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• MTA chairman slams 'jackass' worker 'caught rioting at Capitol and calling COVID-19 a hoax'

  22-01-2021 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Rosati, 28, was pictured wearing a 1776 sweatshirt and appearing to make the 'OK' hand gesture at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. He was initially suspended with pay.
  
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• All the countries considering tougher restrictions on UK over Covid-19 variant

  22-01-2021 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK has become the pariah of the world thanks to incredibly high coronavirus case and death rates, powered by a mutant strain of the virus which has spread across the country
  
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• Five Welsh caves hidden in the woods near a waterfall up for sale for £150,000

  22-01-2021 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The limestone caves are hidden away under 2.5 acres of woodland and can be bought as a group for anyone who fancies getting back to nature as it includes a seven-mile underground network
  
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• 5 caves with 7 miles of underground tunnels on sale for less than a London flat

  22-01-2021 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The limestone caves are hidden away under 2.5 acres of woodland and can be bought as a group for anyone who fancies getting back to nature as it includes a seven-mile underground network
  
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• Widow of man killed on smart motorway blasts scheme after report reveals they raise risk of crashes

  22-01-2021 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Widow Claire Mercer, whose husband Jason was killed on a smart motorway has blasted the scheme after a report revealed they dramatically raise the risk of fatal crashes in a live lane.
  
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• Peppa Pig wants a collab with Lady Gaga and who are we to argue?

  22-01-2021 23:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  What a duo (Picture: PA/REX)The Peppa Pig Twitter account appears to have offered a collaboration to Lady Gaga in a strange tweet promising something at the end of the month.The music industry is no stranger to an unlikely collaboration. JayZ and Linkin Park, Slash and Fergie, Justin Bieber and Busta Rhymes. Even just last month David Hasselhoff appeared in a heavy metal song with duo-act CueStack.You never know who in the music industry might be willing to make strange and unlikely magic happen
  
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• How the 'Indiana Jones of the art world' ARTHUR BRAND hunted down Hitler's horses

  22-01-2021 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Art detective Arthur Brand is know in his office as Don Quixote for how much time he spends on 'wild goose chases' but says he had no idea what he was getting into on his hunt for Hitler's bronze horses.
  
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• Pensioners ‘devastated’ after thief snatches cocker spaniel from outside home

  22-01-2021 23:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Pam Nash made an emotional plea for Daisy’s safe return (Pictures: Kent Police/SWNS)A pensioner has been left distraught after a white van driver pulled up outside her home and snatched her beloved cocker spaniel.Pam Nash, 76, made an emotional appeal for the safe return of her dog Daisy, who she said had been her and her husband’s ‘pride and joy during lockdown’.Footage recorded by a neighbour’s dashcam shows the rescue dog being taken away by a man in a white Ford
  
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• Mother, 17, who had her baby taken by police at a Byron Bay commune defends her 'organic lifestyle'

  22-01-2021 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The confronting footage taken last week shows the topless mother clutching her little boy to her chest as she pleads with police to leave her alone.
  
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• More than 100 National Guard members deployed to DC have tested positive for COVID-19

  22-01-2021 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three National Guard sources told Politico over 100 troops have tested positive while several hundred more are currently in quarantine.
  
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• City of Flint will pay dog owner $35,000 after cops fatally shot her Labrador mix

  22-01-2021 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The City of Flint, Michigan, has agreed to pay Kristen Wells $35,000 to settle her federal lawsuit over the shooting death of her dog, Bailey, at the hands of an on-duty police officer in October 2017.
  
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• Husband jailed for meat cleaver attack on wife when she ended their marriage

  22-01-2021 23:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  William Clapperton was jailed today after trying to kill his wife with a meat cleaver (Picture: Met Police)A jealous husband who launched a savage attack on his wife with a meat cleaver after she decided to end their marriage has been jailed for 22 years.  William Clapperton, 58, left beautician Napangkawarin Clapperton covered in blood after slashing at her eyes, jaw and neck.  The victim announced she was leaving Clapperton after he lost his job at Tesco for sexually harassing a fema
  
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• What you need to know about Mail Force's Computers For Kids

  22-01-2021 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Schools have been ordered to teach online - yet hundreds of thousands of pupils in the UK have no access to a computer at home. The Daily Mail has now launched a new drive to help out.
  
