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• Taking Back Sunday’s drummer quits band after 24 years over ‘creative differences’

  08-01-2025 18:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mark O’Connell has quit Taking Back Sunday (Picture: Scott Legato/Getty Images)Mark O’Connell has confirmed he is leaving Taking Back Sunday after 24 years because he does not feel supported by his bandmates.He said his sobriety journey has impacted his relationship with his ‘brothers’ and ‘creative differences’ have made it impossible to move forward.Mark, 43, joined the Cute Without The E hitmakers in 2000 when founding member Steven DeJoseph exited the roc
  
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• Jimmy Carter state funeral in Washington: Live updates as day of mourning set for 39th president

  09-01-2025 09:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAILYMAIL.COM BLOG: Follow live coverage of the state funeral of the 39th US president Jimmy Carter in Washington following his death at the age of 100.
  
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• Moment emotional TV star reveals he is preparing to pack up and flee his Los Angeles home under threat of California fires

  09-01-2025 09:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ross King, 62, said his area in the Hollywood Hills has been told to evacuate as the Runyon Canyon wildfire - referred to as the sunset fire - is ripping through houses.
  
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• Police launch appeal to find missing woman last seen alive near ferry port three weeks ago

  09-01-2025 09:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donna, 59, was last seen near the ferry port in Hull three weeks ago and police are appealing for information about her disappearance.
  
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• Paedophile gangs are still raping children 'in every city around the country', warns ex-detective who investigated sadistic sex abuse ring

  09-01-2025 09:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Simon Morton, a former senior detective for Thames Valley Police, has said that abusers are still operating in plain sight and 'influencing and arranging others to do the same thing'.
  
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• Coleen Rooney reveals she felt 'ashamed' when Wayne showed off tattoo dedicated to her at party - and explains why she wasn't completely surprised by his petrol station proposal

  09-01-2025 09:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The I'm a Celebrity ...Get Me Out of Here! winner was initially not impressed by the act and felt embarrassed when Wayne showed off the ink at a friend's 18th birthday party.
  
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• Two lynx released illegally in Scottish Highlands: Police issue 'do not approach' warning after big cats are spotted roaming the area

  09-01-2025 09:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The wild cats were spotted on Wednesday afternoon around two miles from a wildlife park in the Drumguish area, near to Kingussie in the Scottish Highlands.
  
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• Chancellor Rachel Reeves may need to cut spending after jump in borrowing costs

  09-01-2025 09:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The cost of borrowing for the UK government surged to its highest level for almost 17 years on Wednesday amid a sell-off in the bond market and concerns over the threat of stagflation
  
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• Top NHS doctor issues stark flu warning as hospitals 'full to bursting'

  09-01-2025 09:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hospital trusts across the country are declaring critical incidents over a 246% surge in flu cases this winter, with some A&E departments saying they are busier than they'd ever been
  
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• Shocking before and after pictures show devastating force of LA wildfires with buildings reduced to smouldering embers in a matter of hours

  09-01-2025 09:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A slew of notable locations, including Sunset Boulevard that splits the upscale Pacific Palisades, were engulfed in punishing flames that tore through residential and commercial areas alike
  
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• ITV confirms major schedule changes to Coronation Street this week

  09-01-2025 09:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Corrie is on the move in the schedules this week (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)Coronation Street fans are facing a shake-up to their viewing habits this week as the soap moves in the schedule. ITV1 will not air an episode on Friday 10 January in order to make way for live coverage of Aston Villa and West Ham’s FA Cup match. Instead, the hour-long episode will be broadcast a day earlier, airing tonight at the later time of 9pm on ITV1. It is also already available to stream on ITVX.
  
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• Urgent warning over popular kitchen worktop after 'tragic' deaths of young people

  09-01-2025 09:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marek Marzec, 48, from London, died after developing silicosis - a deadly lung disease that tears through the lungs and can lead to an agonsing death
  
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• UK snow: Weather warnings in FULL today as Met Office issues alert for 9 regions affected

  09-01-2025 09:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The country is braced for further travel chaos and risk of injury for millions across the UK, with at least five weather warnings for snow and ice issued by the Met Office today alone
  
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• Shop even bigger discounts in Dunelm sale – with up to 50% off home essentials

  09-01-2025 09:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  With just a few weeks remaining, bag yourself a home bargain from Dunelm while you can! (Picture: Metro/Dunelm/Getty)
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  We didn’t think the Dunelm winter sale could get any better but the homewear destination has just announced further reduct
  
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• Royal Mail stamps celebrate 'one of the most loved TV comedies of all time'

  09-01-2025 09:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'We celebrate the series with new stamps revisiting some of the show’s classic moments'
  
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• Man 'shoots girlfriend dead fearing she'd kill and eat him after smoking substance'

  09-01-2025 09:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jared Heath Wolfe, 46, from Pennsylvania, is accused of the muder of his girlfriend of seven years, Jane White, after she was found unresponsive in the middle of the street at around 1.45pm on Friday
  
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• Doctor who punched dementia patient tried to apologise but 'maintains innocence'

  09-01-2025 09:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Xowi Mwimbi was jailed last February after he punched a dementia patient in the face when he used a racist term, and faces being potentially being struck off
  
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• Aussie teens accused of throwing objects at an innocent family in drive-by attack in Surfers Paradise spark outrage

  09-01-2025 09:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The brazen incident happened along a busy strip in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast , on Wednesday.
  
