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• He let off a fatal volley of shots then hopped on an e-bike, melting into a city alive with CCTV cameras as witnesses called police. So why is the gunman who left UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson dead on the pavement still at large?

  06-12-2024 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the manhunt continues for the killer of the chief executive of United Healthcare, investigators will be concentrating on what he did after he killed Mr Thompson.
  
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• Murdered health insurance boss Brian Thompson backed 'malicious' AI that denied 90% of patient coverage

  06-12-2024 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CEO of UnitedHealthcare who was gunned down in Manhattan on Wednesday backed an AI that wrongfully denies elderly patients healthcare, according to a lawsuit.
  
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• Hannah Waddingham cuts a stylish figure in a rose print dress as she makes first public appearance with daughter Kitty at Westminster Abbey carol concert

  06-12-2024 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hannah Waddingham cut a stylish figure on Friday as she and her daughter Kitty were pictured for the first time at The Royal Foundation Carol Service: Together at Christmas in London.
  
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• Dad, 52, who rang 999 dies at home alone after NHS bosses cancelled his ambulance

  06-12-2024 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Simon Boyd, who lived in Heaton Moor, Stockport, was suffering with vomiting and diarrhoea in the week leading up to his death in May last year, an inquest heard
  
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• 'Major breakthrough in Mirror Justice for our Daughters campaign with key demands met'

  06-12-2024 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Ministry of Justice has now ordered judges to consider stronger sentences for murders involving strangulation or when the killing is connected to the end of a relationship
  
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• Mystery Disease X kills dozens — scientists extremely concerned over flu-like illness

  06-12-2024 23:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  The disease is currently isolated to a rural part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Picture: Shutterstock)A group of epidemiologists, lab technicians and infection specialists are heading deep into the jungle to find out more about the mysterious illness which has infected hundreds of people in central Africa.The World Health Organisation is putting all hands on deck to find out what’s going on in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a flu-like disease has left 71 dead, accordin
  
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• Experts head into the jungle to identify mystery illness which has killed 143

  06-12-2024 23:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  The disease is currently isolated to a rural part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Picture: Shutterstock)A group of epidemiologists, lab technicians and infection specialists are heading deep into the jungle to find out more about the mysterious illness which has infected hundreds of people in central Africa.The World Health Organisation is putting all hands on deck to find out what’s going on in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a flu-like disease has left over 100 people d
  
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• MI5 is having to 'pare back' its fight against terrorism in Britain to focus on growing Russian meddling, intelligence boss says

  06-12-2024 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MI5 is being forced to 'pare back' its fight against counterterrorism due to growing threats of meddling from Russia and other aggressive countries, Ken McCallum reveals.
  
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• Kate Middleton hints at huge change as telling gestures are decoded by expert

  06-12-2024 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Princess of Wales at one point appeared to emulate King Charles III during her appearance at the annual Christmas Carol in Westminster Abbey, a body language expert has told The Mirror
  
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• Emotional Coleen Rooney bursts into tears as she reunites with her sons in I'm A Celeb camp as she confesses 'I've missed you so much'

  06-12-2024 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coleen Rooney burst into tears after she was greeted by her mother Colette during Friday's emotional episode of I'm A Celeb. 
  
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• Clues emerge but no arrests yet as New York police hunt health CEO’s killer

  06-12-2024 23:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Brazen shooting in Manhattan turns up evidence including video and bullets but, two days on, suspect remains at largeAfter the United Healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday morning in a “brazen targeted attack”, clue after clue swiftly emerged.Surveillance video seems to show the shooter leaving a nearby subway station at 6.15am and buying two energy bars, as well as a bottle of water, at a nearby Starbucks, CNN reported. Cont
  
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• Network rail chaos: How you can claim compensation over travel meltdown

  06-12-2024 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We answer thirteen key questions about making a claim for compensation for delayed and cancelled trains
  
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• Karine Jean-Pierre refuses to apologize for saying Biden wouldn't pardon Hunter as she's asked why anyone should believe the president

  06-12-2024 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to apologize for repeatedly saying that President Joe Biden would not pardon his son Hunter.
  
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• We unleash Grad missiles at Russian troops from a pick-up truck. Our mission can last ten minutes, max. On the eleventh, the drones will find us and that will be that... Richard Pendlebury and photographer Jamie Wiseman report from Ukraine's Pokrovsk fron

  06-12-2024 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Here, hundreds of Grad rockets are being prepared for use by the embattled and under-resourced Ukrainian army a little up the road.
  
