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• Sydney school is thrown into chaos after a student created pornographic images of female pupils using AI

  09-01-2025 03:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Sydney high school is embroiled in a deepfake pornography crisis just weeks before the first term of the 2025 school year kicks off.
  
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• Completely free streaming service hits 97,000,000 users to rival Netflix and Apple TV

  09-01-2025 16:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  TV fans can watch several gripping shows on the site, including Gracepoint (Picture: Fox Image Collection via Getty Images)The queue of streaming services lining up to drain your bank account on a monthly basis seems to get longer and longer by the day.With huge movies and TV shows split between the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus, our wallets aren’t fat enough to keep up with our binge-watching desires.Instead we’re forced to pick a couple and ac
  
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• Joe Cullen is heading to the top of Kilimanjaro and taking his darts with him

  09-01-2025 16:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joe Cullen is tackling Africa’s highest mountain (Picture: Getty Images)Joe Cullen is taking on the challenge of climbing Kilimanjaro and hopes to be the first person ever to throw darts at the mountain’s summit.The world number 23 is heading to Africa next week to climb the highest free-standing mountain on the planet and is planning a unique celebration at the top.‘To my knowledge, I might be wrong, but to my knowledge no one has ever thrown darts at the top of Kilimanjaro,&
  
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• Keir Starmer vows to keep saying Liz Truss crashed the economy despite legal threat

  09-01-2025 16:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lawyers for the former PM, who was forced to resign in disgrace after a disastrous 49 days in office, sent a 'cease and desist' letter to Mr Starmer about "false and defamatory public statements you made about our client"
  
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• Five living presidents sit together and we’d love to know what the conversation is

  09-01-2025 16:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Clinton, Bush, Trump and Obama families were all present (Picture: AFP)All five living presidents were present at the Washington funeral of former US President Jimmy Carter today.Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th US president, is being honoured today in the capitol before he will be buried in his small hometown in Georgia.
  President Joe Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign, will g
  
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• Woman's 'freakin easy' mirror cleaning hack leaves people absolutely stunned

  09-01-2025 16:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman has shared her 'freakin easy' mirror cleaning hack on TikTok and people can't believe how simple it is - and that they've never thought of doing it before
  
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• Zookeeper instantly regrets grappling bear cub in heart-stopping footage

  09-01-2025 16:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The clip, which was recorded at Wuhan Wildlife Kingdom, Hubei province, central China, shows the 220-lb baby bruin suddenly getting the upper hand in the bizarre grappling game
  
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• 'I bought north London house for £850K but shock discovery now means it's worthless'

  09-01-2025 16:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daniel Bruce and his neighbours were left with unsellable, uninsurable homes and their warranty provider is still yet to agree to a payout - despite persistent leaks and collapsing ceilings
  
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• Hero saved grandparents from UK floods by scooping pensioners up in his digger

  09-01-2025 16:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ryan Wesley, 31, told his grandparents to sit inside the digger's bucket after helping them escape through a bedroom window of their bungalow in Billingborough, Lincolnshire
  
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• 'Entitled neighbour kept stealing my Wi-Fi to upload X-rated videos - my revenge stopped it'

  09-01-2025 16:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man has been hailed for teaching his 'entitled' neighbour a lesson after she kept stealing his Wi-Fi to upload her adult videos on to the internet - but his revenge put a stop to it
  
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• Dog trainer claims there's one breed that 'rarely make good pets' - especially around kids

  09-01-2025 16:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A dog trainer has taken to social media to share the one breed of dog that people should "absolutely not" own - and it's not the only breed that he would never get himself
  
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• Harrowing images show where body in hunt for dad in Benidorm found with 'blood on road'

  09-01-2025 16:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dad-of-two John George was murdered and his body hidden beneath overgrown lemon trees on a rural road south of Alicante, with Spain's Civil Guard seen scouring the scene with metal detectors on Thursday
  
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• See Mercury up close and personal in ‘incredible’ new images

  09-01-2025 15:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mercury stuns in new photo (Picture: ESA)Say hello to Mercury, that pesky rock that always seems to be in retrograde ruining your life.A spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and Japan made its final fly-by over the planet’s barren, pockmarked surface yesterday.This is the third time a spacecraft has visited Mercury in the history of space exploration.BepiColombo’s three monitoring cameras snapped detailed black-and-white photographs as it drifted just 295km above the inn
  
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• Charlotte Tilbury has opened HUGE beauty wonderland in London’s Covent Garden with new flagship store

  09-01-2025 15:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  You’ll find us in here for the foreseeable. (Picture: Metro/Charlotte Tilbury)
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  Hold on to your makeup brushes beauty lovers as Charlotte Tilbury has just opened her biggest – and most fabulous – store right in the middle of Lond
  
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• Lawyer for Brit 'killed' in Benidorm issues update as body 'formally identified'

  09-01-2025 15:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The body of John George was found on Spain's Costa Blanca after he failed to get in touch with anyone in his family since December 14 leading to a widespread effort to find him
  
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• Warwick Davis sues London hospital for ‘negligence’ after wife’s death

  09-01-2025 15:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Samantha Davis died last year at the age of 53 (Picture: Getty/instagram)Harry Potter star Warwick Davis is suing the London hospital that treated his wife before her death last year for ‘medical negligence.’Samantha Davis, 53, died on March 24, 2024.Warwick, 54, has retained law firm Irwin Mitchell to represent his family in the case.
  He’s also instructed specialist medical negligence solicitor Madeline Nugent, who is working with the family to get as much information as poss
  
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• Labour minister Steve Reed faces shouts of 'coward' as he's whisked away from a farming conference amid fresh protests over inheritance tax raid

  09-01-2025 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Cabinet minister was given a police escort as he left the Oxford Farming Conference amid fresh protests over Labour's inheritance tax raid.
  
