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• New XEC Covid variant spreads - Everything we know from symptoms to how to protect yourself

  14-09-2024 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The XEC variant was first detected in Germany over the summer, but has now been identified in 15 countries. Here, we explain everything we know about the latest Covid strain
  
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• New XEC Covid variant – Everything we know from symptoms to how to protect yourself

  14-09-2024 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The XEC variant was first detected in Germany over the summer, but has now been identified in 15 countries. Here, we explain everything we know about the latest Covid strain
  
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• Starmer's chief of staff is quizzed over connections to Sinn Fein politicians

  14-09-2024 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Tories have asked Ms Gray to reveal the extent of her contacts with Republican figures after security sources said that she had held meetings with Conor Murphy, Sinn Fein's economy minister.
  
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• MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: To serve up the best leader, let them be grilled

  14-09-2024 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Campaigns over recent years to become Tory leader have not, for the most part, been triumphs. Where they have produced successful leaders, it has been more by luck than by judgment.
  
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• The fascinating details of Kate's remarkable video that even the most eagle-eyed may have missed

  14-09-2024 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Even the most eagle-eyed may have missed these intriguing aspects, say Nikki Sutherland and Natasha Livingstone
  
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• Cha-cha with chaperones: Strictly Come Dancing is back after the turmoil

  14-09-2024 23:49 via theguardian.com
  
  The smiles are bright. But has the BBC show lost its lightness now?It’s not long into the launch show of Strictly Come Dancing 2024 before co-host Tess Daly is excitedly gesturing towards “the magical Strictly glitterball”.As the show embarks on its 20th anniversary year, has the glitterball been irrevocably tarnished? Continue reading...
  
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• How the astronauts stranded in space until February fill their days while they orbit Earth every 93 minutes at 17,500mph

  14-09-2024 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Sunita Williams celebrates her 59th birthday on Thursday, it won't be the way she planned.
  
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• Jadon Sancho aims subtle dig at Manchester United after player of the match performance on Chelsea debut

  14-09-2024 23:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jadon Sancho got the assist for Chelsea’s winner vs Bournemouth (Photo: Getty)Jadon Sancho marked his Chelsea debut with a player of the match performance against Bournemouth – despite only coming on at half-time.The England winger made a surprise transfer to Chelsea on loan from Manchester United on deadline day after three nightmare years at Old Trafford.Aside from his brief loan spell at Borussia Dortmund last season, fans have scarcely seen the best of Sancho who was once conside
  
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• Teenager, 18, charged with murdering a woman and two youths who were found dead at a Luton flat

  14-09-2024 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An 18-year-old has been charged with the murders of a woman and two teenagers who were found dead at a flat in Luton on Friday, Bedfordshire Police said.
  
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• Bakery in key swing state is using ingenious cookie poll to predict the outcome of the election - here are the results so far

  14-09-2024 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lochel's Bakery in Hatboro is tracking the sales of their election-predicting cookies. Owner, Kathleen Lochel, has been sharing the progress of her sweet experiment on social media.
  
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• Vital rewilding... or utter insanity? Debate rages as freed 800lb killer bears terrorise Italian villages

  14-09-2024 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The attack on Andrea Papi, 26, as he jogged in the Dolomites, shocked Italy, sparking a national debate over the wisdom of a policy to reintroduce brown bears here
  
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• Hugely divisive vote to legalise assisted dying 'could be held within weeks' after Prime Minister backed plans to fast-track it through the Commons

  14-09-2024 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister is privately paving the way for a vote before Christmas , which could usher in one of the greatest social changes in the UK since the Abortion Act 1967.
  
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• Now just one GCSE can get you a job as an MI5 spy

  14-09-2024 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MI5 is looking for potential spies with just one GCSE, providing the qualification is in English and it's a grade 4 or above, the Mail on Sunday can reveal (Pictured: Roger Moore as James Bond)
  
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• Keir Starmer will look into Italy's migrant processing system when he meets with Italian Prime Minister next week

  14-09-2024 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said he hopes to discuss his counterpart Giorgia Meloni's 'strong ideas' on the crucial topic of illegal immigration when he visits her in Rome tomorrow
  
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• Huge rise in support for Prince Harry permanently returning to Royal duties - but 60 per cent are still opposed to or undecided about a comeback, poll finds

  14-09-2024 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's a rise of 36 per cent, indicating that Harry's more conciliatory approach to the Royal Family this year is beginning to pay off as he looks to strengthen ties back in Britain
  