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• Demi Moore gives emotional update on Bruce Willis' condition amid dementia battle: 'Great loss and great beauty'

  06-12-2024 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Demi Moore has given an emotional update on ex-husband Bruce Willis' health amid his dementia battle.
  
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• Full list of events cancelled by Storm Darragh as Winter Wonderland confirms it will not be opening on Saturday amid red weather alert

  06-12-2024 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The annual Hyde Park festive hit has announced it will be closing its array of fairground rides, an ice kingdom and a Christmas market on Saturday because of 'high winds'.
  
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• Ange Postecoglou blames mental softness for Tottenham’s inconsistency

  06-12-2024 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Spurs have lost three of their last six league games‘We can’t keep lacking conviction in key moments’Ange Postecoglou has opened up on the exasperation he feels at the softness of his Tottenham team in particular moments, which he suggested was linked to mentality. The manager refuses to believe there is an “institutionalised” reason for the club to fall short of their targets and said he would never “palm off responsibility to whatever we’re going throu
  
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• Man charged after gas cylinders were allegedly ignited and thrown into offices in Gosford's CBD - as police are seen removing items including an angle grinder from his rural property

  06-12-2024 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'targeted attacks' on the Legal Aid building and a lawyers' firm in Gosford on the NSW Central Coast sparked a mass evacuation and an immediate manhunt on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Publication of BBC report into Tim Westwood 'sex allegations' paused at request of police

  06-12-2024 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  BBC report into the conduct of veteran hip-hop DJ Tim Westwood has been put on hold at request of police
  
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• Princess of Wales revealed she asked Louis to 'keep a big secret' - as he delights royal watchers with cheeky expression at carol concert

  06-12-2024 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At tonight's event in London's Westminster Abbey, Kate said that she had enlisted Prince Louis , six, to keep a surprise for her daughter Princess Charlotte, nine.
  
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• Lawyers say they suspect Harvey Weinstein has been deliberately mistreated in prison

  06-12-2024 23:28 via theguardian.com
  
  According to Weinstein’s legal team, the disgraced movie producer has faced egregious conditions while jailedHarvey Weinstein’s lawyers are afraid he will die during his incarceration at Rikers Island, where he has been since a 2020 rape conviction in New York was overturned on appeal, according to the Hollywood Reporter.According to Weinstein’s legal team, the disgraced movie producer has faced egregious conditions while jailed, including being left to fester in blood-spattere
  
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• Innocent man wrongly identified as Brian Thompson shooter now fearing for his life

  06-12-2024 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the manhunt for United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's cold-blooded killer widens, a political personality who was identified as matching the suspect's description is crying foul.
  
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• I’m a Celeb fans furious as final four revealed: ‘Couldn’t care less who wins now’

  06-12-2024 23:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  I’m a Celeb fans are furious at a shock double elimination (Picture: ITV)Alan Halsall and GK Barry have been booted from I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, narrowly missing out on the semi-final of the iconic show.
  With the two headed out, only four celebs remain to vie for the top spot which will be announced this weekend.
  Now, Coleen Rooney, Danny Jones, Oti Mabuse, and Reverend Richard Cole remain in camp.Last night, fans were furious after Maura Hig
  
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• Pair of top Michelin-listed restaurants shut down permanently without warning

  06-12-2024 23:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Lookout by Gardener’s Cottage restaurant was popular for its stunning views (Credits: Alamy Stock Photo)Two popular Michelin Guide-listed restaurants in Edinburgh have been abruptly shut down for good, leaving locals baffled.The Gardener’s Cottage, located in a small park building near the city centre, and The Lookout, with an impressive view over the Scottish capital from a spot on top of Calton Hill, were both highly rated by critics.No explanation for the news has been given,
  
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• Princess takes a bow... and how! Kate stuns in red outfit from her most trusted designer in triumphant return to royal duties, writes ALICE HARE with her fashion verdict

  06-12-2024 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Princess of Wales has made a triumphant return to royal duties, attending her second engagement of the week - her annual carol concert at Westminster Abbey - last night.
  
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• Police find body of US woman who fell into sinkhole while looking for her cat

  06-12-2024 23:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Police had been searching for four days for Elizabeth Pollard, who fell into a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mineThe remains of a Pennsylvania woman who fell into a sinkhole were recovered Friday, four days after she went missing while searching for her cat, a state police spokesperson said.Trooper Steve Limani said the body of 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard was sent to the coroner’s office of Westmoreland county near Pittsburgh for an autopsy after rescuers used machinery to bring her to
  
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• I'm A Celeb's Oti Mabuse chokes back tears during emotional jungle reunion with husband Marius Iepure as he sweetly surprises her with diamond ring to mark their tenth wedding anniversary

  06-12-2024 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Strictly star, 34, who welcomed a baby daughter with the Romanian dancer, 42, last November, was left stunned when her partner emerged from the trees.
  
