She approached the boy as he sat on a bench with his family A woman tried to lure an 8-year-old boy away from his family to carry out a sex act at a busy London train station, police have said. The suspect tried to get the boy to engage in sexual activity after accosting him […]

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Researchers warned that ‘no one should rely on this alone’ A new peer-reviewed study has found that people with high levels of T-cells from common colds are less likely to catch Covid. T-cells are a type of white blood cell that help protect the body from infection, and are induced by common cold infections. Researchers […]

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Morrisons hopes the move will stop millions of pints of milk being thrown away every year Supermarket chain Morrisons has announced it will be scrapping ‘use by’ dates on its own-brand milk, in order to reduce waste. From the end of January, the retailer will instead use “best before” dates on 90% of its own […]

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He’s the first Korean ever to win the award Squid Game star O Yeong-su has picked up the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in Television at this year’s private award ceremony. The 77-year-old actor, who has never won a Golden Globe before, won the award for his portrayal of Oh Il-nam (a.k.a Player 001) in the […]

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The comedian had performed as recently as Saturday The US actor and comedian Bob Saget, best known for starring in the sitcom Full House, has died aged 65. The actor was found unresponsive by staff in his room at a hotel in Florida on Saturday. In a tweet confirming the news, the Orange County Sheriff’s […]

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A judge ordered that he be released from hotel quarantine within 30 minutes Novak Djokovic has won an appeal against his deportation from Australia, after border officials had previously ruled that the tennis star did not meet the criteria for a vaccine exemption. Djokovic had spent four nights in an immigration detention hotel in Melbourne […]

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MPs are now under pressure to scrap their annual pay rise MPs are set to received a pay rise of more than £2,000 on the same day that taxes and bills will soar for thousands across the country this year. On April 1, politicians are in line to see their salary increase from £81,932 to […]

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This is a divisive one A woman has angered her ex-fiance after selling his family heirloom ring to cover the cost of their cancelled wedding. Writing on the Am I The A**hole subreddit, the woman told the tale. The Redditor, a 27-year-old woman, explained that she was supposed to get married to her fiance Mason […]

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‘I have not had a vaccination, I do not want to have a vaccination.’ An unvaccinated doctor has challenged health secretary Sajid Javid over the government’s policy of compulsory Covid jabs for NHS staff. On a visit to King’s College Hospital in south London, Javid asked staff members on the ICU there about their thoughts […]

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It’s a good question Kieran Trippier has explained why he chose to leave reigning Spanish champions Atletico Madrid to join Premier League strugglers Newcastle. The England fullback became Newcastle’s first signing of their Saudi-led era when he joined from Atletico on a two-and-a-half year deal this month. This was despite the 31-year-old being a regular […]

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She’s been charged with endangering a child A teacher in the US has been arrested for allegedly locking her son in her car boot after he tested positive for Covid-19. Sarah Beam decided to put her 13-year-old son in the boot so that she didn’t catch the virus as she drove to a testing site […]

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The Irish singer described him as the ‘very light of my life’ Shane O’Connor, the son of Irish musician Sinéad O’Connor, has died at the age of 17, just two days after he went missing. In the early hours of Saturday morning, O’Connor tweeted: “My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light […]

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She said the device followed her for ‘5 hours to every location’ A Sports Illustrated model has revealed she was followed around by a stranger for “hours” after they secretly put an Apple Airtag in her coat pocket, labelling it the “scariest moment” of her life. Brooks Nader was at a bar in the Tribeca […]

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Djokovic visited a tennis centre the day after his lawyers claim he tested positive Photos have emerged of a maskless Novak Djokovic posing for pictures with children the day after his lawyers say he tested positive for Covid-19. On a visit to one of his tennis centres on December 17, the Serb can be seen […]

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Djokovic faces a court hearing on Monday to decide whether he can stay in Australia Novak Djokovic had a vaccine exemption to enter Australia because of a Covid infection last month, his lawyers say. The tennis star was denied entry to Australia after landing in Melbourne this week to play in the Australian Open, after […]

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How long before we stop needing to give spoiler warnings on these? I don’t need to tell you there are Spider-Man: No Way Home spoilers in this piece. But I will. So, spoiler warning. Anyway, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire are in No Way Home joining up with Tom Holland for some fan-pleasing multiverse madness. […]

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Fish puns ahead Breakups are rarely nice, but some can end quite amicably. And we all need our own little ways of getting through breakups, no matter how friendly or messy, whether it’s throwing out their things, unfollowing on social media, or letting off some steam on a night out. But one woman had quite […]

