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• World's richest country is twice as wealthy as UK despite tiny population

  13-10-2024 10:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The world's wealthiest country is not a global superpower but instead a small European nation that is twice as wealthy as the UK, new research has revealed
  
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• World War Tree! Couple say their bungalow will'collapse' unless SEVEN 100ft trees are not chopped down... but neighbours claim they have been 'bullied' into footing £4k bill

  21-12-2024 14:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A bitter war over the fate of seven enormous 100ft trees has split a quiet estate down the middle with some locals saying they have been 'bullied' into the felling.
  
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• The mystery of 'the world's most famous missing tourist': A young man separated from friends. A frantic call to his mother. Chilling CCTV of his last moments fleeing an airport… and a ten-year puzzle internet sleuths think they've solved

  21-12-2024 14:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In final images Lars was seen scaling a two-metre fence, foregoing his bag and phone, and diving into a field of sunflowers before running off into the distance
  
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• Met Office issues weather warning with 80mph winds expected to batter UK

  21-12-2024 14:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Yellow warnings for wind are in place for great swathes of the country, as people living near coastal regions are told to be careful of rogue waves caused by the weather
  
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• Seven Christmas sleep habits to help your baby go down over the festive period

  21-12-2024 14:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  So if your Christmas wish is for a peaceful night's sleep or an evening free from a fussy tot, here are some pointers on managing your baby's sleep routine
  
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• I stayed in the video set of the most iconic Christmas song — with snow all year long

  21-12-2024 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sadly, the chalet is a private house but I had to sneak a photo (Picture: Laurel Waldron)Snow-capped mountains, unwrapping presents by the fire, and George Michael’s Last Christmas playing on repeat.Those were all the things I hoped to find when I headed to Saas-Fee, the resort village in the Swiss Alps where Wham! filmed the video for their iconic Christmas hit.
  It’s been 40 years since the world’s greatest festive tune (sorry, Mariah) was cruelly robbed of the number one spo
  
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• Darts icon Russ Bray names the ‘top three players’ of all time

  21-12-2024 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Darts referee Russ Bray (Picture: Getty)Iconic Darts referee Russ Bray has named his top three players of all timeahead of this year’s World Championship.Bray, known for his famous gravelly tone, first became a caller for the PDC in 1996 and has since become known as “the Voice” of darts.Ahead of last year’s World Championship, Bray announced his intention to step away from his full-time refereeing career and become an ambassador for the PDC.The 66-year-old is still seen
  
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• A rare condition killed my brother – I’ve been diagnosed with the same

  21-12-2024 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Luan, left, and her late brother Russel (Picture: Luan Pope)Travelling home on the Tube after a routine day at the office in 2003, aged 32, the tell-tale tingling in my fingers and buzzing in my face forewarned of an oncoming migraine. Having suffered with complex migraines with aura every couple of months since my early 20s, I was not unduly worried; the pain and visual disturbance usually passed after a couple of hours of sleep.Two days of terrible head pain, inability to sleep and incre
  
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• Jason Cundy names the Chelsea star who is more important than Cole Palmer

  21-12-2024 13:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cole Palmer is enjoying another stellar season at ChelseaJason Cundy has heaped praise on Moises Caicedo and believe he is even more important to his manager Enzo Maresca than Cole Palmer.England’s new Player of the Year is enjoying anothe stellar campaign at Stamford Bridge and continues to make a mockery of Manchester City’s decision to sell him 18 months ago.While Palmer’s star remains very much in the ascendancy, Caicedo is finally beginning to justify the club record fee
  
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• 'My girlfriend's sister is demanding I change dog's name – it upsets her but I refuse'

  21-12-2024 13:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man has been praised for refusing to change his dog's name after his girlfriend's sister took issue with it – as he believes her views on the moniker are unfair
  
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• NHS boss warns against buying ‘bargain basement’ butt lifts for Christmas

  21-12-2024 13:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  NHS medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said that although they are ‘enticing looking offers’, the reality is that ‘these bargain basement cosmetic procedures are potentially deadly’ (Picture: Getty Images)People are being warned to steer clear of ‘bargain basement’ Brazilian butt lift (BBL) procedures in the run-up to Christmas – no matter how ‘enticing’ they look.Prospective punters are being ‘lured in’ by cut-price al
  
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• Magdeburg Christmas market attack: Suspect 'Taleb A' appeared as 'activist' in BBC film

  21-12-2024 13:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The horror incident unfolded on Friday evening at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, after a Saudi activist rammed his Black BMW into a crowd gathered to celebrate the festive period
  
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• BBC legend announces TV return ‘much to my surprise’ for iconic show

  21-12-2024 13:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rip Off Britain has a new face on its panel (Picture: BBC)Louise Minchin is a former BBC star no longer after announcing her ‘surprise’ return to the broadcaster.The newsreader, 56, who co-hosted BBC Breakfast until 2021, has appeared on the likes of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and Celebrity MasterChef.But there’s one show – or rather show’s presenters – that have taken her fancy so much it’s resulted in a retur
  
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• BBC legend, 56, reveals shock TV return ‘much to my surprise’ for iconic show