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• Miles Hammond hits classy fifty as Gloucestershire cruise to first Blast title

  14-09-2024 23:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Final: Gloucs, 129-2, beat Somerset, 124, by eight wicketsDavid Payne’s 3-27 helps dismantle holders SomersetWhen Ollie Price smashed a six down the ground, it was done. Gloucestershire, the least fancied side heading into finals day, had their hands on a first T20 Blast Trophy – announcing themselves champions in emphatic style. Throughout the day, they produced a tour de force of T20 cricket.Cameron Bancroft and Miles Hammond batted superbly to reduce Somerset’s bowlers to ca
  
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• Man, 18, charged with murders of a woman and two teenagers in Luton

  14-09-2024 23:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Nicholas Prosper is suspect in deaths of three people believed to be Juliana Prosper, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13An 18-year-old has been charged with the murders of a woman and two teenagers who were found dead at a flat in Luton on Friday, Bedfordshire police have said.Nicholas Prosper, of Leabank, Luton was arrested on Friday morning in Bramingham Road after police discovered three bodies at a flat in Leabank, off Wauluds Bank Drive, at about 5.30am. Continue reading...
  
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• Wanyonyi beats Arop but Rudisha’s world record remains intact

  14-09-2024 23:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Mark for 800m challenged at Diamond League finalOlympic 200m champion Tebogo beaten by BednarekDavid Rudisha’s revered 800m world record from the London 2012 Games is safe for another year after a kamikaze attempt on it at the Diamond League final went up in a blaze of lactic acid and burning lungs.On a cold night in Brussels, the thoughts of many athletes were inevitably on getting through a final night of competition before a well-earned rest at the end of a thrilling but long season. Ho
  
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• Russia 'sharing nuclear secrets with Iran in bid to topple West', UK spies fear

  14-09-2024 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Russia is feared by the West to be sharing top secret information on developing nuclear bombs with Iran in return for receiving missiles it can use in the war with Ukraine
  
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• Strictly 2024 star branded ‘cheat’ by rival as signing divides viewers

  14-09-2024 23:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Not everyone is happy about the signing of one Strictly star (Picture: BBC)In a jarring moment, one Strictly Come Dancing star was declared a ‘cheat’ by a fellow celebrity contestant as the 2024 series got off to a dazzling start.EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick’s casting has divided fans of the BBC dance show given that he lifted the glitterball trophy last December in the Christmas special.Paired with Nancy Xu at the time, the soap favourite, 30, impressed the judges with his
  
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• Let Ukraine use British Storm Shadow missiles in Russia, Boris Johnson urges the Prime Minister - warning that every day's delay is costing lives

  14-09-2024 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former PM expressed frustration that talks between Sir Keir and US President Joe Biden in Washington had failed to sanction the use of Storm Shadow missiles against Russian forces
  
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• Keir Starmer still committed to votes at 16 despite leaving policy out of King's Speech

  14-09-2024 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The PM said he stood by Labour's manifesto pledge to reduce the voting age in all elections - adding over a million people to the electorate
  
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• Keir Starmer 'open to' processing asylum-seekers offshore just like Italy

  14-09-2024 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Italy hopes to process up to 36,000 asylum seekers, who are intercepted at sea, when centres open in Albania later this year. Under the deal, those whose claims are accepted will be admitted into Italy
  
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• It’s goodbye Walford as Jean decides to leave the country in EastEnders

  14-09-2024 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jean Slater is back – but not for long! (Picture: BBC)Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) will have just unpacked her bags before repacking them to leave Walford again in EastEnders next week. The beloved character left Albert Square last month to visit son Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky), amid troubles in her relationship with Harvey Monroe (Ross Boatman). Jean was upset to learn that Harvey had been hiding the fact he was giving money to Maya Houssain (Bharti Patel) as a way of try
  
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• Chelsea’s Nkunku sinks Bournemouth amid Premier League yellow card record

  14-09-2024 22:59 via theguardian.com
  
  In the blue corner, Todd Boehly. In the other blue corner, Behdad Eghbali. In the meantime, Enzo Maresca must get on with the business of winning football matches. As the Chelsea soap opera takes its latest plot twist, it turning out this club ain’t big enough for two billionaire egos, Maresca’s team put in a performance often just as dysfunctional as goings-on in the boardroom. And yet Christopher Nkunku’s late strike stole the south coast points.Andoni Iraola’s Bournemo
  
