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• Soot-covered owl rescued from log burner after falling down 15ft flue and getting trapped for days

  06-01-2025 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tenants raised the alarm after hearing an animal 'scratching' inside the flue which went on for two days.
  
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• Games Inbox: How powerful is the Nintendo Switch 2?

  08-01-2025 03:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  There’s still a lot of questions to answer (Nintendo)The Wednesday letters page wants Sony to prioritise PS5 games over movies, as one reader is keen to see Pikmin 5 on the Switch 2.To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected]
  Undefined power
  Even with leaks of the motherboard and some expert analysis I don’t feel we really know anything very definitive about the Switch 2’s power levels. So, it’s basically similar to a PlayStation 4, except publ
  
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• Exact King Charles banknotes to find in wallets – with one detail worth over £1k

  08-01-2025 03:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's always worth checking your rare coins, but did you know certain banknotes can hold a huge value too? One TikTok user shared the exact King Charles banknotes to look for...
  
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• Everything Australians need to know about the HMPV virus ravaging China

  08-01-2025 02:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cases of the infection human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have surged across northern Chinese provinces in recent days, mainly among children.
  
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• Pacific Palisades fire burns homes to ground as Los Angeles officials give dire warning: Live updates

  08-01-2025 02:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAILYMAIL.COM LIVE BLOG: California 's ritziest neighborhoods are at risk as a fast-moving inferno sweeps the region.
  
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• Los Angeles declares state of emergency as wildfire rips through Pacific Palisades: 30,000 flee for their lives

  08-01-2025 02:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Authorities has issued an 'immediate' evacuate order for Pacific Palisades, urging residents to 'LEAVE NOW.'
  
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• UK's competition regulator faces calls to investigate Google's online search business as a priority - as a new digital markets regime launches

  08-01-2025 02:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) bosses are now facing calls not to 'lose their nerve' and act quickly to probe concerns the US tech giant damages competition.
  
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• You're a genius if you can work out neck riddle in under 9 seconds

  08-01-2025 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Put your intellect to the ultimate test and discover whether you are in fact the genius you boast you are with this impossible hard riddle that needs to be solved in mere seconds
  
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• Tactical Breach Wizards review – black magic ops

  08-01-2025 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tactical Breach Wizards -sorcery warfareOne of 2024’s hidden gems is a turn-based tactics game where wizards are spec ops soldiers and the script is even better than the combat.We didn’t have as much time as we hoped before Christmas; to go back and review interesting games we’d missed earlier in the year. Only a few were left out but since there’s nothing new of note out at the moment we wanted to cover a few more, before the year begins in earnest. Top of that list is
  
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• East Arnhem crash: Four killed after stolen car collides with an SUV in the Northern Territory

  08-01-2025 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four people have died in a horror head-on collision in the Northern Territory.
  
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• From a backstreet massage to the comeback of the year: Andrew O'Keefe finds an unlikely ally after his fall from grace - and one bold prediction has already come true

  08-01-2025 01:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  INSIDE MAIL: Andrew O'Keefe has a new supporter who insists the fallen gameshow host will resurrect his shattered career and get himself 'back in the limelight'.
  
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• Death row inmates reject clemency from execution granted by Biden

  08-01-2025 01:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Two of the 37 death row inmates that President Joe Biden granted clemency to are trying to block their commutations (Pictures: Missouri Department of Corrections/Getty Images/AP)In a shocking move, two death row inmates have rejected President Joe Biden’s commutation of their sentences.
  Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis were among 37 federal prisoners who were granted clemency from execution by Biden last month. Their death sentenced were commuted to life in prison without parole.
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• Family's desperate plea as hero dad shot dead by armed police after stand-off

  08-01-2025 01:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marcus Meade died at an address in Redditch, Worcestershire, after police shot him on Christmas Eve, an incident for which West Mercia Police referred itself to the watchdog
  
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• Speeding driver, 55, who killed a couple on the way to a family holiday celebrating their retirement is jailed

  08-01-2025 01:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A speeding driver who killed a couple on the way to a family holiday celebrating their retirement has been jailed for seven and a half years.
  
