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• Robert Pattison thinks he was ‘possessed’ when he told weird lie on TV

  04-12-2024 20:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Robert Pattinson has revealed he told a strange lie in a past interview (Picture: Action Press/REX/Shutterstock)Robert Pattinson has revealed that he felt like he was ‘possessed’ in 2011 when he told a strange lie on TV.
  The Twilight star has revealed the truth behind a memorable anecdote he told 13 years ago.
  At the time, the actor claimed to have witnessed a clown tragically die in a car explosion at a circus during his childhood.
  However, while promoting his latest project, Micke
  
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• The names and words you've been getting wrong all year... and how to actually pronounce them

  05-12-2024 03:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A list of names and words most frequently pronounced incorrectly was compiled by the British Institute of Verbatim Reporters (BIVR) and the language-learning app Babbel.
  
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• Ellen was among 80,000 others on a list to receive help... she grew tired of waiting and made a heartbreaking decision that has shattered her family

  05-12-2024 03:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A family has been left shattered after their mother took drastic action because she was fed-up with waiting for help from the government.
  
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• Wild moment Labor MP says Australia Day is 'transitioning' as he refuses to answer key question about pub ban

  05-12-2024 03:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victorian Labor MP Daniel Mulino has claimed Australia Day is in a 'period of transition' after he was asked whether Aussies should boycott businesses that refuse to acknowledge the holiday.
  
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• Mother stunned to find daughter, 12, handcuffed to a chair when she went to pick her up from school

  05-12-2024 03:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christine Henson, 46, went to go pick up her daughter Faith, 12, from school only to find the sixth grader handcuffed to a chair without explanation.
  
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• 'Impossible' question worth more than £50k leaves everyone struggling to solve it

  05-12-2024 03:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The quizmaster on the Aussie show told people the question was worth £50,000 before adding they had 30 seconds to answer it
  
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• Games Inbox: Why did XDefiant and Concord fail?

  05-12-2024 03:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  XDefiant – another ex-game (Ubisoft)The Thursday letters page doesn’t think there’s any point in making a PlayStation 6, as a reader has an apparently obvious idea for Mario Kart 9.To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected]
  Familiar problem
  Very sad to see even more jobs lost in what is very much beginning to seem like a sick and broken video games industry. That said… how were there 277 people working on XDefiant? I played it a bit, and it w
  
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• George Osborne boasts of 'progress' in his bid to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece but says a deal is 'still some distance' off

  05-12-2024 02:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A deal on the Elgin Marbles is 'still some distance' off but there has been a 'lot of progress', the chairman of the British Museum said.
  
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• Only adverts showing junk food covered by TV ban

  05-12-2024 02:51 via bbc.com
  
  Adverts that do not show viewers unhealthy food will not be restricted by a new 9pm watershed.
  
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• Sir Cliff Richard reveals his recipe for 'the greatest gravy in the world' - but chefs say it sounds 'absolutely vile'

  05-12-2024 02:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 84-year-old pop star avoids the traditional method of mixing juices from a roast with a dash of wine and instead goes for a more unorthodox recipe.
  
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• Barnier downfall threatens to set a pattern for what lies ahead

  05-12-2024 02:41 via bbc.com
  
  Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield asks if the next French prime minister will face the same fate as Michel Barnier.
  
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• Hipster brewers on Bermondsey's 'Beer Mile' warn they are working for 'basically nothing' after Rachel Reeves' autumn Budget tax raid

  05-12-2024 02:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Independent breweries along Bermondsey Beer Mile in central London have reacted furiously toLabour's Autumn Budget, with some claiming they will now be working for 'basically nothing'.
  
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• The quiet British market town that is an unlikely hotspot for the world's dirty cash: How £146m of suspicious money from offshore tax havens has been used to purchase property in sleepy location

  05-12-2024 02:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With its cosy pubs, medieval parish church and quiet high street boasting a Gail's and a Waitrose , nothing points to Wokingham being a likely destination for the world's dirty cash.
  
