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• The tragedy of student suicides brought to light in new film

  15-11-2024 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  New film Contact Hours has been described as a ‘safe portrayal’ of the aftermath of a student suicide (Picture: Headrush Films)When you think of a university caretaker, stereotypical tasks which come to mind might include fixing faulty lights, replacing lost keys or overseeing fire drills. But their job can also take a heartbreaking turn. A simple knock on an accommodation door can have devastating consequences, as writer Rufus Love found out during an exchange in 2023. &ls
  
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• Ariana Grande shares rare PDA moment with boyfriend Ethan Slater at Wicked premiere

  15-11-2024 12:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater stepped out on the red carpet (Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images)Ariana Grande showed off her boyfriend and Wicked co-star Ethan Slater at Thursday night’s big premiere with a rare public display of affection.The popstar-turned-movie star, 31, stepped out onto the red carpet for the big screen adaptation of the legendary Broadway Wizard of Oz musical.Set many years before the events of the classic 1939 Judy Garland film, Wicked picks up as Elphaba Thropp (Cynt
  
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• Kate Moss: I still cry over topless shoot at 15 – I didn’t want to do it

  15-11-2024 12:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kate Moss has opened up about the shoot that still leaves her in tears (Picture: WireImage/Getty)British supermodel Kate Moss has made a heartbreaking confession about a topless fashion shoot she did when she was just 15 years old, resulting in an emotional scar she still carries to this day.The Croydon, south London-born supermodel, 50, has proudly shown off her body many times since she was first discovered in 1988 by Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Model Management, at age 14, but one shoot fr
  
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• Pork pie purists are horrified by Asda’s ‘Frankenstein’ twist on Christmas classic

  15-11-2024 12:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Will you be adding it to your Christmas spread? (Picture: Getty Images)We all have our Christmas foodie traditions, and for some families, December 25 would not be complete without a pork pie.The Leicestershire-born pastry treat appears on buffet tables and Boxing Day spreads year after year.But let’s face it, the pork pie has its downsides. They can be dry, bland, and that’s before we even get to the jelly.Thankfully, Asda has come to the rescue with a hybrid pork pie alternative: t
  
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• Big Brother fans ‘disgusted’ after host Will Best makes tone-deaf Diddy joke

  15-11-2024 12:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextBig Brother fans have slammed a joke host Will Best made about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.This season of the ITV reality series is coming to an end tonight, with the show also facing several controversial moments in recent weeks.The show has now yet again come under fire, after an episode of Late & Live saw Will make a quip about the disgraced rapper, 39.On Thursday night&
  
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• Keir Starmer accused of 'staggering self-harm' as he loses UK's chief trade negotiator who worked on deal with last Trump administration

  15-11-2024 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crawford Falconer has been the UK's top trade negotiator since 2017 but will be leaving the Department for Business and Trade next month.
  
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• I was in the stands for France vs Israel – I witnessed tension erupt into chaos

  15-11-2024 12:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Israel’s team greets their supporters at the end of the UEFA Nations League match with France (Picture: AFP)It is unnerving to think that only an hour before the France vs Israel football match in Paris I was in the midst of a protest against it – unsuspecting all the chaos that the UEFA game will bring.For days, a number of organisations in France – including leftist Jewish movement, Tsedek – had been calling for the cancellation of the event.For one, it was overshadowed
  
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• Fury as Italian hotel cancels Israeli couple's booking and tells them they are 'responsible for genocide'

  15-11-2024 12:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patrik Ongaro, who runs the Garni Ongaro Hotel, has now deleted his social media after being accused of antisemitism and is facing an investigation by authorities.
  
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• Delighted widower wins two Porsches in latest Omaze prize draw - and says the best thing about them is now he can drive into Sadiq Khan's Ulez zone

  15-11-2024 12:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jimmy Calllaghan, 58, scooped the cars - worth over £170,000 in total - after he was forced to stop driving his Ford C-Max as it was not ULEZ compliant.
  
