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• Agony of struggling mum as Christmas dinner this year will be sausage and mash

  26-11-2020 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE Rebeka Stewart, 28, says she will shower Codie-Leigh, four, Mya-Lou, three and Harper-Jae, one, with love, but very few gifts as she supports our Save a Kid’s Christmas appeal helping children living in poverty
  
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• Rio Ferdinand hails ‘fantastic’ Paul Pogba after Manchester United beat Fulham to go top

  20-01-2021 23:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rio Ferdinand hailed Paul Pogba after Manchester United beat Fulham (Picture: BT Sport)Rio Ferdinand hailed ‘fantastic’ Paul Pogba after Manchester United beat Fulham to return to the top of the Premier League.‘Today he put in a fantastic performance,’ Ferdinand told BT Sport.‘The big difference recently is he’s been playing quicker. He’s quick with what he’s doing, the efficiency is top, top drawer.‘He is a magnificent footballer and when he
  
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• Mother fighting for life after being viciously beaten by her son at her workplace

  20-01-2021 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman, 60, is fighting for her life after being allegedly bashed at her western Sydney workplace on Wednesday. Her son, 26, was arrested and will appear in court on Thursday.
  
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• Queen leads world leaders in congratulations for Joe Biden

  20-01-2021 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the contents of Her Majesty's message to Joe Biden were kept private, Boris Johnson heralded the 'step forward' for America following a 'bumpy period' under the Trump administration.
  
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• Desert Southwest braces for two YEARS worth of rainfall this week

  20-01-2021 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Flash flood watches have been issued across the Sonoran Desert in parts of California and Arizona, where as much as one to three inches of rain are possible through Friday.
  
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• The Blair rich project: The millions made by Tony Blair and his wife and children

  20-01-2021 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Euan Blair's stake in his firm was last week valued at almost £70million. But this triumph is just the latest example of how, since his father left office in 2007, the Blairs have been raking it in.
  
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• Healthcare company controlled by Lord Ashcroft is given Covid-19 testing role 

  20-01-2021 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The deal, signed on December 20, requires his company, Medacs Healthcare, to provide staff for both lab and mobile testing over the next two years.
  
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• Melania Trump 'didn't write her own thank you notes' to 80 staff who cared for her at White House

  20-01-2021 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former First Lady, 51, who left Washington alongside her husband on Wednesday morning, instead outsourced the the work to a lower-level staffer.
  
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• 'Donald Trump has left a legacy of lies and a country torn apart'

  20-01-2021 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror columnist Brian Reade, who was at the inauguration, says 'sulking man-child' Donald Trump tried to re-write the history of his presidency in his final speech, while the world rejoiced at the end of 'a terrible error'
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo admits she wrote ’embarrassing’ One Direction fan fiction as she befriends Niall Horan

  20-01-2021 23:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Singer who fantasised about Hazza proposing is friendly with Niall (Picture: Getty/@oliviarodrigo)Chart sensation Olivia Rodrigo was such a devoted One Direction fan that she would write fan fiction about Harry Styles asking her to be his bride.And now Olivia, 17, is inching closer to the reality of at least a meeting… she has become pals with his bandmate Niall Horan.Niall, 27, contacted the Disney star after her debut track Drivers License busted chart records around the globe.&lsq
  
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• Joe Biden signs 17 executive orders making masks compulsory and scrapping ‘Muslim ban’

  20-01-2021 23:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  Caption: President Joe Biden prepares to sign his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.??(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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  (Credits: AP)New US President Joe Biden has signed 17 executive orders in his first hours in office and already scrapped several of the former president’s flagship policies. Biden invited TV cameras
  
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• Joe Biden signs 17 executive orders and scraps Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’

  20-01-2021 23:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  New US President Joe Biden has signed 17 executive orders in his first hours in office and already scrapped several of the former president’s flagship policies. The most notable Trump decree reversed by Biden was the former president’s so-called Muslim ban, which barred travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries.Biden entered the Oval Office for the first time shortly before 5pm EST on Wednesday. He also signaled plans to rejoin the 2015 Paris Accord to try and prevent climate ch
  
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• Joe Biden begins signing executive orders making masks compulsory and scrapping ‘Muslim ban’

  20-01-2021 23:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden signed three executive orders – with multiple others to follow – undoing some of President Trump’s most controversial policies (Picture: Getty)New US President Joe Biden has begun signing executive orders in his first hours in office targeting some of his predecessor Donald Trump’s most controversial policies.
  Biden invited TV cameras into the Oval Office on Wednesday – and said the first executive order he was signing was to make face masks compulsory acr
  
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• The Bay season 2: Sharon Small breaks down shocking murder twist in episode 1

  20-01-2021 23:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Even the cast of The Bay weren’t clued up on the big twist in the season two premiere (Picture: ITV)Warning: spoilers ahead for The Bay season two episode one.The Bay season two has gripped its audience right from the get-go, launching with an enthralling episode that sees police detective Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie) and her colleagues delve deeply into the case of a vicious, cold-blooded murder.In the new instalment of the ITV crime drama, viewers are introduced to Morecambe resident
  
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• Washington becomes the first state to offer HUMAN composting services

  20-01-2021 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Herland Forest is a natural burial cemetery and nonprofit research center based just north of the Columbia River Gorge in Klickitat County. Washington.
  
