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• NATO boss Mark Rutte urges Keir Starmer to step up defence spending to help placate Donald Trump - as PM is warned the military alliance could not survive without American support

  03-02-2025 23:59
  
  Standing alongside Sir Keir at a press conference at Nato headquarters in Brussels, Mr Rutte said Nato countries had increased defence spending by 18 per cent in the last year.
  
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• Panic at packed London restaurant as knife-wielding attackers storm in and 'confront couple' - before fleeing as owners shut doors and police launch manhunt

  03-02-2025 23:58
  
  The chaotic scenes unfolded at Tashas Battersea at around 8:25pm on Monday.
  
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• UK and Italy get tough on the 'migrant mafia': London and Rome sign deal to crack down on small boat people smugglers as harshly as The Mob

  03-02-2025 23:57
  
  Police from the UK and Italy will work together using Mafia-style methods to crackdown on people smugglers in the two countries.
  
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• Trump tariffs live updates: President gloats as one-by-one Canada and Mexico fall in line after threats

  03-02-2025 23:57
  
  DAILYMAIL.COM LIVE BLOG: Trump sends chills across the world with unprecedented tariffs as his top adviser Elon Musk grips power.
  
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• Nurse was 'embarrassed' about having to change in front of a transgender doctor - so waited in the corridor, tribunal hears

  03-02-2025 23:54
  
  A nurse was so 'uncomfortable' at the prospect of getting changed in front of her trans colleague that she left and waited in the corridor, a tribunal heard.
  
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• Family trawling daycare surveillance for their child's missing shoe uncover unspeakable abuse

  03-02-2025 23:53
  
  A Texas daycare worker was allegedly caught on camera grabbing children by the throat, shaking them, and pushing them to the ground.
  
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• Backed into a corner: Keir Starmer is forced to deny that he broke Covid rules to meet voice coach - as PM insists 'all rules were followed'

  03-02-2025 23:52
  
  The Prime Minister was faced with a string of questions about the visit of an actress and voice coach to Labour headquarters while strict lockdown measures were in place.
  
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• What a time to be crawling back to the EU! As Donald Trump threatens trade war with the bloc but hints at sparing Britain, Keir Starmer vows to unpick Brexit and begs Brussels for closer ties

  03-02-2025 23:45
  
  Speaking ahead of a dinner with EU leaders last night, Sir Keir said he was 'not choosing' between the two powers as they engaged in an acrimonious war of words over trade.
  
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• DEI is to blame for Trump's near-assassination claims Secret Service agent

  03-02-2025 23:39
  
  Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives within the Secret Service led to Donald Trump's near-assassination attempt over the summer, an agent has revealed.
  
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• Chelsea’s Pedro Neto explains pointed message behind goal celebration against West Ham

  03-02-2025 23:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Pedro Neto equalised for Chelsea against West Ham (Picture: Getty Images)Pedro Neto sent a message to both Chelsea’s lovers and haters with his goal celebration in the win over West Ham on Monday night.The Blues came from behind at Stamford Bridge, with it looking like a sticky evening for them when Jarrod Bowen had given the Hammers a half-time lead.However, Neto equalised as he fired home a bobbling ball in the box, before a Cole Palmer cross was deflected into his own goal by Aaron Wan
  
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• Violent thug confesses to brutal axe attack in 12 chilling words to 999 operator

  03-02-2025 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anthony McDonald, 56, was seen walking along a train track after committing what police called a 'targeted attack' against his ex, who was left with life-changing injuries
  
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• Chinese ambassador secretly met Prince Andrew at Royal Lodge after car-crash Newsnight interview, court documents reveal

  03-02-2025 23:30
  
  Andrew's closest aide, Dominic Hampshire, ensured that then-ambassador Liu Xiaoming was able to bypass certain security measures on the Windsor estate.
  
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• Mom ‘spanked her son to death with extension cord over not doing his chores’

  03-02-2025 23:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  A woman is accused of fatally beating her teenage son in a Seattle home because he did not complete his chores (Pictures: KOMO News)A mother allegedly beat her teenage son to death by whipping him with an extension cord because he did not finish his chores.The 29-year-old mom called 911 on Thursday afternoon saying her 14-year-old son became unresponsive as she disciplined him in their Seattle home, police said.
  She said her son made her angry by not getting his chores done and told him it was
  
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• Labour won't say how many talking shops it's launched... as it's too expensive to count them!

  03-02-2025 23:23
  
  Ministers have dismissed attempts by the Mail and MPs to find out the true scale of what was branded the Government's 'review-itis' by the BBC on Sunday.
  
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• UK snow map turns purple as huge 550-MILE wall set to blast Brits in just days

  03-02-2025 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Snow will stretch across the span of the country in a few days, with maps turning purple to indicate the arrival of the white stuff - which is set to remain for at least three days
  
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• Canada's Justin Trudeau caves to Trump's tariff threat and strikes billion-dollar border agreement

  03-02-2025 23:05
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that he had agreed to string of Donald Trump 's border demands and won a 30-day reprieve from a raft of hefty tariffs.
  
