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• 'Slashing disability benefits is a cruel political choice that will cost lives'

  18-03-2025 16:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn argues none of the cuts announced today are necessary - and the government should tax the super-rich instead
  
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• Urgent warnings issued over fake QR codes tricking motorists at British car parks into handing over hundreds of pounds to scammers

  19-03-2025 09:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some motorists claim to have been the target of large scale thefts- with one woman saying she had £1,500 taken from her bank account.
  
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• JFK assassination files released by Donald Trump – here are all the biggest revelations

  19-03-2025 09:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Previously heavily classified files on the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy have been released to the public overnight, with several shock revelations within
  
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• Fears Labour's £5bn benefits cuts will fail because people 'game' disability tests - as Starmer pleads for rebel MPs to get behind reforms to 'shocking' system saying 'those who can work should work'

  19-03-2025 09:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer insisted there is no choice about reforming the 'shocking' system arguing that 'those who can work should work'.
  
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• Ukraine ceasefire: All the unanswered questions as Trump’s peace plan with Putin falls short

  19-03-2025 09:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A lengthy meeting was held between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin where they discussed the Ukraine conflict but the outcome fell short of the hope for a full ceasefire
  
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• Sir Gareth Southgate blasts 'manipulative and toxic influencers' for leading young men towards misogyny - and insists boys need role models, not 'gambling and pornography'

  19-03-2025 09:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former England football manager spoke out in a lecture insisting what boys need is role models, not people who tell them they should never show emotion.
  
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• Netflix fans have unanimously crowned ‘the best British actor to date’

  19-03-2025 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  ‘He’s just utterly incredible,’ one fan said (Picture: Courtesy of Ben Blackall/Netflix)Netflix fans are hailing one star ‘the best British actor’ they’ve ever seen after yet another stellar turn in his latest TV show.Last week, crime drama Adolescence was released by the streaming giant, a riveting four-parter that told the story of a 13-year-old boy accused of murder.Owen Cooper, 15, left audiences staggered in his first ever professional acting role as the
  
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• Emmerdale confirms exit story as village favourite reels in 19 pictures

  19-03-2025 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manpreet asks Ella to move out (Picture: ITV) Manpreet asks Ella to move out (Picture: ITV) Ella is distraught (Picture: ITV) Ella is distraught (Picture: ITV) Liam raids Chas' kitchen cupboards (Picture: ITV) Liam raids Chas' kitchen cupboards (Picture: ITV) He explains that he's checking her prescription (Picture: ITV) He explains that he's checking her prescription (Picture: ITV) Claudette is disparaging over Charles' plans for the village's Easter celebrations (Picture: ITV) Claudette is dis
  
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• Homes evacuated after three roofs collapse in west London

  19-03-2025 08:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bricks crumbled to the ground (Picture: UKNIP)Several people were forced to evacuate their homes after terraced homes partially collapsed last night.Three homes converted into flats on McGregor Road in Notting Hill, west London were affected after the front gable end of each property collapsed.Dramatic pictures show rubble piled on the ground as a crane towered over the homes.London Fire Brigade were called at about 1am. They said 11 people were evacuated from their homes, but nobody was injure
  
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• DWP minister Torsten Bell squirms as he's challenged on whether he could live on £70 a week

  19-03-2025 08:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Torsten Bell admitted he 'absolutely could not' live on £70 a week as he was asked by BBC Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire why the Government was asking young people to get by on this sum
  
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• Arsenal set record asking price for key player who Mikel Arteta wants to keep

  19-03-2025 08:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta would loathe to lose any of his key players this summer (Picture: Getty)Arsenal are steeling themselves for a bid from Al Nassr who are ready to make a renewed attempt to sign Gabriel Magalhaes.
  The Brazil international joined the Gunners from Lille five years ago and after an inauspicious start has developed into one of the Premier League’s best central defenders.
  Gabriel is among a clutch of key Arsenal players whose contracts expire in the summer of 2027 and incoming Sport
  
