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• News presenter forgets she's sitting at a glass desk and gives viewers an eyeful on live TV

  23-12-2016 10:01
  
  The journalist was sitting at the desk with her legs apart when the camera panned out to reveal the embarrassing wardrobe malfunction live on TV
  
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• The zombie fungus from The Last of Us ‘could save lives’

  15-11-2024 14:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nature is, after all, full of surprises (Picture: Home Box Office/Getty Images)When most people think of parasitic, otherworldly-looking mushrooms that cam zombify creatures, we don’t think of positive things.
  But scientists say that global pandemic-causing fungus featured in the HBO series The Last of Us could lead to a game-changing cancer treatment.
  Cordyceps militaris, also known as caterpillar fungus, zombifies ground-dwelling insect larvae. They feast on the critter until it dies and
  
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• How McFly rejection led to one of the biggest West End hits of all time

  15-11-2024 14:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  McFly and the West End could have looked very different (Picture: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Pizza Express)When McFly burst onto the scene 21 years ago, they became an immediate juggernaut in the charts and one of the biggest bands in the country.Their battle with Busted, which will continue with their 2025 face-off on tour across the UK, was a phenomenon and they went onto take over Strictly, I’m A Celebrity, children’s books and more.This weekend Danny Jones heads into the ju
  
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• The last man to beat Mike Tyson warns Jake Paul about boxing legend’s ‘dirty tactics’

  15-11-2024 14:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul at their weigh-in on Thursday (AP)Kevin McBride, the last man to beat Mike Tyson in the ring, has warned Jake Paul that he could be bitten by the 58-year-old during their Netflix fight.Tyson, a two-time world heavyweight champion, will take part in his first professional fight in 19 years as he faces Paul, a YouTube star turned boxer, at AT&T Stadium in Texas on Friday night.Tyson’s last professional fight was in 2005 where he was beaten by Irish heavyweigh
  
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• Crashes involving older drivers reach all-time high: Proportion of accidents involving 70 to 80-year-olds almost doubles in two decades

  15-11-2024 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A decline in bus services has seen crashes involving elderly drivers hit an all-time high, new figures reveal. 
  
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• Conor McGregor told police his rape accuser 'moaned with pleasure' during 'long session' of sex in hotel, court hears as civil case draws to a close

  15-11-2024 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The MMA fighter read out a pre-prepared statement he had given to Gardai when he was questioned about the alleged rape on January 17, 2019, describing it in court as 'my version of events'.
  
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• Trump news live: Cabinet picks party at Mar-a-Lago as president-elects jokes about Elon Musk's stay

  15-11-2024 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  U.S. POLITICS LIVE BLOG: Follow all the developments as Donald Trump continues to send rumbles through Washington D.C., with his cabinet picks.
  
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• Keir Starmer could become first PM to meet China premier Xi Jinping since Theresa May in 2018 as they attend G20 summit in Brazil next week

  15-11-2024 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister and Chinese President are both attending the gathering in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , on Monday and Tuesday.
  
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• Ruud van Nistelrooy breaks silence on Man Utd exit amid links to shock club

  15-11-2024 14:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ruud van Nistelrooy left Man Utd earlier this week (Photo: Getty)Ruud van Nistelrooy has spoken out for the first time since leaving Manchester United following the arrival of Ruben Amorim.The United legend returned to Old Trafford last summer as assistant manager to Erik ten Hag before becoming interim manager when his fellow Dutchman was sacked in October.He achieved three wins and a draw in his brief time in charge with some thinking and hoping that new head coach Amorim would include Van Nis
  
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• Pie fortune heir, 24, who stabbed best friend to death told police 'It was self defence mate... it's f****** Christmas as well' as he was arrested for murder, court hears

  15-11-2024 14:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Millionaire's grandson Dylan Thomas, 24, is accused at Cardiff Crown Court of stabbing his housemate William Bush, 23, to death on Christmas Eve last year.
  
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• Moment car thief rams his stolen motor into a police officer after a high speed chase is revealed as he is jailed for five-and-a-half years

  15-11-2024 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A car thief left a police officer seriously injured on Camden Street, London, following a high speed chase. David Doyle, 19, of Brick Lane, Northolt, has since been jailed for five-and-a-half years.
  
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• Families form human shields to stop workmen installing planters to create Low traffic Neighbourhood on their street

  15-11-2024 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People living in and around Marsh Lane in the Barton Hill area of Bristol, took to the streets in protest when workmen arrived to install large planters to close off the road to traffic.
  
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• Sadiq Khan FINALLY congratulates Trump on election win after their long-running feud - saying the returning US president deserves the 'benefit of the doubt'

  15-11-2024 13:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sadiq Khan said he wanted to give the president-elect the 'benefit of the doubt' despite fears that he 'poses problems'.
  
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• Pub is selling ‘dictator’ beer range called Putin’s Porter and Kim Jong Ale

  15-11-2024 13:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Luke Mitchell at the Coach & Horses, which sells beer and cider with rather controversial names(Picture: Tom Maddick/SWNS)A pub has its own ‘dictator’ beer range with names like Kim Jong Ale and Putin’s Porter.The Coach & Horses in Billinghay, Lincolnshire is run by Catherine Mitchell, 37, while her husband Luke, 36, heads up Mitchell Brewing Co that supplies the beer.Luke made his first foray into brewing three years ago and started giving his beverages ‘fun&rsqu
  
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• England star hailed after ‘one of the best debuts ever’ against Greece

  15-11-2024 13:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Curtis Jones enjoyed a night to remember in Athens (Picture: Getty)Curtis Jones has been widely praised after producing ‘one of the best England debuts ever’ with his superb individual display against Greece.Needing to bounce back after their shock defeat at Wembley last month, Lee Carsley’s side saw their build-up hampered by a slew of withdrawals from several key players.
  Those injuries, however, afforded England an opportunity to give new faces a chance in Athens, with Curti
  
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• Is this Britain's cheekiest pub? Boozer's ales include Osama Bin Lager and Putin's Porter - plus a few more risque beers bound to have the woke brigade spluttering into their pints

  15-11-2024 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Coach & Horses in Billinghay, Lincolnshire is run by Catherine Mitchell, 37, whose husband Luke, 36, is the man behind Mitchell Brewing Co.
  
