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• Why Gavin Newsom's love for the Delta Smelt is being blamed for California's wildfires

  09-01-2025 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California Governor Gavin Newsom is being slammed for prioritizing environmental protections of the water supply, including safeguarding a tiny fish.
  
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• Weather maps show UK towns gripped by snow as temperatures plummet to bitter -20C overnight

  10-01-2025 06:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK is set for more ice and snow today with Met Office yellow warnings in place and temperatures may not rise above freezing throughout the day for parts of the country
  
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• ‘Biggest rail sale this country has ever seen’ launching with up to 50% off 2,000,000 tickets

  10-01-2025 06:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  You’ll have one week to snap up the fares (Pictures: Getty Images)If you’re planning on booking a UK train trip, you may want to hold off until January 14.That’s because the Department for Transport has announced a huge flash sale starting next with, with more than 2million tickets available for up to half price.Designed to encourage Brits to travel by rail, last year’s sale saved passengers around £5.8million in total and resulted in an extra 440,000 journeys take
  
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• Why this new 'speed trap' is bugging drivers - but it's not what you think

  10-01-2025 05:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A number of photos of 'speed traps' in the north of Australia's largest city had residents wary of 'revenue-raising', but the state's transport authority has quashed the rumours.
  
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• Chilling map shows the breathtaking extent of the devastation behind the Los Angeles blaze - and how it would burn across the very heart of Sydney

  10-01-2025 05:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A chilling new map has laid bare the sheer scale of the raging fires currently burning through the heart of Los Angeles.
  
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• Kenneth Fire in West Hollywood Hills investigated as arson as one person arrested

  10-01-2025 05:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As devastating wildfires continue to crop Los Angeles, an individual has been arrested in connection with the Kenneth Fire in West Hollywood Hills, which is under investigation for arson
  
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• Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron meet for dinner at Chequers - but did they just moan about Elon Musk?

  10-01-2025 05:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk's controversial tweets were likely to feature at last night's private dinner between Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron.
  
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• Gina Rinehart's incredible act for Donald Trump is revealed and why she wants Australia to 'watch and learn'

  10-01-2025 05:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gina Rinehart has taken out a full page ad in Donald Trump's favourite newspaper to congratulate the President-elect.
  
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• Qantas flight forced to make emergency landing after mid-flight crisis: 'Nobody was speaking'

  10-01-2025 05:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A technical issue has forced a Qantas plane to make a dramatic emergency landing in Western Australia. 
  
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• British woman reveals long list of things she does not like about Australia after moving Down Under - but admits there are lots of positives

  10-01-2025 05:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amy has been living in Australia since September of last year and posted her light-hearted rant to TikTok.
  
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• PETER VAN ONSELEN: Why Adam 'the puppetmaster' Bandt will decide when Albo's time is up - and the VERY enticing golden parachute PM will get

  10-01-2025 05:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used a media interview this week to boldly declare that if he wins the upcoming federal election he'll serve a full term.
  
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• Horrific drone footage shows hellish extent of LA inferno's wrath as 10,000 structures are razed

  10-01-2025 04:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aerial views from the once-bustling neighborhoods of Los Angeles showed a sorry sight - lavish homes obliterated, soot-covered streets, and eviscerated vegetation.
  
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• LA fires: US citizens' bizarre conspiracy theory links devastating blazes to drone attacks

  10-01-2025 04:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Although scientists say evidence shows climate change is partly responsible for the Los Angeles wildfires, conspiracy theories are rife across US about the blazes
  
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• Australian of the Year Deng Adut faces backlash over disgraceful social media post about LA fires

  10-01-2025 04:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Deng Adut, 41, was crowned NSW Australian of the Year in 2017 in recognition of his work as a defence lawyer in Western Sydney after fleeing his war-torn home country of South Sudan.
  
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• Labour ministers launch ticket price cap probe after Oasis reunion tour debacle which saw seats being sold for 40 times their face value by touts

  10-01-2025 04:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ministers have also put out a 'call for evidence' about the controversial practice of 'dynamic pricing' on official ticketing sites, which caused fury during the summer when tickets went on sale.
  