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• Bath comeback thwarted as La Rochelle sparkle in the rain in first-half blitz

  06-12-2024 23:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Bath 20-24 La RochelleFrench side run in three first-half triesRonan O’Gara enjoyed plenty of wet and wild rugby nights during his ­playing days with Munster and this sodden contest would have stirred some fond memories. There was more than a hint of old-school Irish dog in the way his La Rochelle side took an early forward grip on a filthy evening and built a sufficiently big lead to insulate them from a ­concerted Bath fightback.As the opening salvo to the new Champions Cup seaso
  
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• Man jumps on polar bear that attacked his wife while looking for their dogs

  06-12-2024 23:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  A polar bear attacked a woman on her driveway in a Canadian province (Picture: Getty Images)A man jumped at a polar bear to save his wife after it lunged at her.
  The couple left their home in the Canadian province of Ontario shortly before 5am on Tuesday to search for their missing dogs.
  They were on the driveway of their home in Fort Severn when ‘a polar bear lunged at the woman’, stated the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service.Her husband quickly came to her rescue.The polar bear was sho
  
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• Police officer suffers 'most traumatic event of his life' after going up to man in van

  06-12-2024 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were called to Sale, Trafford, on May 5 after the partner of Kyle Woods reported he had been harassing her. The officer was heard to shout 'stop' and held his hand out before he ran him over
  
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• Outrage as Eric is caught by Brenda with much younger Emmerdale villager

  06-12-2024 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Things are going from bad to worse (Picture: ITV)Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop) branded Eric Pollard’s (Chris Chittel) theft of her savings the deepest betrayal in Emmerdale, which seems to have been taken as a challenge by Eric to outdo himself.Brenda was mortified when she learned that Eric had taken her savings and invested it into some scam crypto currency. He lost the lot and took out a loan against the house to try and earn some of it back.He stole money from the shop and bet it on h
  
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• Bodycam footage shows the horrific Thanksgiving police shooting of 15-year-old Ohio boy Jazmir Tucker

  06-12-2024 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jazmir Tucker, 15, was shot on Thanksgiving night around 11pm after Akron Police officers heard gunshots from their cruiser and went to investigate on East Avenue.
  
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• Experts puzzled by never-before-seen language on unearthed tablet

  06-12-2024 22:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  The findings were published in a journal recently (Picture: Ramaz Shengelia)An undeciphered language has been discovered etched into a stone tablet which could be over 3,500 years old.A book-sized tablet of volcanic basalt rock was found near Bashplemi Lake, Georgia, in 2021, covered in etchings which have yet to be deciphered.
  A paper published in the Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology found that the mysterious writing is similar to other ancient languages from the Mediterranean region
  
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• Migrant bounty hunt where Americans would get $1,000 to turn in undocumented neighbors divides opinion

  06-12-2024 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Missouri lawmaker has introduced a controversial bill that would establish a bounty hunter program for undocumented immigrants.
  
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• Furious fans blast 'trad wife' Gwen Stefani for promoting Catholic prayer app

  06-12-2024 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gwen Stefani has divided her fanbase after promoting the Catholic prayer app Hallow. The No Doubt singer, 55, recently partnered with the popular prayer and meditation app.
  
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• TOM HARRIS: The SNP is chronically addicted to spending on the bloated public sector - as services get ever worse. But without seismic reform, this tartan gravy train is doomed to hit the buffers

  06-12-2024 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The devolution era has brought with it an employment bonanza.Workers are better paid than ever before.There's just one problem - and it's a serious one. An unsustainable one
  
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• Andy Carroll takes swipe at ex Billi Mucklow as he breaks his silence over new romance with Lou Teasdale saying the make-up artist has shown him 'a different world' and is someone he 'needs in his life'

  06-12-2024 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ex-Liverpool striker, 35, announced his split from the TOWIE star, 36, and mother of his three children in October after secretly separating earlier this year, having been together for 11 years.
  
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• Storm Darragh red alert 'scares the life' out of Brits as they react to rare Government mobile phone notification ahead of 'danger to life' 90mph winds

  06-12-2024 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Cabinet Office issued an emergency alert at 6.45pm to three million people in areas covered by the Met Office 's rare red warning for wind in parts of Wales and south-west England.
  
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• Daniel Penny manslaughter charge dismissed after jury fails to reach verdict: Live trial updates

  06-12-2024 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Marine veteran, 26, faced 15 years in prison for charges of manslaughter and negligent homicide.
  