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• Thames Water seeks £3bn bailout to stop it falling into administration - as Britain's biggest water firm could run out of money in just six weeks

  03-02-2025 23:04
  
  Thames Water has applied to a judge to approve its plans to secure a £3billion cash loan to stop it going into administration.
  
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• Scandal of knife thugs aged just 10 years old as stop-and-search cops catch children with weapons and drugs

  03-02-2025 23:03
  
  Children as young as 10 have been caught carrying weapons by police stop-and-search teams in Scotland, alarming new figures show.
  
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• Bold call for Australia to copy the United States with Elon Musk-style red-tape removal role

  03-02-2025 23:01
  
  Australia's biggest businesses want the country to copy the US in cutting red tape, saying living standards will fall.
  
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• Trump tariffs live updates: President teases Canada could be off the hook for tariffs after Trudeau call

  03-02-2025 23:00
  
  DAILYMAIL.COM LIVE BLOG: Trump sends chills across the world with unprecedented tariffs as his top adviser Elon Musk grips power.
  
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• Trump destroys Democratic Party leaving just 'twenty big cities' after election sweep

  03-02-2025 22:59
  
  A failed Democratic congressional candidate gave one of the most damning takes on the current state of the party after President Donald Trump and Republicans' election wins in November.
  
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• Patrick Dorgu tells Manchester United fans what to expect from him

  03-02-2025 22:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Patrick Dorgu was unveiled as a Manchester United player on Sunday (Picture: Getty Images)New Manchester United signing Patrick Dorgu promises to bring intensity and energy to the club after his arrival from Lecce.The 20-year-old has been the Red Devils’ most significant signing of the winter transfer window, costing the Premier League club an initial £25m, with a potential £4.1m in add-ons.The left wing-back broke into the Lecce team last season and has racked up 57 appearanc
  
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• Geelong man Ethan Tabe tragically drowns during camping trip at the Murray River

  03-02-2025 22:58
  
  A young man has been identified as the latest drowning victim on the Murray River.
  
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• Young man dies in agony after price of his inhaler rose from $66 to $540

  03-02-2025 22:55
  
  A young man has passed away in agony after the price of his inhaler suddenly rose from $66 to $540.
  
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• Obese woman grimaces in mugshot after starving and torturing child at home

  03-02-2025 22:55
  
  Kentucky State Police detained Mary Hall, 42, on Wednesday after a boy in her care 'showed signs of torture' including bruises on his face and a chipped tooth.
  
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• Dubbo: Boy, 16, vanishes after swim in the Macquarie River

  03-02-2025 22:53
  
  The teenager disappeared after entering the river near Sandy Beach Road in Dubbo, western NSW, about 5.40pm on Monday.
  
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• NHS nurse was 'embarrassed' about having to change in front of a transgender doctor - so waited in the corridor, tribunal hears

  03-02-2025 22:52
  
  A nurse was so 'uncomfortable' at the prospect of getting changed in front of her trans colleague that she left and waited in the corridor, a tribunal heard.
  
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• Lily Allen resurfaces on social media with bold statement after checking into trauma clinic

  03-02-2025 22:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lily Allen has returned to the spotlight after ‘spiralling’ amid her divorce from David Harbour (Picture: Instagram)Lily Allen has resurfaced following reports she had checked into rehab while navigating her divorce from David Harbour.The Smile hitmaker, 39, wed Stranger Things star David, 49, in 2020, and they raised a blended family including Lily’s two daughters, Marnie and Ethel, from her first marriage to Sam Cooper, which ended in 2018.Sadly, their relationship
  
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• Drunk mortgage broker in a Range Rover 'kills' elderly man in California horror smash

  03-02-2025 22:47
  
  An executive at a California mortgage lending company has been accused of killing an elderly man in a suspected drunk driving incident. She's in jail on suspicion of murder.
  
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• GRAHAM GRANT: A Reform vote will pave the way for more of the SNP's divisive rhetoric - only Findlay's Tories can stand up for the Union

  03-02-2025 22:44
  
  Nigel Farage is giving the Scottish Tories a run for their money as the clock ticks down to the next Holyrood election in 2026.
  
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• UK and Italy to launch Mafia-style crackdown in bid to stop small boat crossings

  03-02-2025 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new Joint Illicit Finance Taskforce will see UK and Italian police chiefs work together using techniques used to seize dirty money from the Mafia, The Mirror has learned
  
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• Nigel Farage's Reform UK overtakes Labour to top polling for the first time - while winning support of one in four who voted Conservative last time

  03-02-2025 22:43
  
  Reform UK have overtaken Labour in the polls for the first time, with the latest estimate putting them one point ahead of Keir Starmer's party and four ahead of the Conservatives.
  
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• Family cats are safe from an SNP ban as Swinney rules out crackdown on Scotland's felines

  03-02-2025 22:43
  
  John Swinney was yesterday dragged into the row over whether cat ownership should be banned or restricted in Scotland.
  
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• BREAKING: UK and Italy to launch Mafia-style crackdown in bid to stop small boat crossings

  03-02-2025 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new Joint Illicit Finance Taskforce will see UK and Italian police chiefs work together using techniques used to seize dirty money from the Mafia, The Mirror has learned
  
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• Dire warning in California as insurer begs for bailout to avoid total financial ruin

  03-02-2025 22:40
  
  State Farm General sent a letter to California regulators requesting they immediately approve emergency price hikes to its insurance policies in the wake of the destructive Los Angeles fires.
  
