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• Vacant stares of heartless parents who 'abandoned newborn in car seat on freezing Colorado road'

  26-12-2024 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christina Thurman, 33, and Jarvis Sims, 42, were detained by cops after the infant was discovered in a car seat near a median in northern Denver.
  
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• What a dog's dinner! Hilarious moment golden retriever steals family's Christmas turkey before woman chases him through field in futile bid to get it back

  27-12-2024 12:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage was filmed on Christman Eve in Armagh, Northern Ireland, when the woman in the video was dropping off presents at her friend's house.
  
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• Man, 30, is charged with four attempted murders after four pedestrians were hit by car in Shaftesbury Avenue on Christmas Day

  27-12-2024 12:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthony Gilheaney, 30, has been charged with four counts of attempted murder after four pedestrians were hit by a car in London's West End on Christmas Day, the Metropolitan Police said.
  
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• Is Eleanor Ekserdjian Britain's newest royal? As Princess Margaret's heartthrob grandson sparks engagement rumours, how he met his stunning muse while studying at University

  27-12-2024 12:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samuel Chatto, 28, has since 2021 been seeing fellow Edinburgh University graduate Eleanor Ekserdjian, who is an accomplished painter.
  
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• 'Lovely' retired teacher, 72, is killed when Boxing Day fire rips through her home as emergency services probe how it started

  27-12-2024 12:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A retired teacher was tragically killed in a Boxing Day morning fire which ripped through her Norwich home. Neighbours have since described her as a 'lovely person'.
  
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• Taken or single, it’s never too late to reinvent your sex life

  27-12-2024 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  As we grow older, most of us inevitably settle into our sex lives (Picture: Rachel Adams 2023)Standing in a dark sex shop, I try not to laugh out loud at some of the truly strange contraptions hanging on the wall.My boyfriend, who is inspecting a humongous dildo on the other side of the room, looks equally perplexed.We are here with one mission: To find a sex toy to use together, which is something we’ve never done before.Our sex life is already pretty good but it’s become a bit rou
  
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• Teenager who was sacked after wearing trainers to work wins £30,000 payout for 'victimisation'

  27-12-2024 11:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Teenage employment adviser Elizabeth Benassi successfully sued her former employer Maximus UK Services after she was 'treated like a child' for wearing trainers into work.
  
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• Finland's brutal response to Russia after their special forces seized Russian shadow fleet tanker that sabotaged undersea power line

  27-12-2024 11:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Finland has shared a brutal response with Russia, after special forces seized a shadow fleet tanker believed to have carried out an attack on a set of cables in the Baltic Sea. 
  
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• Martin Roberts has ‘no idea how long he’s got left’ after health scare

  27-12-2024 11:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  TV host Martin Roberts has shared his worries for his future after his near-death experience (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)TV presenter Martin Roberts has revealed he doesn’t know ‘how much time’ he’s ‘got left’, after being ‘two or three hours’ from death.The Homes Under the Hammer host, 61, was rushed to hospital for an emergency operation in April 2022 after building up too much fluid in the sac around his heart, also known as a pericard
  
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• Full list of most popular places Londoners are leaving the capital for

  27-12-2024 11:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Is it time for you to leave the capital? (Credits: Getty Images)Thinking of leaving the busy and overcrowded capital? Here, Metro takes a look at the most popular destinations London leavers are flocking to.
  Following COVID and the ever-more prevalent cost-of-living crisis, fewer and fewer Londoners are choosing to leave the city.In fact, rates of London outmigration reached their lowest level in the previous decade this year.Just 5.7% of homes bought outside the capital were purchased by Londo
  
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• Nationwide issues important update on £175 payment for customers

  27-12-2024 11:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  You could earn some free cash by switching (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images)Nationwide has issued an important update over free £175 payments arriving in bank accounts over the Christmas period.The UK’s biggest building society is offering the cash payments to new customers who switch to them during the festive season.But Nationwide has now warned that the switching offer is only available ‘for a limited time’.A spokesman added: ‘We don’t have an end date
  
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• Generous Centrelink boost for university students, new gas charges and bans on plastic straws and spoons: All the changes coming for Aussies on January 1

  27-12-2024 11:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australia's youngest welfare recipients are getting a generous welfare boost while plastic straws attached to juice poppers will be banned under new changes coming into effect on January 1.
  