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• Pregnant cow is rescued by the fire brigade after getting stuck in a 3ft garden swimming pool taking a dip

  15-11-2024 12:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 93-stone pregnant cow had to be airlifted to safety after plunging into 3ft of water in a residential swimming pool in Ketton, Rutland, East Midlands, on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Amazon launches new outlet set to rival Temu with ‘crazy low prices’

  15-11-2024 12:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Products on Haul are all $20 or less (Picture: Getty Images)Shoppers can’t get enough of Temu, which allows them to scroll through a never-ending array of bargain products and ‘shop like a billionaire’.And now, Amazon is getting in on the action.This week, the retail giant announced the launch of Amazon Haul, a new section set to rival competitors like Temu and Shein, dedicated to affordable, trending items.Initially available in the US only, the outlet solely features products
  
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• Moment Israeli rocket slams into Beirut tower block in massive fireball explosion

  15-11-2024 12:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In moment-by-moment images, the projectile is seen fliding towards the apartment block in Ghobeiri, Beirut this morning, erupting into an infernal fireball as it makes contact with the building
  
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• People stunned after realising how Prezzo is actually pronounced

  15-11-2024 12:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  You might think you know how to pronounce Prezzo - after all, you've eaten there at least half a dozen times - but it turns out you're probably wrong, and you're not the only one
  
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• Operators took 96 seconds to answer 999 call that should have been picked up in five as biker father-of-five lay dying from injuries that should have been 95 per cent survivable, inquest hears

  15-11-2024 12:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aaron Morris, 31, was left lying in the road for almost an hour after his motorbike crashed with a car in Esh Winning, County Durham, on July 1, 2022.
  
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• Man wrote his last will on the back of Mr Kipling and frozen fish boxes

  15-11-2024 12:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Malcolm Chenery wrote half his will on the inside of this fish fillets box (Picture: Champion News)A man’s £180,000 fortune will go to a charity rather than his relatives after a will written on the back of cardboard food packaging was found to be valid.
  Shortly before taking his own life in 2021, Malcolm Chenery started handwriting his will on the inside of a Young’s frozen fish fillets box.After running out of space, he completed it on a Mr Kipling mince pies box.It said all
  
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• British fighters and warships scrambled after Russian spyplanes spotted off UK coast

  15-11-2024 12:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The air and sea military alarm this week was the second time in three months that British troops detected Russian ships and aircraft appearing within the same period.
  
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• Snow predicted for parts of UK as Met Office issues yellow weather warnings

  15-11-2024 12:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  There may be some travel disruption from Sunday when snow is due to fall (Picture: Danny Lawson /PA)Ice and snow could form in parts of Scotland and northern England from Sunday.The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings due to the travel disruptions, injuries and power cuts they could cause.A relatively mild autumn looks about to give way to cold front bringing more winter-y vibes.Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern said: ‘You’ll notice a change in the temperature. It&rsq
  
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• Hacker jailed for laundering $1,000,000,000 in stolen Bitcoin with rapper wife

  15-11-2024 12:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ilya Lichtenstein hacked into the Bitfinex network in 2016 and stole around 120,000 bitcoin which he laundered with wife Heather Morgan’s help (Picture: Alexandria Sheriff’s Office/Instagram)A tech entrepreneur has been jailed for laundering funds stolen from one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts.Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, hacked into the Bitfinex network in 2016 and stole around 120,000 bitcoin.He and his wife Heather Morgan – who used the alias ‘Razzlekhan’ to
  
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• Davina McCall's urgent health plea with fans just months before brain tumour diagnosis

  15-11-2024 12:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Davina McCall has announced that she has sadly diagnosed with a brain tumour. It comes just months after she made an urgent health plea to fans on her Instagram page
  
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• Lost McDonald’s menu item from the 70s is ‘cursed’ — but fans want it back

