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• This is officially the best TV show of 2024 according to Rotten Tomatoes

  26-12-2024 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageIt has been quite the year for TV, from Netflix hits like Baby Reindeer and One Day, to reality TV moments that have left viewers sobbing.Strictly Come Dancing made history earlier this month, I’m A Celebrity delivered the most wholesome season yet, and we still can’t forget about The Traitors final.In the last few days alone, Outnumbered and Gavin
  
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• Youngsters ditch their families at Christmas for a boozy night out on the town in annual festive fancy dress Boxing Day bash

  27-12-2024 00:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wigan town centre was overflowing with revellers wearing their best gear to the nightclubs and bars along King Street in mild temperatures for this time of year.
  
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• Russia tried to make Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in the sea by refusing permission to land after missile attack, then jamming its navigation to force hero pilot over water before crash killed 38

  27-12-2024 00:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Russian surface-to-air missile struck the flight on Christmas Day, causing the airliner to crash in Kazakhstan - a tragedy which claimed the lives of 38 people.
  
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• Size of state on track to hit New Labour levels: Civil Service now employs more than 5,000 workers

  27-12-2024 00:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are now 513,000 full-time civil servants, up 121,000 on 2015 levels.
  
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• Union accused of woke 'language policing' after banning pharmacists from referring to patients who faint as suffering from 'blackouts'

  27-12-2024 00:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In what critics are calling woke 'language policing', a union has given staff a list of terms to avoid due to their 'racial undertones'.
  
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• John and Yvonne look the very picture of a happy loving couple. But now he's been charged with murdering the mother of three on Boxing Day at Langwarrin in Melbourne

  27-12-2024 00:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They looked the picture of a perfect marriage, now one is at the morgue and the other faces life behind bars. 
  
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• FBI was not allowed to brief President Joe Biden on evidence that suggested Covid-19 was caused by a lab leak, ex-scientist for US intelligence agency claims

  27-12-2024 00:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FBI was not allowed to brief the US President on evidence that suggested Covid-19 was caused by a lab leak, it was claimed last night.
  
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• Britain's oldest barrister turns 90: How grandfather-of-nine is still putting away knife attackers and drug runners

  27-12-2024 00:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a successful career spanning several decades, most barristers would rightly be looking ahead to a comfortable retirement.
  
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• From pagans to pansexuals... how civil servants are being encouraged to mark an array of 'woke weeks' at work

  27-12-2024 00:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Civil servants are being encouraged to mark a baffling array of 'woke weeks' at work.
  
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• Mum's 'innocuous winter cold' left her hospitalised on Christmas - weeks later she lost her legs

  26-12-2024 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Beth Bugden is raising awareness of sepsis after what she thought was an "innocuous" seasonal illness left her comatose and requiring more than a year's worth of treatment
  
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• 'Why am I dreaming about a past crush when I'm happy in my marriage?'

  26-12-2024 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Mirror reader asks agony Aunt Coleen for advice on 'the one who got away' because recently she's been dreaming about the much younger guy she worked alongside a few years ago despite her perfect life
  
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• Israeli drone strike kills 5 journalists in Gaza sparking global outrage

  26-12-2024 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An Israeli drone strike killed five journalists outside a Gaza hospital, drawing condemnation from media groups and raising concerns over attacks on press freedoms during the ongoing conflict
  
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• Three shot and one stabbed at airport on chaotic travel day

  26-12-2024 23:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Phoenix police arrest a man on Christmas Day who allegedly arrived at Sky Harbor International Airport with numerous guns after he received a text falsely reporting an active shooter at the airport (Picture: Imagn Images)A physical fight that broke out at an airport in Phoenix turned violent as one person pulled out a gun and three were shot and one stabbed.Cops responded to reports of a shooting at a restaurant at Terminal 4 of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport around 9.45pm on Wednesda
  
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• Sydney to Hobart yacht race tragedy: Grisly way two men were killed on Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline

  26-12-2024 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incident aboard Flying Fish Arctos occurred around 30nm east-south esat of Ulladulla on the NSW south coast.
  
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• This simple bin mistake could cost you £400 if you aren’t careful

  26-12-2024 23:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  People are being warned not to fall foul of the rules over the festive period (Picture: Getty Images)A simple error with your bins this Christmas could land you with £400 fine.
  Blocking the pavement by leaving your bin out on the street on non-collection days will land you with a fine.Under Section 46A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, councils can issue fines of up to £400 for the offence.And as we head through the Christmas period into New Year when collection times often
  
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• Aussie kickboxer Jayson Tonkin sneaks back into Australia after horror drug overdose kills Muay Thai fighter Joshua Goldstone in Pattaya hotel

  26-12-2024 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aussie kickboxer Jayson Tonkin has quietly returned home after a nightmare trip in which he watched he watched a young boxing buddy die in front of him near a stash of drugs in their Thai hotel.
  
