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• Bear attacks worker at wildlife park 'after it was driven wild by the smell of animal treats' - before staff fight it off

  08-12-2025 10:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The black bear mounted the dramatic attack at Hangzhou Safari Park in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang onSaturday as it was being led onto stage for a performance.
  
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• Catholic church hits back at Donald Trump’s ICE raids with nativity scene

  09-12-2025 16:28 via metro.co.uk
  It comes after ICE raids across cities in America have increased (Picture: Reuters)A Catholic church nativity scene on the outskirts of Boston is sparking discourse after church leaders left out Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus.In the place of the trio, a sign reading ‘ICE WAS HERE’ sits surrounded by wisemen, camels, livestock and shepherds, keeping watch over an empty manger.Boston is the latest city facing an onslaught of ICE raids, arresting what they call ‘illegal criminal ali
  
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• Rio Ferdinand warns £45million star not to ‘waste career’ at Manchester United

  09-12-2025 16:20 via metro.co.uk
  Rio Ferdinand fears there is no way back for Kobbie Mainoo at Manchester United (Picture: Getty)Rio Ferdinand fears Manchester United outcast Kobbie Mainoo is wasting his career at the club and has urged the midfielder to leave during the January transfer window.
  After he capped a stunning breakthrough season by playing a major role in England’s march to the final of Euro 2024, the gifted midfielder look set for a long and prosperous Old Trafford career.Erik ten Hag’s departure and
  
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• Epstein files unsealed by judge in stunning reversal after Congress passed landmark bill

  09-12-2025 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A federal judge unsealed all investigative files relating to the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein's longtime mistress Ghislaine Maxwell.
  
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• Tense moment Linda Reynolds takes a swipe at Brittany Higgins, David Sharaz, Lisa Wilkinson and Labor amid legal row

  09-12-2025 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an interview on Tuesday night, Reynolds said she will see out her legal battle 'to the bitter end' after putting two mortgages on her house and going 'millions' of dollars into debt to fund it.
  
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• Haunting cause of death revealed for Colorado woman, 20, whose car was found submerged in canal after dropping her father off at bus stop

  09-12-2025 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a multi-day search police discovered Kaylee Russell's body in an overturned car submerged in a canal.
  
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• Family lose everything after freak fire destroys their home just weeks before Christmas

  09-12-2025 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Devastated Lauren Wilson, 27, had presents for her four children destroyed in the blaze at their flat in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, on December 5.
  
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• Inside Gaza's terror tunnels: NATALIE LISBONA enters Hamas labyrinth and witnesses unbearable hell Israeli hostages were subjected to during two years of rape, torture and execution

  09-12-2025 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crawling on all fours into the tunnel's entrance, I hesitate for a minute before I shuffle deeper into the darkness that leads to one of Hamas's largest underground networks.
  
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• What you need to know about doctor's 12-hour RSV warning

  09-12-2025 16:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  According to the UKHSA, cases of RSV increased in the most recent week recorded
  
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• This is the porn Brits watched most in 2025

  09-12-2025 16:13 via metro.co.uk
  Brits like what we like (Picture: Getty/Metro)It’s been a year of firsts for the porn industry. Ofcom implemented age verification laws while Bonnie Blue’s sex ‘records’ barely left national news.But it seems her efforts failed to truly tantalise the public — at least on the most visited porn site in the world.The controversial star failed to place within the top five of Pornhub’s 2025 wrap — an annual review that lifts the lid on the porn we’re r
  
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• British spy 'Stakeknife' committed 'grotesque, serious crime' including torture and murder with blessing of MI5, damning report reveals

  09-12-2025 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Long described as the Army's 'golden egg', the agent, codenamed 'Stakeknife', was directly linked to at least 13 murders in his role in the IRA's 'nutting squad'.
  
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• Father moans at police for arresting son, 18, filmed undertaking ultra-dangerous dirt biking over public roads in wealthy Arizona city

  09-12-2025 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sam Campbell, 18, was slapped in cuffs after making the daring jump over two lanes of traffic and a median in Gilbert, Arizona, in a viral video shared to social media.
  
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• Londoners struggle to get vaccines after ‘bloody awful’ flu outbreak

  09-12-2025 16:07 via metro.co.uk
  Pharmacist Chanel Jones gets a flu vaccine earler this month in Belfast (Picture: PA)The NHS has begged Londoners to get flu vaccines this month, but chance would be a fine thing for some.
  Many pharmacies in the capital are not accepting patients, because they simply don’t have enough jabs in stock.
  Metro Deputy News Editor Isobel Frodsham saw this for herself when she visited three pharmacies trying to get a walk-in appointment last night, before finally striking lucky on the fourth try.
  
