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• Boris warns he can’t guarantee end of lockdown by June 21 but he’s ‘optimistic’

  23-02-2021 12:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown says the country could be free from restrictions by June 21 (Picture: PA)Boris Johnson has said he is ‘optimistic’ that the June 21 target for easing all lockdown restrictions will be met.Asked during a visit to a school whether he thinks the date in four months time is realistic, he told reporters: ‘I’m very optimistic that we’ll be able to get there.’The PM said he is ‘hopeful but nothing can be guaranteed&
  
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• Prince Philip, 99, spends 13th day in hospital in his longest-ever stay

  28-02-2021 09:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prince Philip (pictured in 2018), 99, was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London last Tuesday as a precautionary measure after feeling unwell - but walked into the building unaided.
  
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• Charity boss stripped of MBE after stealing £300,000 from charity pension fund to buy holiday home

  28-02-2021 09:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patrick McLarry, 72, was jailed for five years last year after he admitted defrauding cash from Yateley Industries for the Disabled, a charity he was CEO and chairman of.
  
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• Kylie Moore-Gilbert reveals the mantra that kept her alive in an Iranian prison

  28-02-2021 09:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was released in November after spending 804 days in jail on trumped-up spying charges, only staying alive by repeating a hopeful mantra to herself.
  
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• Woman discovers husband's bigamy after finding photo of bride who wasn't her

  28-02-2021 09:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Yve Gibney, now 60, can remember staring in disbelief at a wedding day photo of her spouse with a woman who wasn't her - uncovering her husband's deceit
  
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• Siren sounds on Bruce McAvaney's legendary career as AFL match commentator

  28-02-2021 09:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Legendary broadcaster Bruce McAvaney, 67, shocked Australian footy fans on Sunday by announcing that last year'sgrand final was his last behind the mic at an AFL match.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp feels ‘awkward’ commenting on Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future

  28-02-2021 09:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp hopes to be working with Mohamed Salah for a long time to come (Picture: Getty Images)Jurgen Klopp says he feels awkward when publicly praising his own players, but has done so for Mohamed Salah as he hopes the Egyptian will stay at Liverpool for years to come.Salah is enjoying another excellent season on a personal level, even though it is proving to be a very difficult campaign for the Reds.The 28-year-old has scored 24 goals in 34 matches, taking his Liverpool tally to an incredi
  
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• Boris Johnson could tell Unionists to BOYCOTT unofficial IndyRef2

  28-02-2021 09:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Senior Tories are said to be urging the Prime Minster to tell supporters of the Union to stay at home should Ms Sturgeon elect to hold a 'wildcat' border poll.
  
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• Prince Andrew 'will miss out on Queen's birthday parade this year amid Jeffrey Epstein scandal'

  28-02-2021 09:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew is set to miss Trooping the Colour on June 12 amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal with his place being taken by an Afghan war veteran.
  
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• British army colonel 'faces sex assault allegation over claim he touched woman's bottom with foot' 

  28-02-2021 09:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colonel Martin Toney admitted contact but says it was an accident, not sexual. He had been based in Glasgow at the time.
  
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• Alex Salmond to twist the knife again: Blow for Sturgeon as he prepares new evidence

  28-02-2021 09:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Salmond will give evidence in private tomorrow or on Tuesday to a second Holyrood inquiry, set up to establish whether Ms Sturgeon has broken the Ministerial Code.
  
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• Ministers 'plan a "Listen to Nan" vaccine campaign'

  28-02-2021 09:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ministers are planning a 'Listen to Nan' campaign to persuade younger adults to get the coronavirus vaccine, it was claimed today.
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer provides injury updates on Edinson Cavani and Paul Pogba

  28-02-2021 09:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Edinson Cavani is struggling for full fitness (Picture: Getty Images)Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was still unaware on Friday whether Edinson Cavani would be available for Manchester United’s clash with Chelsea on Sunday, although Paul Pogba remains sidelined through injury.Cavani has missed United’s last three matches with a muscle injury and while he is nearing a return to fitness, he has not been ready enough to train this week.Solskjaer remained hopeful that the 34-year-old would be will
  
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• Jorge Masvidal confirms UFC return date and reveals plans to fight Canelo Alvarez

  28-02-2021 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Masvidal says his title rematch is locked in for August (Picture: Getty)Jorge Masvidal has confirmed he will make his UFC return this September to take on welterweight champion Kamaru Usman again – and revealed his hopes of boxing Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez one day.Masvidal was in attendance as Canelo dismantled Avni Yildirim in a successful defence of his WBA and WBC super-middleweight titles in Miami on Saturday.The UFC star was on commentary duty for ESPN’s Latin America co
  
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• Former Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner scolds ‘predictable’ series for going ahead during pandemic

