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• Priti Patel defends police ramping up fines in latest lockdown

  09-01-2021 23:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Priti Patel has stuck up for the police, despite claims they being overzealous (Picture: PA)Home Secretary Priti Patel has defended the way police have handed out fines for lockdown breaches, stressing that there is a ‘need for strong enforcement’.Police were branded ‘bonkers’ after handing out £200 fines to two women who drove separately to go for a walk at a remote beauty spot five miles from their homes.One of the would-be walkers, Jessica Allen, said officers to
  
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• Gavin Williamson accused of 'chumocracy' over laptop deal for Tory donor

  09-01-2021 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A Hertfordshire-based firm, which was founded by Sir Philip Hulme and who gave £100,000 to the Tories, has won the contract to supply home-learning pupils with laptops
  
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• From Allardyce embarrassment to hairdryers & Adele at Chorley - FA Cup round-up

  09-01-2021 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  League One Blackpool defeat Premier League West Brom and non-league Chorley beat depleted Derby County in the third round of the FA Cup.
  
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• Telling us our exams have been scrapped is the final straw, says A-level student BEATRICE GOVE

  09-01-2021 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BEATRICE GOVE: What was meant to be our coming-of-age time, the period of partying, young love and learning, has been turned into a year of heartbreak, loss and - most of all - loneliness.
  
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• Spain blanketed in rare snowfall as two rough sleepers freeze to death

  09-01-2021 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rescue workers have saved 1,500 people trapped in cars in the Madrid area, although two homeless people have frozen to death in the capital and in Calatayud in the east
  
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• 'Bureaucrats' stopping NHS from vaccinating UK in five days, scientist claims

  09-01-2021 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir John Bell, regius chair of medicine at the University of Oxford, has called for the coronavirus vaccine rollout to be sped up to levels seen in Israel
  
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• Black Sabbath fans furious as ‘heavy metal expert’ Joel Dommett gets questions wrong on Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel

  09-01-2021 23:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joel Dommett’s heavy metal knowledge did not impress viewers (Picture: BBC)Fans of Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel were left shocked as Joel Dommett managed to get most of his questions on his specialist subject of heavy metal wrong. Joel had taken his seat on The Wheel to help the contestants to win a life-changing sum by answering questions on heavy metal – but got two out of three of his questions wrong. His first question was to establish which of four bands had had
  
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• Bizarre moment Brisbane residents hear 'The Purge' alarm blasting out after lockdown was announced

  09-01-2021 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video was uploaded to Tik Tok showing the terrifying music playing from a Brisbane apartment block on Saturday.
  
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• Sunshine Coast woman left with horrific injuries after forgetting to put on sunscreen

  09-01-2021 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leanne Whyte from Queensland's Sunshine Coast continues to suffer the painful consequencesa week after her 'silly mistake' and still can't lie on her back due to her bad sunburn.
  
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• Women's jobs, self-worth and sanity are going to the wall, says home-schooling mother FLORA WATKINS

  09-01-2021 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FLORA WATKINS: An Ipsos MORI poll has found that working mothers were 45% more likely than the general population to have suffered mental health problems during the spring and autumn lockdowns.
  
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• FA Cup: Blackpool knock out Premier League West Bromwich Albion on penalties

  09-01-2021 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  League One Blackpool claim their first top-flight FA Cup scalp in 45 years, beating West Bromwich Albion 3-2 on penalties in their third-round tie.
  
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• Kim Jong-un brands US 'biggest enemy' in opening salvo to new President Biden

  09-01-2021 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Analysts believe hardline Communist dictator is trying to apply pressure on President-Elect Joe Biden by saying he does not expect Washington to change its policy towards North Korea
  
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• Pair arrested for injuring police in 'rooftop siege' after 'booze robbery'

  09-01-2021 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two men have been arrested on suspicion of committing a range of crimes, including assaulting a police officer, after an alleged booze shop robbery in Grimsby, Lincolnshire
  
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• Horror in Fairfield in Sydney's wild west as 34-year-old man is shot dead in the street 

  09-01-2021 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emergency crews were called to reports of a shooting in Fairfield about 2.40am on Sunday. On arrival, they found a man with gunshot wounds who died at the scene despite efforts to revive him.
  
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• West Virginia lawmaker who filmed himself at Capitol Hill riot resigns and issues apology

  09-01-2021 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a letter on Saturday, Republican Delegate Derrick Evans notified Governor Jim Justice he was stepping down, effective immediately. He faces federal charges in the Jan. 6 riot.
  
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• Travelodge refused to put single mum on furlough after daughter's school shut

  09-01-2021 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Bosses told a housekeeper she would be marked as “absent without pay” if she did not turn up for work after her daughter's primary school was closed
  
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• Act now Boris Johnson or many, many more people will die, says the Sunday Mirror

  09-01-2021 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Only a total lockdown can stop the NHS crisis spiralling further. Nurseries and places of worship must close, fewer pupils allowed in schools and tradespeople going in and out of homes
  
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• Priti Patel tackles the woke police chiefs who let mobs tear down statues

  09-01-2021 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The police force in Bristol also 'stood by and watched' when Edward Colston's statue was torn down, a Home Office source said while Mr Burnham was criticised.
  
