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• Coronation Street spoilers: Elaine Jones reveals another devastating Geoff Metcalfe trauma

  22-02-2021 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Elaine revealed that Geoff left her in debt in Coronation Street (Picture: ITV)Elaine Jones (Paula Wilcox) opened up to Alya Nazir (Sair Khan) in Coronation Street tonight (February 22), noting how she was left ‘up to her eyeballs’ in debt after leaving Geoff Metcalfe (Ian Bartholomew).
  Tonight’s double-bill of the ITV soap saw Alya discover a series of final demand letters addressed to Yasmeen (Shelley King).She soon came to learn that her gran was in a serious amount of debt
  
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• WandaVision episode 9 crashes Disney Plus as hordes of fans tune in for finale

  05-03-2021 11:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fans were so eager to watch the finale of WandaVision that Disney Plus crashed (Picture: Disney Plus/TNS)Some viewers of WandaVision were left frustrated as the high demand for the final episode caused Disney Plus to crash. The streaming service was overwhelmed with demand for the finale episode meaning many were unable to access Disney Plus temporarily. So many had tuned in to see how the story of the charmed married life of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) i
  
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• NSW police met with education leaders to address sexual violence

  05-03-2021 11:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Representatives from the NSW Department of Education, Association of Independent Schools and Catholic Schools NSW sat down with police to address sexual violence at schools.
  
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• This rocky, volcanic exoplanet may be a candidate for alien life

  05-03-2021 11:22 via metro.co.uk
  
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  The endless search for extra-terrestrial life may have received a boost in the form of a rocky, volcanic exoplanet called Gliese 486b.The distant world is orbiting a red dwarf star 26 light years away from Earth and has been the subject of a study from astronomers at the Max-Planck Institute in the US.
  Gliese 486b is – so far – the only planet detected orbiting this particula
  
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• Mum who ate chocolate every day loses four stone and is now running a half marathon

  05-03-2021 11:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lisa’s transformation (Picture: PA Real Life)A woman who ate a family bag of chocolates every night has undergone an incredible weight loss transformation and is now set to run a half marathon.Lisa Hodson would frequently munch on biscuits and snacks on-the-go and eat the same portion sizes as her 5ft 10 runner husband.At her heaviest, Lisa weighed 20st 6lbs – but a photograph of herself at her husband’s birthday made the Blackpool-based schoolteacher realise she wanted to chan
  
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• Armenia withdraws from the Eurovision Song Contest

  05-03-2021 11:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Armenia has been competing a Eurovision since 2006 (Picture: Vyacheslav ProkofyevTASS via Getty Images)Armenia has pulled out of the Eurovision Song Contest.The nation had confirmed its participation in the 2021 contest, after the event’s cancellation due to the pandemic last year meant that Athena Manoukian could not compete.However, Armenia’s public broadcaster AMPTV has now withdrawn from the contest, saying that their proper participation is ‘impossible’.A statement r
  
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• Jamie Carragher tells Jurgen Klopp the type of player he needs to sign for Liverpool this summer

  05-03-2021 11:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Liverpool’s lack of a creative edge cost them again against Chelsea (Picture: Getty)Jamie Carragher says Liverpool are missing a traditional no10 in their side following Thursday’s defeat to Chelsea.Liverpool fell to their fifth consecutive home defeat thanks to Mason Mount’s winner with Jurgen Klopp’s side now four points off the top four.The Premier League champions have scored just one goal in their last six games on Merseyside with their inability to breakdown the opp
  
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• Coronavirus UK: Covid cases are falling again after flat February, study finds

  05-03-2021 11:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Covid Symptom Study found that daily cases are down 15 per cent from last week, to around 8,111 per day across the UK, with expert blaming the 'cold snap' for hampering lockdown efforts.
  
