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• Arsenal vs Crystal Palace TV channel, live stream, team news, odds and head-to-head

  14-01-2021 11:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta is looking to extend an impressive run of results(Picture:Getty Images)Arsenal have found some form and have won their last four matches in all competitions and will be looking to keep up that impressive run when they host Crystal Palace on Thursday night in the Premier League.Mikel Arteta was seriously struggling just last month, but four straight victories has taken the pressure off and they have the chance to move back into the top half of the table on Thursday with a comfortable
  
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• Mum who called herself the 'Iron Lady' beat up teen and vowed to slit her throat

  18-01-2021 11:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Carla Wiles, 36, ambushed the young schoolgirl in the street and left her with injuries including a broken nose after the victim got caught up in a fight with her teenage stepdaughter
  
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• Dr Hilary Jones has bad news for people hoping to holiday this summer

  18-01-2021 11:09 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Dr Hilary Jones has suggested people should lower their expectations of being able to go away on holiday this summer given the continuing coronavirus pandemic.While there has been plenty of good news about the vaccine rollout, such as plans for 24 hour jabs in London hospitals, the television doctor pointed out that foreign travel could be a no-go until at least the autumn – so it
  
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• Dancing on Ice: Lady Leshurr responds to viewer backlash about being in skate-off: ‘I can’t be upset’

  18-01-2021 11:07 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Dancing on Ice contestant Lady Leshurr has responded to viewer backlash after she and her dance partner Brendyn Hatfield landed in the first skate-off of the series.During last night’s launch show, the rapper performed an uptempo routine with Brendyn to Little Mix’s hit song Salute.Despite the positive feedback she received from the judges, being placed joint top of the leade
  
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• Parler returns, claiming ‘we will not let civil discourse perish!’

  18-01-2021 11:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Parler logo on a laptop computer (Credits: Bloomberg via Getty Images)A week after being kicked off the web, the controversial social media platform Parler has been resurrected.Following revelations that Parler was the online space used to co-ordinate aspects of the US Capitol riots, it was pulled from both the iOS and Android app stores. Then Amazon’s web services division pulled the plug from the website.But Parler appears to have found another hosting provider as the website is now
  
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• Moment Irish setter mauls deer to death in Richmond Park as his owner, 44, is fined £600 

  18-01-2021 11:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Richmond Park deer had to be put down due to injuries after it was chased and attacked by Irish setter Alfie who was off the lead. Owner Franck Hiribarne, from Kingston, was fined £602 at court.
  
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• Dog owner is stunned to find his beloved pet on the ROOF after pooch climbed step ladder

  18-01-2021 10:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vince Matteson, from Portland, Oregon, had been taking down his Christmas lights when he realised his two-year-old golden retriever Ace had scaled the ladder to join him on the roof.
  
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• Memphis Depay speaks out on Houssem Aouar’s future after Arsenal’s failed transfer pursuit

  18-01-2021 10:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Houssem Aouar and Memphis Depay have both impressed for Lyon this season (Picture: Getty)Lyon captain Memphis Depay says it would ‘mean everything’ to win the Ligue 1 title with Houssem Aouar this term but admits both of them have ambitions to join ‘one of the top three clubs in the world’ in the future.Depay, 26, has had a barnstorming start to the campaign, racking up 11 goals and five assists in the league, and the ex-Manchester United forward is widely expected to see
  
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• Dancing on Ice 2021: Holly Willoughby backs Denise Van Outen’s partner Eddie Boxshall as he slams judges

  18-01-2021 10:58 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Dancing on Ice presenter Holly Willoughby appeared to support Denise Van Outen’s partner Eddie Boxshall after he slammed the judges during Sunday’s show.Denise put in a courageous effort to appear on the first programme of the new series, after dislocating her shoulder just hours before.
  The actress did well on the show, but Eddie thinks Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, John
  
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• Myleene Klass has no interest in Hear’Say reunion: ‘We’re grannies and on second marriages’

  18-01-2021 10:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Myleene Klass has already turned down an offer to reunite with Hear’Say (Picture: WireImage)Myleene Klass has crushed any hopes that she’ll be part of any Hear’Say reunion, explaining that she doesn’t want to ‘go backwards’. The Dancing On Ice star rose to fame on Popstars in 2001 when Hear’Say was formed with original members Myleene, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, Danny Foster and Noel Sullivan, with Johnny Shentall joining later.
  As the pop group&rsquo
  
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• UK coronavirus: Outbreaks must be controlled during vaccine roll-out to avoid mutations

  18-01-2021 10:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Christina Pagel, a health and mathematics researcher at University College London, said she 'can't imagine anything worse' than vaccinating everyone only for a resistant strain to emerge.
  
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• Mother-of-two, 36, beat up schoolgirl, 14, and threatened to slit her throat

  18-01-2021 10:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carla Wiles, 36, from Cheadle Hulme, jumped into her car after being told about the fight and ambushed the student on the street when she spotted the girl walking along a pavement.
  
