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• Urgent warning over baby spoons sold on Amazon which could cause choking hazard

  23-12-2024 10:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s feared the spoons could be a choking hazard (Picture: Getty Images)Baby spoons sold by Aldi and Amazon are facing a product recall over fears they could be a choking hazard.The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is recalling Melii Baby Silicone Spoons amid reports that they could break apart while being used.This could pose a choking hazard to young babies eating with the utensil – although currently there are no reports of any injuries caused by the breakage.There have
  
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• Full list of Barclays bank stores that will close next year

  23-12-2024 14:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  More Barclays UK branches are closing (Picture: John Keeble/Getty Images)Barclays has announced it will axe several branches across UK towns.
  The banking giant is said to be closing at least seven branches in the UK after Christmas.Barclays – which recorded around £6.5 billion profits before tax last year – will close the first set of branches in January.
  It is part of a plan to close 99 sites in 2024 and 2025, according to BirminghamLive.Some towns could be at risk of losing
  
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• Man appears in court charged with stabbing teacher to death

  23-12-2024 14:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gemma was found dead after the incident last week (Picture: Met Police)A man accused of stabbing to death a teacher at house in south London has been remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey. Gemma Devonish, who worked as head of year at Rosebery School in Epsom, Surrey, in Nutfield Close, Carshalton, on Thursday. James Madden, 38, of Railton Road, Lambeth, appeared via video link at Croydon Magistrates charged with murder. Dressed in prison issue grey tracksuit he appeare
  
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• Not everyone experiences warmth at Christmas – so we open our doors

  23-12-2024 14:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Christmas and the holidays in particular are a really difficult time (Picture: Levi)‘My partner died 15 years ago, and this is the first time I’ve been able to open a Christmas cracker, since’It was Christmas 2023 and I was at the London LGBT Community Centre, at a Christmas Eve dinner. It was my second year working at the centre and I was talking to the wonderful folk who arrived for the evening.Tears welled up in my eyes as I listened to an older man open up to me. He told m
  
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• Full list of opening times for major UK shopping centres ahead of Christmas

  23-12-2024 14:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Westfield London will no doubt be busy today (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images)There’ll be plenty of shoppers braving the crowds and queues today and tomorrow as the last-minute Christmas shopping gets underway.From Westfield and Bluewater to Lakeside and the Metrocentre, major shopping centres up and down the UK will be seeing an influx of shoppers over the next couple of days.But there’s nothing worse than making the journey to a shopping centre only to realise after you&rsqu
  
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• Supermarket nightmare before Christmas! Ocado shoppers are left without essentials after delivery centre 'robot' malfunction and Morrisons customers rush out to buy food as online orders are cancelled

  23-12-2024 14:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scores of well-off Londoners left without key ingredients for their Christmas dinners due to a malfunction at the upmarket food retailer's £185million delivery centre.
  
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• Blake Lively and Justin Bladoni's feud in full from 'PR smears to lip biting and fat-shaming'

  23-12-2024 14:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Actress Blake Lively has accused her co-star Justin Baldoni and a lead producer on It Ends With Us of sexual harassment. Here, we take a closer look at the film set plagued with problems
  
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• The games Bukayo Saka could miss as Mikel Arteta reveals Arsenal star is out for ‘many weeks’

  23-12-2024 14:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bukayo Saka has sustained a serious hamstring injury (Photo: Getty)Mikel Arteta has revealed that Bukayo Saka is out for ‘many weeks’ with a hamstring injury in a major blow to Arsenal’s title hopes.Saka limped off during Arsenal’s 5-1 win at Crystal Palace last Saturday, with the winger seen leaving Selhurst Park on crutches.Speaking after the match, Arteta confirmed his talisman had suffered a ‘worrying’ hamstring injury but was unable to say how long he wo
  
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• Matt Gaetz ethics report finds he paid thousands for sex with multiple women, partied with drugs

  23-12-2024 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The House Ethics Committee's report into former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz found he paid over $90,000 for sex, including with a minor, handed out illicit drug 'party favors,' and more.
  
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• Liverpool star Ibrahima Konate aims dig at Arsenal fans after Tottenham win

  23-12-2024 14:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ibrahima Konate says Liverpool fans are ‘not like’ Arsenal supporters (Picture: Getty)Liverpool star Ibrahima Konate aimed a dig at Arsenal fans on social media after the Reds won 6-3 at Tottenham on Sunday.Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz both registered two goals while Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai also got on the scoresheet in a huge win.The result means Arne Slot’s Premier League leaders now have 39 points and a game in hand over title rivals Chelsea and Arsenal, w
  
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• Claudia Winkleman reveals her ‘secret messages’ with The Traitors star

  23-12-2024 14:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  Claudia Winkleman has revealed here secret contact with a Traitors co-star (Picture: Cody Burridge/BBC/Studio Lambert/PA Wire)The Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman has revealed her confidential communication with a co-star ahead of the BBC show’s return on New Year’s Day.The Strictly Come Dancing host, 52, has helmed the reality TV show since it premiered in the UK in 2022 and will be back for the much anticipated third season.Such has been Traitors’ success, a UK celebrity
  
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• 'We can bury anyone': How Blake Lively was swamped by criticism while alleged Justin Baldoni PR 'smear campaign' raged - as Hollywood backs actress in bitter It Ends With Us feud

  23-12-2024 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The LA-based actress, 37, faced multiple minor controversies since the start of filming It Ends With Us.
  