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• Rise of 'sickfluencers': How they tell out-of-work followers exactly what to say to maximise benefits in a broken system trapping those it's meant to help: FRASER NELSON

  05-12-2024 02:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I went online and came across so-called 'sickfluencers', who help their millions of followers on YouTube and TikTok to maximise their benefits. Some charge £950 for a personal session.
  
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• Only those with high IQs can solve this 'impossible' picnic brainteaser

  05-12-2024 02:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The puzzle posted on Instagram gives users just 10 seconds to answer a question about a family picnic and tests your maths skills as well as your attention to detail
  
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• Selling sex for gold in the Amazon's illegal mines

  05-12-2024 02:28 via bbc.com
  
  Life for women among the Amazon’s illegal gold miners is harsh, violent, and can be deadly.
  
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• Hitler's puppet king: Edward VIII's fury when asked if he had been offered a return to the throne by Nazi dictator had Germany won WWII

  05-12-2024 02:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Georg Stefan Troller, 103, spoke to the Duke of Windsor in 1966, thirty years after he abdicated so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
  
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• Will the government be able to hit its new targets?

  05-12-2024 02:24 via bbc.com
  
  Keir Starmer is going to announce measurable targets to judge his government's progress on its key missions.
  
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• Ron DeSantis could offer Trump a KEY position in exchange for replacing Pete Hegseth as Defense chief

  05-12-2024 02:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump's relationship with Ron DeSantis has undergone a 'remarkable turnaround' as Trump is in advanced talks to make the Florida governor his new nominee for Secretary of Defense.
  
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• Councils call for cash to cover homeless bill shortfall

  05-12-2024 02:21 via bbc.com
  
  The Local Government Association says a freeze on central funding has cost councils nearly £740m since 2019.
  
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• Suicide prevention advocate, 37, takes her own life: Loved ones say mum-of-three's death is a reminder to be kind to people

  05-12-2024 02:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Queensland mum spent her final birthday with her kids - as her selfless final act is revealed.
  
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• Daniel Penny jury fixated on single piece of testimony about how Jordan Neely died

  05-12-2024 02:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The New York City jury tasked with determining whether Marine veteran Daniel Penny committed manslaughter when he put homeless man Jordan Neely in a chokehold have zeroed-in on testimony.
  
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• STEPHEN JOHNSON: Albo has wrecked our economy and left us poorer than we were seven years ago - here are the two major changes he needs to make NOW

  05-12-2024 02:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthony Albanese is Australia's worst economic manager in more than a generation - here's what needs to be done to arrest our embarrassing decline in living standards.
  
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• Who IS the mystery woman who fled after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead? What's on the abandoned phone? And why was the assassin in Starbucks? All the unanswered questions

  05-12-2024 02:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has all the hallmarks of a dramatic new spy movie. At 6.44am on Wednesday, a masked assassin shot dead a multi-millionaire executive on one of New York's busiest shopping streets.
  
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• Two people wounded in Vancouver stabbing

  05-12-2024 02:10 via bbc.com
  
  The two people injured in the incident have been taken to the hospital with non-life threatening wounds.
  
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• NHS gets 12 years to roll out new weight-loss drug

  05-12-2024 02:09 via bbc.com
  
  Fears that giving 3.4 million people immediate access to new weight-loss drug could overwhelm NHS.
  
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• Family of missing teenager Mai Sai Vue say her body has been found by police divers after disappearing on Halloween

  05-12-2024 02:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Divers made a tragic discovery during the ongoing search for the California teenager who disappeared on Halloween night.
  
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• Children in England move into top five in the world for science despite pandemic

  05-12-2024 02:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The success follows a raft of Tory curriculum reforms to push children harder to catch up with high-flying countries.
  
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• Chris Minns blasts 'disgraceful smear' campaign as premier faces referral to corruption watchdog over $5billion Rosehill Racecourse redevelopment

  05-12-2024 02:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An inquiry into the pitch to sell the Australian Turf Club's Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney 's west and turn it into tens of thousands of homes will deliver its report on Friday.
  
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• Pauline Hanson issues urgent Australia Day message after pub giant's public holiday ban threatened to derail celebrations across the country

  05-12-2024 02:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has called on residents to do one thing on Australia Day.
  
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