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• Lockdown cancelled my smear test – I had cancer and now I’ll never be a mum

  05-03-2021 11:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  My five nieces and nephews are my world (Picture: Destiny Wade)When I had abnormal bleeding after sex with my then-partner in February 2020, I wasn’t too worried. I thought if anything were to be wrong, it would be picked up in my cervical screening, which was booked for the following month. I’d had the HPV vaccine when I was 14 but knew I still needed to be screened every three years from the age of 25.But when lockdown hit, I was informed by the GP receptionist that &lsqu
  
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• Inside 'opulent' five-bed £1million house which boasts its own private woodland

  05-03-2021 11:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The five-bedroom property boasts luxury ensuites, a private woodland and even a cinema room while also being close to the picturesque seaside in Merseyside
  
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• Apartment in the gothic building where the Spice Girls shot the music video for Wannabe is up for sale for £11.5million

  05-03-2021 11:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fancy recreating the Wannabe video on repeat? (Picture: MediaDrumWorld)Did you watch the Spice Girls’ iconic music video for Wannabe and think: ‘I want to live there’?
  Well, now you can… if you have £11.5million handy.
  An apartment in the gothic building where the girl group filmed the video is officially up for sale – and it’s just as fancy as you remember.
  St Pancras Chambers Penthouse Apartment in London is a Grade I listed building that was designed
  
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• Warner Bros CEO hints at potential sequel in Harry Potter movie franchise

  05-03-2021 11:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Harry Potter could be adding a ninth film to its movie franchise (Picture: Warner Bros)Could there be a ninth Harry Potter film in the works?Well, Warner Bros CEO Jack Kilar set the wizarding rumour mill off as he hinted at a potential sequel in the movie franchise, based on JK Rowling’s beloved books, The Hollywood Reporter reports.During a virtual appearance at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference, Kilar said: ‘There’s this little thing calle
  
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• Dire warning a quarter of a MILLION Australians could lose their jobs when JobKeeper is scrapped

  05-03-2021 11:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Melbourne economist has warned that up to 250,000 Australians could lose their jobs when the taxpayer-funded JobKeeper program ends this month.
  
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• Ashley Cole says Mason Mount is Chelsea’s ‘best player’ after Liverpool win

  05-03-2021 11:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cole is a big admirer of Mount (Picture: AFP via Getty)Ashley Cole is a big admirer of Mason Mount and believes the midfielder has become Chelsea’s ‘best player’.Mount was the match winner on Thursday night as his well crafted goal was enough to beat Liverpool and help Thomas Tuchel’s side climb into the top-four.
  It was another high-energy and quality performance from the 22-year-old, who has won over new boss Tuchel having previously earned the trust of former manager F
  
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• UK Covid variant will become dominant strain in Germany 'soon'

  05-03-2021 11:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Germany's Covid outbreak will 'soon' become more difficult to control as the more-infectious and deadlier UK variant become the dominant strain, the country's top virus institute has warned.
  
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• WandaVision episode 9: Finale ending explained as Scarlet Witch faces Agatha Harkness and White Vision returns to cause havoc

  05-03-2021 11:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  The WandaVision finale is exciting and heartbreaking (Picture: Marvel Studios/Disney)Warning: major spoilers ahead for episode nine of WandaVision.At long last, the season finale of Marvel’s WandaVision has been released on Disney Plus, bringing the story of the charmed married life of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) in Westview to a close… and opening up a new chapter into the tale of the immeasurably powerful Scarlet Witch before she appears in the Docto
  
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• Woman discovers an entire apartment hidden behind her bathroom mirror

  05-03-2021 11:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Samantha Hartsoe from New York City couldn't believe her eyes when she discovered a hole behind her bathroom mirror that led to a secret room - and users on TikTok are horrified
  
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• Ministers accuse EU of stoking fight over Northern Ireland protocol

  05-03-2021 11:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng linked the increasingly bitter row over the Brexit divorce terms to the contrasting performance on jabs.
  