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• Microsoft, Amazon, and Google looking to acquire ‘big name’ video game studios

  18-01-2021 10:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  There could be some big shifts within the industry this year (pic: Microsoft)The likes of Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are approaching and in talks to buy out a few unidentified studios.Microsoft has already been very open about its desire to acquire new studios, but now there is word that other companies such as Amazon and Google are looking to do the same.This is according to journalist Brad Sams, who specialises in covering Microsoft and made the claims in a recent YouTube video.He says that
  
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• Gavin Williamson accused of letting kids go hungry over free school meals

  18-01-2021 10:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Education Secretary has been slated for his handling of free school meals (Picture: @RoadsideMum/Getty)Gavin Williamson has been accused of allowing children to go hungry because of his ‘incompetence’. Labour claimed the Education Secretary has let parents down ‘time and time again’, ahead of a Commons debate on free school meals.It comes as the Government continues to refuse to extend free school meals over the coming half term – despite previous U-turns u
  
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• Plumber fears race 'was involved' in client's false accusation over missing £10k

  18-01-2021 10:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Peters spent five hours in police custody and two months on bail before the charges were dropped, despite Merseyside Police being aware that the plumber's client hadn't seen the money for months before realising it was gone
  
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• Rishi Sunak 'in Cabinet row over extra Universal Credit cash'

  18-01-2021 10:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor is said to want to scrap the increase which was put in place last year to help families through the coronavirus pandemic and is due to expire in April.
  
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• Up to a fifth of care home staff have refused life-saving coronavirus vaccine

  18-01-2021 10:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While the majority of care home staff who have been offered the jab are getting vaccinated, data shows between 5% and 21% have declined - with younger workers more likely to be resistant
  
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• Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open ‘demands’ flatly rejected as 72 players remain in strict quarantine

  18-01-2021 10:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Djokovic has seen his requests flatly rejected (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Novak Djokovic has seen his calls for looser quarantine restrictions for Australian Open players affected by positive Covid-19 tests flatly rejected.Djokovic, the world No. 1 from Serbia, was reported to have sent a letter with several demands to Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley in response to 72 players losing their practice privileges after positive coronavirus tests were returned from three separate c
  
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• Top plastic surgeon, 56, is charged with attempting to murder ex-colleague surgeon, 65

  18-01-2021 10:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Brooks will appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court this morning after being charged with attempted murder following the attack of Graeme Perks at his home in Halam.
  
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• Canoe conman John Darwin, 70 'bankrolled' by second wife in Philippines

  18-01-2021 10:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoe accident off the coast of Durham as part of a £679,000 insurance scam with his ex-wife has settled into a new life with a new partner in the Philippines.
  
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• Former Coronation Street actor says co-star was the ‘nastiest celebrity he has ever met’

  18-01-2021 10:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Charlie Condou (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Fans of much loved Coronation Street star Charlie Condou have been left wondering who the nastiest celebrity is in the Coronation Street cast after he inferred that an actor he worked closely with ‘for a long time’ was the most unpleasant he had had to meet.
  Charlie, known for playing Marcus Dent in the show, took to Twitter after being inspired by David Bridgman, and shared two celebrities, one who was the nicest he had ever met, and the
  
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• NHS staff ensure man dying of Covid got one last pint of Guinness before he died

  18-01-2021 10:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A critical care consultant at a hospital in the North West described the lengths overwhelmed Covid medics go to ensure patients' final wishes are fulfilled
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 launch could lead to CD Projekt being sold off claim analysts

  18-01-2021 10:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cyberpunk 2077 – how did it all go so wrong? (pic: CD Projekt)A new report into the disastrous Cyberpunk 2077 launch claims the famous E3 2018 demo was ‘fake’, while blaming poor management and unrealistic goals.The launch of Cyberpunk 2077 will go down as one of the biggest, and most influential, disasters of the modern gaming era but the truth of what exactly was going on behind the scenes will take some time to come out.The first real insight has come through a new Bloomberg
  
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• Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson comes out as pansexual

  18-01-2021 10:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kimberly portrayed Nicky in Coronation Street (Picture: ITV)Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson has come out as pansexual.
  The actress, who portrayed Nicky Wheatley in the ITV soap, had previously announced that she’s bisexual.However, ahead of her appearance on Celebs Go Dating, she has now revealed that she is pansexual.She told The Mirror: ‘I have dated people who are male, female, transgender…‘Gender is completely irrelevant to me.‘We’re all on d
  
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• NHS staff paid more than hald a million to park for work at one trust last year

  18-01-2021 10:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Staff at Grimsby and Scunthorpe hospitals paid the astonishing fees in parking tickets, permits and fines - raking in £509,318 at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust in 2019/20
  
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• NHS staff paid more than £500,000 to park for work at one trust last year

  18-01-2021 10:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Staff at Grimsby and Scunthorpe hospitals paid the astonishing fees in parking tickets, permits and fines - raking in £509,318 at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust in 2019/20
  
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• What today's Universal Credit crunch vote means for you - and who is affected

  18-01-2021 10:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has been urged to give millions of families a "helping hand" during the Covid-19 pandemic by extending benefit increases worth £20 a week - all you need to know on Monday's vote
  
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• Tories dismiss calls to prevent Universal Credit cut for 6m people as a 'stunt'

  18-01-2021 10:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has told Tory MPs they can abstain on a vote calling on the government to retain the £20-a-week uplift of UC
  
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• Coronavirus UK: Commuters squeeze onto Tube in east London

  18-01-2021 10:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London congestion levels were at 29 per cent at 7am and 30 per cent at 8am this morning - higher than every other day over the past fortnight apart from last Thursday, when they was at the same level.
  
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• China silenced doctors to cover up Covid outbreak, new documentary claims

  18-01-2021 10:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  An ITV programme will show a secret interview with some of the Chinese doctors who were silenced (Picture: ITV / Getty Images / AP)New evidence uncovered by a TV programme about coronavirus suggests China covered up the outbreak and stopped medics from speaking out.An ITV documentary, called ‘Outbreak: The Virus That Shook The World’ and airing tomorrow, shows a secret interview with some of the Chinese doctors who were silenced.Leaks of Chinese official data show the first confirmed
  
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