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• 'Covid caused me to lose clumps of my hair but I didn't know it was a symptom'

  23-02-2021 14:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Abbey Read, from Totnes, Devon, didn't suffer any of the more typical coronavirus symptoms, but did lose large clumps of her hair on the top and back of her head
  
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• Cat stuck between wall and conservatory rescued by firefighters

  02-03-2021 15:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ollie the tabby cat got very tightly wedged (Picture: SWNS)A cat who managed to get stuck in a narrow gap between a wall and conservatory had to be rescued by firefighters.Ollie the tabby cat was so tightly wedged in that a crew were forced to cut a hole in the wall of his owner’s home to free him.Photos snapped by the fireman show the cat, of Broadstairs, Kent, looking sheepish after being saved yesterday.Taking to social media to share the successful mission Kent Fire and Rescue said: &l
  
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• Husband throttled wife in front of kids and threatened to kill their grandad

  02-03-2021 15:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dean Harris was given a suspended prison sentence after admitting various counts (Picture: SWNS)A jealous husband who throttled his wife in front of their kids, shoved her Mum’s head into a wall and threatened to slit her Dad’s throat has been spared jail.Dean Harris, 34, flew into an alcohol-fuelled rage at their home in Worcester after accusing his partner of cheating on him with another man last summer.The couple’s two terrified youngdaughters witnessed the attack and begged
  
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• Five homes for first-time buyers that are stamp duty exempt and under £300k

  02-03-2021 15:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  If you’re a first-time buyer, take advantage (Picture: Zoopla)Worried about what the stamp duty holiday ending – or extending – means for you?
  When it comes to these properties, it doesn’t really matter.
  That’s because these particular homes will be exempt from stamp duty tax for first-time buyers, regardless of an extension.So if you’re looking to get on the property ladder, look this way.
  Zoopla has shared a roundup of five of the best stamp duty exempt home
  
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• Vegan Easter egg costing £32.95 is flavoured with tomato, spinach and carrot

  02-03-2021 15:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'You really can taste the underlying vegetables' in the vEGGie, made by London-based Rococo Chocolates, which also uses beetroot and sweetcorn to give it its unique flavour
  
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• Cats are just as disloyal as we always suspected, study confirms

  02-03-2021 15:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Not a shred of loyalty to be found here, folks (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)Cats don’t avoid people who upset their owners, proving they’re just as disloyal as we always suspected.That comes from a new study that found cats – unlike dogs – won’t avoid people that upset their owners.
  The new study will be a blow to fur-ious cat lovers across the country, as their feline friends appear to have lived up to their reputation of being aloof and uncari
  
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• Hospital issues 58 parking orders to staff and patients for not paying fines

  02-03-2021 15:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nearly 60 CCJs were handed to NHS staff along with patients and visitors (Pictures: MEN Media/Google)A hospital trust has issued nearly 60 County Court Judgements to NHS staff, patients and visitors for non-payment of parking fines.Some were handed to long-serving members of staff who may now face difficulties obtaining mortgages or loans.The figures were obtained by Grimsby Live via a Freedom of Information request to Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust, which runs the town’s
  
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• UK coronavirus hospital death toll rises by 315 with one victim aged under 19

  02-03-2021 15:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Britain's Covid-19 death toll increased by 279 in England, 33 in Scotland, two in Northern Ireland and one in Wales as new figures show seven million people in England are living in areas where the number of new cases was almost zero
  
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• Boris Johnson faces 'conflict of interest' row over lavish revamp of his flat

  02-03-2021 15:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Labour MP has written to the Prime Minister over reports he wants Tory grandees to donate money for the living quarters about 11 Downing Street
  
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• Virgin Media down leaving thousands of users without TV or phone access

  02-03-2021 15:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 2,400 Virgin Media customers reported problems across its phone, and TV services at the peak of the outage as thousands were left disconnected
  
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• Woman arrested for stealing stranger’s baby goat and tie-dyeing it blue and green

