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• You've got the eyes of a sniper if you can spot the imposter in 9 seconds

  05-01-2025 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Discover whether you truly have 20/20 vision and impressive attention to detail with this fiendishly tricky brainteaser. Plus, you only have nine seconds to solve it
  
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• Cold and flu medicine recalled for ‘contamination’

  06-01-2025 22:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  A voluntary recall has been issued for Kirkland Signature brand Severe Cold & Flu Plus Congestion medication (Picture: LNK International, Inc)A major US wholesale retailer has recalled cold and flu medication over possible contamination.
  Costco customers were advised in a letter on Thursday that the affected product Kirkland Signature brand Severe Cold & Flu Plus Congestion was sold from October 30 to November 30 of last year.The manufacturer LNK International, Inc, stated in the letter
  
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• Shoppers flee in panic as youths raid busy Apple Store

  06-01-2025 22:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageA group of youths caused chaos as they raided a busy Apple store in the middle of the day on Sunday.Video footage shows a security guard shove one person away from the shop door as at least seven others, dressed in black, storm in.Panic then spread through shopped already inside the tech store in Brent Cross shopping centre, north London.As the robbers plucked
  
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• Chris McCausland reveals first major project off the back of Strictly win

  06-01-2025 22:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  There’s no stopping Chris McCausland after his Strictly Come Dancing win (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)Chris McCausland is starting 2025 strong off the back of his historic Strictly Come Dancing win.The comedian, 47, became Strictly’s first-ever blind contestant last year and went on to lift the coveted Glitterball Trophy with professional partner Dianne Buswell in an incredibly tearful finale.Predictions soon rolled in for Chris’s career trajectory, with PR experts see
  
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• Texas power grid issues warning ahead of polar vortex in grim flashback to deadly 2021 storm

  06-01-2025 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A major winter storm could dump up to four inches of snow and paralyze Texas , leaving many traumatized locals with awful memories of the 2021 mega freeze.
  
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• Bradford Bulls rugby league player, 25, protests his innocence over sex crime allegations: Court hears Keven Appo fled to Papua New Guinea four hours after being charged

  06-01-2025 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keven Appo, 25, posted on Facebook that there are 'always two sides to a coin' just two days before he failed to appear at Bradford Magistrates' Court.
  
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• Iconic Melbourne landmark goes up in flames

  06-01-2025 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emergency services responded to reports of a blaze at the iconic horse racing course early on Tuesday morning.
  
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• A family were told their son was dead. Two years later they spotted his photo in a news report

  06-01-2025 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Valeriia and Roman Biletskiy, who live in Washington state with their other seven children, said saw their son Roman Jr in a photo of men who had just been released from a Russian prison.
  
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• Coronation Street legend axed after 14 years – but has ‘brilliant’ exit

  06-01-2025 22:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s the end of the line for PC Tinker (Picture: ITV)Coronation Street star Colson Smith, who plays Craig Tinker, has been axed after 14 years.
  But the actor is taking it well, assuring everyone that he is excited for the future and promising a ‘brilliant’ exit for his copper character.
  The dispatch comes amid a wave of cast changes under new producer Kate Brooks.
  Following the exit of Gail Platt (Helen Worth) after half a century, Metro exclusively confirmed the end for Sue D
  
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• Man tried to kill his wife by 'driving over her twice' and left her with horrific injuries

  06-01-2025 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  William Budge, from Edinburgh, admitted attempting to murder his wife Sandra by striking her twice with his car which left her with horrific injuries, a court heard
  
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• West Ham next permanent manager odds to replace Julen Lopetegui, including ex-Chelsea and Manchester United bosses

  06-01-2025 22:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Julen Lopetegui is living on borrowed time at West Ham (Picture: Getty)West Ham are reportedly on the cusp of parting ways with Julen Lopetegui after an immensely disappointing start to the season for the club.Lopetegui, 58, put pen to paper on a two-year deal in the summer, taking over the reins from David Moyes’ second spell in the hot seat at the London Stadium.But wins have been few and far between for Lopetegui’s misfiring Hammers and reports this evening claimed the east Londo
  
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• Labour ditch plans to ban new gas boilers from 2035 - despite drive to ramp up the use of heat pumps

  06-01-2025 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ministers will press ahead with a de facto ban on installing gas boilers in new homes, but have scrapped a plan that would have stopped people replacing existing gas boilers with new ones.
  
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• Heartbreaking final act of loyalty of rescue service Labrador Gabby

  06-01-2025 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nikki Rash, 78, was struck down by an SUV outside Long Beach Memorial hospital on December 26, while with her Labrador Retriever Gabby. The driver is still at large.
  
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• Rising TV star Luca Toolan breaks silence on ‘anticlimatic’ final Coronation Street scene as Mason

  06-01-2025 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  As Mason Radcliffe, Luca Toolan has had one of the most harrowing and dramatic Coronation Street exits in recent memory. However, the young star has admitted the last scene he actually filmed on the ITV soap was much less dramatic than his character’s final moments. Corrie fans saw Mason meet a tragic end during Monday’s episode when he was stabbed with a zombie knife by his brothers Matty and Logan (Séamus McGoff and Harry Lowbridge) while protecting Dylan Wilson (L
  
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• Former Harrow schoolboy, 25, died after diving into the water following a heavy drinking session - with his body not being found for days afterward

  06-01-2025 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Henry Keith, 25, who attended £61,500-a-year Harrow School in north-west London, disappeared under the water during the late-night dip, despite being a strong swimmer.
  