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• Labour ministers launch ticket price cap probe after Oasis reunion tour debacle which saw tickets being sold for 40 times their face value

  10-01-2025 04:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ministers have also put out a 'call for evidence' about the controversial practice of 'dynamic pricing' on official ticketing sites, which caused fury during the summer when tickets went on sale.
  
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• Mystery as hundreds of dead fish wash up on Coogee beach in Perth

  10-01-2025 04:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coogee Beach in Perth has been closed after hundreds of dead fish washed up along the shore.
  
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• Los Angeles arsonist is arrested for 'purposely starting Kenneth Fire'

  10-01-2025 04:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An apocalyptic, fast moving fire that sparked mass evacuations in Calabasas is being investigated as an arson incident, with one suspect arrested.
  
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• Australian of the Year Deng Adut faces backlash over alarming social media post about LA Fire

  10-01-2025 04:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Deng Adut, 41, was crowned NSW Australian of the Year in 2017 in recognition of his work as a defence lawyer in Western Sydney after fleeing his war-torn home country of South Sudan.
  
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• Common 32p food could give much-needed vitamin D boost this winter

  10-01-2025 04:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Throughout the winter months our bodies are not able to make enough vitamin D from sunlight
  
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• 300 tiny UK islands where it nearly always snows 100-miles from the mainland

  10-01-2025 04:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There are a group of stunning islands in Britain just 100 miles from the mainland with breathtaking scenery which is home to the second snowiest location in the country
  
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• 2024 was officially the hottest year on RECORD - and the first year to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial level, scientists confirm

  10-01-2025 04:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While Britain might now be facing freezing weather, scientists have confirmed that 2024 was officially the hottest year on record and the first to exceed the 1.5°C of warming targetted by the Paris Agreement.
  
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• Mt Kosciuszko miracle: Bushwalker discharged from hospital after rescue - and makes a bold admission

  10-01-2025 03:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mr Nazari was found by a group of hikers on Wednesday, near Blue Lake in the Kosciuszko National Park, after he was last seen by friends descending the Hannels Spur trail on Boxing Day.
  
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• Using mobile phone at the wheel could become legal again - but it depends on the car

  10-01-2025 03:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Department for Transport commissioned Loughborough University and University College London to investigate road safety, which it says remains "our absolute priority" despite the development
  
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• Trump reveals the 100 executive orders he plans to implement on his return to the White House

  10-01-2025 03:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump confirmed his immediate priorities are border security and rebuilding American energy production via 100 executive orders in a meeting with Republicans in the Senate.
  
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• TikTok ban divides Trump and Republicans as Supreme Court prepares to hear case

  10-01-2025 03:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The clock is ticking down to the Jan. 19 deadline for TikTok 's Chinese owners to sell the app or face a U.S. ban a day before Donald Trump is sworn into office.
  
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• I'm with the world's oddest collection of refugees fleeing a Mad Max hellscape into LA's five-star hotels. All the botox in the world can't hide real fear, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS

  10-01-2025 03:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills is rammed. As Los Angeles is engulfed by fire, the Hollywood Hills are emptying into it. With nothing to do but sit it out, the bar is heaving.
  
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• Aussie amazed by strange note left on their car - but here's why some neighbours are not impressed

  10-01-2025 03:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A bizarre note left on a car windshield in north Sydney left residents divided over a simple act. Though a local councillor and the note-finder thought it was 'super sweet'.
  
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• Los Angeles wildfires spread to Calabasas, home to Kardashians, as inferno death toll rises

  10-01-2025 03:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The affluent suburbs of Calabasas and Hidden Hills, home to the Kardashians, have been issued an urgent evacuation order as a new apocalyptic fire tears through West Hills.
  
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• Inside the £2.3m drug 'consumption room' where addicts can 'safely' use heroin while under 'legal supervision' in a UK first

  10-01-2025 03:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The centre, the first in the UK, is aimed at ensuring addicts have medical back-up on hand when they take class A drugs, rather than risking overdose on the street.
  
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