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• Covid lockdown England: Huge surge in summer 'staycation' bookings

  23-02-2021 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Campsites and holiday lets across Britain saw a surge in bookings as Boris Johnson mapped out his roadmap out of lockdown last night, with some rentals selling out within minutes.
  
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• Katie Price reveals divorce from Kieran Hayler has been finalised: ‘I’m so happy I’m free’

  04-03-2021 18:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Katie Price and Kieran Hayler’s divorce has been finalised (Picture: Rex)Katie Price has revealed that she is officially divorced from third husband Kieran Hayler, three years after they separated. The former glamour model, 42, and Kieran, 33, separated in March 2018 and she is now free to marry her current boyfriend, Carl Woods, 32. She told The Sun: ‘Finally, we’ve signed the divorce papers. I’m so happy that I’m free from that marriage. The only good th
  
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• New Covid variant under investigation as 16 cases found in UK

  04-03-2021 18:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  A new variant of coronavirus has been identified in the UK.
  Public Health England said 16 cases of a strain known as VUI-202102/04 have been detected.The variant has been designated a Variant Under Investigation (VUI).
   It contains the E484K mutation, which scientists have previously said may me more resistant to Covid vaccines.
  But it doesn’t feature the the N501Y mutation, found in all variants of concern (VOCs) such as the South African and Brazilian variants.More to follow
  
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• Furloughed bartender wins £100,000 on Lottery scratchcard

  04-03-2021 18:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Time to celebrate (Picture: PA)A bartender who has been furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic has reason to celebrate now after winning £100,000 on a National Lottery scratchcard.Jonny Wright said he ‘ran home like a schoolboy’ after realising he had scooped the cash.He and his wife Heather, a student nurse, are now celebrating after a ‘tough year’ when they didn’t have enough money to pay for laptops for their children to be homeschooled.Mr Wright, 40, b
  
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• Gogglebox’s Baggs family ‘dropped from show after one series’

  04-03-2021 18:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Baggs family have reportedly exited the show (Picture: Channel 4)Gogglebox family The Baggs have reportedly exited the show after just one series.The family of four, which consists of mum Lisa, dad Terry and their sons George and Joe, joined the Channel 4 series last year, giving their take on the best of British TV.However, it seems their time on the show has come to an end, with an insider saying: ‘The Baggs family are out of the show and won’t be appearing anymore.‘They
  
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• Matt Hancock more optimistic than ever of a ‘great British summer’

  04-03-2021 18:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  The health secretary was confident staycations will be able to go ahead this summer (Picture: AFP)UK staycations with few restrictions are looking more likely than ever this summer due to the vaccine rollout, the health secretary has said.Matt Hancock said he was ‘optimistic’ that Covid-19 measures will be eased enough to allow UK-based holidays in the coming months.His confidence for a ‘great British summer’ comes after the nation hit another vaccine milestone with more
  
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• Piers Morgan has competition as Simon Cowell goes for lockdown stroll with another friend

  04-03-2021 18:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sorry Piers, Simon Cowell has a new friend to play with (Picture: Splash News)Piers Morgan may be getting a case of the green-eyed monster after his old mate, Simon Cowell, was pictured out with another friend following their catch-up this week. The former Britain’s Got Talent co-stars reunited for a stroll around west London near their Holland Park homes on Monday. It was the first time in years the pair had been seen together and confirmed their bromance was still alive and kicking.
  
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• Meghan Markle clashed with royal aides over freebie designer clothes that broke royal protocol

  04-03-2021 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle, 39, whohas rarely been seen in the same outfit twice, clashed with royal aides after boxes of free designer clothes were sent to Kensington Palace, sources told The Sun.
  
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• £11.5m London flat where the Spice Girls filmed Wannabe video goes on sale

  04-03-2021 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  St Pancras Chambers Penthouse Apartment in London is a Grade I listed gothic building which was designed by George Gilbert Scott in 1873.
  
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• Kate and William will join the Queen for special broadcast before Sussexes' Oprah interview

  04-03-2021 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Queen will appear on a television special featuring Prince William and Kate, Sophie as well as Charles and Camilla hours before Harry and Meghan's US interview criticising the Royals.
  
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• Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was ‘left free to prey on victims including men’ for 55 years

  04-03-2021 18:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  The ‘forgotten victims’ of the Yorkshire Ripper are thought to include (from l) John Tomey, Tracy Browne and Mo Lea (Picture: Daisybeck All Rights Reserved)Harrowing new testimony from the ‘forgotten victims’ of the Yorkshire Ripper suggests he flagrantly escaped justice for horrific crimes stretching back more than five decades.Both women and men have told how they are still suffering from being bludgeoned in brutal surprise attacks, which were identical to Peter Sutclif
  
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• Pro-Trump attorney BANNED from Atlanta private lawyer's club after Mike Pence comments

  04-03-2021 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pro-Trump lawyer, who was behind several failed attempts in courtrooms to overturn the presidential election lost his membership to the Lawyers Club of Atlanta on Wednesday.
  
