how YOU can do it…

  25-11-2024 11:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The running away fund is nothing new. Surveys estimate one in five has a secret stash. Celebrity chef Nadiya Hussain admitted to having one when she appeared on Loose Women recently.
  
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• Touching moment Joe Biden breaks down in tears as Jill hails her 'husband and hero' during President's final farewell dinner at the White house... but there's no sign of Kamala

  25-11-2024 11:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The outgoing US President was overcome with emotion as the First Lady paid tribute to his decades of service during a party on the South Lawn thanking Democrat donors.
  
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• A teenager burned alive. A toddler shot in the head. And a hitman aged 14 paid 50,000 euros for a revenge shooting. How ultra-violent drug gangs are bringing terror to middle-class French towns, as DAVID JONES reveals in this blood-soaked dispatch

  25-11-2024 11:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The whistling starts the moment a hooded lookout spots our car, and soon the shrill warning signals echo all around the neighbourhood.
  
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• 'Luxury' Marks and Spencer fragrance gift set now £20 in half price deal

  25-11-2024 11:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Beauty fans can bag a bargain thanks to a Marks and Spencer deal offering a luxury gift collection for half price
  
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• Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? viewers baffled over ‘wrong’ Strictly answer

  25-11-2024 11:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageWho Wants To Be A Millionaire? viewers have been left ‘screaming at the screen’ after spotting what appeared to be an error in one of the questions.Jeremy Clarkson’s ITV gameshow returned to screens last night, and was billed as a ‘New’ episode on Sky, but appeared to be very out of date.It kicked off midway through contestant Emi
  
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• Sea Story ship sinks off Egyptian coast as fears grow for dozens of missing tourists

  25-11-2024 11:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The boat, named Sea Story, reportedly sank near Shaab Satayah, a popular diving destination, off the tourist resort of Marsa Alam
  
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• Pat Cummins responds to calls for Marnus Labuschagne to be dropped after India thrash Australia in first Test

  25-11-2024 11:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marnus Labuschagne managed just five runs in total in Perth (Picture: Getty)Pat Cummins has backed ‘class player’ Marnus Labuschagne to bounce back from his poor run of form following Australia’s 295-run defeat to India in the first Test in Perth.
  Chasing a daunting 534-run target, Australia were dismissed for just 238 in the final session of day four to hand India a 1-0 advantage in the five-match series.India asserted themselves as the overwhelming favourites for victory aft
  
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• ‘Death pod’ inventor says he’d bring device to UK if new law passes

  25-11-2024 11:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  He thinks it could work well in the Lake District (Picture: AP/Getty)The man who invented the ‘Tesla of Euthanasia’ is ‘very keen’ to bring it here if a new law passes to allow assisted dying.MPs will debate the bill on Friday, and it goes ahead then Dr Philip Nitschke will be thinking about how to import his Sarco death pods.If you haven’t heard about them, they are capsules big enough for one person to lie down in, which can be flooded with fatal levels of nitrog
  
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• Key gardening job to do this week to prevent damage during winter

  25-11-2024 11:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gardening experts have shared what Brits should do before the end of November to prevent 'fungal growth' in gardens and a 'patchy' lawn. It's a vital time for looking after your lawn
  
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• Kensington double shooting leaves girl, 8, and man seriously injured as gunman on loose

  25-11-2024 11:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Met Police were called to Kensington following reports of a shooting - a man and a young girl were found suffering from serious injuries at the scene on the weekend
  
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• How an iconic 60s rock logo became bigger than the band

  25-11-2024 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Rolling Stones iconic logo has almost transcended the band (Picture: Getty Images)Besides the Christian cross, there may be no more prominent instance of successful branding than the Rolling Stones’ logo. If you walk through central London any day of the week and look carefully, you’re almost sure to run into at least a few people wearing merch emblazoned with the band’s trademark lips and tongue and there’s a good bet, if you were to ask them, that not all of t
  
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• One natural drink before bed will stop your hangover before it starts

  25-11-2024 10:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Make sure to prepare one drink for the end of the night, and another for as soon as you wake up
  
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• Dad of British prisoner of war captured by Russia shares biggest fear for son

  25-11-2024 10:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British veteran James Scott Rhys Anderson was seized by Russian forces and detained while fighting against Vladimir Putin's troops in Kursk as part of Ukraine's International Brigade
  
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• How well do you remember the 80s? Take part in Metro’s nostalgic quiz