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• England rugby star and Harrow scholar MARO ITJOE joins Mail's Computers for Kids campaign

  22-01-2021 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Today England rugby star Maro Itoje throws his weight behind the 'digital divide' campaign; his aim to guarantee laptops for all disadvantaged children in the UK.
  
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• Crumbling Trump Plaza in Atlantic City will be BLOWN UP on February 17

  22-01-2021 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials have announced that the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey will be detonated on February 17.
  
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• Donald Trump breaks his post-White House silence to say: 'We'll do something'

  22-01-2021 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump made his first brief comment since leaving the White House Friday, saying: 'We'll do something, but not just yet.'
  
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• Furloughed salon worker ‘earns £12,000 a day selling teeth kits in lockdown’

  22-01-2021 23:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ben Gulliver claims to have earned £12,000 a day selling teeth cleaning kits from his bedroom (Picture: SWNS)A furloughed hair transplant consultant appears to have found a lucrative new calling after claiming to earn up to £12,000 a day selling teeth cleaning kits from his bedroom.Ben Gulliver, 20, decided to pursue his dream of starting his own business after the pandemic forced his salon in Romford, East London to close.He started selling teeth cleaning devices from China online w
  
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• Married at First Sight Australia star is now testicular cancer campaigner after his returned while filming

  22-01-2021 23:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nic Jovanovic and Cyrell Paule were matched together on Married at First Sight Australia (Picture: NINE)Married at First Sight Australia star Nic Jovanovic has revealed he now works with testicular cancer charities after being diagnosed for a second time while filming.Jovanovic, 29, revealed that he learned that he had testicular cancer while filming the reality TV show back in early 2019.
  At the time, he chose not to disclose the news to his wife Cyrell Paule, as well as other contestants. He h
  
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• Teenage boy, 15, charged after allegedly filming sex with two 12-year-old girls

  22-01-2021 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 15-year-old has been charged after allegedlyfilming sex with two 12-year-olds in Goldfields, WA. The court heard there was a meeting about relationship with police at the school last year.
  
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• Kevin Campbell rates Arsenal’s top-four chances after mini-revival

  22-01-2021 23:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arteta’s side have been resurgent in recent weeks (Picture: Getty Images)Kevin Campbell believes Arsenal aren’t too far away from being top-four contenders, but sees finishing in the top six as a much more realistic expectation for this season.The Gunners registered just 14 points from their opening 14 Premier League this term, which is their worst start to a top-flight campaign for an astonishing 46 years.But Mikel Arteta’s side have been sparked into life in recent weeks, lar
  
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• Sheamus warns Conor McGregor: ‘WWE is more competitive and physical than UFC’

  22-01-2021 23:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Celtic Warrior has warned Notorious (Photo: WWE)WWE superstar Sheamus has suggested Conor McGregor could struggle with transitioning from UFC to the world of wrestling.The Celtic Warrior has left the door open for his fellow Irishman to make the leap from the octagon to the squared circle, but he thinks the MMA star might be in for a nasty surprise.He told Digital Spy: ‘In UFC you fight once a year or twice a year, in WWE we’re fighting every week. We’re taking big bumps ev
  
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• Britain is borrowing £1billion daily to keep economy afloat with national debt now at £2.13trillion 

  22-01-2021 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK is borrowing £1billion a day to keep the economy afloat as the cost of the pandemic mounts.
  Office for National Statistics showed the Government borrowed £34.1billion in December.
  
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• California Governor Gavin Newsom faces blacklash for keeping lockdown formulas SECRET

  22-01-2021 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Since early December, California has used projected regional ICU capacity as the metric used to assign lockdown tiers, issuing stay-at-home orders if capacity falls below 15 percent.
  
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• Biden's £1.1million presidential limo 'won't fit down Cornwall's lanes' for the G7 summit in June 

  22-01-2021 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £1.1million presidential Cadillac, with 5in-thick bulletproof windows, is not expected to make the trip to the G7 summit in Cornwall this June after fears it may get stuck down narrow roads.
  