  21-12-2024 13:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rip Off Britain has a new face on its panel (Picture: BBC)Louise Minchin is a former BBC star no longer after announcing her ‘surprise’ return to the broadcaster.The newsreader, 56, who co-hosted BBC Breakfast until 2021, has appeared on the likes of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and Celebrity MasterChef.But there’s one show – or rather show’s presenters – that have taken her fancy so much it’s resulted in a retur
  
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• Hear’Say star unrecognisable 23 years after fastest-selling single debut

  21-12-2024 13:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Hear’Say shot to fame in 2001 (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)Hear’Say shot to fame in the early 00s with their hot hits becoming noughties anthems, but 23 years later, you’ll struggle to recognise one of the group’s stars.
  In 2001, the British pop world changed for the better after we were introduced to Danny Foster, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, and Noel Sullivan, also known as Hear’Say.
  The group were formed on the hit ITV show, Popstars
  
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• Unglamorous street feature emerges as new symbol of wealth in ritzy California

  21-12-2024 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The practical object has emerged as a new status symbol in ritzy areas such as Malibu, with realtors even claiming that mentioning them in marketing materials could help sell homes faster.
  
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• Insider reveals heartbreaking words that saved drug addict First Lady's life

  21-12-2024 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Poor Betty Ford had no idea what was about to hit her. Still wearing her pastel pink bathrobe, surrounded by 12 of her nearest and dearest, she was about to hear the harshest truths of her life.
  
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• Gavin and Stacey star’s movie with rare 0% Rotten Tomatoes rating released on Netflix

  21-12-2024 13:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  A movie starring a Gavin and Stacey actor has been released on Netflix (Picture: Everett/ Rex/ Shutterstock)A comedy movie starring a Gavin and Stacey actor that was slammed by ‘abysmal’ as one viewer has been made available to watch on Netflix.Released in 2022, The Nan Movie was written by Catherine Tate and Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein.Based on the TV series Catherine Tate’s Nan, which aired for four specials between 2009 and 2015, the film follows the titular character
  
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• London black cab drivers take poorly children out from Great Ormond Street Hospital to see the capitals' festive lights

  21-12-2024 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cars arrived donned with tinsel and Christmas lights to take eight lucky children and their families to the light displays, among them was three-year-old Alfie, from south-east London.
  
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• Professional wrestler who arranged to meet '14-year-old girl' after sex chats online tells arresting police: 'I am bang to rights'

  21-12-2024 13:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Cavanagh, 39, believed he was chatting to a teenage girl but was instead talking to an undercover police officer posing as a decoy at his then home in Glasgow's Cardonald.
  
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• MATT GOODWIN: Exactly how Reform is plotting to take over Number 10 - and reshape our politics for ever

  21-12-2024 13:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Imagine this: It's May 2029 and Britain has just held a General Election . You turn on the television to find Nigel Farage standing outside 10 Downing Street.
  
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• The private school fraudster who tried to steal her former headmistress's £4m fortune with a DIY will - and nearly got away with it

  21-12-2024 13:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are some scams that are so preposterous it is hard to see why anyone would give them a moment's credence.
  
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• Brit schoolgirl killed in horror propeller accident while snorkelling in Maldives

  21-12-2024 13:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Schoolgirl Jenna Chan, 15, was killed in a propeller accident while on a schooltrip to the Maldives while helping the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme
  
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• BREAKING: Brit schoolgirl killed in horror propeller accident while snorkelling in Maldives

  21-12-2024 13:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Schoolgirl Jenna Chan, 15, was killed in a propeller accident while on a schooltrip to the Maldives while helping the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme
  
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• Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie hatch plans for alternative royal Christmas amid 'spy' scandal

  21-12-2024 13:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: With their father not spending Christmas at the Sandringham Estate, a top royal expert explains why Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie will not be too impacted
  
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• I couldn’t wait for our cinema first date – then porn started playing

  21-12-2024 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  I literally spotted him across a crowded room (Picture: Rebecca Hardy)‘I bet he wouldn’t fancy me.’That was my first thought when I initially saw my now long-term partner, Andrew.We’re now in our early 50s – but back then, I had just arrived in London in the 90s, studying English and Drama at Middlesex Uni, when I headed to the student union.The moment I walked in, my eyes zoomed in on this dark-haired, lanky guy sitting surrounded by women. I felt the strongest of
  
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• Chilling reason why we'll never see the Doomsday Clock strike midnight

  21-12-2024 13:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic device that has been maintained since 1947 by the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists which includes 13 Nobel Laureates
  
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• Inside Britain's saddest shopping centre: Town centre mall empty just DAYS before Christmas as depressed locals say 'it's a disgrace'

  21-12-2024 12:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCL: To venture into the shopping centre is like accidentally finding yourself on the set of a Christmas horror film.
  
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• Rapists are not monsters in shadows, they are among us, in our homes and workplaces

  21-12-2024 12:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lalala Letmeexplain is an anonymous sex and dating educator, author and qualified social worker and has written a column explaining the true significance of Gisele Pelicot’s bravery
  
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• UK's most-tattooed mum says 'scary' appearance means can't serve up Christmas dinner

  21-12-2024 12:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Melissa Sloan, 47, is covered in hundreds of tattoos covering almost all of her, but it has come at some cost as other people cannot look past her extreme appearance
  
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