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• Usain Bolt makes wildly optimistic claim after Manchester United’s draw at Liverpool

  06-01-2025 16:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Usain Bolt was very impressed with Manchester United on Sunday (Picture: Getty Images)Manchester United fan Usain Bolt reckons they showed enough in the draw at Liverpool on Sunday to convince him they can still win the Premier League.Liverpool were expected to sweep aside the Red Devils at Anfield as they went into the game in fine form while Ruben Amorim’s side were struggling badly.However, things did not go as many expected, with United taking the lead through Lisandro Martinez, then
  
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• Pacific Palisades locals describe catastrophic fire as they escape with designer suitcases: 'Like a disaster movie'

  08-01-2025 01:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nina and her daughter, who live in the Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, were lucky to drive out with the clothes on their backs and their two small dogs Aspen and Buster.
  
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• Speeding driver who killed a couple on holiday in a horror head-on crash is jailed

  08-01-2025 01:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A speeding driver who killed a couple on holiday in a horror head-on smash has been jailed for seven and a half years.
  
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• Man dies on Eastwood worksite in horrific way

  08-01-2025 01:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man has died after a horrific workplace accident.
  
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• Elon Musk biographer makes astonishing claim about billionaire's health: 'It has enormous consequences'

  08-01-2025 01:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A liberal journalist who has written a biography of Elon Musk claims the DOGE co-chair is 'going mad' in a way that will have 'enormous consequences' for the United States.
  
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• Mum-of-two discovers $45,000 in forgotten account - and a lot of Aussies have made the same mistake

  08-01-2025 01:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Perth mum has revealed how she discovered $45,000 sitting in a forgotten account - and she's not alone.
  
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• Morning coffee drinkers ‘less likely to die early’ compared to all-day coffee drinkers, study shows

  08-01-2025 01:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A decade-long study tracking 40,000 people in the US appears to suggest that the time of day people drink coffee has an impact on their health and likelihood of dying from heart disease
  
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• LAURA TROTT: Labour's plan to overhaul academies will lead to the return of mediocracy in our schools

  08-01-2025 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  What is it about English pupils being the best in the West for reading, maths and science that makes Bridget Phillipson want to tear up the status quo that's served pupils so well in recent years?
  
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• Keir Starmer is accused of 'total moral cowardice' after refusing to back Kemi Badenoch's call for a Commons vote TODAY on whether to hold a public inquiry into grooming gangs scandal

  08-01-2025 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Tory leader will step up pressure for an inquiry by tabling an amendment which would force the government to act.
  
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• What’s my horoscope for today? January 8, 2025 astrological predictions for your star sign

  08-01-2025 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  What’s in store for you today? (Picture: Metro.co.uk)Today’s stars call for determination and a little faith in ourselves.
  Capricorn, your ambitious idea might look tricky, but don’t let early doubts knock you off course -you have to keep going. Aquarius, something unfinished might weigh on your mind, but dealing with it is the key to moving forward.
  Pisces, you’ve got plenty going on, but don’t let anyone undermine what you’re aiming for. You can’t sto
  
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• State schools' crisis as alarm raised over funding - 'death by a thousand cuts'

  08-01-2025 01:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  School costs could rise by around 3.6% over the next year in England yet mainstream school funding per pupil will grow by 2.8% in cash terms, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said
  
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• Oasis’s Noel Gallagher joins supergroup led by Ringo Starr’s son and ‘British Bob Dylan’

  08-01-2025 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Noel Gallagher has joined a new Supergroup led by Ringo Starr’s son (Picture: Redferns)Oasis’s Noel Gallagher has joined Mantra Of the Cosmos, a supergroup led by Sir Ringo Starr’s son, as they drop a psychedelic new single.The Oasis frontman and The Beatles legend’s son, drummer Zak Starkey, make up the band alongside Happy Monday’s vocalist Shaun Ryder, former Oasis guitarist Andy Bell and Happy Mondays’ Mark ‘Bez’ Berry on percussion.The song,
  
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• From James Bulger to Brianna Ghey – UK's most horrifying and heartbreaking child-killer cases

  08-01-2025 01:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Grainy footage showed missing James Bulger, two, being led from The Strand shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside, to his death by Robert Thompson and Jon Venables on February 12, 1993
  
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• Five must-watch TV shows depicting the world's most notorious serial killers

  08-01-2025 01:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From Jeffrey Dahmer to Ted Bundy, some of the world's most notorious killers have been captured on the silver screen - and our fascination to peek into humanity's darkest corners has led to a trove of true crime documentaries
  
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• Wildfire rips through upscale coastal community as 20,000 residents evacuate

  08-01-2025 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Pacific Palisades fire has charred more than 1,200 acres in less than a day in the upscale coastal California neighborhood (Pictures: AFP/Getty Images)A monstrous wildfire is raging through an upscale coastal California neighborhood and forced 20,000 residents to evacuate.
  The Pacific Palisades fire grew from 300 acres to more than 1,200 acres within about an hour and a half, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said mid-afternoon local time on Tuesday.Wind gusts of up
  