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• Antarctica mystery revealed after incredible 90,000,000-year-old discovery

  15-11-2024 13:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s the first time amber has ever been found on the Antarctic continent (Picture: Alfred Wegener Institute)A first-of-its kind find discovery in Antarctica could be the strongest evidence yet that lush rainforests once thrived near the South Pole.German geologists have discovered amber – fossilised tree resin – in samples of mud recovered from the seafloor near the outer edges of the icy continent’s landmass in 2017.The nuggets reveal ‘direct insights into environm
  
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• Valve accused of hosting millions of ‘extremist and hateful’ posts on Steam

  15-11-2024 13:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Steam is Valve’s big money maker (Valve)A report has accused Valve of ‘allowing the proliferation of hate’ on Steam, including Nazi symbols and other extremist imagery.After being on the receiving end of a lawsuit, over claims of overcharging players earlier this year, Valve has now come under fire for allegedly allowing extremist content on its digital storefront, Steam.The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organisation founded to combat antisemitism and other forms of discrimi
  
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• Gladiator II isn’t a masterpiece but you’ll like Ridley Scott’s sequel anyway

  15-11-2024 13:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sir Ridley Scott’s return to Rome is bold and absorbing – but not perfect (Picture: Aidan Monaghan/Paramount Pictures via AP)Gladiator II, a sequel that debuts nearly a quarter of a century after the original, is a bold, truly epic return to where filmmaker Sir Ridley Scott first made mega fans with Russell Crowe’s quest for vengeance against a corrupt emperor.But I’d hesitate to call it a masterpiece, as breathless first reactions did on social media.Director Scott has c
  
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• No10 issues grovelling apology to Hindus after serving meat and alcohol at Diwali event

  15-11-2024 13:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a backlash, No10 admitted a 'mistake' had been made in organising the event, pledging 'it will not happen again'.
  
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• The height of stupidity! Two women risk their lives sit on the edge of crumbling 150ft cliffs and watch the sunset just weeks after major rockfall

  15-11-2024 13:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the harrowing moment two young women carelessly risk their lives by sitting on the edge of a crumbling 150-foot high cliff to watch the sunset only weeks after a major rockfall.
  
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• Elle Edwards' furious father demands face-to-face meeting with Keir Starmer to stop her killer's accomplice being freed early

  15-11-2024 13:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCL: The gunman, Connor Chapman, now 24, was sentenced to a minimum term of 48 years behind bars for shooting the 26-year-old at a pub in Wallasey, Merseyside, on Christmas Eve 2022.
  
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• Trump nominates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his Health and Human Services Secretary, bombshell reports claims

  15-11-2024 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is expected to announce that he's chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, several news outlets are reporting.
  
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• Liverpool star and World Cup winner reveals he’s being sued by model ex-girlfriend

  15-11-2024 13:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alexis Mac Allister won the 2022 World Cup with Argentina (Photo: Getty)Liverpool star Alexis Mac Allister has revealed he is being sued by his ex-girlfriend following their break up days after he won the World Cup.Mac Allister is one of the Premier League’s best midfielders, with his performances this season helping Arne Slot’s side to a five-point lead at the top of the table.He moved to Anfield from Brighton for £35million in the summer of 2023, just a few months after playi
  
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• Inside Davina McCall’s relationship with hairstylist boyfriend as he supports her through major surgery

  15-11-2024 13:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Davina and Michael have been dating since 2019 (Picture: Getty)TV legend Davina McCall has recently opened up about her diagnosis with a very rare brain condition.The former Big Brother presenter, 57, revealed she is having surgery to remove 14mm wide brain tumour.She said in a video on her Instagram that she was one of the three in a million who had been diagnosed with having a ‘very rare’ colloid cyst.Colloid cysts are benign, meaning they are non-cancerous, small fluid-f
  
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• Father's heartbreaking words as paedophile Jacob Bean, 23, is jailed for grooming young girls into sending explicit videos - 'I failed my daughter'

  15-11-2024 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twisted Jacob Bean, 23 and from Kent, messaged at least four young girls in the UK and Europe on WhatsApp and Snapchat, sending them horrific videos of child abuse and pictures of his penis.
  
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• Shoppers horrified by 6ft Buddy the Elf robot that's 'scariest thing they've ever seen'

  15-11-2024 13:11
  
  The Buddy the Elf animatronic is on sale for $199 - about £156. It moves and speaks some of Will Ferrell's favourite lines from the 2003 movie
  
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• Inside Leonardo DiCaprio's rarely spoken about hidden health battle

  15-11-2024 13:11
  
  The celebrated actor is about to turn 50
  
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• Jamie Oliver's 'game-changing' sausage and mash pie recipe that fans love

  15-11-2024 13:06
  
  The celebrity chef, 46, has taken the classic British comfort dish of bangers and mash and added a twist to it in the form a pie, which has been called "game-changing"
  
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• Davina McCall's health struggles from dark reality as drug addict to brain tumour and menopause

  15-11-2024 13:06
  
  As TV legend Davina McCall recovers from brain surgery, after the discovery of a 14mm benign tumour left her 'blindsided', the Mirror takes a look at her health difficulties, including a harrowing drug addiction that could have been fatal
  
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