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• World-leading Aussie UFO expert slaps down mystery lights 'cover up' with five brutal words - as he delivers a shock warning

  18-12-2024 05:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Best-selling author Ross Coulthard warns that the craft may have already invaded skies over key Australian military installations.
  
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• Gary Lineker replacement Kelly warned Cates new BBC colleague is ‘a bit of a handful’

  18-12-2024 08:41 via metro.co.uk
  Kelly Cates is set to join the BBC from Sky Sports. (Photo by James Baylis – AMA/Getty Images)Kelly Cates has been warned she has made an error leaving Sky Sports to host Match of the Day by Richard Keys.The 49-year-old is set to join the BBC’s Match of the Day line-up when Gary Lineker leaves.Cates will form part of a three-person presenting team alongside Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan from next season, with former England striker Lineker stepping down.The triumvirate will share pre
  
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• Man killed on M25 was ‘walking on road’ and had been arrested minutes before

  18-12-2024 08:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  The M25 was shut for most of the day after the man’s death (Picture: National Highways)A man who died on the M25 in Essex was on foot on the motorway when he was killed and he had just been arrested.
  A man in his 20s died on the M25 after he was hit by a car on the motorway between junctions J29 and J28 on Thursday.
  Essex Police had just stopped the man on the clockwise carriageway when the fatal incident happened at about midday.
  He had been asked to take a roadside drug test before he w
  
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• Disney axes transgender storyline from Pixar series Win or Lose

  18-12-2024 08:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  A transgender story arc has been removed from Disney show Win or Lose (Picture: WFLA)Disney has explained why it cut a transgender storyline from its upcoming Pixar animated TV series Win or Lose.The series follows a middle school softball team named the Pickles in the week leading up to their championship match, with each of the eight episodes focussing on a different character.One of the later episodes featured a transgender arc although Disney has now confirmed it has been axed. The characte
  
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• When is Coronation Street on at Christmas and New Year and what happens: Full episode guide

  18-12-2024 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Health issues, spooky comebacks and shock showdowns in Corrie this year! (Picture: Metro/ITV)Christmas is packed with showdowns, betrayals and twists down Coronation Street way – and then a tragedy follows at New Year!In our full episode guide, we look at what happens in each visit to Weatherfield over the incoming two weeks and it’s the end of an era as Gail Platt (Helen Worth) makes her final appearance.
  Before she goes, she is visited by a spooky Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) an
  
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• Sinister Coronation Street video shows Audrey locked in as violent thugs close in

  18-12-2024 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageA new Coronation Street spoiler video has revealed the moment Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) is targeted by Mason Radcliffe’s (Luca Toolan) brothers.The lads are actually looking for her grandson David Platt (Jack P Shepherd)!Viewers of the ITV soap have seen David conceal Damon Hay’s (Ciaran Griffiths) secret stash of money that he stole earli
  
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• I interviewed 11 incels – this is what I learned

  18-12-2024 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  David Smith spoke to one man who joined the incel community at just 12-years-old (Picture: Getty Images)‘I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t think at least half the group was crazy,’ Harta* tells me from his home in America. I can’t see him – like other men in my study into the world of incels, he’s elected to leave his webcam off.Still, while he’s audibly nervous, Harta also sounds glad to have someone listening. ‘The first post I saw said
  
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• Heart-wrenching Gail Platt video reduces Coronation Street cast to tears

  18-12-2024 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Coronation Street have unveiled an emotional look back at Helen Worth’s 50 years as Gail Platt on the ITV soap.The video was originally compiled for the cast and crew, who gathered on the Viaduct Bistro set at the show’s production base in October to raise a glass to the legend.Corrie have assured us that there wasn’t a dry eye in the house – so you best get those tissues at the ready before you click play!In June, Helen rocked the continuing drama world when she announce
  
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• Denise Welch ‘honoured’ to play pivotal Emmerdale role in the end of Tom King

  18-12-2024 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The star has now featured in all four soaps (Picture: ITV)Soap actor Denise Welch has said she feels ‘honoured’ to play a part in the final chapter of Tom King’s (James Chase) storyline.
  On Thursday, Tom will stand trial after abusing and coercively controlling wife Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) for over a year.With Belle having found the strength to report him to the police, Tom’s downfall has been ‘sealed’ in an hour-long special that will hig
  
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• Steve Jobs' widow Laurene reveals technology that will 'shape the next era of human history'

  18-12-2024 07:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laurene Powell Jobs, founder of Emerson Collective, unveiled a bold tech vision of the future emphasizing AI-driven innovation, sustainable energy, and educational reform in a year-end letter.
  
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• Natalie 'Samantha' Rupnow's potential target revealed as survivor's mom details how shooter, 15, wore combat boots and pounded energy drinks

  18-12-2024 07:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The parent of two of the survivors of Monday's school shooting in Wisconsin is revealing details about shooter Natalie 'Samantha' Rupnow and who may have been her target.
  
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• George Stephanopoulos reacts to ABC's $16 MILLION defamation settlement with Trump

  18-12-2024 07:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The settlement, which includes $15 million towards a presidential foundation and $1 million for Trump's legal fees, has sparked a firestorm within the Disney-owned news organization.
  
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• Disturbing allegations emerge as Alan Jones pleads not guilty to more than 30 charges after he was accused of indecent assault

  18-12-2024 07:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Another eight indecent assault charges were laid in connection to the tenth complainant, taking the charges against broadcaster Alan Jones to 34.
  
