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• BRIDGET PHILLIPSON: 'Young people deserve a country that backs them'

  06-12-2025 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Combined with our measures to get kids back into classrooms, we’re giving every child, wherever they grow up, a genuine chance to succeed', the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson writes
  
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• NHS could 'collapse' this winter under twin threats of 'superflu' and Christmas strikes, Wes Streeting warns

  12-12-2025 10:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Writing in The Times on Friday, Wes Streeting said the NHS faces a 'challenge unlike any it has seen since the pandemic'.
  
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• BBC doctor says anyone with 'real' Christmas trees should take 9p pill

  12-12-2025 10:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It could be the reason behind some new problems that people thought were long gone
  
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• UK 'rapidly developing' plans to prepare for war - and civilians will play their part

  12-12-2025 10:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NATO chief Mark Rutte has claimed the UK and other allied nations are next in Russia’s sights
  
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• Failed asylum seekers are absconding from migrant hotels in 'terrifying daily occurrence', whistleblower reveals

  12-12-2025 10:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The number of asylum seekers living in hotels at the taxpayers' expense has jumped to more than 36,000, the highest level for almost two years.
  
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• 'We went away with mum to celebrate her 70th - four weeks later, she was dead'

  12-12-2025 10:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paulette Crookes died after a trip away to celebrate her milestone birthday at a rented cottage on the Isle of Wight
  
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• Sir David Jason ‘is plotting Only Fools And Horses reunion’

  12-12-2025 10:20 via metro.co.uk
  An Only Fools And Horses reunion is in the pipeline (Picture: BBC)Key Pointssummary__ai-icon
  Sir David Jason is reportedly planning a 45th anniversary reunion special for Only Fools And HorsesThe two-part special is expected to include unseen footage and feature cast members reminiscing about the iconic sitcomThis special could also pay tribute to late cast members and celebrate the show’s lasting legacyCreated with AI assistance. Quality assured by Metro editors.This time next year, we m
  
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• 'I died for seven minutes due to work stress and dad saved my life'

  12-12-2025 10:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Courtney Stocks was fit and healthy until she collapsed while in the garden at home
  
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• Labour's Treasury watchdog boss attacks Reeves for 'throwing grenades' at markets before Budget with political 'psychodrama' - demanding Chancellor takes responsibility for chaos

  12-12-2025 10:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meg Hillier accused the Chancellor of 'throwing grenades' at markets in the run-up to the crucial fiscal package on November 26.
  
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• 'My boyfriend built me a massive 4ft Jellycat advent calendar worth nearly £1,000'

  12-12-2025 10:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Declan Quinn spent £250 on materials to build a giant advent calendar filled with £720 worth of Jellycat plushies for girlfriend Hannah Bierman, 24, who has a collection of 200 of the toys
  
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• Crowborough residents are taking the government to court over plans to house 600 adult male migrants in army camp - as police arrest man over 'violent disorder' outside barracks

  12-12-2025 10:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crowborough Shield, a community-led campaign group, has lodged an application for a full judicial review of the decision to place more than 500 asylum seekers at the camp.
  
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• Bonnie Blue deported and blacklisted from Bali as real story behind 'sex plot' exposed

  12-12-2025 10:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As Bonnie Blue's Bali saga continues, two experts have weighed in on the controversial adult star's holiday from hell, warning she is now 'losing control'
  
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• Arne Slot reveals Mo Salah crunch talks and says Liverpool star could still play TOMORROW

  12-12-2025 10:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Arne Slot has addressed Mo Salah's future ahead of Saturday's clash with Brighton, a fixture that the Liverpool superstar hinted could mark his final game for the club
  
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• Mum's 'five chilling words before cutting out pregnant daughter's baby'

  12-12-2025 09:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Cortney Bartholomew, 40, is accused of slicing open the stomach of her 22-year-old pregnant daughter Rebecca Park, leading to her death
  
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• Liam Neeson denies being anti-vax after narrating vaccine sceptical Covid documentary

  12-12-2025 09:48 via metro.co.uk
  Liam Neeson has denied he is anti-vax after taking part in a new documentary (Picture: Kate Green/ Getty Images)Liam Neeson has shut down speculation he is against vaccinations after narrating a documentary that questions their legitimacy and includes discredited scientific claims.The Taken star, 73, has lent his voice to a new film – Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical Corruption Exposed – which is based on the 2021 book of the same name by Kent Heckenlively and Judy M
  
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• Bonnie Blue is deported from Bali over latest disgusting pornography stunt

  12-12-2025 09:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Local police last week raided a studio in Badung, a popular tourist district near the resort island's capital, Denpasar, detaining Blue, 26, whose real name is Tia Billinger.
  