  02-03-2021 15:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  Erica Palmer, left, accidentally stole a stranger’s goat and tie-dyed the baby animal blue and green (Pictures: WKRG)A woman was arrested for stealing a stranger’s goat and tie-dying the baby animal blue and green. Erica Palmer says she thought the kid belonged to one of her cousins after she saw the pal posing with the animal on Facebook – so she decided to steal it and have it dyed as a prank.Palmer went to visit the goat, and fed the pet grapes before ‘kid’-nappi
  
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• U.S. slaps sanctions on 7 senior Russians in response to poisoning of Alexei Navalny

  02-03-2021 15:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The U.S. is slapping sanctions on seven senior Russian officials in response to the the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, senior Biden officials said Tuesday.
  
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• Texas alumni threatened to pull funding over athletes' refusal to sing controversial fight song

  02-03-2021 15:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Newly surfaced emails hae revealed that Texas alumni threatened to withhold donations unless the school reaffirmed its commitment to the controversial fight song, The Eyes of Texas.
  
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• Mid-contract price rises seeing Brits unable to afford monthly phone bills

  02-03-2021 15:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A poll of 2,000 adults commissioned by Tesco Mobile found around five million people have been unable to pay essential bills since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic
  
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• Now 54-year-old David Cameron gets his Covid jab amid postcode lottery fears

  02-03-2021 15:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mr Cameron said he was 'proud' to have received the jab and hailed the NHS for its 'deeply impressive' roll-out. He tweeted a photograph of himself being injected at a clinic believed to be in London.
  
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• Fascinating time-lapse charts show how England's Covid vaccine drive has worked

  02-03-2021 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Figures compiled by the Office for National Statistics show 22 per cent of over-85s in England had Covid antibodies at the start of 2021, before the inoculation roll-out began to rapidly pick up pace.
  
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• Rishi Sunak doesn't mention 'Eat Out To Help Out' in glossy Budget promo video

  02-03-2021 15:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor's controversial five-minute, taxpayer funded advert mentioned almost every policy he's introduced since entering Number 11 - but his most high profile offering was entirely absent
  
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• House explosion killed counsellor as she FaceTimed her partner

  02-03-2021 15:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Hazel Wilcock, 61, was a ‘much-loved’ counsellor from Summerseat, Greater Manchester (Picture: Reuters/Jason Cairnduff)A ‘much-loved’ counsellor was on FaceTime to her partner when a huge explosion took her life, an inquest has heard.Hazel Wilcock, 61, died in the tragedy in East View in Summerseat, Greater Manchester, on the evening of February 18.The fire service has gathered no evidence of ‘suspicious activity’, although other investigations are s
  
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• Counsellor died on FaceTime when house exploded as she chatted to partner

  02-03-2021 15:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Hazel Wilcock, 61, was a ‘much-loved’ counsellor from Summerseat, Greater Manchester (Picture: Reuters/Jason Cairnduff)A ‘much-loved’ counsellor was on FaceTime to her partner when a huge explosion took her life, an inquest has heard.Hazel Wilcock, 61, died in Summerseat, Greater Manchester, on the evening of February 18.The fire service has gathered no evidence of ‘suspicious activity’, although other investigations are still ongoing.Speaking on Tue
  
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• Dad who 'used his energy' to save his son from kayak tragedy is missing

  02-03-2021 15:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Declan Reid, 34, vanished after rescuing his eight-year-old son from the River Barrow in County Kildare, Ireland - who had got into difficulty while out on the water near the family's old home
  
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• Creme Egg launches beer designed to taste like the Easter treat

  02-03-2021 15:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Peep the packaging(Picture: Cadbury)Cadbury has teamed up with Goose Island Beer Company to create a beer that tastes like Creme Eggs.The limited-edition Golden Goo-Beer-Lee Creme Stout is a pre-Easter special, with a stock policy of ‘until they are gooone’.Packs of two are being sold to commemorate 50 years of the iconic treat, with the stout going on sale tomorrow at 11am (Wednesday March 3).Milk sugar is used to emulate the goo inside a Creme Egg, while cacao nibs and vanilla bean
  
