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• Professional wrestler who arranged to meet '14-year-old girl' after sex chats online tells arresting police: 'I am bang to rights'

  21-12-2024 13:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Cavanagh, 39, believed he was chatting to a teenage girl but was instead talking to an undercover police officer posing as a decoy at his then home in Glasgow's Cardonald.
  
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• Guinness bosses delve into Irish emergency stocks to beat Christmas shortage and North American supplies could be next as UK demand outstrips St Patrick's Day

  21-12-2024 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For a brand that once traded on the notion that good things come to those who wait, Guinness seems awfully keen to ensure that British drinkers do not have to cool their heels between pints.
  
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• Sick couple raped four daughters nine times a day after running out of money for prostitutes

  21-12-2024 18:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Disturbing evidence heard in court told how the couple raped the four daughters up to nine times a day after the father ran out of money to pay prostitutes for threesomes
  
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• Outrage as homeowner is jailed after calling cops on squatter... and is told to 'think about it from their point of view'

  21-12-2024 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Georgia homeowner was arrested and charged with criminal trespass after attempting to move back into her home, which was being occupied by an alleged squatter.
  
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• James Corden emotionally reveals the significance of Gavin and Stacey’s ‘last line’

  21-12-2024 18:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  James Corden and Ruth Jones have shared some emotional details about the Gavin and Stacey finale (BBC/The Graham Norton Show)With just days until the long-awaited Gavin and Stacey Christmas special airs on BBC, it seems fitting that James Corden has shared an emotional detail with us.
  The comedy series first hit screens in 2007 and followed Mathew Horne’s Gavin Shipman and Joanna Page’s Stacey West relationship as their families – f
  
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• Heartbreaking footage of adorable girl, 6, left in coma after crash 'caused by man who tried to assassinate Trump'

  21-12-2024 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mia Rosalie Monreal, 6, suffered severe injuries during a car crash which took place when police had to shutdown the I-95 to apprehend suspect Ryan Routh.
  
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• Ipswich 0-4 Newcastle, Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest, and more: football – live

  21-12-2024 18:07 via theguardian.com
  Updates from 3pm GMT kick-offs in England and beyondLive scores | Tables | Fixtures | Aston Villa 2-1 Man CityIpswich (4-2-3-1) Muric; H Clarke, O’Shea, Burgess, Davis; Morsy,Cajuste; Burns, Hutchinson, Szmodics; Chaplin.
  Subs: Walton, Phillips, Taylor, Al Hamadi, Johnson, Townsend, Greaves, Broadhead, J Clarke.Newcastle (4-3-3) Dubravka, Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Willock; J Murphy, Isak, Gordon.Subs: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Barnes, Targett, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Lo
  
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• Alexander Isak’s hat-trick fires Newcastle past outclassed Ipswich

  21-12-2024 18:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Sir Bobby Robson adored both of these clubs but, in their first Premier League meeting since his passing, it was Newcastle whose display would have made the old master’s eyes twinkle. This was, put bluntly, men against boys and the away side would not have been flattered by a heavier win. Ipswich, truly pummelled for the first time this season, could plead a fair degree of mitigation but Eddie Howe’s players will rarely be allowed to run amok like this away from home.They scored with
  
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• Pep Guardiola reveals why Manchester City let Morgan Rogers leave after Aston Villa defeat

  21-12-2024 18:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Morgan Rogers inspired Aston Villa to a 2-1 win over Manchester City (Picture: Getty)Pep Guardiola says it’s ‘obvious’ Manchester City would love to have a player of Morgan Rogers’ quality during their current crisis – but fierce competition for places blocked the youngster’s path at the Etihad.Rogers left City for Middlesbrough in search of regular playing time last year and the 22-year-old has gone on to establish himself as one of the finest young players
  
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• Inside the squalid council flat where tragic Lovers' Guide star Wendy-Ann Paige spent her final years living on £5 benefits handout a day after squandering £8m fortune

  21-12-2024 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the squalid Essex council flat where once-millionaire sex guru Wendy-Ann Paige spent her final years, penniless and living on disability benefits of just £5 per day. 
  