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• Massive tit fight breaks out in Scottish park

  05-03-2021 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  A photographer captured the moment two blue tits fought (Picture: Skier1066/Caters)They may be cute little creatures, but as these pictures show blue tits can be just as territorial as any animal.A photographer captured the rare moment a pair got involved in a tussle while out in his local park.
  Scott Williams, 54, took these pictures in Ayr, Scotland, after spotting the two birds coming to blows.He had visited the park to snap some of the local wildlife and managed to spot the pair whilst looki
  
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• How I Do It: ‘I’m single in lockdown and I quit watching porn’

  05-03-2021 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jane is single and porn free in lockdown three (Picture: Myles Goode)For this week’s How I Do It, our series looking at a week in a new person’s sex life in each instalment, we have Jane*, a single woman who has quit watching porn.Jane is a 28-year-old classroom assistant and journalist based in Wales who’s currently living with her dad.She describes her personal relationship with sex as ‘unhealthy’, because she used to do it even when she wasn’t sure she was
  
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• Jetstar announces return for free sale

  05-03-2021 10:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holidaymakers can get their hands on the insanely cheap flights from Friday, with travel dates from April to December available.
  
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• Indian woman who survived acid attack finds love and is married to man she met while in hospital

  05-03-2021 10:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pramodini Roul, 28, and Saroj Sahoo, 29, tied the knot on March 1 in Jagatsinhpur, Odisha, after first meeting in hospital in 2018. Pramodini was doused in acid at 15 and was left with facial burns.
  
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• Amazing footage caught by drone hurtling through snowy mountains

  05-03-2021 10:58 via metro.co.uk
  
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  This stunning video footage shows a drone flying through snow-covered mountains to capture incredible scenic views.Aerial cinematographer Raphael Boudreault-Simard, 29, took the jaw-dropping footage around Brandywine mountain.Speed mixed with the picturesque environment makes for thrilling views of the moutain range in south-west British Columbia, Canada.Mr Boudreault-Simard, from the ne
  
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• Plane sailing! Cruise ships appear to be floating in the air

  05-03-2021 10:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The postcard perfect photograph, taken from the beach at Paignton, Devon, captured the liners seemingly floating above the horizon.
  
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• Council parks skip over mum’s grave and ‘tosses ornaments like an old rag’

  05-03-2021 10:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Shannon O’Brien was ‘absolutely outraged’ by the council’s blunder (Picture: BPM Media)A woman was left distraught after discovering council workers had placed a large skip full of dirt over her mum’s grave.
  Shannon O’Brien, 20, went to visit the resting place at Alfteron Cemetery, Derbyshire, on Tuesday when she found a large container of soil sitting on top of it.
  A number of expensive ornaments including a personalised memorial wreath and cross had also bee
  
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• Man who 'drowned wife to claim £3.5m insurance' told friend she 'died in sleep'

  05-03-2021 10:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Property developer Donald McPherson is accused of also inviting the friend, Joseph Ennis-Cole, to pretend he was also a widower to join him in a group called Widowed and Young, which he described as "like Tinder for widows"
  
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• Who is new Homes Under the Hammer presenter Jacqui Joseph?

  05-03-2021 10:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jacqui Joseph has joined Homes Under The Hammer (Picture: Twitter/@jacquijdesigns)Homes Under The Hammer has been a staple of the small screen for years, giving us all a perfect mix of house tours and drama.In the BBC series, presenters Dion Dublin, Martel Maxwell and Martin Roberts take viewers around the country to see properties get auctioned off – with buyers either majorly transforming them or turning them into lucrative investment opportunities.Bosses announced huge changes at the be
  
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• Victorians will no longer have to quarantine upon entering Western Australia

  05-03-2021 10:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced Victorians won't need to quarantine upon arrival from March 15.
  
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• Number of far-right extremists in British jails soars to record levels

  05-03-2021 10:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Increased police investigations into far-right extremism have now seen the prison population swell to them making up a fifth of terrorists currently behind bars.
  
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• Key figures in Meghan bullying case as ex-aides called 'Sussex Survivors' Club'

  05-03-2021 10:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have denied claims that she bullied her aides and drove two personal assistants out of the household, amid an investigation by Buckingham Palace
  
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