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• The perils of being a host this Christmas – and how to make your life easier

  18-12-2024 10:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite 40 per cent of people saying they feel like they miss out on all the fun when they have to host, 60 per cent say they feel pressure to make sure everything is perfect
  
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• I was bullied after being outed at work – then I turned the table on my colleagues

  18-12-2024 13:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Deon Pillay has won awards for his diversity and inclusion initiatives, but not after facing bullying discrimination because of his sexuality (Picture: Supplied)Deon Pillay came to the UK with nothing but a suitcase and a £2.65 an hour job, all in a bid to find freedom as a gay man.Instead, he was forced ‘back into the closet’ to avoid discrimination and bullying in the workplace – only to be publicly outed and shamed in front of his colleagues years later.At the age of
  
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• Labour MPs tear into Keir Starmer over £10.5bn Waspi women compensation snub as they brand it an 'injustice' that has left millions 'let down'

  18-12-2024 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former frontbencher Diane Abbott laid into the PM after some 3.8million women born in the 1950s were denied redress lined to a change in the state pension age.
  
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• Labour council to dim street lights in bid to cut costs - after splurging £25m on climate initiatives to meet Net Zero ambitions

  18-12-2024 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Debt-riddled Lambeth Council in south London has unveiled the move as part of a plan to drive down energy bills in a bid to save £70million.
  
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• Ian Wright names Arsenal summer signing who ‘has not worked’

  18-12-2024 13:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta (Picture: Getty)Ian Wright believes that Arsenal’s decision to sign Raheem Sterling on loan ‘has not worked’ as the winger continues to struggle for minutes under Mikel Arteta.Having been brutally told he was surplus to requirements by Enzo Maresca in the summer, Sterling was afforded a lifeline by Arsenal when he signed on loan on deadline day.Arteta enjoyed a productive relationship with Sterling previously and it was hoped that the pai
  
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• British couple died within seconds of each other while walking along Caribbean beach on family holiday, inquest told

  18-12-2024 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A British couple in their 70's had been enjoying a dream Caribbean holiday when tragedy struck, seeing them both collapse and die within minutes of one another.
  
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• Shocking moment thief tries to steal Brit's mobile as he films his romantic proposal to girlfriend in Barcelona

  18-12-2024 13:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlie Bullock, 30, had taken his partner of a year-and-a-half to the Catalan capital to ask her to marry him on Sunday when his plans were derailed
  
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• Geri Horner supports husband Christian as the Red Bull F1 boss is honoured by King Charles for services to motor sport - days after the Spice Girls star said she 'belongs to no man'

  18-12-2024 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Their united appearance today comes months after concerns were raised earlier this year over the couple's future amid a text messaging controversy.
  
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• Coronation Street villain actor reunites with ‘darling’ co-star after tense 2024 storyline

  18-12-2024 13:46 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Coronation Street’s Jane Danson has reunited with Emrhys Cooper, who recently left the show.For the majority of this year, Jane’s alter-ego Leanne Battersby was part of a storyline that saw her embroiled in a cult called The Institute, led by Emrhys’ character Rowan Cunliffe.Because Rowan manipulated Leanne into believing the organisation was passionate about helping others, she sadly never came to realise the dark truth abou
  
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• Keir Starmer skewers Kemi Badenoch with sandwich jibe over Tory triple lock flip-flopping

  18-12-2024 13:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer said Kemi Badenoch and Mel Stride should hammer out their position over the pension triple lock 'over a sandwich or a steak' after Mr Stride said it was unsustainable
  
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• Keskine’s Advanced IPL hair removal tool claims to show visible signs of hair reduction in one month

  18-12-2024 13:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  Save yourself excessive trips to the salon – along with money, by getting your very own IPL device. (Picture: Metro/Keskine/Linkby/Getty)
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  Shaving your body hair is an arduous task, while waxing is, quite frankly, tortuous. Yet other hair re
  
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• Elderly grandfather whose daily joy in life is feeding the birds is being taken to court by killjoy council, who blame his bread and seeds for town's vermin problem

  18-12-2024 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brian Wilkins, 76, received a Community Protection Order last year after councillors complained that his feeding the birds was attracting vermin in areas of Hartlepool.
  
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• Grant Mitchell’s comeback all but confirmed as Ross Kemp returns to set

  18-12-2024 13:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ross has been pictured at the show’s set (Picture: BBC)Pictures have emerged of EastEnders icon Ross Kemp leaving the soap’s production base – ‘sealing’ his return.The actor, 60, played Walford hard man Grant Mitchell on the long-running BBC drama intermittently between 1990 and 2016.In September, amid speculation that he will be the next in a long line of names that are returning for the show’s 40th Anniversary celebrations, Ross teased that something could
  
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• Peter Andre's brilliant reply to Rebekah Vardy's cruel 'chipolata' night of passion claims

  18-12-2024 13:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Peter Andre and Rebekah Vardy's 'chipolata night of passion' burst back into the news after the WAG was forced to recall all the steamy details in court
  
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• Tottenham should forget Squid Game stunts and try ending their 17-year trophy drought

  18-12-2024 13:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dejan Kulusevski can help send Manchester United to defeat (Picture: AMA/Getty Images)Tottenham’s business empire has already extended its tentacles into the NFL, music concerts featuring the likes of Beyonce and Guns N’ Roses and Go Karting. Now they are branching out into promoting the new series of Netflix drama Squid Game before the festive home matches with Liverpool and Wolves. Kerching!But here’s a revolutionary thought chaps, how about spending your phenomenal profits
  
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• Prince Andrew pulls out of pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace amid Chinese 'spy' scandal: Duke of York will not join Royal Family after speaking to ex-wife Sarah Ferguson who 'advised him not to attend'

  18-12-2024 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After speaking to his ex-wife, the Duchess of York, Andrew has decided not to join 70 members of the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace - much to the relief of the King.
  