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• Mum begs doctors to amputate as UTI turns out to be something far more sinister

  19-03-2025 08:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Mum Teresa Jones, 59, was diagnosed with Pyoderma Gangrenosum - a rare skin condition that causes large, painful ulcers to appear on the chest or legs
  
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• Teen driver promised girl’s dad he would be careful before crash that killed her

  19-03-2025 08:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Harry Purcell (left) and Matilda Seccombe (right) were both killed when Edward Spencer crashed (Pictures: PA)A teenager promised his friend’s dad he would look after her while driving in his car before killing her in a crash.Edward Spencer, 19, faces jail over the April 2023 smash in which Matilda Seccombe, 16, Harry Purcell, 17, and fellow sixth-former Frank Wormald, 16, died and three others were seriously injured.Matilda, known as Tilly, told a friend she was worried about Spencer&rsqu
  
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• Vladimir Putin's sick response to Trump peace talks as he launches attack on Ukraine hospitals

  19-03-2025 08:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Kremlin claimed that they had got everything they wanted in the peace talk negotiations, earning more favour from the US President than his suppposed allies in Britain and the EU
  
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• Hollyoaks confirms incredibly dark scenes as Grace Black goes too far in exploitation story

  19-03-2025 08:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Grace Black groomed and manipulated Frankie Osborne and Dillon Ray in chilling scenes(Picture: Lime Pictures)Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Wednesday’s (March 19) episode that is now available to view on Channel 4 streaming. The episode in question will air on E4 on at 7pm.Grace Black (Tamara Wall) provided Frankie Osborne (Isabelle Smith) and Dillon Ray (Nathaniel Dass) with drugs and encouraged them to have sex with her party-goers as part of her ongoing child ex
  
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• Emmerdale legend in hospital after suspected spiking in ITVX release – as culprit is ‘confirmed’

  19-03-2025 08:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chas Dingle was saved by John Sugden (Pictures: ITV)The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) has been rushed to hospital in Emmerdale after seemingly overdosing on her painkillers.The character has been taking medication since the limo crash disaster last month. Yesterday, we learnt Chas was still experiencing problems with her back when Ella Forster (Paula Lane) ‘acciden
  
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• Emmerdale casts Heartstopper and Celebrity Big Brother favourite in mystery new role

  19-03-2025 08:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Heartstopper’s Bradley Riches is joining Emmerdale in a full time role (Picture: ITV)Emmerdale is set to welcome Heartstopper star Bradley Riches, who is joining the ITV soap as a new regular cast member.
  Bradley, who is best known for playing James McEwan on the uplifting coming-of-age Netflix drama, will make his debut in the eponymous village in May, having already commenced filming.
  Emmerdale is currently keeping tight-lipped on details surrounding Bradley’s character, but fans
  
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• Coronation Street exit ‘sealed’ as seriously wounded character refuses medical help in ITVX release

  19-03-2025 08:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rob Donovan is in a bad way (Picture: ITV)This article contains spoilers for tonight’s Coronation Street, which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on ITVX.Rob Donovan’s (Marc Baylis) health is in serious decline in tonight’s Coronation Street, but he refuses to accept any medical help.The convicted killer rocked up on Tracy Barlow’s (Kate Ford) doorstep last night, begging for her help to escape the country.Reluctantly, Tracy agreed to harbour the fugi
  
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• Santander closing another 95 branches across the UK

  19-03-2025 08:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nearly 100 branches are set to close (Picture: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)A major high street bank is closing more than a fifth of its branches across the UK.Santander currently has 444 branches, but the bank announced this morning that it plans to close 95 of those.A spokesperson told The Sun closing branches was a ‘difficult decision’ but it wanted to ensure its business is ‘fit for the future’.Following the closures Santander said it will be left with 290 full-service
  
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• Honduras plane crash: Fisherman's grim discovery as he finds 'bodies floating' while survivors scream