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• The new MAGA land: How the Trumps will now root political goals in Florida

  20-01-2021 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trump fled for Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday morning, choosing not to go to Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony in a snub the likes which hasn't been seen since the 1800s.
  
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• Democrats take control of the Senate as Kamala Harris swears in new senators

  20-01-2021 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Democrats officially took control of the Senate when Vice President Kamala Harris swore in three new members after she took her own oath of office: Raphael Warnock,Jon Ossoff and Alex Padilla.
  
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• The Bay season 2: Biggest clues behind shock murder in episode 1

  20-01-2021 23:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Several clues point towards the murder at the centre of The Bay season two (Picture: ITV)Warning: spoilers ahead for The Bay season two episode one.Tonight, the premiere of The Bay season two aired on ITV, bringing police detectives Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie), Med Kharim (Taheen Modak) and boss Tony Manning (Daniel Ryan) back to our screens.Following the trouble Lisa got herself into during the first series, when she was caught tampering with CCTV footage, she is now on probation, treading
  
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• UNLV will retire 'Hey Reb!' mascot but keep 'Rebels' nickname denying it refers to the Confederacy

  20-01-2021 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield said in a letter to students that 'for all intents and purposes' the controversial mascot had been retired since last spring.
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United equal club record with Fulham victory

  20-01-2021 23:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba scored the winner as Manchester United beat Fulham (Picture: Getty)Manchester United equalled a club record set by Sir Alex Ferguson’s treble-winners as they beat Fulham to return to the top of the Premier League.Edinson Cavani slotted home a tap-in and Paul Pogba curled home a superb strike as the Red Devils come from behind to beat relegation-battlers Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage.The win not only sees Manchester United go back above Leicester City at the top of the table, but
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United equal club record and go top of Premier League with Fulham victory

  20-01-2021 23:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba scored the winner as Manchester United beat Fulham (Picture: Getty)Manchester United equalled a club record set by Sir Alex Ferguson’s treble-winners as they beat Fulham to return to the top of the Premier League.Edinson Cavani slotted home a tap-in and Paul Pogba curled home a superb strike as the Red Devils come from behind to beat relegation-battlers Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage.The win not only sees Manchester United go back above Leicester City at the top of the table, but
  
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• Scott Morrison congratulates Joe Biden on becoming President

  20-01-2021 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a tweet on Thursday morning after President Biden was sworn in, Mr Morrison said the US-Australia alliance was more important than ever before.
  
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• NYC reschedules 23K vaccine appointments amid shortages

  20-01-2021 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York City was forced to reschedule 23,000 vaccine appointments this week alone due to shortages, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday as he warned the city would run out of doses by Friday.
  
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• He was the wild man of pop... but now Bez from the Happy Mondays is becoming an online exercise guru

  20-01-2021 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bez  - aka Mark Berry - of 1980s indie rock band Happy Mondays is best known for his erratic dancing and wild partying. But, at the age of 56, he has launched a fitness channel on YouTube.
  
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• Conor McGregor names five fighters he could face after Dustin Poirier at UFC 257

  20-01-2021 23:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Conor McGregor is lining up his future opponents (Picture: FilmMagic)Conor McGregor insists he will not go hunting the Khabib Nurmagomedov rematch after UFC 257 and has named a string of UFC lightweights he will be happy to take on.The Notorious has his hands full this Saturday in a lightweight main event against Dustin Poirier, the winner of which will likely challenge for the 155lb belt in their next fight.Khabib still holds the lightweight title and there is a chance that McGregor could secur
  
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• First migrant to win asylum in UK on grounds they are non-binary praises 'open minded' Liverpool

  20-01-2021 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arthur Britney Joestar, 29, from El Salvador, said that they feel 'blessed' to live in Liverpool which 'feels like home' after winning their case to settle in Britain in a landmark upper tribunal judgement in September.
  
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• WWE’s Undertaker confirms past steroid use and details company’s strict testing policy

  20-01-2021 23:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Dead Man has opened up on the company’s strict policy (Photo: WWE)WWE legend The Undertaker has revealed he took steroids early in his career.The future Hall of Famer – who officially retired last year after three decades in the wrestling industry – has also opened up about the company’s strict and heavily enforced drug testing policy and procedures, which includes prohibiting its stars from taking performance enhancing drugs.Appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience podc
  
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• 'Arrogant' millionaire pilot landed at RAF base in lockdown to 'see the beach'

  20-01-2021 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Charles Priestley Wood made an unscheduled landing at RAF Valley in Anglesey in the middle of lockdown - which was closed at the time due to a bank holiday
  
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• Tsar Putin's £1billion palace of pleasure: It's a monstrous monument to the Russian leader's vanity

  20-01-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RICHARD KAY: High on a clifftop overlooking a vast bay empty of shipping, a giant glistening palace built to one man's ludicrous vainglory peeps through a woodland screen
  
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• Rishi Sunak is to extend £20-a-week Covid-19 boost after Tory backlash

  20-01-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak is poised to extend the £20-a-week boost to Universal Credit after a Tory backlash - which will cost £6billion a year.
  
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