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• Moment 'merciless' man is handed abortion pills he later uses to force a woman to miscarry by spiking her orange juice - as he is jailed for 12 years

  06-12-2024 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stuart Worby, 40, of Norfolk, secretly spiked the orange juice of a woman with an abortion-inducing drug and was jailed for 12 years.
  
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• How the Brian Thompson shooting unfolded – video timeline

  06-12-2024 22:29 via theguardian.com
  On 4 December, Brian Thompson, the 50-year-old chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed in New York near the midtown Manhattan branch of the Hilton hotel. The search for his killer has entered its third day, with police revealing clues about the suspect's identity. However, many details surrounding the shocking shooting remain unclear. Here is a timeline compiled by The Guardian covering the incident and the suspect's escape routeBrian Thompson: search for shooter continues for t
  
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• Missing US journalist Austin Tice believed alive in Syria, mother says

  06-12-2024 22:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Debra Tice and other relatives spoke at White House Friday after meeting with national security officialsThe mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for more than a decade, said on Friday that she was confident her son was alive, citing information she said had come from a “significant source” that she did not identify but that had been vetted by the US government and treated as credible.“He is being cared for and he is well – we do know that,&rdquo
  
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• Dame Prue Leith throws her support behind Gregg Wallace and insists he 'shouldn't be sacked' amid misconduct allegations - admitting she's often warned over her own 'offensive' language

  06-12-2024 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The GBBO host, 84, also said she too is often warned over her own 'offensive language' on her ITV show Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen and claimed more regulations would lead to 'boring telly'.
  
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• Andre Villas-Boas issues warning to Chelsea over FIFA Club World Cup prize money

  06-12-2024 22:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Andre Villas-Boas says the prize money for the FIFA Club World Cup is still being negotiatedPorto president Andre Villas-Boas has warned Chelsea and Manchester City that the prize money for the FIFA Club World Cup is ‘well below initial expectations’.Chelsea, who qualified for the tournament by winning the Champions League in 2021, have been drawn in Group D against Club Leon, Flamengo and Esperance Tunis.City, meanwhile, are in Group G alongside Juventus, Moroccan club Wydad AC and
  
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• Thousands flee Syrian city Homs as rebels near its outskirts

  06-12-2024 22:07 via bbc.com
  
  Homs is the next city south on the road from Aleppo to Damascus, which the rebels have vowed to reach.
  
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• Tragic update in hunt for grandma, 64, who fell into sinkhole while looking for lost cat

  06-12-2024 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth Pollard, 64, was searching for her cat when she fell into a massive sinkhole in Pennsylvania.
  
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• My best friend gave the eulogy at my darling's daughter's funeral. But then I discovered she'd stolen £80,000 from the cancer charity we'd set up in her memory…

  06-12-2024 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Angela MacVicar set up the charity Rainbow Valley in memory of her precious daughter Johanna, there was one woman she trusted more than any other to run it: her best friend.
  
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• Nish’s revenge strikes Denise in EastEnders as sightings are confirmed

  06-12-2024 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Denise and Avani are targeted (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)Evil Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) exacts revenge on Denise Fox (Diane Parish) in EastEnders next week.She firmly believed that she’d never have to face up to the repercussions of their actions after he was carted off by police for falsely admitting to Keanu’s murder. At that point, Denise and the five other women responsible breathed a sigh of relief.Nish’s ex-wife Suki (Balvinder Sopal) had agr
  
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• Major Coronation Street couple to get engaged as question is popped on Christmas Day

  06-12-2024 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Daniel gets down on one knee… (Picture: ITV)Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) pops the question to Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) in Coronation Street this Christmas – but it could end in disaster.As the residents of Weatherfield gather inside of the Viaduct Bistro for Gail Rodwell’s (Helen Worth) wedding to Jesse Chapman (John Thomson), love is in the air outside as Daniel decides to get down on one knee.But what will Bethany say?To make matters worse, he’s harbouring deep-ro
  
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• Coronation Street confirms end of an era as legend faces jail in new Christmas spoilers

  06-12-2024 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Christmas on the cobbles is set to be cracking! (Picture: ITV/Michael Adams/Metro)It’s time to dust off those Christmas decorations and get into the festive spirit, because boy, do we have a present for you! That’s right – it’s time for those highly anticipated Coronation Street Christmas Day spoilers.While we unbuckle our belts to make room for a cheese board after three servings of turkey dinner this Christmas Day, the residents of Weatherfield are set to be embroiled
  
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