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• Plane passenger 'tries to open door in mid-air' as police swoop in

  12-12-2025 09:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police in Hong Kong have made an arrest after a plane passenger allegedly tried to open a door on a Cathay Pacific flight in mid-air
  
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• Is Conor McGregor marrying his long-term girlfriend at the Vatican today? Irish report claims MMA star is tying the knot

  12-12-2025 09:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  insiders said the wedding between the mixed martial arts fighter, 37, and Ms Devlin, 38, with whom he has four children, is set to take place at the Chiesa di Santo Stefano degli Abissini.
  
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• Control Resonant unveiled as the next game in the Alan Wake multiverse

  12-12-2025 09:37 via metro.co.uk
  Control Resonant – that’s pretty weird (Remedy Entertainment)Remedy has released the first trailer for Control 2 at The Game Awards and it’s looking to outdo the original by having the best Force powers in video games.We didn’t like Alan Wake 2 nearly as much as some people, but then we’ve always felt Finnish developer Remedy’s real talent lies in gameplay rather than storytelling.They don’t seem to agree, especially given how the action in Alan Wake 2
  
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• Moment police officer shouts 'wow!' after finding plate of cocaine in fridge during drugs raid

  12-12-2025 09:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police bodycam footage shows officers smashing into a Derby home on Brook Street, where they uncovered 10kg of drugs along with £10,000 in cash, vapes, phones and laptops.
  
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• Ministers told to install roadside AI cameras nationwide to catch more drivers illegally using their phones

  12-12-2025 09:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Minsters are being urged to take a 'modernised approach' to tackling two of the most persistent driving offences on the road: mobile phone misuse and seat belt non-compliance.
  
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• Police find body in search for missing pensioner who disappeared after getting off bus five days ago

  12-12-2025 09:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glenda Keal, 85, was last seen pulling a shopping trolley after getting off a bus in Hinckley, Leicestershire, five days ago.
  
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• Ed Miliband faces massive pressure to ditch UK's 2035 petrol and diesel car sales ban as EU drops move

  12-12-2025 09:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband has been left isolated after a Brussels kingmaker declared that the bloc's deadline for ending sales is being dropped.
  
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• UK economy shrank unexpectedly by 0.1% in October

  12-12-2025 09:24 via bbc.com
  The impact of the JLR cyber-attack continued to affect output, while analysts say spending was hit by Budget uncertainty.
  
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• Aldi sends customers '8am, December 21' message

  12-12-2025 09:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The store says this is 'the final countdown'
  
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• The new breed of 'shoplifting entrepreneurs' fuelling the UK's petty crime problem

  12-12-2025 09:21 via bbc.com
  With "sharp rises" in shop theft in recent years, the nature of it is changing too - as retail workers in the area dubbed England's shoplifting capital have seen
  
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• Nani urges Man Utd to sign £65m target ahead of Liverpool and Man City

  12-12-2025 09:21 via metro.co.uk
  Semenyo’s release clause will be active in January (Picture: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA)Former Manchester United star Nani has urged the club to make a move for Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo in the January transfer window.Semenyo signed a new contract at the Vitality Stadium last summer despite interest from United and Tottenham but that deal included a release clause that becomes active next month.The Ghana international can leave Bournemouth for £65million before 10 Janu
  
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• Terrifying WW3 map shows '250,000 Brits would die' if three likeliest sites were nuked

  12-12-2025 09:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As tensions with Russia continue to intensify over its ongoing war of aggression in Ukraine, a terrifying map has laid bare the damage that could be caused by a nuclear strike on three targets in the UK
  
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• New 'MIS' intelligence service launched as UK faces 'increasing hostile threat'

  12-12-2025 09:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The government said the 'major overhaul' of intelligence comes amid rising threats from hostile states and terrorists
  
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• Military Intelligence Service explained as UK faces 50% surge in 'hostile activity'

  12-12-2025 09:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The government said the 'major overhaul' of intelligence comes amid rising threats from hostile states and terrorists
  
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