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• Hollywood Boulevard is evacuated as wildfires erupt in celebrity epicentre: Another 100,000 told to escape NOW as horror images show LA neighborhoods reduced to ashes and death toll rises

  09-01-2025 09:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new evacuation order came about 6pm on Wednesday local time as a fast-moving fire swept through the Hills, impacting at least 10 acres already near Runyon Canyon.
  
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• Celebrities whose homes have burned down in worst ‘apocalyptic’ LA fires in history

  09-01-2025 09:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  A string of celebrities have lost their homes in the devastating wildfires raging across Los Angeles (Picture: Getty; Backgrid)Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal and Sir Anthony Hopkins are among the celebrities to have lost their homes in the devastating wildfires raging across Los Angeles.More than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes as six fires rage throughout the city, with the latest tearing through the Hollywood Hills after the original blaze began in the Pacific Palisades n
  
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• Wheelchair users ‘trapped’ in train because platform staff ‘not trained to use ramps’

  09-01-2025 09:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageThree wheelchair users were left ‘trapped’ on a train with no ramp to get off because platform staff said they were ‘not trained’ to use them.Letty Raby, 22, and two other wheelchair-using friends were expecting to be met by platform attendants with a ramp as they arrived at Windsor and Eton Riverside on January 2, but instead they were
  
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• Hilarious moment drunk Newcastle fan dances around scaffolding before having blazing row with his wife after losing his keys

  09-01-2025 09:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Taxi driver and Newcastle Andrew Garrett stumbled home from a pub in Gateshead after watching his team win but couldn't get in as he was unable to find his keys.
  
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• California fires live updates: Los Angeles wildfires sweep through Hollywood Hills in apocalyptic scenes described as 'Armageddon'

  09-01-2025 09:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live coverage of the California fires as blazes continue to rage across Los Angeles.
  
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• Labour chaos over grooming gangs probe as Cabinet minister says national inquiry has been 'ruled out' after Commons vote - despite No10 and Jess Phillips saying they are still 'open-minded'

  09-01-2025 09:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary David Lammy suggested such a probe had been categorically rejected after a Commons bid to force the move was defeated last night.
  
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• Family wins £2.5m Omaze home in raffle then suddenly sells up for tear-jerking reason

  09-01-2025 09:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chris Milnes from Pudsey, West Yorkshire, landed the £2.5m home in Dorset last year in the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, which he entered without telling his family, but is now selling up and cashing in the money
  
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• Snow radar shows everywhere it's snowing in Britain NOW as UK wakes up to 9 inches

  09-01-2025 09:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brits have been told to expect icy patches across much of southern England and have been warned to be aware of slippery surfaces on pavements and on stretches of road
  
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• Martin Clunes was ghosted after auditioning for Hollywood blockbuster

  09-01-2025 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Martin Clunes could have starred alongside Ben Stiller in a 2013 film (Picture: ITV/Neil Genower)When actors reach a certain point in their career, they can secure their next jobs without any need to audition.Martin Clunes has reached that place in the UK, which has afforded him this privilege, although, he’s keen to note that he would be willing.However, when it comes to Hollywood, he’s still having to grind in the often unforgiving process.
  In 2013, he tried to impress producers,
  
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• Joe Wicks reveals sudden Dragons’ Den wardrobe change after ‘panic’

  09-01-2025 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joe Wicks has revealed a ‘panicked discussion’ took place ahead of his Dragons’ Den stint (Picture: BBC)Joe Wicks has revealed a ‘panicked discussion’ took place ahead of his stint on Dragons’ Den.The Body Coach, 39, is joining Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman, Sara Davies and Steven Bartlett as a guest investor on the BBC One competition, alongside Emma Grede, who is a founding partner of Kim Kardashian’s 
  
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• Coronation Street confirms unexpected return as a fate is ‘sealed’ in 22 pictures

  09-01-2025 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bobby visits Rob Donovan, who says that he'd gladly donate a kidney to Carla (Picture: ITV) Bobby visits Rob Donovan, who says that he'd gladly donate a kidney to… Matty Ratcliffe causes a scene, taking a prison guard hostage (Picture: ITV) Matty Ratcliffe causes a scene, taking a prison guard hostage (Picture: ITV) Rob comes to Bobby's aid as Matty is aggressive (Picture: ITV) Rob comes to Bobby's aid as Matty is aggressive (Picture: ITV) But Bobby fears for his life as Matty turns his a
  
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• ‘Mikel Arteta needs to replace Arsenal star – he’s starting to annoy me’

  09-01-2025 08:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are wobbling under Mikel Arteta (Picture: Getty)Emmanuel Petit has identified the three signings Mikel Arteta needs to make in January to kick-start Arsenal’s season and admits he is getting ‘frustrated’ and ‘annoyed’ by Gabriel Martinelli.The Gunners are struggling to show the consistency that enabled them to rival Manchester City for the Premier League title over the past two seasons.Arsenal have dropped points in nine of their 20 league games to slip six
  
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