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• Anthony Albanese claps back after he is accused of making the same mistake a SECOND time in whirlwind trip to the Northern Territory

  08-01-2025 01:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ABC News Breakfast host Stephanie March asked Mr Albanese whether he was going to visit Alice Springs after Nationals senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price criticised him for a 'blink and you'll miss it stop'.
  
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• Jimmy Carter's casket arrives in Washington for his final farewell

  08-01-2025 01:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The casket of former President Jimmy Carter made its way through Washington, DC as mourners pay their respects for the 39th president.
  
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• Kmart walkie-talkies: Mum shocked after hearing a man moaning and talking about 'sausages' through the popular children's toy

  08-01-2025 01:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mum has issued an urgent warning to other parents after she heard a man moaning sexually through her kids' Kmart walkie-talkies. 
  
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• Driver of a 4x4 which killed a one-year-old girl in a church car park will not be prosecuted - after family say they are 'absolutely devastated'

  08-01-2025 01:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ivy Mae Ross was hit by a Land Rover in the car park of Plymouth Brethren Christian Church meeting hall in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, in May last year as the congregation left after a Bible study.
  
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• Why the horse racing industry is now under threat like never before - and it could spell the end for iconic events like Gold Coast's Magic Millions and the Melbourne Cup

  08-01-2025 01:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A digital answer to the worldwide ethical dilemma surrounding horse racing is upon us. 
  
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• SAS troops who queried the shooting of unarmed Afghans were scolded by bosses and told to 'shut up', court papers say

  08-01-2025 01:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evidence of apparent attempts to silence whistleblowers emerged last night as part of a release of High Court documents.
  
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• The truth behind Trump's bold bid for Greenland: China, rare minerals, space ... and why it's 'not a joke'

  08-01-2025 01:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trump made clear he was deadly serious in his intentions towards the barren Arctic territory of Greenland Tuesday, saying that he would not rule out use of force to seize the icy island.
  
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• Pacific Palisades locals describe catastrophic fire as they escape with designer suitcases: 'Like a disaster movie'

  08-01-2025 01:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nina and her daughter, who live in the Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, were lucky to drive out with the clothes on their backs and their two small dogs Aspen and Buster.
  
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• Speeding driver who killed a couple on holiday in a horror head-on crash is jailed

  08-01-2025 01:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A speeding driver who killed a couple on holiday in a horror head-on smash has been jailed for seven and a half years.
  
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• Man dies on Eastwood worksite in horrific way

  08-01-2025 01:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man has died after a horrific workplace accident.
  
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• Woman accused of murdering family with 'arsenic-laced' Christmas cake breaks silence

  08-01-2025 01:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Deise Moura was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder following the deaths of three family members in Torres, Brazil, who had all eaten some of the cake
  
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• Elon Musk biographer makes astonishing claim about billionaire's health: 'It has enormous consequences'

  08-01-2025 01:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A liberal journalist who has written a biography of Elon Musk claims the DOGE co-chair is 'going mad' in a way that will have 'enormous consequences' for the United States.
  
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• Mum-of-two discovers $45,000 in forgotten account - and a lot of Aussies have made the same mistake

  08-01-2025 01:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Perth mum has revealed how she discovered $45,000 sitting in a forgotten account - and she's not alone.
  
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• Morning coffee drinkers ‘less likely to die early’ compared to all-day coffee drinkers, study shows

  08-01-2025 01:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A decade-long study tracking 40,000 people in the US appears to suggest that the time of day people drink coffee has an impact on their health and likelihood of dying from heart disease
  
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• LAURA TROTT: Labour's plan to overhaul academies will lead to the return of mediocracy in our schools

  08-01-2025 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  What is it about English pupils being the best in the West for reading, maths and science that makes Bridget Phillipson want to tear up the status quo that's served pupils so well in recent years?
  
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• Keir Starmer is accused of 'total moral cowardice' after refusing to back Kemi Badenoch's call for a Commons vote TODAY on whether to hold a public inquiry into grooming gangs scandal

  08-01-2025 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Tory leader will step up pressure for an inquiry by tabling an amendment which would force the government to act.
  
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