  28-02-2021 08:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jason Gardiner has branded Dancing On Ice ‘predictable’ and ‘flat’ : (Picture: ITV/Rex)Former Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner has branded the ITV competition series ‘flat and predictable’ in a scathing attack.The 49-year-old choreographer, who quit the show in 2019 to become an eco-friendly farmer, also criticised bosses for going ahead with the programme during the pandemic and risking spreading coronavirus.‘I’ve attempted to watch the new ser
  
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• Uber Eats app down leaving hungry Brits unable to order breakfast

  28-02-2021 08:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Social media users have complained that the popular delivery app is "down", with the food delivery company tweeting that it is aware of a "known issue about the app"
  
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• Kim and Kanye divorce documents reveal separation date is still 'TBD' 

  28-02-2021 08:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The divorce documents, which were filed on behalf of Kim on February 22, cited 'irreconcilable differences' as the reason for the celebrity couple's split.
  
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• Man stabbed in Neutral Bay, Sydney

  28-02-2021 08:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man in his 30s has been stabbed in Neutral Bay in Sydney's lower north shore on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Defence minister Linda Reynolds is released from hospital

  28-02-2021 08:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has been released from hospital and is expected to take two weeks' leave in the wake of the Britany Higgins alleged rape scandal.
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan and ‘evil’ John Higgins reignite special rivalry in Players Championship final

  28-02-2021 08:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  John Higgins and Ronnie O’Sullivan battle once more on Sunday (Picture: Getty)Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgns meet in the final of the Players Championship on Sunday – their first ranking final together since 2005 – and while the Rocket is concerned by the Wizard’s ‘evil’ game, they are both delighted to reignite their epic rivalry once again.The two 45-year-olds have defied their age once again this week, looking absolutely superb on their runs to the
  
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• 'Fix welfare system or more will die like my sister after her benefits were cut'

  28-02-2021 08:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Imogen Day is horrified at the way the Department for Work and Pensions and assessors Capita handled the case involving her 27-year-old sister Philippa
  
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• Family of mum found dying with DWP letter on bed demand benefits system is fixed

  28-02-2021 08:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Imogen Day is horrified at the way the Department for Work and Pensions and assessors Capita handled the case involving her 27-year-old sister Philippa
  
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• Melissa Caddick's baffling death takes another twist as more bones wash up on NSW south coast beach

  28-02-2021 08:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A walker uncovered two bones at Tura Beach on the NSW south coast on Saturday afternoon, near where missing conwoman Melissa Caddick's decomposing foot was found washed ashore.
  
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• Gavin Newsom posts TikTok inside Fresno restaurant even though indoor dining is not allowed

  28-02-2021 08:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gavin Newsom has been slammed by a Los Angeles restaurateur Chef Andrew Gruel who alleges the California governor ate inside a restaurant where indoor dining is restricted.
  
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• Teenage girl meeting friends after school never arrived as evil killer pounced

  28-02-2021 08:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Norma Lopez, 17, was setting off to see her friends after class, but when she didn't arrive, they traced the teen's route and were horrified to find signs of a struggle
  
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• Ryan Garcia reveals what Manny Pacquiao told him about their fight after talks collapse

  28-02-2021 07:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Garcia was in talks to fight Pacquiao last month (Picture: Getty)Ryan Garcia has revealed Manny Pacquiao personally told him he wanted to fight him before talks between the two camps broke down.Lightweight sensation Garcia scored the biggest win of his career to date when he knocked out former Olympian Luke Campbell in January before shifting focus to ring legend Pacquiao.The 21-year-old shared a fight poster for the proposed bout to his 8 million Instagram followers that month with the two seem
  
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• Have you seen Bailey? Urgent search for missing boy, 15, last seen at home in Ararat on Friday

  28-02-2021 07:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police are desperately searching for a 15-year-old boy named Bailey last seen at his family's home in the small Victorian town of Ararat, 198km west of Melbourne.
  
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• Senior Democrats tear into Gov. Cuomo for appointing Bill Clinton judge to investigate him 

  28-02-2021 07:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Both the New York governor and his special counsel, Beth Garvey, released statements Saturday evening calling for the review and for all staff to fully comply.
  
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• Emails and diary entries kept by woman at centre of rape allegations against Cabinet Minister emerge

  28-02-2021 07:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman took her own life in Adelaide last year after coming forward about allegedly being sexually assaulted by the man as a teenager in 1988.
  
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• SNL lays into Cuomo over nursing home scandal and sexual harassment claims week after sparing him

  28-02-2021 07:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SNL's cold open mocked Dr. Anthony Fauci and the COVID vaccine rollout plan. The skit took aim at behavior of the governors of California, Michigan and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
  
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