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• Harry Brant laid to rest as brother pens heartbreaking tribute

  22-01-2021 23:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Harry Brant tragically died at the age of 24 (Picture: REX, Instagram/petermbrant)Harry Brant has been laid to rest with his brother Peter penning a heartbreaking tribute.Supermodel Stephanie Seymour’s son tragically died this week at the age of 24.Peter shared one of his brother’s modelling photos, writing in the caption: ‘Today we lay to rest, and honor the life of my brother, a true angel of light, an extraordinarily unique soul unlike any who have come before.‘This ph
  
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• Daily Mail launches new drive to aid Britain's children struggling with lessons at home

  22-01-2021 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Up to a million UK schoolchildren are struggling with lessons at home because they cannot work online. Now the Daily Mail is swinging into action for Mail Force.
  
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• Gillian Anderson joins in Bernie Sanders meme with iconic Sex Education post

  22-01-2021 23:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Don’t they make quite a pair (Picture: Rex, Twitter/@GillianA)Sex Education star Gillian Anderson has joined in the viral Bernie Sanders meme currently sweeping the internet with an iconic addition.On Wednesday January 20, all eyes were on Washington DC when the presidential inauguration took place, with Joe Biden taking on the role alongside his vice president Kamala Harris.One attendee at the ceremony who caught people’s attention across the world was former presidential candidate
  
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• Covid cops raid socialite's birthday bash.. but 'guests' were just cardboard replicas

  22-01-2021 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To mark the 56th birthday of socialite Lisa Tchenguiz, her boyfriend, the American private jet tycoon Steve Varsano, 64, thoughtfully organised a surprise online party in offices in Park Lane.
  
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• Germany 'to put right-wing opposition party AfD under surveillance'

  22-01-2021 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been the subject of a two-year investigation over fears it has become more radical.
  
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• Garden designer nurses injured bird back to health in his bathroom after rescuing it from the road 

  22-01-2021 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Joel Ashton spotted one of the endangered and seldom seen birds lying injured and exhausted in a road, it heralded the start of a touching rescue mission
  
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• Man jailed after knocking NHS nurse unconscious in ‘senseless’ A&E attack

  22-01-2021 23:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Prince Isaac Walker a ‘needlessly vicious’ attack at an NHS hospital in east London (Picture: Rex/Met Police)A man who knocked a nurse unconscious after launching a ‘needlessly vicious’ attack at an NHS hospital in east London has been jailed.The 36-year-old woman needed treatment after she was targeted by Prince Isaac Walker, 32, in Homerton Hospital in the early hours of Thursday morning.Walker was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Co
  
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• French customs officials' post-Brexit dirty tricks on British fish, DAVID JONES reveals

  22-01-2021 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Devon fish exporter Ian Perkes would ordinarily be keen on selling cuttlefish to sell in the EU, writes DAVID JONES. But thanks to French customs officials, he hasn't bought a single box.
  
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• Ex-Education Secretary DAVID BLUNKETT issues a call to arms

  22-01-2021 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAVID BLUNKETT: Just imagine, for a moment, what it must be like to be a child in lockdown. Stuck indoors, unable to play with friends and banished from school for weeks and months on end.
  
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• How white-tailed eagles could be reintroduced to England

  22-01-2021 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  White-tailed eagles could be reintroduced to England as a way of reducing pests including geese and rabbits.
  
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• Women who posed for pics lying on railway track slammed as 'unthinkingly stupid'

  22-01-2021 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British Transport Police blasted the 'unthinkably stupid behaviour by two women clearly oblivious to the dangers of level crossings' as the daft duo were caught on CCTV
  
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• Donald Trump is $1bn in debt, an impeachment trial is due next week, criminal charges are possible

  22-01-2021 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There were still a few minutes left of Donald Trump's troubled tenure as U.S. president, but his First Lady had had enough.
  
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• Leicester ditched Chaucer and marks 'International Womxn's Week'...no wonder it's failing

  22-01-2021 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GUY ADAMS: it may not boast any dreaming spires or belong to the Russell Group of leading universities, there was a time when Leicester University punched above the weight of its rivals.
  
