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• Too Hot To Handle’s Francesca Farago had to warn her dad about her x-rated antics before show launch

  21-04-2020 08:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Francesca had to warn her dad about her getting x-rated on camera (Picture: Instagram/Netflix)Too Hot To Handle’s Francesca Farago was absolutely iconic on the Netflix dating show, proving to be too much to resist for the sex-starved stars.
  Throwing her care for the $100,000 (£80,609) prize pot out the window within the space of a few hours, Francesca embraced having fun and, in particular, got close to Harry Jowsey.
  But back at home, Francesca knew that there were certain things her
  
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• Strong winds warning as Christmas getaway continues

  21-12-2024 10:10 via bbc.com
  
  Disruption is expected on the roads, with Met Office yellow warnings announced for parts of the UK.
  
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• The world needs a good Superman video game ASAP – Reader’s Feature

  21-12-2024 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Superman has never been done justice in video games (Warner Bros.)Enthused by the new movie trailer, a reader hopes for a Superman video game that can use the character and his villains to their full potential.As a big fan of DC Comics I was overjoyed to see the new Superman teaser trailer this week. Not only was it really good but it seems to have been very popular, with lots of views that suggest the film will be a big hit. This pleases me, as people have been saying for years that an optimis
  
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• The grave of Emmerdale legend is dug up – with the body missing

  21-12-2024 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 PageThere won’t be a dry eye in the Emmerdale-watching land at Christmas, as Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) gets a joyous reunion with a dear friend she thought she would never see again.  Back in August, Belle’s abusive husband Tom King (James Chase) carried out one of his most sick and cruel acts, when he pretended that Belle’s dog
  
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• Music was about to die – then these pop girlies saved it

  21-12-2024 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan saved music in 2024 (Picture: Getty Images)Before Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX came along in 2024 music was dying – literally. Then they, alongside Taylor Swift, saved it.
  Pre-2024 the music world was obsessed with older, established acts from the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s – and these golden oldies turned up in their droves to fill this demand.The Rolling Stones released their 24th studio album in 2023, Hackney Diamonds
  
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• Map shows the best and worst places to be trans in Europe and Central Asia

  21-12-2024 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Out of 54 countries, Iceland ranked the highest (Picture: Getty Images)Trans rights are becoming increasingly ‘polarised’ in Europe and Central Asia, a map has shown.Campaign group TGEU’s annual Trans Rights Map ranks the legal situation for trans people in 54 countries.One of the best places to be openly trans in 2024 is Iceland, which scored 30 out of 32, up from 26 last year.Russia – where among the anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the books is a ‘gay propaganda’ polic
  
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• Carla Connor announces her love for Lisa Swain in Coronation Street – and gets a humiliating response

  21-12-2024 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Carla announces her relationship with Lisa (Picture: ITV)Carla Connor (Alison King) and Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) are totally smitten with each other after making their relationship official in Coronation Street – though unfortunately not everyone is as positive about it as they are.In recent scenes, the couple overcame their first official lover’s tiff after Lisa let her jealousy get the better of her during one of Carla’s meetings.When Lisa threatened to arrest the flirty cli
  
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• Northern Lights could return to UK in ‘once in a decade’ event

  21-12-2024 09:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  A spectacular show of colour fills the night skies as the Northern Lights aurora borealis wow spectators in Alnmouth, Northumberland (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)A ‘once in a decade’ solar event take place over the next few months – and it means you’ll get even more chances to see the Northern Lights.The neon spaghetti strings of green, red and blue have become an increasingly common occurrence in, of all places, people’s back gardens in London this year
  
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• Rev Richard Coles learning about spy brother through public inquiry into scandal

  21-12-2024 09:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageI’m A Celebrity star Reverend Richard Coles has opened up about his ‘spy brother’ just days after an inquiry into his sexual history with a teenager.The 62-year-old media personality, who has just returned from the Australian jungle where he landed third place, revealed the eyebrow-raising family link during his appearance on The Last Leg.Whe
  
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• I'm a phone expert... here are seven ways to protect yourself from an abusive partner who may be spying on you

  21-12-2024 09:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alessia Bianco heads up the Everyone's Business team at the crisis support charity Hestia. She and her team work with employers to support victims of domestic abuse.
  