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Big spoiler warning, but you’ve clicked on this article surely knowing that, right? Still here? Right, fine, we’re assuming by this point you have either seen Spider-Man: No Way Home, or  you haven’t and just want to know what happens in it. The cat is out the bag – Andrew Garfield is in No Way […]

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It is known as the ‘Right to Disconnect’ A proposed law in Belgium is set to ban bosses from contacting their employees outside of work hours unless in an emergency. According to a memo seen by Belgian paper De Morgen, a ‘Right to Disconnect’ will be introduced for civil workers from February 1, and will […]

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The star ‘acknowledges that everyone is raised in different ways and from different backgrounds’ Molly-Mae Hague has responded after causing controversy over comments she made about wealth inequality in a recent interview. On Thursday, a clip of an interview with the influencer went viral in which she said “everyone has the same 24 hours in […]

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Doug Kuzma also peddled QAnon conspiracy theories and election fraud lies An anti-vax podcaster in the US has died from complications due to Covid after he caught the virus at a conspiracy theory conference. Doug Kuzma, from Newport News, Virginia, died on January 3 after being hospitalised 10 days earlier. He broadcasted his podcasts on […]

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Father/son activities In the last two years, many have discovered that the world of OnlyFans can be a lucrative career path. One man decided to make it a family business though and is absolutely raking it in. Jake Herbert began posting content on the platform whilst he was working as a naked butler in Ibiza […]

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17 hospital trusts in England have declared critical incidents because of staffing shortages Around 200 Armed Forces personnel have been deployed to London hospitals to support the NHS as it struggled with staff shortages. Military medics will assist NHS doctors and nurses with patient care, while general duty personnel will help fill gaps caused by […]

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‘I mean would it hurt y’all to tip us, throw us five dollars?’ An Uber Eats driver has made an emotional plea to people to tip more after receiving just $1.19 (84p) in tips from an hour’s driving. In the heartbreaking video shared on TikTok, Smithson Michael explains his experience of working for food delivery […]

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‘I’m gonna turn into a vegan!’ Dermot O’ Leary couldn’t contain his laughter on This Morning as he watched co-host Alison Hammond react to trying a vegan chicken nugget for the first time. On Wednesday’s edition of the daytime show, the pair were trying the new Burger King vegan nuggets which launched this week – […]

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At one point, he had just a 50 per cent chance of survival An anti-vaxxer who thought he was “being a hero” for refusing to get vaccinated against covid has now begged people to get the vaccine from his ICU bed. Dad-of-three Andrew Pugh contracted the virus just before Christmas and has now spent more […]

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‘You’ve been warned’ Piers Morgan has told the world that anyone who sends him a photo of him posing with Ghislaine Maxwell or other since-disgraced celebs will be blocked. The journalist and TV presenter made his feelings very clear in a social media post, in which he included a picture of himself with Maxwell and […]

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Good luck with that January diet As the Christmas period ends and the nation returns to work, people across the country will be looking for a break from indulging. However that hasn’t stopped some shops filling their shelves with chocolate eggs, despite Easter being 103 days away. Yes, despite the fact many of us have […]

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The world number one has been granted an ‘exemption permission’ to compete at the Australian Open The decision to allow Novak Djokovic to compete at the Australian Open despite the player refusing to reveal his vaccination status has sparked fury. It was announced on Tuesday that the world number one would be competing at the […]

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There are hopes this will ease shortages of critical workers and the strain on the testing system The government is reportedly set to announce that people who test positive for Covid using a lateral flow test will no longer need to do a follow-up PCR. Previously, anyone who tested positive by lateral but had no […]

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It reveals Virginia Giuffre was paid $500,000 by Epstein in 2009 to end a case against him An agreement between Virginia Giuffre and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been made public ahead of a critical hearing on Tuesday, in a move which could have big ramifications for Prince Andrew. An order by judges in the […]

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He said that the US could be under a rightwing dictatorship by the end of the decade A Canadian professor has warned that US democracy could collapse “by 2025” and that Canada must prepare for this eventuality. Thomas Homer-Dixon, founding director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University in British Columbia, said that people should […]

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Just when you thought you couldn’t love Keanu Reeves anymore Keanu Reeves has already earned himself a reputation as one of the nicest guys in Hollywood, if not the world, and it’s for reasons exactly like this. The John Wick and Matrix star, who is thought to be worth a staggering £275 million, has never […]