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• Amazon shoppers snapping up reduced 2.4kg box of Celebrations chocolates

  09-12-2025 16:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The massive bundle of chocolates includes all the classics in one handy box
  
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• New York fire LIVE: Huge blaze engulfs apartment block as flames pour from building

  09-12-2025 16:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A fire has erupted at a building in Manhattan, with people being warned to avoid the area as smoke and flames billow dramatically
  
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• I asked a midwife for pain relief during labour – she just laughed

  09-12-2025 16:04 via metro.co.uk
  I’d been so excited when I found out I was expecting back in 2016 (Picture: Getty Images)Trembling as I watched the woman on TV push her baby out, I quickly snatched the remote and switched over to another channel. I dashed to the bathroom to splash cold water over my face, but it didn’t help – within seconds, a flashback of my own birth hit me, and tears began streaming down my face.Even though it’s been over seven years since my amazing son Milo was born, the trau
  
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• Police ‘stamp on Billy Elliot ballet dancer’s ankle’ during arrest leaving him ‘unable to jump’

  09-12-2025 16:02 via metro.co.uk
  Alexander Loxton had his whole career ahead of him before the incident took place (Picture: Champion News Ltd)A Billy Elliot ballet star who was mistaken for a ‘terrorist’ and stamped on by a Met police officer could receive £600,000 compensation.Alexander Loxton suffered an ankle ligament injury during a Met Police’s stop-and-search in September 2016, which ended his ‘Premier League’ ballet ambitions just as he had begun to carve out a promising career.The s
  
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• BUCKTIN: 'Trump’s "peace plan" is just a billionaire power play to make Ukraine surrender'

  09-12-2025 15:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Behind the glossy talk of diplomacy, Donald Trump’s “peace plan” reveals itself as a cynical billionaire power play - a calculated effort to pressure Ukraine into capitulation so wealthy allies can cash in on the aftermath'
  
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• Holly Hagan reveals ‘selfish decision’ to donate late sister Darci’s heart

  09-12-2025 15:54 via metro.co.uk
  Holly Hagan went into the details of her family’s decision to donate her sister’s heart (Picture: We Need To Talk Podcast)Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan has shared how her late sister Darci saved the life of a stranger, months after the 19-year-old tragically died.Darci died after what the family believes was an accidental drug overdose in a Manchester nightclub.
  Speaking on Paul C. Brunson’s podcast We Need To Talk, Holly, 33, who is currently pregnant with her
  
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• Mum of man 'executed' in double shotgun murder says killer was fuelled by jealousy

  09-12-2025 15:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mandy Seamark, whose husband Gary Dunmore, 57, was murdered in 2023 in a brutal double slaying speaks for the first time since the tragedy during tonight's episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody: A Family Vendetta on Channel 4
  
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• Broadband suppliers hand out £300 to UK consumers looking to switch

  09-12-2025 15:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  O2, EE and Sky are among the providers offering up to £300 to switch
  
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• M4 delays LIVE: Prince of Wales bridge closed over 'risk of collapse' in winds

  09-12-2025 15:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The M4 has been affected by the M48 Severn Bridge being closed due to strong gusts, and the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge remains partially closed due to emergency repairs to light columns
  
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• League One match falls victim to Storm Bram as 'danger to life' warnings issued

  09-12-2025 15:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An EFL League One clash has been officially postponed due to an unplayable pitch, as Storm Bram continues to cause chaos in the UK, with a danger to life warning issued over the storm.
  
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• Boy mistakenly dresses up as Elvis instead of an Elf for his school nativity

  09-12-2025 15:33 via metro.co.uk
  Oscar stood out from the crowd in his white rhinestone suit (Picture: SWNS)Audiences at a school nativity were left in stitches after a little boy mistakenly dressed as the King of Rock, rather than an elf.
  Nine-year-old Oscar Wilkins, from Aberdare, Wales, had been given the role of ‘Elvis the Elf’ in the production at his primary school last week, but his family said he failed to mention that Elvis was an elf.
  They then sought a costume for the Graceland star – and only real
  
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• One in 20 British people urged to avoid eating pork - check if you're included

  09-12-2025 15:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 2.5 million people in the UK have been issued the health alert
  
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• Freak waves smash natural pool seconds before four tourists are swept to their death after ignoring warnings in Tenerife

  09-12-2025 15:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The holidaymakers ignored warnings to stay away from the coastline and breached cordons with police tape to take a dip - thinking they were out of harm's reach despite the choppy ocean waters.
  
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• Tragic family past of Cinnabon 'Karen' fired for racist tirade REVEALED

  09-12-2025 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crystal Wilsey, 43, was fired from the bakery chain in Green Bay, Wisconsin, after repeatedly calling a Somali Muslim couple the N-word in an unhinged rant.
  
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• Midwife from One Born Every Minute loses unfair dismissal case with the NHS after 'witch hunt' over TikTok advice posts

  09-12-2025 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lara Basini-Millar built up a huge following voicing her concerns at the way the NHS maternity services were being run. But she was called in by hospital bosses for being 'too sexual'.
  
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• Swedish billionaire Sir Hans Rausing who was so distraught by his wife's death he hid her body in a barricaded room for two months is knighted by King Charles

  09-12-2025 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  King Charles III made 62-year-old Swedish philanthropist Sir Hans Rausing a Knight Bachelor during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle this afternoon.
  
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• Doctor is fired for saying the only treatment that would help clinically obese patient was 'Auschwitz'

  09-12-2025 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Employees said the physician remarked: 'Only more Auschwitz would help here', referring to the patient.
  
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