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• British woman, 36, found dead in hotel room after taking lethal cocktail of drugs

  18-12-2024 07:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Turner’s mum Anita is urging young travellers and partygoers to be careful (Pictures: SWNS)A British woman died in her hotel room in Thailand after taking a lethal cocktail of drugs.Rebecca Turner’s mum is urging young travellers and partygoers to be careful after the 36-year-old was found dead alongside boyfriend Sam Melnick, 32, in Bangkok earlier this year.Mum Anita Turner, 64, from Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, said her daughter had bought what she thought was cocaine when she
  
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• Lucy Letby's huge legal bill revealed as killer nurse fights murder convictions

  18-12-2024 07:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Ministry of Justice has revealed baby killer Lucy Letby's huge legal bill as she continues to fight her 15 whole-life orders for murdering seven babies from HMP Bronzefield
  
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• Inmate's desperate plea to avoid death penalty as he slams his lawyer for being 'too sympathetic'

  18-12-2024 07:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marion Bowman Jr, 44, has spent more than half his life on death road and could face an execution date as early as January 3 after he exhausted the appeals process
  
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• Mum rushed in air ambulance after drinking cocktails at the Warwick Resort in Fiji

  18-12-2024 07:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An investigation is ongoing as to whether several tourists, including the mum, were poisoned at the Warwick Resort in Fiji, in a case which echoes the Laos tragedies
  
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• I’m 34 and I’ve only seen my dad 3 times

  18-12-2024 07:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  I realised that I didn’t have anyone to make a Father’s Day card for (Picture: Getty Images/Tetra images RF)When I was 15 years old, I excitedly typed an email to my dad to tell him the good news.‘I’m going to private school!’ I said, hoping he’d celebrate my scholarship and be full of praise. But his reply broke my heart.‘You’re an opportunist,’ he wrote back dismissively. Looking back now, I believe these were the words of a jealous,
  
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• Luigi Mangione's mom's bombshell admission to cops days BEFORE suspected CEO shooter was captured

  18-12-2024 07:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luigi Mangione's mother made a shocking admission to police before the suspected assassin was arrested, police announced on Tuesday.
  
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• Rush hour disruption on London Underground line after train cancellations

  18-12-2024 07:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jubilee line has severe delays just as the rush hour kicks off (Picture: NurPhoto/Getty)Commuters face severe delays on the London Underground Jubilee line because of a shortage of trains.
  Journeys on the Jubilee line could take longer than usual this morning after a shortage of trains is causing severe delays on the entire line.
  Passengers can use their tickets on London Buses, the Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line, c2c, Southeaster and Thameslink instead.
  Meanwhile, most of the Piccadilly line
  
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• London Underground line suspended between Heathrow Terminals due to safety tests

  18-12-2024 07:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Piccadilly line is not running between Heathrow Terminals (Picture: Rex Features)Travellers heading to Heathrow Airport this morning have been warned of disruption on the London Underground between the terminals.
  The Piccadilly line has no service between Heathrow Terminals 2, 3 and 5 because of fire alarm testing on the Tube.
  Meanwhile, the rest of the line continues to have minor delays due to a shortage of train for the fourth day.
  The section between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge on the Piccadi
  
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• Aussie mum poisoned at luxury Fiji resort is airlifted out on a private jet air ambulance

  18-12-2024 07:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Australian mother who fell ill after drinking tainted cocktails at a five-star resort has been airlifted back home in an air ambulance.
  
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• Beverly Hills Cop and Texas Chainsaw Massacre among 25 classic American films to be preserved for future

  18-12-2024 07:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iconic films like Eddie Murphy 's Beverly Hills Cop and 1974's horror-classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre are among 25 American films tapped to be preserved in the National Film Registry.
  
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• Christmas Day weather forecast: Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth

  18-12-2024 07:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christmas Day is shaping up to be ideal conditions for outdoor Christmas lunches and dinners, hitting the beach, BBQ and backyard cricket matches.
  
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• Supermarket with membership ‘like Costco’ that sells all your favourite fast food

  18-12-2024 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Have you heard of this supermarket? (Picture: Getty)We’ve all seen supermarkets like Aldi and Iceland flogging their own twists on our favourite fast food – from nuggets to fries and cheeseburgers. But what if you could buy packs of the real thing to store in your freezer for when a craving hits and you can’t be bothered to go to the drive-thru?Well, it turns out you can, but only from a very specific retailer in the UK andonly certain people are allowed to shop there, as
  
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• Only a Simpsons super fan can spot all the differences in these two images

  18-12-2024 07:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This one goes out to the Simpsons super fans because they are most likely the only ones who will be able to spot all the differences between these two images inspired by the iconic cartoon
  
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• One UK city where house prices are falling when 18 others are rising - full list

  18-12-2024 07:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There is one city in the UK where house prices have fallen in the month of November, but across 18 other major cities, values have continued to grow
  
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• Madison school shooter Natalie Rupnow's disturbing fascination with mass atrocity

  18-12-2024 06:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Natalie Rupnow, also known as Samantha, killed a teacher and another teenage pupil at Abundant Life Christian School, a private school in Madison, Wisconsin on Monday
  
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• Donald Trump Republican ridiculed after mistaking Star Wars prop for threat amid drone panic

  18-12-2024 06:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Senator Doug Mastriano was mocked on social media after he mistook a prop replica of a TIE Fighter from the Star Wars franchise for a drone and claimed that it was a threat
  
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• Terrifying moment plane crashes into building near Honolulu airport killing two as chilling audio transmission reveals pilot's five final words

  18-12-2024 06:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emergency services responded to a training flight that crashed into a building near Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Tuesday around 3pm.
  
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