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The life support on BlackBerry phones is being switched off There was a time when you couldn’t avoid the BlackBerry. From Barack Obama to Kim Kardashian, every man and his dog seemed to have one of them in the late 2000s/early 2010s, and if you weren’t on BBM then you were a nobody. But in […]

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The Quadrantid meteor shower is set to light up the sky tonight A meteor shower that could be one of “2022’s best” is set to fly overhead tonight. The Quadrantids peak during early January each year and are known for their bright fireball meteors. The shower peak is predicted to be at 20.40 GMT tonight […]

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The number of signatures has almost tripled in 24 hours The petition to scrap Tony Blair’s knighthood has hit 400,000 signatures, as the decision continues to spark anger and fury amongst many. In just one day the Change.org petition has seen its number of signatures rise from around 130,000 to more than 400,000, with several […]

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On Saturday she tweeted about “extremely high amounts of Covid vaccine deaths” in the US A US congresswoman has had her Twitter account permanently suspended for repeatedly breaking the platform’s rules around coronavirus misinformation. Marjorie Taylor Greene had previously had her account suspended on four occasions, but on Saturday she received her ‘fifth strike’ for […]

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The sentences have been referred to the Court of Appeal The killers of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes could be handed longer jail sentences, after the attorney general referred them to the Court of Appeal. Attorney general Suella Braverman, who is the chief legal adviser of the government, said she had referred the sentences given to Emma Tustin […]

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The announcement was made with just hours to spare London’s famous New Year’s Eve fireworks will be going ahead tonight, but people will only be able to watch it on television. Earlier this year, the fireworks display was cancelled for the second year running because of the pandemic. But with just hours to go before […]

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It’s the latest revelation from his bombshell interview Romelu Lukaku has admitted that he would have stayed at Inter Milan in the summer if they had offered him a new contract. Lukaku returned to Stamford Bridge from Inter Milan in the summer for €115 million, but has  revealed that he would have stayed in Italy […]

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The guards had been accused of falling asleep on the night Epstein killed himself Two prison guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night Jeffrey Epstein killed himself have had the charges against them dropped by US prosecutors. Tova Noel and Michael Thomas had been indicted in November 2019, three months after Epstein was […]

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Ian Maxwell was interviewed by Radio 4 on Friday morning The BBC has sparked fury after interviewing the brother of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. On Wednesday, a jury found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of five sex trafficking charges. She has faced accusations of ‘recruiting underage girls’ for her then-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. Maxwell […]

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Millions across the country will be taking lateral flows ahead of New Year’s Eve plans Sharing your lateral flow test results online could land you in big trouble, as criminal gangs have been copying the codes from pictures and using them to sell fake results. Anyone caught using or supplying a fake Covid pass could […]

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This has got to be one of the weirdest looking creatures in the world Researchers in California have captured extraordinary footage of a fish with a transparent head. The sighting of the fish was made by aquarist Tommy Knowles and his team on December 9 while on board the research vessel Rachel Carlson while they […]

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Offenders must serve two-thirds of their sentence before being considered for release Almost 100 convicted terrorists are being assessed for release from prison by the parole board, with a number of cases set to be decided in the coming months, according to reports. In February 2020, the government passed emergency laws that blocked the early […]

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Planning is key If you get your strategy right, you could bag yourself a beautiful 62 days off work in 2022 by booking just 26 days of annual leave. This is largely down to two factors. Firstly, the extra bank holiday this year to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and secondly, the fact that some […]

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West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin announced his opposition to Biden’s bill A coven of witches in the US have cursed a senator for opposing one of President Joe Biden’s spending bills. The witches called for others to join them at a famous tree in Kentucky to cast a spell on West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. […]

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It’s a crucial part of the test A biologist has explained how some people may be missing a crucial step of their lateral flow test and how important this is in detecting Omicron. While many at-home lateral flow test kits advise that users only take a nasal swab, UCL Cell Biologist Jennifer Rohn has urged […]

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The video has sparked arguments over whether the soldier or the child’s parents were to blame A video showing a member of the Queen’s Guard trampling over a child has gone viral online. In a clip anonymously shared on TikTok, two guards can be seen walking past onlookers. One of them then appears to shout […]

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The NHS is on a ‘war footing’ to prepare for a wave of Omicron hospital admissions A number of new Nightingale “surge hubs” are to be set up around England as the NHS anticipates a surge of covid hospital admissions in the new year. Eight locations will be set up according to NHS England, each […]

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