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• People blown away after learning name for time between Christmas and New Year's Eve

  27-12-2024 08:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The big day is over for another year but the festive spirit is still in full swing. In fact, many claim the best bit of the festive season is this in-between period - but what is it actually called?
  
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• Race against time to save three-year-old girl stuck 150ft down 700ft well - as rain hampers daring rescue mission

  28-12-2024 02:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three-year-old Chetna plunged 150 feet down a 700ft well on Monday in the Indian village of Kotputli in Rajasthan.
  
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• Luigi Mangione set to move in close to Diddy in Brooklyn prison after upstaging him

  28-12-2024 02:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luigi Mangione and Sean 'Diddy' Combs are set to become neighbors in Brooklyn's most notorious prison.
  
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• Only 1 percent of people can solve 'impossible' 1% Club question

  28-12-2024 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This question from the hit TV game show The 1% Club is likely to stump 99 percent of us - will you be able to come up with an answer for this tricky brainteaser?
  
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• Dark secret in the last unsealed JFK files that could make Donald Trump regret his vow to finally release them: TOM LEONARD reveals explosive reasons why the CIA and others want them kept locked away...

  28-12-2024 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Held in the US National Archives, the documents are the focus of hopes by obsessives that the redactions might conceal a 'smoking gun' - definitive proof that Lee Harvey Oswald didn't act alone.
  
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• Woman allegedly stabs man to death at home near Ballarat, Victoria

  28-12-2024 01:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman allegedly stabbed the man at a property on Park Lane in Mount Helen, a southern suburb of Ballarat, about 8am on Saturday.
  
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• Just Stop Oil eco-zealots caught importing t-shirts made by low-paid factory workers more than 4,000 miles away

  28-12-2024 01:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eco activist group was branded a hypocrite for getting merchandise shipped from the Dominican Republic, rather than reducing its carbon footprint by having it made in Britain.
  
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• Over 70 assaults taking place in jails each day as prison violence increases by 28 per cent from previous year

  28-12-2024 01:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, showed there were 26,912 assaults recorded in jails in England and Wales in 2023, an average of 74 a day.
  
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• Aussie construction giant collapses leaving 1,300 apartments worth an eye-watering $1.5billion unfinished

  28-12-2024 01:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The construction of 1,300 new homes worth a staggering 1.5billion now hangs in the balance after a major Aussie home builder entered administration.
  
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• Millions roared with laughter at his deadpan comic sketches, but Rikki Fulton was the unlikeliest comedy genius

  28-12-2024 01:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On November 10, 1942, a teenage Rikki Fulton flailed in the water for five hours after a torpedo from an Italian aircraft sank the Royal Navy sloop on which he was serving.
  
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• Multimillionaire told he cannot raze his £8.8million waterfront mansion to the ground and rebuild it to have the tallest house on the street after planning objections

  28-12-2024 01:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Yeoman, 70, had applied to demolish his luxury £8.8million three-storey home he shares with his wife Deborah, despite it being only 20 years old, and replace it with a five-storey giant.
  
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• Pictured: Woman who prepared 'poison' Christmas meal that led to the deaths of her two sisters and niece - with police now set to dig up and examine corpse of her months-dead husband

  28-12-2024 01:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tatiana Denize Silva dos Anjos, 43, and Maida Berenice Flores da Silva, 58, died after having the cake on December 23.
  
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• How the last Japanese soldier was finally lured out of the jungle 30 years after WWII ended - then cruelly betrayed by the nation he thought he was still loyally fighting for...

  28-12-2024 01:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Teruo Nakamura had been a private in the Imperial Japanese Army. In December 1974, almost 30 years since the Second World War had ended, he was convinced it was still raging.
  
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• 'I was Whitney Houston's bodyguard... But when she laid her head on my shoulder I was tempted to give up everything': British ex-cop who inspired Kevin Costner's character in the hit film reveals just how close they were and his one regret

  28-12-2024 01:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Roberts, who first became Whitney houston's bodyguard - and then The Bodyguard, the real-life inspiration for Kevin Costner's character in the movie for which Houston is most famous.
  
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• Shocking secret unearthed about 'gang rapist' playboy twins and mom who blew them kisses in court

  28-12-2024 01:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oren and Alon Alexander, accused of sex trafficking and multiple assaults, are under scrutiny following revelations of a 2009 anonymous blog post accusing them of rape in 2003.
  
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• Aussies divided over 'disgusting' note left by driver: 'My IQ actually dropped'

  28-12-2024 01:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aussies have unleashed after an angry note was left on the windshield of a car owned by an 83-year-old woman with a disability.
  