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• Mother who had stroke at 34 is lying helpless in Spanish hospital as family try to raise £12,500 to fly her home to UK

  21-12-2024 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robyn Taylor cannot speak, is paralysed on her right-hand side, blind in one eye and is given food and water via a tube into her stomach.
  
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• How a serial killer was snared after he appeared on Bullseye... He committed chilling murders but police were baffled. Then came the extraordinary twist: He was caught because he appeared on the the TV programme and his wife hemmed his shorts

  21-12-2024 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In many ways, John Cooper's appearance on the Eighties television show Bullseye was quite unremarkable. But it would not be the last the public would hear of him.
  
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• Four-month-old boy found dead in caravan with man arrested for ‘neglect’

  21-12-2024 18:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  A 41-year-old man has been arrested for criminal offences, including child neglect (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)A man has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after a four-month-old baby boy was found dead in a caravan.
  Police were called to an address in Plymouth, Devon, over concerns for the welfare of those inside.
  A 41-year-old man has been arrested for criminal offences, including child neglect, Devon and Cornwall Police has said.
  Det Insp Dave Egan said: ‘The death of a
  
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• On a wing and a prayer: the hidden beauty of insect’s flight – in pictures

  21-12-2024 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  For the past decade, the Barcelona-based visual artist Xavi Bou has devoted his work to revealing “the hidden beauty of natural movement”. His initial focus was birds; now he’s moved on to insects. In collaboration with US entomologist Adrian Smith he’s created an eye-popping series that captures – by merging multiple frames into a single image – the rhythmic flutterings of butterflies and chaotic leaps of spittlebugs and treehoppers. As well as their beauty,
  
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• Why Raheem Sterling isn’t in Arsenal squad for Crystal Palace match

  21-12-2024 17:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Raheem Sterling’s loan move to Arsenal hasn’t worked outRaheem Sterling is not in the Arsenal squad for Saturday’s Premier League clash against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
  The England international joined the Gunners on loan from Chelsea on transfer deadline day but he has struggled to make an impression under Mikel Arteta.Sterling made a rare start in Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup tie against Palace but was substituted midway through the second half.
  The 30-year-ol
  
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• West Ham v Brighton, Ipswich v Newcastle, and more: football – live

  21-12-2024 17:53 via theguardian.com
  Updates from 3pm GMT kick-offs in England and beyondLive scores | Tables | Fixtures | Aston Villa 2-1 Man CityIpswich (4-2-3-1) Muric; H Clarke, O’Shea, Burgess, Davis; Morsy,Cajuste; Burns, Hutchinson, Szmodics; Chaplin.
  Subs: Walton, Phillips, Taylor, Al Hamadi, Johnson, Townsend, Greaves, Broadhead, J Clarke.Newcastle (4-3-3) Dubravka, Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Willock; J Murphy, Isak, Gordon.Subs: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Barnes, Targett, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Lo
  
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• More than 10,000 British soldiers on festive standby to spend Christmas away from families

  21-12-2024 17:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Our brave military men and women are in 44 countries from the Middle East to the Falklands, forced to spend Christmas away from their families this year
  
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• Germany Christmas market attack: Scholz condemns ‘terrible, insane’ act as five killed and hundreds injured – latest

  21-12-2024 17:52 via theguardian.com
  Child among five dead while 40 people remain in critical conditionBild, German public-service broadcaster ARD and other media are reporting that four people were killed and 41 were seriously injured in the attack.In addition, 86 people were treated with significant injuries in hospital, while 78 people suffered light injuries. Continue reading...
  
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• 'If it was my child missing — I'd want people rushing to help me too'

  21-12-2024 17:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An investment banker from London leads a double life, where he is also on call 24/7 as a volunteer with London Search and Rescue to help find missing people in the city
  
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• Fury at ads offering Brits trophy hunting trips to shoot Santa's reindeer

  21-12-2024 17:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Furious comic Ricky Gervais said: “How do they think kids are going to feel when they find out there are people who shoot reindeer for fun?”
  