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• The View's Sunny Hostin slammed for Jan 6 slavery comparison

  06-01-2025 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The View's Sunny Hostin compared the January 6 'atrocity' to slavery, World War II and the Holocaust while arguing that Americans should not 'move on' from the insurrection.
  
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• Florence Pugh says she ‘abused herself’ while filming chilling horror movie

  06-01-2025 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Florence Pugh stole the show in horror movie Midsommar (Picture: A24)Florence Pugh has opened up about the abuse she put herself through while filming Midsommar.The 29-year-old led the cast in Ari Aster’s 2019 horror movie, alongside Will Poulter, Jack Reynor, Isabelle Grill and William Jackson Harper.It followed couple Dani (Florence) and Christian (Jack) visiting their friend in a picturesque village in Sweden during the annual Midsummer festival, where their idyllic getaway soon makes
  
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• Snow maps show huge 400-mile Arctic storm to batter UK along with rare freezing rain

  06-01-2025 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Weather maps show the UK will face more icy conditions ahead with temperatures again dropping to minus double figures, and as well as a wall of snow, we will also face a rare winter phenomenon
  
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• QUENTIN LETTS: Sir Keir Starmer's vow not to deign to discuss Elon Musk lasted no longer than many New Year's resolutions

  06-01-2025 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir was so worked-up his teeth went horsey and he nearly snapped the pen he borrowed from an aide. When Patterdale terriers are in this mood it is better not to give them a glimpse of your postman's ankle.
  
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• January 6th rioter crosses illegally into Canada to snowboard while awaiting Donald Trump 'pardon'

  06-01-2025 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antony Vo, 32, was sentenced last year to nine months in prison for his involvement in the 2021 riot at the Capitol after he admitted to 'storming' Congress with his mom.
  
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• David Beckham looks solemn as he attends funeral of Manchester United legend

  06-01-2025 21:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  David Beckham arrived at Manchester Cathedral on Monday (Picture: Eamonn and James Clarke)David Beckham joined some of his ex-Manchester United teammates on Monday as he attended the funeral of a legend of his former team.The ex-England captain, 49, appeared alongside United legends Sir Alex Ferguson, Roy Keane, and John O’Shea to pay their respects to Kath Phipps – United’s receptionist for 55 years.Phipps joined United in 1968 – the year the team won their first Europe
  
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• Pictured: Schoolgirl, seven, killed in two-car crash 'on the way home from father-daughter shopping trip to spend her Christmas money'

  06-01-2025 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elsie Gascoigne died in hospital a day after she suffered serious injuries when a blue Kia Rio collided with a white Citroen Relay on the B1202 Metheringham Heath Lane in Lincoln.
  
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• Man in his 50s found dead in North Yorkshire floodwaters with no ID or belongings sparking urgent police appeal

  06-01-2025 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The body was found near Intake Lane in Beal, close to Eggborough and Knottingley, in Yorkshire.
  
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• General Hospital actor Johnny Wactor's 'killers' due in court to hear if they'll face trial

  06-01-2025 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two 18-year-olds are set to stand before a judge on Monday to learn if there is enough evidence to move their cases forward.
  
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• 'Without your help, I would have died': British holidaymaker, 34, who was left fighting for his life in 'random attack at Egypt supermarket' thanks MailOnline and its readers

  06-01-2025 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Relieved Belgin Seitmola, 34, is slowly making a miraculous recovery after the horrific attack before Christmas - which forced him to spend his birthday in a coma.
  
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• Wild brawl erupts after beefy beachgoer is told to stay out of water

  06-01-2025 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A day in the sun and sand turned violent when a beachgoer got into a brawl with lifeguards in Argentina on Sunday after being told he couldn't get in the water.
  
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• Clive Myrie responds to outpouring of concern over his ‘drooping eye’ on BBC News

  06-01-2025 21:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageViewers expressed concern after Clive Myrie hosted tonight’s BBC News at Six while sporting a drooping left eye.The broadcaster, 60, is one of the BBC’s chief news correspondents and was appointed a presenter for the news channel in 2009.Myrie, who also hosts Mastermind, has been at the helm of weekday bulletins on BBC One since June 2014.However,
  
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• Swinney 'getting desperate' with meddling Musk claims as even former Green allies brand his comments 'daft'

  06-01-2025 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Swinney has been branded 'desperate' after raising the spectre of Elon Musk meddling in Scottish politics if the SNP 's Budget is blocked.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi, 84, hobbles onto House floor with a walker after hip replacement

  06-01-2025 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi used a walker on the House floor on Monday as she continues to recover from hip replacement surgery following her fall in Europe last month.
  
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• Deep freeze Scotland shivers at -13C...and it's not over yet as further snow warnings are issued

  06-01-2025 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands of schoolchildren enjoyed an extra day off school yesterday as heavy snow brought parts of Scotland to a standstill.
  
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