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• What’s my horoscope for today? December 28, 2024 astrological predictions for your star sign

  28-12-2024 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  What’s in store for you today? (Picture: Metro.co.uk)With the Venus and Uranus shake up – there’s a strong sense of change in the air ready to shift your direction.
  Leo, you might find a surprising opportunity that pushes your career or passions forward in ways you didn’t expect and Virgo, this moment of clarity could point you toward something new and exciting.
  Libra, you may feel a surge of creative energy! Stay curious and see where it leads.Ahead, you’ll find a
  
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• UK's jails record 74 assaults every day as Tories accused of failing staff and victims

  28-12-2024 01:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alarming figures show there were 26,912 assaults in UK prisons in 2023 - up 28% from the year before, with the Lib Dems accusing the Tories of leaving a system that fails staff and victims
  
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• TUC leader warns Labour must 'speak human' to counter Farage - and voters 'impatient for change'

  28-12-2024 01:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said Labour had won a 'thumping mandate for change' but warned voters must see a 'tangible difference' to their daily lives in 2025
  
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• Tony Blair's gaffe to nationalists after Ireland's World Cup exit revealed in unsealed documents

  28-12-2024 01:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Prime Minister Tony Blair was said to be gutted after the gaffe, which is detailed in newly unsealed documents from the National Archives of Ireland in Dublin
  
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• It started with text messages, then he used technology to control my every move

  28-12-2024 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  As technology becomes a constant in our lives, abusers are finding new and harmful forms of control (Picture: Getty Images)When Ariah first met Tom* at work in London, she was quickly swept off her feet. ‘He sought out lots of opportunities for us to work together or go to lunch,’ the 32-year-old, who is going by a pseudonym, tells Metro. ‘He said he’d never met anyone like me before – that he had such strong feelings for me.’Things moved quickly and wit
  
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• 'Duties of Kier Starmer are unremitting – but we hope Prime Minister finds time to mourn brother'

  28-12-2024 01:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Losing a loved one is always a time of grief and reflection but to lose someone over Christmas, when families traditionally come together, makes it all the more painful
  
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• Trent Alexander-Arnold ‘tells Liverpool he wants to join Real Madrid’

  28-12-2024 01:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Trent Alexander-Arnold could leave Liverpool as a free agent next summer (Shutterstock)Trent Alexander-Arnold has told Liverpool’s hierarchy that he wants to join Real Madrid next summer, according to reports in Spain.The 26-year-old’s current contract with the Premier League leaders is due to expire at the end of the season, meaning that he could leave Anfield as a free agent next summer.Liverpool have been keen to secure a new deal with the England international, however, an agree
  
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• Ruby breaks in Emmerdale as vile Anthony takes more vulgar action

  28-12-2024 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  She’s terrified (Picture: ITV)Much-loved character Ruby Fox-Miligan (Beth Cordingly) has been on edge ever since her father Anthony (Nicholas Day) arrived in Emmerdale.In an episode of the ITV soap which aired a few weeks ago, flashback scenes allowed us to discover why Ruby is so fearful of her dad. After Ruby’s 16th birthday party, her dad entered her bedroom and explained they were now alone in the house.The scenes then developed, allowing the audience to discover Anthony had bee
  
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• Emmerdale family destroyed as child is stabbed in knife horror

  28-12-2024 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marlon and Rhona receive some heartbreaking news (Picture: ITV)Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) and Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry) fear the worst for April Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) in Emmerdale next week when Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) delivers some distressing news.April has had a traumatic time of late, after being caught in the middle of evil Jade’s revenge on Ross Barton (Michael Parr) and being dangled off the same multi-story carpark that her mum Donna fell to h
  
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• Horrific bodycam footage shows New York prison guards beating inmate Robert Brooks to death as he's restrained

  28-12-2024 00:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robert Brooks, 43, was pronounced dead on December 10, the morning after the savage assault at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County.
  
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• Revellers can now check their drugs at Victoria's first pill-testing service at the Beyond the Valley festival

  28-12-2024 00:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The four-day music festival, which kicked off on Saturday at Barunah Plains, is taking part in drug-testing trials for the first time.
  
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• Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to hold off TikTok ban so he can 'negotiate a resolution'

  28-12-2024 00:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President-Elect Donald Trump has made a last minute plea to halt implementation of a nationwide TikTok ban.
  
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• Big Fat Quiz viewers slam Channel 4 for ‘uncomfortable’ Chris McCausland decision

  28-12-2024 00:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Channel 4 viewers have called the format of a game show ‘offensive’ (Picture: Channel 4)Channel 4 has been criticised for the decision to run a series of visual rounds on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year while Chris McCausland was competing.The comedian, 47, was one of the guests on this year’s annual special, which was hosted by Jimmy Carr and also featured Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, Rob Beckett, Judi Love and Maisie Adam.The contestants were tested on their knowledge of the
  
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• A year ago, a gripping ITV drama triggered outrage over the Post Office scandal. Lead campaigner Sir Alan Bates hoped a new Government would at last deliver compensation. Sadly, he was wrong...

  28-12-2024 00:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The letters tumbling onto the mat come from across the world - France, Australia, the US and many more - some just addressed to 'Alan Bates, North Wales.'
  
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