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• Victoria records NO new coronavirus cases for fourth day in a row

  09-01-2021 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six cases were identified in returned travellers already completing their mandatory hotel quarantine.
  
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• The Queen and brave nurse Ameera send powerful messages, says the Sunday People

  09-01-2021 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Queen has shown us the way by taking the vaccine, while a nurse has called for us to follow the rules to save lives - we must follow Her Majesty's lead and heed Ameera's stark warning
  
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• Skiers hit streets of Madrid as Spain suffers worst snowfall for 50 years

  09-01-2021 23:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Thousands had to be rescued from their cars as heavy snow blanketed the streets of Madrid (Picture: Getty/ Rex)Four people have died as the worst snowstorms Spain has seen in half a century brought the country to a standstill.Between 20 and 30cm of snow has fallen in Madrid, the heaviest seen since 1971, allowing people to don their skis and take to the city’s main Gran Via thoroughfare.Others pelted each other with snowballs as the usually traffic-clogged street shut down due to the storm
  
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• Shopping channel hit with claims of forgery over £10,000 'signed Charles Dickens letter'

  09-01-2021 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shopping channel Ideal World TV is selling a 'Dickens letter' for £9,898, but Dr Leon Litvack, a leading Dickens scholar reading at Queen's University Belfast, believes it is 'clearly a forgery'.
  
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• The Smithsonian is collecting items from the Capitol siege to preserve as artifacts

  09-01-2021 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Museum of American History - part of the Smithsonian Institution - has started collecting flyers, protest signs and other objects from the storming of the Capitol.
  
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• Cadbury's new Creme Egg advert will feature a gay couple kissing over a chocolate egg 

  09-01-2021 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The TV commercial, released for the British chocolate's 50th anniversay, included a real-life same sex couple sharing the treat.
  
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• Covid will 'never be eliminated and vaccine will be needed every year'

  09-01-2021 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Top scientist and ex-SAGE member Deena Pillay has said coronavirus is 'here to stay,' meaning the booster vaccine may be required annually almost like the flu jab
  
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• Woman and three children die in Waverley, Melbourne house fire as man escapes

  09-01-2021 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman and three children have died in a horror house fire which has also left another man in hospital with serious injuries.
  
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• US passes 370,000 COVID deaths with 24,000 fatalities and two million new cases in just nine days

  09-01-2021 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A total of 370,119 Americans have died since the start of the pandemic, with 24,260 dying within the first nine days of the year, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins Medical Center.
  
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• The Voice fans outraged as coaches fail to turn for rock singer

  09-01-2021 23:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Voice fans have been left heartbroken for singer Kim Jennett after the coaches failed to turn around for her.The rocker performed a unique rendition of R.E.M’s Losing My Religion and, while coaches Anne-Marie, Olly Murs, Will.i.am and Tom Jones were impressed, none of them chose her for their team.Speaking after the performance, Kim said: ‘Yeah, [I’m a] bit gutted. I gave it my all.‘I’ve just got quite unique voice, maybe that wasn’t what they were looking
  
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• BAME nurses four times less likely to be in senior roles than white colleagues

  09-01-2021 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NHS England figures show medics only occupy 170 of 2,115 senior 'band 8c' positions - despite making up a quarter of the health service's nursing staff
  
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• Donald Trump vows to start own social media site after permanent Twitter ban

  09-01-2021 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has vowed to start his own rival to Twitter after he was banned from social media site, along with Facebook and Instagram.
  
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• Coronavirus could have been rampant in Wuhan THREE MONTHS before Beijing claims

  09-01-2021 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coronavirus could have been rampant in Wuhan at least three months before the Chinese government has acknowledged, according to leaked hospital files.
  
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• How can Peter Daszak be part of WHO's team investigating the original source of the outbreak? 

  09-01-2021 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British scientist Peter Daszak's organisation channelled cash to Wuhan scientists at the centre of growing concerns over a cover-up.
  
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• Holidaymakers face being trapped abroad in their hotel rooms under new rules if they fail Covid test

  09-01-2021 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British holidaymakers may end up trapped in hotel rooms abroad for two weeks under new laws that will force travellers to produce negative test 72 hours before entering UK.
  
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• Tearful NHS nurse 'zipping up body bags' begs public to follow lockdown rules

  09-01-2021 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Nurse Ameera Sheikh says she has been forced to see a huge amount of death during the COVID-19 pandemic, she is begging the public to follow the rules
  
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• New cover-up fears as Chinese officials delete critical data about the Wuhan lab

  09-01-2021 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Mail on Sunday can reveal that hundreds of pages of information relating to studies carried out by the top-secret Wuhan Institute of Virology have been wiped.
  
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• Queen launches Britain's jab blitz: Vaccine superhubs get ready to inject four people a minute

  09-01-2021 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the PM announced a 'test and jabs' blitz to combat the virus, Her Majesty, 94, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, received their injections at Windsor Castle from a doctor in the Royal Household.
  