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• David Beckham defends decision to hire fellow Manchester United legend Phil Neville as Inter Miami boss

  22-01-2021 23:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  David Beckham has defended his appointment of Phil Neville at Inter Miami (Picture: Sky Sports)David Beckham has defended Inter Miami’s appointment of Phil Neville as the MLS side’s new head coach, insisting friendship played no part in the hiring of his former Manchester United and England team-mate.‘I’ve known him since I was 15, 16 years old, from a young kid,’ Beckham said. ‘I knew what he was like as a player, I know what he’s like as a human being,
  
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• BBC drama The Serpent is filmed near Luton and Tring... despite taking viewers to Bangkok and Paris

  22-01-2021 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BBC serial killer drama The Serpent has been taking viewers to such exotic locations. But they might be surprised to learn some scenes were filmed in rather less glamorous surroundings.
  
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• Army unit faces gender row as officials consider changing 'craftsman' rank to 'private'

  22-01-2021 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery said the corps would 'keep the punch in the Army's fist'. Now the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers have surrendered to political correctness.
  
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• Recycling worker wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for failing a drugs test

  22-01-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A recycling worker sacked for failing a drugs test has won an unfair dismissal case after a judge accepted he was taking cannabis for his bad back.
  
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• Touching moment Covid patient marries partner of 25 years days before he dies

  22-01-2021 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Coronavirus patient Benny Khaw, 85, married Julia Cox in Kingston Hospital after staff transformed the Acute Assessment Unit into a wedding venue complete with lights, decorations and a cake
  
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• National Guard to remain in DC until March due to lingering threats

  22-01-2021 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After Joe Biden's inauguration went off with only a handful of minor arrests and incidents on Wednesday, 15,400 of those Guardsmen are now being sent home.
  
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• Will Daphne and the Duke be in Bridgerton season 2? Everything the show’s creator has said

  22-01-2021 22:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bridgerton stars Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor will be back in some capacity for season two (Picture: Netflix)The world fell in love with Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke of Hastings in Bridgerton and many hope they’ll join the cast in season 2.However, the second season of the hit Netflix period drama will be focused on a different Bridgerton sibling’s quest to find love in 19th century London.So what does this mean for Simon Bass
  
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• Joe Biden warns more U.S. faces more than 600,000 COVID deaths

  22-01-2021 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Biden warned the United States faces more than 600,000 COVID deaths as he signed executive orders aimed at assisting those facing food insecurity and protecting American workers. 
  
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• Millions of Sydneysiders are welcomed back into Victoria - as state goes another day with zero cases

  22-01-2021 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victoria reported three Covid-19 cases in hotel quarantine on Saturday morning after 15,711 tests were conducted over the past 24 hours.
  
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• Bus driver jailed for killing ‘promising academic’ in railway bridge crash

  22-01-2021 22:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eric Vice, 64, pleaded guilty to death by dangerous driving (Picture: PA/Media Wales)A bus driver has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for killing a ‘promising’ academic and seriously injuring another student after crashing his double-decker into a railway bridge.Eric Vice, 64, decided to take a detour from his usual route to ‘beat a few minutes’ before colliding into the bridge en route to Swansea University.Mum-of-one Jessica Jing Ren, 36, died from brain stem death
  
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• Covid EU: Double-dip recession in eurozone 'increasingly inevitable'

  22-01-2021 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The slowdown in Eurozone business activities intensified in January as the pandemic continued to batter the economy, a key survey showed on Friday.
  
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• Paul Merson tells Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to rest Bruno Fernandes for Manchester United’s FA Cup clash against Liverpool

  22-01-2021 22:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Merson has advised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to rest Bruno Fernandes against Liverpool (Pictures: Sky Sports / Getty)Paul Merson has advised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to rest Bruno Fernandes for Manchester United’s FA Cup clash against Liverpool.The former Arsenal and England ace told Starsport: ‘Manchester United should rest Bruno Fernandes against Liverpool this weekend. He looks tired to me.‘He’s played every single game in the league and all those minutes start to add up a
  
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• Covid UK: 70% support use of tracking technology, study suggests 

  22-01-2021 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  About seven in 10 Brits are in favour of location-tracking technology during the coronavirus pandemic - regardless of if it's opt-in or compulsory, a study suggests.
  
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