  15-11-2024 12:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  The product hasn’t been sold for around 40 years… (Picture: Western Mail Archive/Western Mail Archive/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)McDonald’s is constantly changing up its menu, giving customers new items and bringing back fan-favourites.The fast food chain has just announced the Big Tasty is coming back, which many Maccies lovers believe is the ‘best’ burger they sell, and the McRib recently returned to the menu for a few weeks, after nine years away.But it seems th
  
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• Netflix Christmas movie watched 18,000,000 times in five days as top 10 chart revealed

  15-11-2024 12:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  This new Christmas film topped the Netflix charts this week (Picture: Sophie Giraud/Netflix)Now the weather is getting colder, many of us have retreated indoors to settle into our cosy clothes for lengthy Netflix binge-watches.And to celebrate the festive season approaching, there are plenty of new titles to choose from as well as long-standing classics on the streaming service to help shut out the dreary days and long nights.As Halloween becomes a distant memory, Christmas vibes reign supreme a
  
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• Crashes involving elderly drivers are at an all-time high as rising numbers of over-70s get behind the wheel as bus services decline, figures show

  15-11-2024 12:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A decline in bus services has seen crashes involving elderly drivers hit an all-time high, new figures reveal. 
  
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• RAF fighter jets scrambled to Putin’s planes spotted close to UK airspace

  15-11-2024 12:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  One of RAF’s 617 Squadron F-35B jets taking off from RAF Marham (Picture: RAF)RAF fighter jets were scrambled after one of Vladimir Putin’s reconnaissance aircraft was detected flying near to British airspace.Two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth were deployed from Moray to keep watch of the Russian Bear-F plane as it flew dangerously close over the North Sea.Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected]. Or you can submit your videos and picture
  
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• English snooker star Mark King handed five-year ban for match fixing

  15-11-2024 12:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mark King has received a significant ban (Picture: Getty)Mark King has been banned from snooker for five years after being found guilty of match fixing.An independent disciplinary committee found the 50-year-old Englishman guilty of one count of match fixing and one count of providing inside information on a match.The former Northern Ireland Open champion was suspended by the sport’s world governing body, the WPBSA, in March 2023 after suspicious betting was reported on his match with Joe
  
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• Met Office issues 42-hour snow warning - full list of areas at risk

  15-11-2024 12:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Weather warnings for snow are in force between Sunday November 17 and Tuesday November 19 - with a small chance of power cuts and untreated pavements and cycle paths becoming impassable
  
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• Carnage in the Great Fire of Edinburgh

  15-11-2024 12:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When fire took hold in an engraver's workshop on that fateful November night, it sparked one of the most devastating conflagrations in the city's history - lasting as long as the Great Fire of London.
  
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• 90s star launches epic comeback with ‘career-best performance’

  15-11-2024 12:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPamela Anderson has landed the ‘role of a lifetime’ as she returns to the big screen in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl.
  The former Playboy model, 57, became a household name as part of the hit series Baywatch which ran from 1989 to 1999.Throughout the 90s and 00s, Pamela appeared in several iconic TV shows and films such as Barb Wire, Scary Movie 3 and Stacked &
  
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• How Mike Tyson got his incredible physique at 58 for the Jake Paul fight

  15-11-2024 12:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mike Tyson showed off his incredible physique ahead of his fight with Jake Paul (AFP via Getty)Mike Tyson’s strength and conditioning coach has revealed the secrets behind the 58-year-old’s training plan for his fight with Jake Paul.The two-time world heavyweight champion showed off his incredible physique at Thursday night’s weigh-in and tipped the scales at 228.4 pounds, which is five pounds lighter than the weight he registered for his last professional fight – a defea
  
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• British student held in US for 'trying to smuggle t-shirts soaked in meth' in suitcase

  15-11-2024 12:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Myah Saakwa-Mante was stopped at LAX after her suitcase was flagged for 'anomalies' - and officers found 13 t-shirts 'caked with methamphetamine' hidden under the internal lining
  
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• Adele Roberts says bowel cancer symptom could be seen on I'm a Celeb

  15-11-2024 11:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adele Roberts spoke to GMB host Kate Garraway about her cancer diagnosis on Friday
  
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