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• Ellen Greenberg case dramatically reopened after medical examiner casts doubt on suicide by stabbing theory

  03-02-2025 22:15
  
  Greenberg, 27, was found dead on the kitchen floor of her apartment in Philadelphia in the middle of a blizzard on January 26, 2011 .
  
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• Sheffield school stabbing victim Harvey Willgoose named as tributes flood in for 'lovely lad'

  03-02-2025 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The stabbing at All Saints School in Sheffield this afternoon has left the city "numb", with residents remembering Harvey Willgoose as a "lovely lad" in a series of touching tributes
  
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• Queensland teenager Charlize Zmuda killed in horrific shark attack at Bribie Island

  03-02-2025 22:10
  
  Charlize Zmuda, 17, was swimming at Woorim Beach when she was bitten by a shark in front of horrified onlookers on Monday afternoon.
  
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• ICE agents are hit with horrific verbal abuse by teen girls as they drag away migrant father in Chicago

  03-02-2025 22:10
  
  Raul Lopez, 44, was swept up in a raid on his home in Elgin, Chicago, by US Marshals looking for his stepson, and was detained by ICE after they discovered he was undocumented.
  
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• Girlfriend of luxury watch shop manager who killed himself after £1.4m raid tells court how 'shaken up' he was after robbery - and 'just wanted a cuddle'

  03-02-2025 22:10
  
  Oliver White's girlfriend Alana Dredge, said the accusations laid at her boyfriend following the robbery 'broke him'.
  
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• Tourist 'forced to sign NDA after getting food poisoning at luxury Dominican Republic resort'

  03-02-2025 22:09
  
  Toronto woman Alexandra Tropea (left) said the management and on-site medical staff at the Royalton Punta Cana failed to provide any assistance to her husband when he fell violently ill.
  
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• Premier League veteran Willian in talks to make shock return to former club

  03-02-2025 22:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Willian left Olympiakos in December after a short stint in Greece (Picture: Getty Images)Veteran playmaker Willian is in talks to re-join Fulham, just six months after leaving the Cottagers.The 36-year-old had spells in the Premier League with Chelsea, Arsenal and Fulham, most significantly with the Blues where he won two Premier League titles.The Brazilian made 339 appearances for Chelsea, also lifting the FA Cup and Europa League trophy during his time at Stamford Bridge.His stint at Arsenal
  
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• Mysterious case of Ellen Greenberg who died 'by suicide' is dramatically reopened after medical examiner casts doubt

  03-02-2025 22:06
  
  Greenberg, 27, was found dead on the kitchen floor of her apartment in Philadelphia in the middle of a blizzard on January 26, 2011 .
  
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• Pity poor Leonie Mellinger, voice coach to Keir Starmer who is a bunged-up, hedgehog ball of frowns

  03-02-2025 22:04
  
  We heard the fruits of her labours yesterday when Sir Keir gave a press conference at Nato. Poor Leonie. Can her professional reputation ever recover?
  
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• Horrifying final two words to teen before he was mauled to death by shark

  03-02-2025 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cameron Robbins, 18, went missing on May 24, 2023, after being filmed leaping into shark-infested waters while on a crowded party boat as part of a high school graduation trip
  
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• Trump reveals the limit to Elon Musk's increasing power in his new administration

  03-02-2025 22:02
  
  President Trump said Elon Musk is only acting with his approval and that his administration is keeping the SpaceX founder, who has billions in federal contracts, from areas with a conflict of interest.
  
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• Oz Lotto jackpot hits $100million: Frequently drawn numbers revealed

  03-02-2025 21:57
  
  One lucky punter could take home a record-breaking Lotto haul with $100 million up for grabs in the largest prize pool in more than a decade.
  
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• Does Toyah die after attack from Abi as things get much worse in Coronation Street?

  03-02-2025 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Abi Webster was not happy with Toyah Battersby’s interference (Picture: ITV)Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) was left in a worrying condition in tonight’s episode of Coronation Street, after being attacked by Abi Webster (Sally Carman) and getting caught in the fire at the Platt’s house.Abi has been struggling with her mental health since finding Mason Radcliffe bleeding to death from a stab wound in the precinct in January.She has been haunted by visions of dead son Seb Frank
  
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• Coronation Street revisits ‘forgotten’ relationship – and it’s very moving

  03-02-2025 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sarah Platt’s relationship with Todd Grimshaw was revisited (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Coronation Street has reminded us of Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) and Todd Grimshaw’s (Gareth Pierce) relationship in moving scenes, as the pair came together to celebrate Sarah’s birthday.Sarah had planned a special do in the Bistro and Todd made no secret of the fact that he had gate-crashed without an invite.As things started to go wrong at the event, with half of the family going
  
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• Two lucky Brits win Set For Life in 'exciting' result - check tonight's winning numbers

  03-02-2025 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, hailed the "exciting night" and urged the lucky winners to check their tickets
  
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