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• Mystery of headless man could finally be solved: Ex-Met cop reveals gang suspected of executing couple in 1989 were caught discussing cutting of head and arms of third victim

  23-12-2024 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Terry Gooderham, 39, and Maxine Arnold, 32, had been eating dinner at their flat in Walthamstow, North London, when they were kidnapped.
  
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• Majorca left in 'frantic panic' after Brits declare 'boycott' on restaurants

  23-12-2024 14:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brits are turning their back on bars and restaurants in Majorca while fewer people overall are heading to the Spanish holiday island from the UK, according to new data
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan explains how he helped out Judd Trump early in his career

  23-12-2024 14:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Judd Trump and Ronnie O’Sullivan have had plenty of battles on the baize (Picture: Getty Images)Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump practicing together over a decade ago taught Trump just how hard you need to work to reach the top of snooker, reckons the Rocket.A young Trump moved to Romford in 2010 to practice alongside a string of top players, including O’Sullivan, who had then won three of his seven world titles.There will have been some spectacular snooker played between the
  
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• Plane crashes into hill just moments after taking off from UK airport

  23-12-2024 14:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  A ‘light aircraft’ crashed (Picture: Fife jammer locations)A plane crashed just moments after take off from a Scottish airport this morning.The incident occurred at Fife Airport shortly before 12pm today.The plane, which had recently taken off, plummeted from the sky before crashing into a meadow.Police have locked down the field.It is currently unknown how many passengers were aboard the plane and the seriousness of their injuries.A rescue team is present at the scene (Picture: Fif
  
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• Labour's economic plans are 'putting women in danger': Rape and domestic abuse charities warn funding cuts and Budget tax rises will see services axed

  23-12-2024 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five leading organisations have written to the PMwarning that funding cuts and an increases to employers' National Insurance Contributions could result in them 'closing our doors'.
  
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• Martine McCutcheon set to make a loss on her £1.5M marital home as she sells up after Jack McManus ended their 18-year marriage

  23-12-2024 14:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former EastEnders star, 48, revealed in August that her husband Jack had left her after 18 years together - days after she wrote a heartfelt birthday tribute for him.
  
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• Your gran’s favourite hair trend is back thanks to Sabrina Carpenter – we tried it out

  23-12-2024 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sabrina Carpenter may be able to carry off ‘the set’ look, can we? (Picture: Lucy Young)Tom Smith is the hair whisperer. He predicts the future of cuts and colour in his seasonal trend reports, so when he declares that ‘the set’ is back, taking Sabrina Carpenter as the inspiration, Team Metro are desperate togive it a try as soon he can get us at the backwash.For many Gen-Xers like me, getting a ‘set’ is a throwback to our gran’s weekly visits to the ha
  
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• Prince George's Christmas list speaks volumes about his upbringing

  23-12-2024 14:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Royal Family are known for their love of tradition and Christmas is no exception. But when it comes to Christmas presents for members of the Royal Family, what do the people who have everything ask for?
  
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• 'My two-second tumble dry trick will save you money and get clothes dry in half the time'

  23-12-2024 14:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This life hack could help cut the time you are running your tumble dryer in half, which also means that you will make some much-needed savings during the cold winter months
  
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• Lily Phillips’ 4-word response shuts down claim she’s ‘destroying Western civilisation’

  23-12-2024 13:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lily Phillips (right) was accused by Natalie Winters (left) of destroying western civilisation through her sex work
  (Picture: @lilyphillip_s / @nataliegwinters)Controversial OnlyFans star Lily Phillips faced a grilling when was accused of ‘aiding the destruction of Western civilisation’.The claim was levelled at 23-year-old Lily – who is known for sleeping with 101 men in a single day – by conservative commenter, Natalie Winters, on War Room, the podcast she co-hosts wit
  
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• Brits baffled after Americans share biggest 'icks' about them - including popular dish

  23-12-2024 13:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Digital content creator Angelina Perello-Javar created a TikTok video asking people in New York, America what their British 'ick' is. They mostly commented on British food
  
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• 'I trawl Aldi for best wines - this £11 South African fizz is better than Champagne'

  23-12-2024 13:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wine expert Lucy Hitchcock is one of the new 'vinfluencers' searching supermarkets for the best booze bargains, like Aldi's cheaper alternative to Whispering Angel
  
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• Crew miraculously escape capsized cargo ship as giant containers plummet into the sea

  23-12-2024 13:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dramatic footage shows crew on board the cargo ship Amnah racing to get ashore with the the vessel tilting, and then it capsized with giant containers crashing into the water at an Istanbul port
  
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• How King Charles will break from tradition in his Christmas speech this year

  23-12-2024 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The King has broken tradition by recording this year's Christmas Day message at a church rather than on a royal estate.
  
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• Urgent Christmas cheese alert - FULL LIST of festive favourites recalled due to deadly listeria contamination

  23-12-2024 13:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Food safety authorities have warned customers that several cheeses need to be pulled from shelves or disposed of due to potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
  
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• Inside the British town swamped with 145 barbershops once branded 'worst place to live'

  23-12-2024 13:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Luton in Bedfordshire was named as the worst place to live in England in a viral online poll in 2023, beating the previous year's "winner" of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire
  
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• 'If woke was a breakfast': Football fan divides opinion after sharing snap of his unusual choice of fry up...would YOU eat it?

  23-12-2024 13:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Manchester United supporter posted on X, formerly Twitter, a snap of the meal before heading to their League Cup quarter-final away to Tottenham Hotspur.
  
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• Moment road rage driver 'terrifies' horse riders on country lane after 'spooking animals by speeding past' - before giving them the middle finger

  23-12-2024 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has been claimed that the driver failed to slow down upon seeing the three horses and instead whizzed past at 40mph.
  
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