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• Newcastle star labelled ‘best in Europe’ after performance in win over Arsenal

  08-01-2025 00:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Newcastle triumphed over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg (Picture: Getty)Alexander Isak was declared ‘the best in Europe’ by teammate Anthony Gordon after his performance in Newcastle’s 2-0 win over Arsenal.Isak continued his fine run of goalscoring form when he fired past David Raya to give Eddie Howe’s side the lead in the first half.And Gordon added the Magpies’ second after the break to secure a huge result for Newcastle a put them firmly in con
  
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• Cancer study reveals ‘compelling evidence’ doing exercise can help tackle the disease

  08-01-2025 00:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine included 28,248 people and found exercising in the year before a diagnosis cut the odds of the disease progressing by up to 27%.
  
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• Thug, 19, who punched random woman unconscious on the street while she was on a night out and left her with a brain bleed avoids jail

  08-01-2025 00:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A teenage thug who left a 19-year-old woman with a bleed on the brain after he punched her unconscious on a night out in Nottingham has avoided jail.  
  
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• ‘I don’t even want to talk about that’ – Mikel Arteta shuts down question after Arsenal’s defeat to Newcastle

  08-01-2025 00:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal have it all to do ahead of the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at St James’ Park (Picture: Getty)Mikel Arteta knocked back the suggestion that Arsenal’s players could be struggling with fatigue after the side’s 2-0 defeat to Newcastle, saying he ‘didn’t even want to talk about that’ as a potential excuse.Alexander Isak got Newcastle off to a perfect start in the 37th minute of tonight’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg, hammering the ball into
  
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• Horror Los Angeles wildfires tear through city as thousands fleeing for lives trapped in gridlock

  08-01-2025 00:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People were pictured advancing the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, as a potentially “life-threatening, destructive” windstorm struck on Tuesday afternoon
  
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• Rock band Rush regret ‘letting fans down’ with short final tour

  08-01-2025 00:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rush members Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee opened up about Rush’s last tour in 2015 (Picture: NurPhoto via Getty Images)The surviving members of 1980s hitmaking-band Rush have revealed they regret their final tour being so short.The progressive rock group played their last gigs almost a decade ago, but now Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, both 71, say they feel they ‘really let down’ fans in the UK and Europe after not pushing harder to take the R40 Live gigs outside of North America.
  
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• Palisades fire trucks bulldoze cars abandoned by Los Angeles locals trying to evacuate inferno: Live updates

  08-01-2025 00:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAILYMAIL.COM LIVE BLOG: California 's ritziest neighborhoods are at risk as a fast-moving inferno sweeps the region.
  
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• Pacific Palisades inferno and dangerous winds force Biden to change his California plans last-minute

  08-01-2025 00:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biden flew to California for an event to mark his designation of two new national monuments that will protect lands from drilling, but had to cancel after dangerous wildfires spread.
  
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• California authorities issue 'imminent threat to life' warning as Palisades locals flee raging fire

  08-01-2025 00:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The California Department of Forest and Fire Protection warned residents Tuesday night there is an 'immediate threat' to their lives.
  
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• Labour is accused of committing 'education vandalism' over plan to overhaul academies which could see pay cuts for top performing teachers

  08-01-2025 00:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a move that critics said could abolish academies in 'all but name', the Government is proposing sweeping changes to restrict their independence.
  
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• Healthy boy, 9, collapses in front of his family and dies during Egypt holiday boat trip

  08-01-2025 00:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mattia Cossettini, nine, collapsed during a boat trip with his family in Marsa Alam, Egypt. He was later diagnosed with heatstroke and sent to his room, but his condition worsened
  
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• Map reveals just how cold it will be in the UK this week

  08-01-2025 00:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Temperatures will drop as low as -16°C this week, with more snow predicted (Picture: AFP / Metro)We’ve already had the coldest night of winter, but it’s set to get even colder in the UK.Much of the country has either been flooded or gridlocked by heavy snow in the last few days.Several airports have been forced to ground flights due to hazardous conditions, numerous cars have crashed on motorways, and railway lines have been flooded.Dozens of people have even been trapped at Bri
  
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• Sex tape prison guard Linda De Sousa Abreu sharing jail with Sara Sharif's stepmum and Lucy Letby

  08-01-2025 00:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Linda De Sousa Abreu, a prison guard who has been jailed for having sex with an inmate, is reportedly being held on a wing for notorious killers including Lucy Letby and Beinash Batool
  
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• Bombshell twist after Louisiana teacher was accused 'of sexting two schoolgirls'

  07-01-2025 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Authorities announced a shocking twist in the case of a Central Lafourche High School teacher who was accused of sexting two teenage students.
  
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• Sex tape prison officer who romped with convicted burglar TWICE is sharing jail wing with baby murderer Lucy Letby and Sara Sharif's killer stepmother

  07-01-2025 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Linda De Sousa Abreu, 31, was given a 15 month jail term having previously admitted misconduct after an X-rated clip in a jail cell at Wandsworth Prison went viral on social media.
  
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