  25-11-2024 10:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  It was a time of Rubik’s Cubes, Royal Weddings and rockets (Pictures: Getty)A Royal wedding, miners strikes, the Cold War and Margaret Thatcher – the eighties were a wild ride from start to finish.Can you believe it was over four decades ago? Metro decided to take a trip down memory lane and see just how much we remember from the crazy eighties.The decade began with the Summer Olympics in Moscow – then, the Soviet Union – along with the introduction of Pac-Man.By the tim
  
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• Dozens missing after boat carrying 31 tourists sinks off coast of Egypt

  25-11-2024 10:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  The boat sank off the coast of popular Red Sea resorts (Picture: Getty)31 tourists are missing after a boat sank off the coast of an Egyptian holiday hotspot.The boat, reportedly called ‘Sea Story’, was carrying 45 passengers when it sank off the coast of Marsa Alam, on the Red Sea, around 5.30am.The boat was taking tourists around the coast for a scuba diving trip when it issued a distress signal, before losing contact.
  ‘Sea Story’ left Porto Ghalib Port yesterday and w
  
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• Emmerdale confirms huge and unexpected twist as character ‘returns from the dead’

  25-11-2024 10:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Will staged quite the comeback after being ‘confirmed’ as dead (Picture: ITV)Emmerdale spoilers follow for Monday’s (November 25) episode that is now available to view on ITVX. The episode in question will air on ITV1 on at 7:30pm.Kim Tate (Claire King) was left reeling when Will Taylor (Dean Andrews) walked back into her life – just hours after she was told by Ross Barton (Michael Parr) that he was dead.The Home Farm businesswoman, as viewers know, t
  
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• Gardener's simple trick to turn yellow grass green again in time for winter

  25-11-2024 10:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As we approach winter, your grass will start to look sparse and yellow, but a gardening expert has revealed how you can bring some colour back to your lawn with a simple trick
  
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• 90s boy band icon announces enormous solo UK tour with more than 40 dates

  25-11-2024 10:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  After rising to fame in iconic boyband Take That, Gary Barlow will bring his latest solo tour to the UK next year (Picture: Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Gary Barlow has announced his mammoth new 2025 solo tour, his first in seven years away from his Take That bandmates.The Patience hitmaker, 53, will perform a number of his hits from across his four-decade career as both a solo artists and from the Take That back catalogue.The Songbook Tour kicks off in The Isle of Man on April 17 and
  
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• Mumps epidemic fears sees UK health boss issue chilling winter warning

  25-11-2024 10:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mumps. which can leave patients infertile and even be fatal, is prevented by the MMR vaccine but uptake is at a 15-year-low - and has led to a surge in measles cases this year
  
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• Ed Sheeran slammed for being ‘insanely disrespectful’ after gatecrashing Sky Sports interview

  25-11-2024 10:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ed Sheeran unexpectedly popped up on Sky Sports after Manchester United played Ipswich (Picture: Sky Sports)Ed Sheeran has angered Manchester United fans after interrupting an interview with manager Ruben Amorim on Sky Sports.The Shape Of You singer, 33, strolled up while Ruben, 39, gave his post-match analysis following his team’s 1-1 draw with Ipswich on Sunday.Presenter Kelly Cates paused her interview with Ruben to remark on Ed’s unexpected appearance after he embraced pundit Ja
  
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• Coronation Street legend Maureen Lipman issues major update on real-life wedding

  25-11-2024 10:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Maureen proposed to her fiancé in the summer (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)Coronation Street legend Maureen Lipman has issued an update on her real-life wedding, and it is shaping up to be quite the event!The Evelyn Plummer actress proposed to fiancé David Turner in the summer, but they have insisted that they are in no rush to tie the knot.Speaking about the proposal on Lorraine, Maureen previously said: ‘We are astounded by the fact you can have a love affair at thi
  
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• Passengers flee down emergency slides after plane burst into flames on landing

  25-11-2024 10:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PagePassengers were forced to flee down emergency slides when a plane”s engine caught fire after landing.Eighty nine passengers – including young children – plus six crew managed to safely escaped the Russian aircraft at Turkey’s Antalya airport at around 9.30pm yesterday.The Azimuth Airlines plane had arrived from the Russian Black Sea res
  
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• Prince Harry's new 'American' accent leaves fans baffled as speech expert weighs in

  25-11-2024 10:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry appeared in an eye-raising video to promote his Invictus Games in 2025 by seemingly getting a neck tattoo - but viewers couldn't help but point out another major change with the Duke of Sussex
  
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