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• Jetski Romeo who broke Covid rules to see lover wrongly branded rapist by trolls

  09-01-2021 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dale McLaughlan, 28, from Irvine made headlines around the world after he was jailed last month for breaking the coronavirus rules to see his girlfriend in the Isle of Man
  
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• PETER HITCHENS: I am, for the first time, afraid for the future of freedom in my country 

  09-01-2021 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETER HITCHENS: Covid exists. I wouldn't and don't deny it. But the phrase is a dog whistle, designed to make hearers think sceptics are like Holocaust deniers, a straightforward lie and smear.
  
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• Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta explains why Thomas Partey didn’t feature in Newcastle FA Cup clash

  09-01-2021 23:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Gunners have been without their summer signing for most of the season (Picture: Getty Images)Mikel Arteta says Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey narrowly missed out on Saturday’s third-round FA Cup win over Newcastle as he was ‘still a little bit short’ of fitness.The Gunners have been without their £45million signing since he suffered a recurrence of his thigh injury in December’s north London derby defeat to Spurs.Partey has made just six appearances since join
  
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• Queen and Philip have Covid vaccine sending 'strong message to anti-vaxxers'

  09-01-2021 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pair received the vaccine, believed to be the Oxford-produced AstraZeneca version, at Windsor Castle. Sources say the Queen released a statement “to prevent speculation”
  
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• Mass vaccination centres across England will give four Covid jabs every minute at superhubs

  09-01-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four people every minute will be inoculated at mass vaccination centres as the NHS's programme to protect Britain speeds up. The Mail on Sunday was given exclusive access to a centre at Epsom.
  
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• How a band of Tories 'saved' Brexit and led to Theresa May's downfall by senior MP Mark Francois

  09-01-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brexiteer Mark Francois MP, chairman of the European Research Group, is set to publish a book on how his band of Tories 'saved' Brexit in a four-year fight to fulfil the 2016 referendum.
  
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• Diaries of the Talented Mr Ripley author Patricia Highsmith reveal she based murderers on herself

  09-01-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newly published diaries of celebrated author Patricia Highsmith reveal a secret inner world and that inspiration for the charming, murderous psychopath Ripley came from herself.
  
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• Tory report's devastating verdict on Beijing regime as party urges Boris Johnson to face down China 

  09-01-2021 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An alliance of Tories will step up pressure on the Government over how it deals with the Chinese regime. It comes after Tory Party report condemns 'brutality, inhumanity, and criminality' in Beijing.
  
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• The Voice UK: Singer pays tribute to late father with emotional audition: ‘The song is an open letter to my dad’

  09-01-2021 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
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  A singer on The Voice UK paid a tribute to his late father who died when he was just 16 years old.Benjamin Haycock from Exeter, Devon took to the stage tonight to sing an original song in memory of his dad.Speaking in a VT ahead of his performance, Benjamin began: ‘For my blind audition I will be singing one of my own songs called Restlessness. It’s a very personal one to me.
  
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• Rapid rollout of Covid testing blitz for people who cannot work at home during lockdown

  09-01-2021 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health Secretary Matt Hancock today announces plans for the mass rollout of rapid Covid-19 testing for people who cannot work at home during the lockdown.
  
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• Emmerdale spoilers: Tragedy strikes for Dawn Taylor as she loses her son

  09-01-2021 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dawn is destroyed as Lucas is taken away (Picture: ITV)Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) is left broken in Emmerdale next week, as son Lucas is taken away.
  Harriet Finch (Katherine Dow Blyton) has been struggling to cope in the wake of DI Malone’s (Mark Womack) demise, and the end of her relationship with Will (Dean Andrews) has only made matters worse for her.Next week, she witnesses the evident chemistry between Will and Kim Tate (Claire King), and she’s horrified.
  Afterwards, she heads
  
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• EastEnders spoilers: Sheree Trueman abandons ailing Patrick after his stroke?

  09-01-2021 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: BBC)As Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker) recovers in hospital following his stroke during a showdown with killer Lucas Johnson (Don Gilet) in EastEnders, his wife Sheree (Suzette Llewellyn)  is overwhelmed with the enormity of the situation.Admitting to son Isaac Baptiste (Stevie Basuala) that she can’t face losing another husband, Sheree later disappears, sparking fears that Lucas (Don Gilet) may have done something to harm her.As Patrick wakes up, Denise (Diane Parish) assu
  
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• Coronation Street spoilers: Leanne Battersby’s cruel words leave Simon Barlow distraught

  09-01-2021 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: ITV)Oliver’s death in Coronation Street impacted so many people, and lately we’ve really been seeing how much the death of her son has affected Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson).Leanne has tried to keep her true feelings hidden has best she can, and told people she would be in France over Christmas, but was actually in the flat on her own hiding away.Simon (Alex Bain) discovered Leanne in the flat and realised she wasn’t coping, and said he would step up and help his mum
  
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• 'China's rulers aren't those we partnered with a decade ago' says TOM TUGENDHAT

  09-01-2021 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TOM TUGENDHAT: The past decade has been kind to China's princes, but its people have paid the price. Rise in forced labour and mass surveillance has turned the nation into a prison for many.
  
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