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• Moment couple's romantic Christmas proposal video was ruined by VERY unwelcome visitor

  21-12-2024 09:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the moment that a couple's seemingly romantic Christmas proposal video was ruined by a gruesome detail occurring in just a split second in New York City.
  
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• Magdeburg Christmas market attack: All we know about carnage with at least two dead

  21-12-2024 09:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A suspect identified as a Saudi exile working as a psychotherapist close to the city of Magdeburg, drove his car into revellers, killing two people, including a child
  
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• Darts player hoping to be a cut above the rest against millionaire Luke Littler reveals return to hairdressing for two days before the big clash - but jokes he'd double prices if The Nuke wanted a trim

  21-12-2024 09:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  All eyes at London's Alexandra Palace this weekend will be on the PDC World Championship clash between Ryan Meikle, 28, and 17-year-old Luke Littler.
  
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• The chilling reason evil mother gave for hiding 'emaciated' boy, 3, in urine-soaked conservatory with lizard and rabbit with only pet food to eat

  21-12-2024 09:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A horrified judge jailed the child's mother and father for three years for neglecting the three-year-old so badly a doctor said he looked like he'd been kept in a 'concentration camp'.
  
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• I'm a flight attendant... here is my biggest bug bear committed by travellers on long haul flights

  21-12-2024 09:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Skye Taylor, 49, from Southampton, spent 17 years working as a stewardess, starting out at low-cost airlines to eventuallyand land a job at Virgin Atlantic.
  
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• Gabriel Jesus reveals the one question he will never ask Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta

  21-12-2024 09:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gabriel Jesus scored a hat-trick in Arsenal’s 3-2 win over Crystal Palace in midweekMikel Arteta faces a major selection headache ahead of Arsenal’s Premier League clash against Crystal Palace this afternoon following the return to form of Gabriel Jesus.The Brazil international has endured a difficult 12 months during which injuries and a loss of confidence had seen him fall down his manager’s pecking order.
  Kai Havertz, originally signed as an attacking midfielder, has been A
  
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• Revealed: Tyson Fury's uncle Peter tried to trick police with fake arms dump plot involving secret stash of Mac-10 machine guns and rocket launchers, legal sources disclose

  21-12-2024 09:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Proud uncle Peter Fury was Tyson's trainer and stayed by his side as he rose to claim the heavyweight crown - which he is doing battle for in Riyadh.
  
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• Parents blast 'pathetically over priced' Christmas grotto visited by Helen Flanagan and Love Island stars giving kids a 'quick 15 minutes' for £25 each

  21-12-2024 09:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Parents have been left furious after taking their children to a 'rip-off' Christmas grotto endorsed by celebrities including Coronation Street's Helen Flanagan and Love Island's Hannah Elizabeth.
  
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• Christmas traffic chaos expected with millions hitting roads amid 80mph winds

  21-12-2024 09:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Millions are fitting in last minute pre-Christmas trips this weekend (Picture: Grant Falvey/LNP)Times is running out to squeeze in Christmas shopping, driving roughly 23,000,000 people to the roads across Britain today.One of the busiest days of the Christmas period lands just as 80mph winds batter parts of the UK.Winds could disrupt rail and bus services in parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England where the Met Office has issued yellow wind warnings.They are expected t
  
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• 90s Hollywood legend, 75, reveals why he stepped back from fame

  21-12-2024 09:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Richard Gere revealed why he chose to step back from fame (Picture: NBC)Richard Gere has reflected on his huge career in Hollywood, sharing that he chose to step back at a peak of his career – because he hated the attention.The 75-year-old has been a staple of our screens for decades, thanks to roles in legendary films Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, American Gigolo, Days of Heaven and Primal Fear.He is currently leading a star-studded cast in the Agency, a new Paramount+ TV series also star
  