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• Huge rallies across France as entire world rocked by sickening rape case of man who drugged wife

  14-09-2024 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The case of Gisèle Pélicot, who was allegedly drugged by her ex-husband so she could be raped by dozens of men while unconscious, has shocked France and the entire world
  
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• ‘Mind games’ – Chelsea star praised for causing Bournemouth penalty miss

  14-09-2024 22:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Did Cole Palmer get in Evanilson’s head? (Photo: Sky Sports)Jamie Redknapp was among those to praise Cole Palmer’s ‘mind games’ after Bournemouth missed a penalty against Chelsea in their Premier League clash.Bournemouth were the better team for much of Saturday night at the Vitality Stadium, but lacked a clinical edge, with the Blues snatching a late 1-0 win courtesy of Christopher Nkunku.As half-time break neared, the Cherries were handed a golden opportunity to break t
  
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• Hedge fund managers search for £300bn treasure at bottom of sea

  14-09-2024 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The expeditions are a rich man's game - long, expensive and with no guarantee of uncovering a haul. But like many adventurers before them, the chance of a discovery is too powerful a reward.
  
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• Chancellor's dilemma over the scale of debt owned by foreigners

  14-09-2024 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain is increasingly in hock to foreign governments who own far more of the national debt than previously thought, we can reveal.
  
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• Pension firms warn Labour over tax raid on savings

  14-09-2024 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rachel Reeves is widely thought to be considering a cut to income tax relief on retirement savings for top-rate taxpayers.
  
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• Keir Starmer alleged to have broken rules over party donor’s gifts to wife

  14-09-2024 22:50 via theguardian.com
  
  The prime minister made a late declaration of a personal shopper and clothes for his wife paid for by Lord AlliKeir Starmer is alleged to have broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife from the Labour donor Waheed Alli.The gifts to Victoria Starmer were not initially declared in the register of MPs’ interests, the Sunday Times reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Britain risks losing out on Unilever's £15bn ice cream float

  14-09-2024 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The warning came from former Barclays chairman Gerry Grimstone, amid fears Amsterdam will win a battle for Unilever's £15 billion business.
  
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• Luton flat deaths: 18-year-old charged with murder of woman and two teens

  14-09-2024 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nicholas Prosper, 18, has been charged with the murders of a woman and two teenagers who were found dead inside a flat on Friday, Bedfordshire Police said.
  
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• The Apprentice insiders reveal wild details about how they transformed Trump into TV royalty - including shocking truth about his 'stinky' office and diva antics

  14-09-2024 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Before Donald Trump was able to springboard off his billionaire mogul persona to run for president, producers on The Apprentice say they worked tirelessly to build the image for him.
  
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• Chilling new details emerge about horrific murder of family of four in New York - as cops arrest illegal migrant

  14-09-2024 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Details on the gruesome murder of upstate New York family of four have emerged. The murder, that left veteran cops shaken, took place in their own home.
  
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• At least 15 dead and 40 injured after petrol tanker explodes

  14-09-2024 22:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Haiti is already gripped with fuel shortages, even without petrol tankers explodingA petrol tanker explosion killed at least 15 people as they tried to retrieve oil from its wreck in Haiti.The Caribbean nation has been hit by fuel and food shortages that have driven people to desperate measures like eating biscuits made of mud to survive.When a truck transporting petrol overturned in Miragoane, a port city of 60,000 people in southern Haiti, today, people flocked to salvage the leaking fuel.At l
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing RECAP: Strictly launches new series amid controversy engulfing BBC show after exits of dancers Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima following abuse claims

  14-09-2024 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Read the recap of the launch of the new series of Strictly Come Dancing in its 20th anniversary which took place on September 14, 2024.
  
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• Father who is convicted rapist stripped of parental responsibility for daughter

  14-09-2024 22:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Mother hopes case will ‘shine a light’ on family courts and CafcassA convicted rapist who was previously allowed to have unsupervised time with his child has been stripped of his parental responsibility.Kristoffer White, who has been described as a “danger to women and children”, failed to turn up to court last week for a hearing, attended by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), to determine the involvement he could have in his daughter’s life. Continue re
  
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• At least three dead as two passenger trains collide in Egypt’s Nile delta

  14-09-2024 22:04 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 40 others were injured in crash in the city of Zagazig, according to the country’s health ministryTwo passenger trains have collided in Egypt’s Nile delta, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities have said.The crash happened on Saturday in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province, the country’s railway authority said. Egypt’s health ministry said the collision injured at least 40 others. Continue reading...
  