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• Rail baron Mick Lynch on £140k-a-year while presiding over strikes that struck misery for millions retires - and is set for bumper pension payout

  09-01-2025 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mick Lynch - famously dubbed 'The Hood' after the Thunderbirds character - is retiring from the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) union aged 63 after four years as general secretary.
  
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• Friends fans just discovering major character had ‘secret’ cameo

  09-01-2025 15:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Friends fans are somehow just discovering a significant character made a brief appearance in the show previously (Picture: J. Delvalle/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)A new generation of Friends fans are discovering that a major character previously appeared in the 90s sitcom.Actor Giovanni Ribisi, 50, was an extra on the show before being cast as Phoebe’s (Lisa Kudrow) half-brother Frank Jr.Some eagle-eyed viewers on Reddit have just noticed he briefly crop
  
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• Gov Gavin Newsom's infuriating reaction after being asked why fire hydrants ran out of water during LA wildfires

  09-01-2025 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California governor Gavin Newsom passed the buck after he was asked why fire hydrants ran out of water in Pacific Palisades as wildfires devastated the LA area.
  
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• Britain's favourite cat and dog names have been revealed - is your pet on the list?

  09-01-2025 15:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pets at Home asked more than eight million customers to discover the most popular names for our beloved pets
  
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• Astonishing video shows LA's scorched earth: Mile after mile of smouldering ruins of what used to be multi million dollar mansions as fires still rage out of control

  09-01-2025 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drone footage reveals how block after block of idyllic upscale LA homes are now nothing more than smouldering ruins with only charred tree stumps and building struts left standing amid the detritus.
  
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• Russell Brand fined £3,457 after pleading guilty to driving offence

  09-01-2025 15:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Russell Brand has been fined after a speeding offence last year (Picture: Mike Marsland/WireImage)Actor and comedian Russell Brand has pleaded guilty to speeding.The 49-year-old was caught driving his Mini at 95mph on the M4 motorway on June 16 last year near Slough in Berkshire, breaking the 70mph limit.He also drove the Mini at 37mph in a 30mph zone in Shiplake, near his Oxfordshire home on March 23, High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court heard.Brand, who did not attend the short hearing, was
  
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• Harry Potter star Warwick Davis sues London hospital for medical negligence after the death of his beloved wife Samantha

  09-01-2025 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Warwick, 54, has instructed law firm Irwin Mitchell to represent his family following Samantha's death.
  
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• 'My family won the lottery and this is the dark side to becoming mega-rich overnight'

  09-01-2025 15:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man has revealed the toll winning the lottery took on his life, when his family became multi-millionaires when he was just 12. He even had to move away to try and be 'normal'
  
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• Exact time millions of Brits reach for their phones in the morning is revealed

  09-01-2025 15:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A survey by the operator found that over a third of people plan to cut down their screen time as part of their New Year's resolutions
  
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• Louis Saha names surprise team who have the best midfield in the Premier League

  09-01-2025 15:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  Louis Saha has been impressed with Newcastle’s midfield this seasonNewcastle forward Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon have been hogging the headlines of late but Louis Saha believes Eddie Howe’s midfield should be getting more credit.
  The Magpies have surged up the Premier League table in recent weeks and have one foot in the final of the Carabao Cup after Tuesday night’s 2-0 semi-final first leg win over Arsenal.Isak and Gordon were on target again but it was the Newcastle m
  
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• Couple's wedding venue cancelled on them four hours before their ceremony and now they are £750 out of pocket after owners ceased trading

  09-01-2025 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ivan and Lottie Clifford were due to have their celebrant wedding ceremony at the Grade II-listed The Hidden Barn at 94, based in Knutsford in Cheshire, last on December 30.
  
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• Celebrity osteopath who spied on students changing ‘agrees to work with police’

  09-01-2025 15:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Torben Hersborg (left) with celebrity Mads MikkelsenA celebrity osteopath who has already pleaded guilty to spying on female students is under further police investigation after more recording devices were found.
  Torben Hersborg was due to be sentenced for three charges of voyeurism today after he made at least 60 videos of women over four years.
  The 63-year-old was even holding carrying a camera and a telescope when he was arrested, and was also wearing black gloves with the back seat of his c
  
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• UK snow: Weather forecaster gives exact date 'snow threat' ends amid Met Office warnings

  09-01-2025 15:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office placed much of the UK under yellow weather warnings this week as plummeting temperatures brought snow and ice to huge swathes of the country
  
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