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• BBC’s new Doctor Who spin-off series proved all my fears wrong

  07-12-2025 11:00 via metro.co.uk
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  The War Between the Land and the Sea is a promising new Doctor Who spin-off by Russell T DaviesThe series features Sea Devils as antagonists and explores socio-political themes like climate changeThe show’s characters and story are engaging, though future episodes will prove its successCreated with AI assistance. Quality assu
  
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• Mark Selby’s rocky road from retirement talk to a tenth Triple Crown title

  08-12-2025 17:09 via metro.co.uk
  It was a hard earned return to the top table for Mark Selby at the UK Championship (Picture: Getty Images)Mark Selby lifted the UK Championship trophy for a third time on Sunday night in a triumph that will go down as one of his finest given he was considering quitting snooker just last year.The 42-year-old beat Judd Trump 10-8 in a dramatic final in which he raced into a commanding 7-2 lead but then found himself wobbling at just 8-7 in front, before getting over the line.A third UK success, t
  
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• ‘I implanted a microchip into my body — but now I’ve forgotten the password’

  08-12-2025 17:02 via metro.co.uk
  A Missouri magician has learnt a valuable lesson after he implanted a computer chip into his hand to do some fun magic tricks – but then forgot the password. Now, he can’t use it. Zi Teng Wang, who is also a molecular biologist, shared his predicament on Facebook, along with an X-ray of his hand showing the outline of the microchip which is embedded in the meat between his thumb and index finger. (Picture: Zi Teng Wang) The RFID chip – known as a Radio Frequency Identific
  
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• Last-minute Christmas shopping? M&S offers next-day delivery on these festive hampers from £20

  08-12-2025 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  The hampers from M&S this year are ELITE. (Picture: Metro/M&S/Getty)
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  This might have been the year you swore your festive shopping would be sorted early, and you’d have the presents bought and bowed up before Michael Bublé had even thawed.
  But now December 25th is fast approaching, and you’re worried your l
  
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• Rasmus Hojlund drops biggest hint yet over Manchester United future

  08-12-2025 16:58 via metro.co.uk
  Manchester United loaned Rasmus Hojlund to Napoli in the summer (Picture: Getty)Rasmus Hojlund has all but confirmed that he has no interest in fighting for his Manchester United future when his season-long loan spell with Napoli comes to an end.The 22-year-old striker completed a move to Naples towards the end of the summer transfer window in the hope of reviving his stuttering career after two up-and-down seasons at Old Trafford.A measly return of just four Premier League goals from Hojlund l
  
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• All EastEnders cast returns, exits and new arrivals coming up in 2026

  08-12-2025 16:58 via metro.co.uk
  Changes are still taking place (Picture: BBC/Metro)2025 was one hell of a busy year in Walford, with the big 40th Anniversary celebrations sparking plenty of comings and goings in EastEnders.In September, we welcomed back Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) to Walford after a 20 year absence, and her recent scenes have been nothing if not explosive!This came months after high-profile returns such as Ross Kemp’s Grant Mitchell and a shock cameo from Anita Dobson as original Queen Vic landlady Angie
  
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• I’m a manager of a legal brothel — there’s an eight second rule I live by

  08-12-2025 16:57 via metro.co.uk
  Brothel manager Catherine De Noire shares all (Picture: Supplied/Metro)As Catherine De Noire perches on a plush brown leather sofa in her cream dress, she looks like she belongs in a board room, not a brothel.Yet that’s where she’s worked for the past nine years, as manager of a classy European brothel, featuring swanky bars, a tasteful reception area, and 100 rooms rented out by female sex workers.Catherine began working there at just 22 years old, after coming across a news articl
  
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• ‘Hideous’ borough named least happy place to live in London in 2025

  08-12-2025 16:56 via metro.co.uk
  The least happy place to live in London has been named (Picture: Getty Images)Friendly neighbours who’ll offer up a splash of milk during desperate times, ample job opportunities, and green space right on the doorstep.These are just some of the factors that might influence how happy we feel in our local area. The numbers have been crunched, and the least happy – yes, technically the saddest – place to live in London has been named.It’s bad news for Barking and Dagenham,
  
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• London Tube fares set to rise by 5.8% next year while train tickets are frozen

  08-12-2025 16:52 via metro.co.uk
  Londoners will soon have to dish out more to travel in the capital when Tube fares rise again in the new year (Picture: Getty Images)Londoners face a hefty Tube fee increase in the new year after the City Hall confirmed plans to hike up prices.
  The cost of travelling on the London Underground is set to go up by 5.8%.within months as part of the annual fee review, which has seen ticket prices rise above inflation in recent years.
  The upcoming fee increase in March is likely to see prices go up b
  
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• The terrifying moment a crazed knifeman stabbed a female police officer in the face in scene 'from a Scream film'

  08-12-2025 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PC Holly Matthews, who is 5ft 2in, bravely grappled with 6ft 4in Declan Diedrick after she and another WPC were called to an address.
  
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• Suited-up murder suspect Luigi Mangione pumps his fist as he gleams during court hearing

  08-12-2025 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Murder suspect Luigi Mangione was seen pumping his fist as he gleamed in in Manhattan Criminal Court for a suppression of evidence hearing this morning.
  
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• Trump gives 'jilted' MTG a three-word nickname after her 60 Minutes meltdown as he threatens to sue CBS

  08-12-2025 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump viciously insulted his ex-ally Marjorie Taylor Greene following her high-profile 60 Minutes interview on Sunday - a sit-down he is demanding the network apologize for.
  