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• The moment I knew: I was close to breaking, then he gave me exactly what I’d said I wanted most

  14-09-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Broke, heartbroken and fresh out of a border security holding cell, Heather Cohen thought her world was falling apart when a taxi pulled up to her doorstepGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOn a humid summer night in Boston 15 years ago, I found myself alone on a stranger’s porch and as close to a breakdown as a 30-year-old woman can be while still remaining upright.In the span of one week, my entire world had crumbled from hopeful celebration into absolute disaster. I was certain
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2024 pairings revealed in lively launch show

  14-09-2024 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The class of 2024 have been formally introduced to viewers (Picture: Ray Burmiston/PA Wire)Strictly Come Dancing has waltzed back onto our TV screens, and after weeks of speculation, the 2024 pairings have been revealed.The celebrities, including Pete Wicks and Nick Knowles, who will now become an important part of our Saturday night found out who will be teaching them the difference between a fleckerl and a pas de bourree.During the launch show, viewers were also treated to special performances
  
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• Nic Cester from Jet: ‘I wrote the majority of Get Born while sitting on the toilet’

  14-09-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The frontman of the Australian rock band reflects on the last two decades, his worst date and his favourite sandwichRead more 10 Chaotic QuestionsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhat is the best guitar riff of all time?I find joy in simplicity. If you have the capacity to boil something down to essential ingredients, I think that is often more powerful and clever than something complicated. So my answer is potentially banal – but I think it’s the riff from James Bond. Ever
  
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• Melania Trump issues wild statement accusing US government of 'invading her privacy'

  14-09-2024 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump's wife Melania has made a dramatic claim that her personal rights were violated when FBI agents entered their Mar-a-Lago home over allegations that the former US president had kept classified documents
  
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• 'Banning smartphones in schools is a challenge - but it's worth it to protect our kids'

  14-09-2024 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "Schools and education ministries the world over are already implementing bans on kids having their phones in class, and it's about time Labour joined this growing consensus"
  
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• Dad of slain beautician Elle Edwards takes on gun gangs and says she'd think he was 'bonkers'

  14-09-2024 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When Tim Edwards' daughter was shot in the head on Christmas Eve 2022, father Tim Edwards swore revenge - but then he remembered the words of a police officer he had met years earlier
  
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• Revealed: The scathing descriptions of how 'Duchess Difficult' Meghan Markle treats staff as she faces new claims of diva behaviour ahead of husband Harry's 40th

  14-09-2024 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Searing new descriptions have emerged of 'Duchess Difficult' Meghan Markle's treatment of staff, as husband Prince Harry prepares to celebrate his landmark 40th birthday tomorrow
  
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• Bobby Kennedy really WAS with Marilyn Monroe the night she died, says bombshell book that reveals their final conversation. And here are the explosive things she told him...

  14-09-2024 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With every passing year, the questions grow louder and more insistent: just what part did John F Kennedy and his brother Robert play in the tragic death of Marilyn Monroe?
  
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• Nuno Espirito Santo reveals Nottingham Forest targeted two Liverpool stars during shock win

  14-09-2024 21:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nuno Espirito Santo’s Forest recorded a stunning win at Liverpool (Photo: Getty)Nuno Espirito Santo has revealed that targeting two Liverpool stars helped Nottingham Forest pull off a stunning 1-0 win at Anfield.Forest inflicted the first defeat of Arne Slot’s Liverpool career on Saturday, with Anthony Elanga setting up Callum Hudson-Odoi to score the stunning winner in the 72nd minute.This was Forest’s first win at Anfield since 1969 and maintains their impressive unbeaten sta
  
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• Train collision leaves two children dead and 29 passengers injured

  14-09-2024 21:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  At least three people are killed and 29 injured as passenger trains collide in Egypt’s Nile Delta (Picture: AP)Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Saturday, killing at least three people – two of them children.The country’s railway authority said the crash happened in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province.Egypt’s health ministry said the collision injured at least 40 other people.Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, w
  
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• Tata Steel closure leaves 2,800 out of work - but could net bosses millions in profit

  14-09-2024 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Indian-owned Tata Steel is set to close the last blast furnace at the historic Port Talbot steelworks by the end of the month with the loss of 2,800 jobs, but could be in line for millions in payouts
  
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