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• Man draws map for 'north-south divide' in England - and it's 'most accurate' Brits have seen

  27-12-2024 11:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Not many people can agree where the south stops and north begins in England, but many people agree that online content creator Alex has come very close to nailing it
  
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• Mel C and model boyfriend show major sign of commitment on loved-up Christmas stroll

  27-12-2024 11:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Melanie C and her boyfriend looked smitted on their Christmassy stroll (Picture: Nash/Backgrid)After confirming their romance earlier this year, Melanie C and her model boyfriend are still going strong.The Spice Girls icon, 50, and Chris Dingwall, who is believed to be in his forties, looked super loved up as they headed out for a Christmas Day stroll.Mel, aka Sporty Spice, and her Australian partner debuted their relationship at Glastonbury Festival in June.
  It now appears they’ve taken
  
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• Easy way to make your radiators heat up faster as UK snowstorm forecast

  27-12-2024 11:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With more cold weather and snow on the way, it's a good chance to make sure your radiators are working as efficiently as possible to help keep you warm over the frosty spell
  
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• 'I collapsed at the wheel and woke up three weeks later having missed Christmas'

  27-12-2024 11:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shelly Gill collapsed without warning in the driver's seat. Her devastated family was told she would die or suffer severe brain damage but she has fought a courageous battle
  
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• Cheapest house in the UK's most affordable area is up for sale - for just £50,000

  27-12-2024 11:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The quiet town of Shildon, located just outside the North-East city of Durham, has been crowned the most affordable place to buy in Britain - and this property is an absolute steal
  
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• Gavin and Stacey fans spot hilarious continuity error during Mick's touching stag night tribute to Smithy

  27-12-2024 11:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The moving scene showed an emotional Mick describing Smithy as a second son to himself and wife Pam, after they struggled to conceive another child.
  
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• Unique town where every resident lives in the same building

  27-12-2024 11:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In Whittier, Alaska, the vast majority of the town's population live within the Begich Towers Condominium which also has its own post office, police station and grocery store
  
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• Princess Beatrice's Christmas coat has a special message behind it

  27-12-2024 11:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Princess Beatrice was among the members of the Royal Family who attended the Christmas Day church service at Sandringham - and her choice of coat held a special meaning
  
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• Judge rules against Jay-Z in blistering response after claim he raped girl aged 13

  27-12-2024 11:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jay-Z’s lawyer received a scolding from the New York judge presiding over the rape case (Picture: Getty Images)The judge presiding over Jay-Z’s alleged rape case has ruled against his lawyer’s major request in a scathing letter. Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, is accused of raping a girl aged 13 at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in 2000. In a lawsuit filed by attorney Tony Buzbee, the accuser – now in her 30s – alleges that she was raped by both Jay-Z an
  
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• Time to ditch the Le Creuset? Oxford University researcher's new cast iron pan with jet engine fins for faster cooking really IS rocket science!

  27-12-2024 11:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pan, produced by FireUp, features fins around its outside inspired by heat transfer methods used in jet engines and rockets.
  
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• Tottenham make Marcus Rashford transfer decision with Man Utd outcast tipped for loan exit

  27-12-2024 11:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marcus Rashford has spent his entire career at Manchester United (Photo: Getty)Tottenham’s stance on signing Marcus Rashford has been revealed, with the forward tipped to leave Manchester United on loan in January.Rashford’s days at Old Trafford appear to be numbered having seemingly been exiled from the first-team by Ruben Amorim.Though he started brightly under the new United head coach, scoring three goals in his first two Premier League games, the England international has been
  
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• 'My husband refused to speak to our child on Christmas Day for the pettiest reason'

  27-12-2024 11:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One father's Christmas Day antics left others confused, with some branding him as 'pathetic' for the petty reason he chose to ignore his daughter on December 25
  
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• Sales mayhem as thousands queue to snap up Boxing Day bargains at Bicester Village - and Westfield is rammed too

  27-12-2024 11:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Frenzied scenes erupted across Bicester Village, in Oxfordshire, as hordes of shoppers joined huge queues to snap up some of the site's biggest discounts ever.
  
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• Pictures of the year - Mirror snappers pick their favourite snaps of 2024

  27-12-2024 11:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As usual, the Daily Mirror's photographers were always at the scene of the biggest news, showbiz and sports events this year. Here, each one shares their most memorable shot of 2024
  
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• Female prison officer is suspended 'over sex tape videoed with burly, tattooed inmate in cell' at jail where another guard fell pregnant by armed robber and phones, drugs and alcohol are easily available

  27-12-2024 11:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A female prison officer, 19, has been suspended after allegedly being filmed having sex with a 'burly, tattooed' inmate in HMP Five Wells last week. (Pictured: another prison guard Rachel Stanton) 
  
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• 'My brother is naming his daughter after a body part – it's wrong and cruel'

  27-12-2024 11:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman has taken to social media to share the 'cruel' name he is giving to his daughter so she stands out in the classroom and workplace – and he refuses to budge on the idea
  
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• Boxing Day celebrations near one of Victoria's most popular holiday spots descends into wild brawl leaving two men in hospital

  27-12-2024 11:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two men are in hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a fight began on Point Nepean Road in the heart of Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula at 2am on Friday.
  
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• Owner of Britain's longest-surviving video rental shop says business is booming - and reveals which film has been rented by customers 2,000 times

  27-12-2024 11:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite the meteoric rise of online streaming platforms, Britain's longest-running video rental store is still managing to turn a profit after four decades in business.
  
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