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• Woman who keeps HUNDREDS of pigeons and seagulls in her home is at war with neighbours who say she has made their lives a 'nightmare'

  21-12-2024 09:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Mooney has rehabilitated and released over 1,000 birds from her modest home in Liverpool over the past six years but locals say she is made their lives a 'nightmare'
  
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• These last minute drinks are available with next day delivery and arrive in time for Christmas

  21-12-2024 09:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you still need to stock up on drinks for your Christmas Day celebrations, here’s where to order last minute alcohol that will still be delivered in time for Christmas
  
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• Swedish rapper Gaboro ‘shot dead in car park’

  21-12-2024 09:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Swedish rapper Gaboro has ‘been killed after being shot in a car park’ (Picture: gaboro.1/ Instagram)Swedish rapper Gaboro has reportedly been shot dead according to local media reports.On Friday police confirmed a man had been shot and killed in a multi-storey car park in the city of Norrköping, south-west of StockholmSoon after a video that appeared to show the hip hop star being killed started spreading online.In the footage, which appears to have been filmed with a camera w
  
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• Magdeburg Christmas market attack: Moment suspect 'Taleb A' stares at armed cops after carnage

  21-12-2024 09:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At least two people, a toddler and an adult, were killed when a car was purposefully driven into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, as the suspect was named locally
  
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• Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk 2: UK fight time, undercard and how to watch on TV

  21-12-2024 09:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Usyk and Fury will face off for the second time this weekend (Picture: Getty)Tyson Fury will look to enact his revenge on Oleksandr Usyk when the pair square off in a huge heavyweight rematch in Saudi Arabia tonight.Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight champion in nearly a quarter of a century after his narrow split-decision win against Fury seven months ago.The defeat marked the first professional loss of the Gypsy King’s career but he now has the chance to avenge that loss back
  
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• England 1966 World Cup squad member Eastham dies at 88

  21-12-2024 09:06 via bbc.com
  
  George Eastham, a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad, dies aged 88.
  
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• X Factor killed the Christmas Number One — but there’s still hope

  21-12-2024 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  A decade of X Factor finalists slowly suffocated the Christmas Number One (Picture: Ken McKay/REX/Shutterstock)Does anyone still care about the Christmas Number One? Be honest. Does it matter to you who is at the top of the charts on December 25?Long gone are the epic battles of Slade vs Wizzard, Wham! Vs Band Aid, or even East 17 vs Mariah Carey (with the former shockingly winning).Official Charts formed in the 50s but Christmas Number Ones really kicked off in 1973 when Slade’s Merry Xm
  
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• What I Own: Our £320,000 Leeds cottage has a countryside feel, but it’s 15 minutes from the city

  21-12-2024 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  This week, we’re in Leeds, West Yorkshire (Picture: Andrew McCaren)Welcome back to What I Own – Metro’s property series where we speak to homeowners about getting on the ladder.This week, we’re up in Leeds in God’s Own County, West Yorkshire, where 28-year-old Sophie Marshall Clark and her fiancé Ben bought their dream cottage last year.They previously lived in a flat just around the corner and realised that with their combined savings, t
  
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• The secret to TV’s most terrifying villain – Wallace and Gromit’s Feathers McGraw

  21-12-2024 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Feathers McGraw is back in Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Picture: Aardman Animations)This Christmas, one of TV’s most feared villains returns to the small screen.For a generation, an innocent looking penguin is the embodiment of pure evil, and Feathers McGraw is back in Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.The sinister bird – who first appeared in 1993’s The Wrong Trousers – plays a big role in the feature film airing on Christmas Day, and creator Nick Park
  
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• Ten health risks to watch out for this Christmas - from overeating to electric shock

  21-12-2024 09:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Staying safe this festive season is harder than you might think, with everything from decorating injuries to colds to watch out for. Here are ten of the top health risks to watch out for
  
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