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• Michael Owen says struggling Manchester United star ‘has been given a poisoned chalice’

  26-12-2024 23:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rasmus Hojlund struggled to make an impact in Manchester United’s 2-0 defeat to Wolves (Getty)Michael Owen says he feels ‘so sorry’ for Rasmus Hojlund and believes the Manchester United striker is ‘playing in the hardest position in the Premier League’.Ruben Amorim’s side were dealt another blow on Boxing Day as they were beaten 2-0 by Wolves at Molineux.The defeat leaves United 14th in the Premier League table and just eight points ahead of 18th-placed Leice
  
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• Outnumbered fans switch off ‘depressing’ Christmas special as creators defend storyline choice

  26-12-2024 23:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Outnumbered clan have reunited for one episode (Picture: BBC/Hat Trick Productions/Adam Lawrence)The Outnumbered clan got back together for a Christmas reunion episode, but viewers felt a little underwhelmed by the choice of plot.In the festive special of the beloved BBC sitcom, fans got to see the Brockman family at a different stage of their lives.When the series first began airing in 2007, Sue (Claire Skinner) and Pete (Hugh Dennis) were busying themselves raising their three young child
  
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• Applebee's reveals eye-watering price of New Year's Eve ball-drop tickets

  26-12-2024 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Guests of the chain restaurant willing to spend a princely sum will have the pleasure of celebratingat its on 42nd Streetlocation in Times Square.
  
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• Is Rachel Reeves coming for another tax raid? Fears Chancellor could break another pledge by trying to raise further cash to boost sluggish economy

  26-12-2024 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rachel Reeves could be forced to raise further cash through higher taxes amid a sluggish economy, which would break her pledge.
  
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• Fury over 'tax on the sick' as shock figures reveal hospitals have raked in more than £1BILLION in car park fees from patients, visitors and staff, over six years

  26-12-2024 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In what has been branded a 'tax on the sick', NHS trusts have made an average of £665,000 in parking charges every day of the past year,.
  
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• Judge tells court to respect pronouns of rapist who now wants to be known as a woman

  26-12-2024 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Madera County Judge Katherine Rigby ruled last week that prosecutors must refer to transgender prisoner Tremaine Carroll, 52, by female pronouns.
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer is accused of smothering Britain in red tape after Labour set up new quango every week since election victory

  26-12-2024 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer was last night accused of smothering Britain in red tape after it emerged Labour has set up a new quango every week since taking power.
  
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• Grim discovery on ritzy California beach sparks panic among rich locals

  26-12-2024 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A beach-goer was on an early Christmas Day stroll along Bluff Cove Trail when they stumbled upon the find atop the rocks of the Palos Verdes Estates' shoreline.
  
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• Ivy Leagues tell foreign students to rush back from winter break before Trump can deport them

  26-12-2024 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Top institutions have made recommendations for international pupils in light of Trump's pledges to instate more hardline immigration policies on his return to the White House on January 20.
  
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• Bombshell twist in death of AI whistleblower found dead by 'suicide' after speaking out

  26-12-2024 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mother of the AI whistleblower found dead of an apparent suicide just weeks after speaking out revealed that her son 'felt AI is a harm to humanity.'
  
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• Urgent health warning as bacteria that causes Bali Belly symptoms is detected in major river just days before families gather for New Year's Eve

  26-12-2024 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tens of thousands of Aussies who gather at the edge of the Torrens River in Adelaide's CBD to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks may risk being infected by dangerous bacteria this year.
  
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• Former Royal Marine proposes to girlfriend at Boxing Day swim

  26-12-2024 23:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Luckily for Philip, Victoria responded with a resounding yes (Picture: Gareth Davies Photography/PA Wire)A former Royal Marine made his Boxing Day swim more memorable by asking his girlfriend to marry him.As hundreds of bathers dashed for the water in Tenby, Philip Frith, 34, got down on one knee and asked Victoria Tansey to marry him.Luckily for Philip, the 37-year-old responded with an ecstatic yes.The carefully planned proposal also saw the couple’s special song, Ocean Eyes by Billie E
  
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• The 1969 scandal that would leave the Call the Midwife nuns blushing: How this year's Christmas special is set the same year narrator Dame Vanessa Redgrave stirred up a media frenzy by having a baby with her Italian film lover out of wedlock

  26-12-2024 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There were passing references to the Apollo 11 moon landings in July that year, and to the Blue Peter appeal which asked for scrap metal donations from old toy cars.
  
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• The reason why part of the UK hasn’t celebrated Christmas yet

  26-12-2024 22:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Foula is one of the most isolated islands in the UK (Picture: Getty)As most of the UK is cleaning up wrapping paper and decorating for their New Year’s Eve celebrations, a small island won’t celebrate the holidays for a while longer.Foula, an island in Shetland, is Britain’s most remote island. They celebrate Christmas and New Year according to the old Julian calendar.
  That means residents won’t celebrate Christmas until January 6, and the New Year will be on January 12.
  
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