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• ‘We’re figuring out cool ways of storytelling’: how TikTok is changing the way we watch musicals

  21-12-2024 17:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Jorge Rivera-Herrans’s musical sensation Epic is just one of a series of works making a splash on the online platformWhen Jorge Rivera-Herrans released part of Epic: the Musical last Christmas, he managed to push Taylor Swift off the top of the US iTunes album charts. So there is a lot at stake when the final instalment of his musical retelling of the Odyssey is released on Christmas Day.Rivera-Herrans’s project has already been an extraordinary success, with more monthly listeners o
  
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• At least 30 dead after horror crash between passenger bus and truck in Brazil

  21-12-2024 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials in the South American country said the incident happened on the Minas Gerais stretch of road in the southeast of the country on Saturday.
  
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• Crystal Palace v Arsenal: Premier League – live

  21-12-2024 17:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Premier League updates from the 5.30pm GMT kick-offLive scores | Tables | Fixtures | And you can email ScottCrystal Palace make three changes in the wake of the League Cup meeting between these clubs; Arsenal make seven. But Carabao teams are not real teams, so let’s do this properly.Palace make three changes to the starting XI named for last weekend’s 3-1 win at Brighton. Nathaniel Clyne, Daichi Kamada and Chris Richards are in. Trevoh Chalobah drops to the bench, while the suspende
  
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• Teen who ‘watched mum’s partner abuse her for years’ spared jail for stabbing him

  21-12-2024 17:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Harley Bowring, 19, admitted GBH at Teesside Crown Court (Picture: Andrew McCaren/LNP/REX/Shutterstock)A teenager who stabbed his mum’s abusive ex-partner after having to watch him ‘belittle, humiliate and beat’ her for years has been spared jail.Harley Bowring, 19, admitted GBH after attacking Ben Vout at his mother’s home in Middlesborough on August 7 last year.But the judge agreed to suspend his 18-month prison sentence after being told of the ‘significant relev
  
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• Heathrow getaway chaos as 70 flights are cancelled and several more delayed due to 'severe' gales amid busiest Christmas travel season on record

  21-12-2024 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of passengers are facing Christmas travel chaos as 90 flights from Heathrow Airport are cancelled and 200 more delayed amid weather warnings for strong wind
  
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• UK teachers should be allowed to work from home, education secretary says

  21-12-2024 17:29 via theguardian.com
  Bridget Phillipson insists move to marking and class preparation out of school would help stem retention crisis‘We need a total culture change’: the teacher told to work 60-hour week or leave after having babyAll state school teachers should given the right to work away from the classroom on lesson preparation, marking and pupil assessment to stem a growing retention crisis in the profession, the education secretary says today.Bridget Phillipson told the Observer it was vital more sc
  
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• Viewers binge ‘captivating’ romantic drama as new episodes of Netflix’s longest-running show released

  21-12-2024 17:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Netflix viewers are bingeing the latest episodes of a beloved romantic comedy (Picture: Netflix)Netflix viewers have declared ‘Christmas has come early’ as new episodes of a beloved romantic comedy are released.First released in 2019, Virgin River is based on the series of novels by Robyn Carr.It follows midwife Melinda ‘Mel’ Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge) who moves to the remote Northern Californian town of Virgin River to ‘start fresh and leave painful memories
  
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• Justin Baldoni's cutting response to Blake Lively as she sues him for sexual harassment on set of It Ends With Us

  21-12-2024 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Justin Baldoni fired back after Blake Lively launched a lawsuit against her former costar over claims of sexual harassment.
  
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• Just Stop Oil protester, 77, recalled to prison as wrists too small for tag

  21-12-2024 17:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Just Stop Oil activist Gaie Delap, 77, was sentenced to 20 months behind bars before being released on curfew - but is now being recalled to prison because an electronic tag didn't fit her wrists
  
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• Shay Given criticises Manchester City for letting four players leave after Aston Villa defeat

  21-12-2024 17:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Morgan Rogers shone as Aston Villa consigned Manchester City to a ninth loss in 12 matches (Picture: Getty)Shay Given has questioned Manchester City’s decision to let four of their academy players leave in the wake of the side’s crushing defeat at the hands of Aston Villa.The Premier League champions’ incredible slump continued in this afternoon’s lunchtime kick-off and Morgan Rogers, a product of City’s academy, was the star of the show as Villa secured a convinci
  
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