  19-03-2025 08:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A fisherman has described seeing bodies floating in the water after a plane crashed just 330ft away from his boat in Roatan Island, Honduras, leaving 12 people dead
  
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• Katie Price shares delight as she reveals £760,000 bankruptcy been discharged

  19-03-2025 08:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Katie Price has revealed both of her bankruptcies have been dissolved (Picture: Getty)Katie Price has confirmed the end of her bankruptcies as she reveals she is ‘so happy’.
  It was revealed that the former model, 46, owed £761,994 to HMRC in February 2024, which marked the star’s second bankruptcy following unpaid debts in 2019.She then declared bankruptcy for a second time in March over an unpaid tax bill and raised eyebrows when she skipped a bankruptcy hearing an
  
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• Where is Stacey Slater in EastEnders as Lacey Turner goes on maternity leave?

  19-03-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Stacey Slater is currently absent from EastEnders (Picture: BBC)There was heartache for a grieving Lily Slater (Lallia Turner) on Wednesday’s EastEnders as she struggled to cope without her mum Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner). The young teen has been missing her stepfather Martin Fowler (James Bye) after he was killed in the aftermath of the explosion that tore through the Queen Vic pub last month. In the latest episode of the BBC soap, Lily opened up to her friend Amy Mitchell (El
  
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• Save £30 on this affordable alternative to Hotel Chocolat’s Velvetiser

  19-03-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Hotel Chocolat’s Velvetiser first hit the shelves in 2018, and
  
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• EastEnders’ Phil Mitchell ‘gone’ in worrying early BBC iPlayer release

  19-03-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Phil Mitchell had been receiving treatment in a mental health facility (Picture: BBC)This article contains spoilers from Wednesday’s EastEnders, which is already available on BBC iPlayer. There was a huge worry for Phil Mitchell’s (Steve McFadden) loved ones in Wednesday’s EastEnders after they were told he had ‘gone’ from his mental health unit. Phil has been receiving treatment off-screen after a devastating suicide attempt during the BBC soap’s 4
  
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• EastEnders confirms new Linda romance story as she moves on from Mick

  19-03-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Linda Carter is set to take a chance on love again (Picture: BBC)EastEnders’ Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) opens her heart to the chance of finding love again next week. Since the presumed death of her one true love Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) on Christmas Day 2022, it’s fair to say the Queen Vic landlady has had a difficult few years. After killing Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters) in defence of her pal Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), Linda’s life spiralled and she suffered her
  
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• All Coronation Street spoilers for next week as key character is gunned down

  19-03-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jenny makes a dangerous mistake, Debbie makes a discovery and Carla is held hostage (Picture: Metro/ITV)Rob Donovan (Marc Baylis) is a ticking timebomb ready to explode in Coronation Street, as new spoilers for next week confirm a terrifying hostage situation.
  Ordering Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) to get Carla Connor (Alison King) over, Rob has a tense and potentially final showdown with his sister at gunpoint.With Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) racing to the hostage situation, a gunshot rings out. But w
  
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• My daughter's killer told me to my face he was a careful driver... why did we believe him? Heartbroken father reveals teen vowed he'd look after his daughter in his car before she died with two schoolfriends in horror crash

  19-03-2025 07:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Edward Spencer, 19, made the pledge to Matilda Seccombe's father before the collision, which happened just five weeks after he passed his test.
  
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• The postcodes where you are more likely to LOSE money when you sell a property

  19-03-2025 07:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australians almost always make money selling property - but there are pockets of the country where almost half of the sellers are making a loss.
  
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• Who would have REALLY won the election if every registered voter turned up to the polls

  19-03-2025 07:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A shocking new report revealed who would have really won the 2024 presidential election if every registered voter showed up to the polls.
  
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• Musk exposes chilling new conspiracy against him and Tesla: 'I've never seen anything like this'

  19-03-2025 07:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Musk went on Fox News and said there's a vast conspiracy against him and Tesla that potentially puts his life in danger. He believes the anger focused at him is due to his waste-cutting efforts.
  
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