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• Keir Starmer accused of letting pensioners DIE at Christmas in PMQs row with Kemi Badenoch over Labour's winter fuel payment axe

  18-12-2024 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the final Prime Minister's Questions before the festive break Tory leader Kemi Badenoch tore into him over the decision to make the £300 means-tested.
  
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• Expert reveals 'best temperature' for washing bed sheets - and it might surprise you

  18-12-2024 13:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A sleep expert has explained the 'best' temperature for washing your bed sheets, and it's a lot cooler than you might think - and better for the environment and your wallet
  
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• Fred Sirieix’s fiancée Fruitcake ‘doesn’t recognise her own reflection’ after crushing diagnosis

  18-12-2024 13:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fred Sirieix’s fiancée Fruitcake has bravely shared her health diagnosis (Picture: James Gourley/ITV/Shutterstock)Fred Sirieix’s fiancée Fruitcake has bravely opened up about a health condition she’s been diagnosed with.The First Dates star, 52, met his partner ten years ago and has been affectionately referring to her as ‘fruitcake’ on social media.The pair regularly post pictures together on cute dates and luxurious-looking holidays, however, Fruitc
  
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• Ukraine 'drew up bombshell plan to move Zelensky's entire government to London'

  18-12-2024 13:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vadym Prystaiko, former Ukrainian ambassador to London and earlier foreign minister, has revealed details of a blueprint as Putin was planning an illegal invasion in February 2022
  
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• Chilling moment driver inhales laughing gas behind wheel before killing 3 teen passengers

  18-12-2024 13:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thomas Johnson, 19, admitted to inhaling the nitrous oxide balloons before exceeding speeds of more than 100mph on a road with a limit of 30mph - killing three teenagers
  
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• Traveller King's second brother is buried next to Britain's biggest headstone after funeral cortege featuring horse-drawn hearse and Rolls-Royces

  18-12-2024 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Collins, 51, was carried in a platinum coffin before he was laid to rest next to his brother Willy's huge 37-ton, £200,000 gravestone crafted from solid Carrara marble.
  
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• Prince William makes surprise Christmas confession and reveals who's to blame

  18-12-2024 13:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The royals are preparing for a very merry Christmas with 45 extended members of the family heading to the Sandringham estate for the celebrations with King Charles
  
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• Dunelm's 'comfortable' £15 chairs handy for extra Christmas Day seats

  18-12-2024 13:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Your guests shouldn't feel like they've been forgotten about at the dinner table
  
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• Will there be a Squid Game season 3? Latest Netflix series updates

  18-12-2024 13:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageThe time has finally arrived – Squid Game season 2 is just around the corner.It’s somehow already been three years since the South Korean TV series dropped on Netflix, quickly becoming a worldwide phenomenon when it launched in 2021.Now the second outing is just days away, which will see the lead character Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) enter the dead
  
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• Claire King desperate to reveal huge Emmerdale Kim Tate twist – but ‘would be shot’

  18-12-2024 13:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageEmmerdale actress Claire King was desperate to spill the beans on a top-secret Kim Tate twist during an interview on This Morning on Wednesday. The actress appeared on the ITV daytime show to speak about her character’s Christmas storyline, which will see Kim’s cheating husband Will Taylor’s (Dean Andrews) revenge plan come to a head.&nb
  
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• Major update in Fiji poisonings as tourists rushed to hospital after drinking cocktails

  18-12-2024 13:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officials in Fiji have issued a major update after seven foreign tourists, including Australians and an American, fell ill and were hospitalised in a mystery poisoning at a five-star resort
  
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• Netflix series axed yet again despite 97% Rotten Tomatoes score as star shares ‘heartbreak’

  18-12-2024 13:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  A series saved by Netflix has now been cancelled for a second time (Picture: Peacock Original)A series that was saved by Netflix has been cancelled for a second time.First airing in 2021, the musical comedy Girls 5eva was created by Meredith Scardino and executive produced by Tina Fey.It follows four women – Dawn (Sara Bareilles), Summer (Busy Philipps), Gloria (Paula Pell) and Wickie (Renée Elise Goldsberry), who were part of a girl group in the early noughties before fading into
  
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• Mysterious objects wash up on NSW south coast beaches leaving scientists baffled

  18-12-2024 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dozens of similar looking objects have been detected at six beaches near Dalmeny and Narooma on the NSW south coast in the last week.
  
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• School head's career in ruins after pupils have sex and drink on ski trip

  18-12-2024 13:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Justine Drury organised the excursion to Switzerland. Youngsters stole spirits from the hotel restaurant and were filmed having sex, which another pupil used as blackmail
  
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