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• 'Wonderful' social worker is stabbed to death on the job by his own patient who snuck knife into hospital

  08-12-2025 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alberto Rangel, 51, was attacked inside the HIV ward of a major hospital in the crime-ridden California city - where there are no metal detectors - on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Mom and her twin kids are found murdered inside $760K mansion amid her divorce battle with doctor husband

  08-12-2025 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charity Beallis, 40, and her six-year-old children were found dead at her residence in Bonanza, near the Arkansas-Oklahoma border, during a welfare check on December 3.
  
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• Trolley folly: Woman is knocked flying when hapless supermarket worker pushes shopping carts down escalator

  08-12-2025 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shopper falls on the floor after being hit by two trolleys as seven hurtle past her and smash the supermarket's glass windows.
  
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• Storm Bram horror as 84 UK areas at risk of 85mph winds and 'heavy rain'

  08-12-2025 16:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Storm Bram is set to barrel across the UK in the coming hours with Met Office forecaster Dan Suri saying: "Rain is an additional impact from Storm Bram, with the possibility of 100mm over higher ground"
  
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• Map shows Thailand-Cambodia areas where renewed conflict means tourists should ‘stay away’

  08-12-2025 16:40 via metro.co.uk
  Thai villagers and an official shelter in a concrete bunker following clashes in the Surin province (Picture: EPA)Travellers have been urged to stay away from several regions of Thailand and Cambodia after renewed violence erupted between the two countries.Border skirmishes have killed four Cambodian people and one Thai soldier and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
  The fatalities occurred during an exchange of gunfire in a disputed area of the border.The Thai military accu
  
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• Daring Hollywood-style jailbreak ends in tragedy

  08-12-2025 16:39 via metro.co.uk
  Authorities in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, found themselves dealing with a jail escape that was so bold it could have come from a 70s prison movie. Only this one ended in tragedy. Three inmates slipped out of the Opelousas jail last week after prying loose aging concrete blocks from a weakened wall. Their plan was far from sophisticated, but proved more than effective. Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz admitted that the breakout was possible because the inmates had discovered what he called a ‘d
  
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• Mohamed Salah gives clear signal that Liverpool fate is sealed as agreement reached

  08-12-2025 16:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Liverpool star Mohamed Salah delivered a scathing post-match interview after being benched for three games in a row, and his bombshell claims have thrown the club into a fresh nightmare
  
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• Hot air balloon passenger, 33, took his own life by jumping from basket at 1,000ft after smiling for a group photo, inquest hears

  08-12-2025 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jesus Lato Garzon, 33, had been travelling in the Virgin pleasure flight with 16 other passengers and a pilot on September 19.
  
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• Earl Spencer's estranged wife is forced to settle bitter privacy battle with his new girlfriend - but he will foot legal bill

  08-12-2025 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 53-year-old has agreed to settle the privacy case - without accepting liability - on the agreement that the Earl with 'indemnify' her as part of their high stakes divorce settlement.
  
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• Chilling mugshot of wealthy American Goldsmiths student with scratch marks on his neck after he murdered his girlfriend - then called his father asking for a solicitor as she lay dying

  08-12-2025 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joshua Michals was found guilty at the Old Bailey today, after saying he attacked fellow student Zhe Wang in self-defence.
  
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• 'Death diver' left with horror injuries after cliff jump shares 3 things he's learned

  08-12-2025 16:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vali Graham was a self-proclaimed “death diving” enthusiast who suffered a fractured skull, back, concussion and a burst ear drum in a failed world record attempt
  
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• Liverpool DROP Mo Salah from squad as Reds superstar edges closer to Anfield exit

  08-12-2025 16:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohamed Salah has not travelled with the rest of the Liverpool squad to Milan for their Champions League game on Tuesday night following his explosive comments on the weekend
  
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• The popular sandwich fillers linked to high blood pressure and heart attacks

  08-12-2025 16:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With many of us reaching for a sandwich meal deal or picking up ready to eat food on the go, we might not realise that our go-to lunch option isn't the healthiest choice
  
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• Sordid truth about summer camp: Whispers of what happens after dark means you'll NEVER send your kid there again... as those who've done it pull back the curtain to JAMES REINL

  08-12-2025 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By day, they wrangle rowdy teens and apply bug spray by the gallon. Once the last flashlight clicks off and the cabins fall silent - a very different world comes alive in America's summer camps.
  
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• Prince Harry risks wrath of Donald Trump as he mocks president with another savage jibe

  08-12-2025 16:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry made an unannounced appearance at a business gathering in Los Angeles - and was filmed during his speech to guests, making yet another jibe at the expense of Donald Trump
  
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• Furious protesters clash with police as three lime trees chopped down by council following venomous year-long row

  08-12-2025 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Around 40 furious locals took to the streets of Falmouth, Cornwall, today as council workers felled the 60-year-old trees.
  
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• Furious residents set up 'vigilante' group in Crowborough amid plans to house 600 adult male migrants in army camp

  08-12-2025 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Crowborough Patrol will wander the town centre day and night wearing hi-vis jackets and red baseball caps.
  
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• JD Vance tells crude Trump sex joke in front of wife Usha: 'We won't ask the second lady for comment'

  08-12-2025 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vice president retold a crude sex joke by Donald Trump while standing next to his wife Usha.
  
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