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• Coronation Street star Trevor Michael Georges stayed with homeless man injured by tram

  02-03-2021 15:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Corrie star stayed with the injured man until an ambulance arrived (Picture: ITV)Coronation Street star Trevor Michael Georges stayed with a homeless man earlier today who was injured by a tram.Trevor – who plays Ed Bailey in the soap – was out shopping in Manchester when he saw a homeless man dragged under a tram.Trevor tweeted about the incident, saying ‘Went shopping in Manchester only to see a homeless guy get dragged under a tram. Gave him a fag and stayed with him til
  
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• UK Open draw and schedule as Raymond van Barneveld learns his fate

  02-03-2021 15:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michael van Gerwen is the defending champion in Milton Keynes (Picture: LAWRENCE LUSTIG)The draws for the first three rounds of the UK Open have been made, with the event played this weekend at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.The top 32 in the world don’t join the fray until the fourth round when an open draw will be made again, but there are still some big names to look out for in the first three rounds.None bigger than Raymond van Barneveld who returned from retirement last month and
  
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• Gary Rohan's ex-wife describes how the AFL star was 'her rock' when their baby died

  02-03-2021 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amie Rohan and her Geelong Cats ex husband lost their daughter Willow the day she was born on April 12, 2018, while the infant's twin Bella survived after spending three weeks in NICU.
  
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• Europe Covid: Austria and Denmark to make vaccines with Israel

  02-03-2021 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian prime minister, said his country 'should no longer be dependent on the EU' for vaccines and will instead look to Israel to produce its second generation of Covid jabs.
  
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• Cheetos residue stuck in suspect's teeth helps solve burglary in Oklahoma

  02-03-2021 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sharon Carr was arrested on a charge of first-degree burglary after cops say she committed a home invasion in Tulsa, Friday at around 8pm. Cheetos residue found in her teeth linked her to the scene.
  
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• Danniella Westbrook blames Brian Harvey for Hollyoaks axing

  02-03-2021 15:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: Lime Pictures)Danniella Westbrook has blamed Brian Harvey for getting her sacked from Hollyoaks. The actress, who portrayed Trudy Ryan in the Channel 4 soap, hit back at ex Brian on social media, after he claimed she had introduced him to a ‘paeodophile ring’. According to Mail Online, her video on Instagram stated: ‘I was always on your side.‘I lost my job at Hollyoaks — when I went back to Hollyoaks — because of you, to come to Downing St
  
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• Chocolatier unveils luxury vegan Easter egg flavoured with tomato, beetroot and carrot

  02-03-2021 15:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  The veggie-flavoured egg (Picture: Joe Okpako / SWNS)Supermarket Easter eggs selections are bountiful but they aren’t always vegan-friendly.But those on a plant-based diet won’t miss out this year, as a chocolatier has unveiled a luxury vegan Easter egg.The egg, made by Rococo Chocolates, is flavoured with tomato, beetroot, sweetcorn, spinach and carrot – and it comes with six vegetable-shaped chocolates.Sadly, it doesn’t count as one of your five a day, but it’s be
  
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• Hundreds still can’t return home after WW2 bomb blast

  02-03-2021 15:14 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Hundreds are still waiting to return home after the controlled explosion of a Second World War bomb.The device is believed to be a 1,000kg Hermann bomb used by the Nazis, and was discovered on a building site near the University of Exeter campus on Friday.A 100-metre cordon was extended to 400 metres on Saturday at the request of the Royal Navy bomb disposal team.Residents at about 2,600
  
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• Prepare for onslaught of texts and coupons if you get COVID shot at CVS

  02-03-2021 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Americans can get their vaccines from pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens, but as customers book their appointments they'll also be sharing their data so the retailers can promote their services.
  
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