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• 1000lb Sister star Tammy Slaton ‘didn’t care’ boyfriend Jerry Sykes was married when they met

  04-03-2021 18:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  1000-lb Sister star Tammy Slaton reportedly ‘didn’t care’ that her boyfriend Jerry Sykes had a wife (Picture: TLC)1000-lb Sisters star Tammy Slaton allegedly knew her boyfriend Jerry Sykes was married when they began dating.According to Jerry’s wife Kia Russell-Rucker Sykes, the 32-year-old TLC star ‘didn’t care’ that her partner was in a relationship.Speaking to The Sun, Kia confirmed she found out about her husband’s adulterous relationship when
  
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• CMA investigates Apple over 'anti-competitive' terms for app developers in UK

  04-03-2021 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will look into concerns that Apple abuses its dominant position over the distribution of apps on Apple devices in the UK.
  
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• NYT columnist David Brooks 'draws a second salary from a project funded by Facebook'

  04-03-2021 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brooks takes an additional salary for his work with the Aspen Institute's Weave project, according to Buzzfeed. In 2018 Facebook gave $250k to the think tank for Weave.
  
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• Meghan Markle and Royal Family fans fight war of words on Twitter ahead of Oprah interview

  04-03-2021 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Royal watchers around the world have been reacting on Twitter this week to the war of words between Buckingham Palace in London and Meghan Markle in California.
  
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• Biden's big immigration bill delayed as Pelosi struggles to find votes

  04-03-2021 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden's big immigration bill will be delayed until April as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi struggles to find enough Democratic votes.
  
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• Pippa Middleton PREGNANT: Mother Carole opens up in Good Housekeeping interview

  04-03-2021 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge 's mother, 66, who lives in Berkshire with her husband, spoke with Good Housekeeping magazine about her Party Pieces business and her tight-knit family.
  
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• Mum of NHS worker badly hurt in 'racist hit-and-run' says lives have been ruined

  04-03-2021 18:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - DISTRESSING IMAGES: Katungua Tjitendero, 21, had just finished his shift at a hospital in Bristol in July last year when he was allegedly attacked, leaving him needing surgery and with both physical and mental scars
  
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• GCHQ publishes post in IT department only for people 'from an ethnic minority background or women'

  04-03-2021 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GCHQ explicitly stated only people 'from an ethnic minority background or women from any ethnic background' should register interest in a role. It was slammed by a UK MP as 'unacceptable'.
  
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• Woman begs for reduction of her 36L boobs that weigh the same as a toddler

  04-03-2021 18:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  35-year-old Lyndsey has to buy special bras to fit (Picture: Caters News)A woman with boobs that weigh two stone is desperate for a breast reduction as they have left her housebound with crippling pain.Lyndsey Nurse, 35, has always had a bigger bust but claims her boobs won’t stop growing as they now weigh the same weight as a toddler – the equivalent to two stone or 14 bags of sugar.Lyndsey, from Highworth, Swindon, used to run her own business but had to quit after her boobs began
  
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• Couple to pay £60k for damage to £3.5m Grade II listed 16th Century mansion

  04-03-2021 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leroy Bangs and wife Wendy were convicted of preservation order breaches relating to the sprawling house in Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire.
  
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• Unluckiest WW2 pilot landed in Nazi minefield thinking greenhouses were Dover

  04-03-2021 18:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incredible story of unlucky Sgt Robert Stirling has only just emerged, including a brush with death and on a German-occupied Channel Islands covered in thousands of reflective greenhouses...
  
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• Squirrel gives hungry pine marten the slip

  04-03-2021 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A hunter on a visit to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming filmed the life-and-death chase which lasted almost 30 minutes when the squirrel managed to escape from the pine martin.
  
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• Coronation Street spoilers: Big wedding drama revealed for Carla Connor and Peter Barlow

  04-03-2021 18:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Will they make it down the aisle this time? (Picture: ITV)Coronation Street has hinted at a wedding for Carla Connor (Alison King) and Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne).Carla has been supporting Peter throughout his alcohol recovery process.However, she recently lied to Peter about getting drunk with Jenny (Sally Ann Matthews). Also, she’s been constantly swayed by old flame Lucas (Glen Wallace), and has been left questioning her relationship with Peter.With Peter’s recovery being a slow
  
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• Boy, four, seriously injured after clinging to escalator handrail and falling 20ft at Russian mall

  04-03-2021 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A four-year-old boy was left with serious head injuries after grabbing hold of an ascending escalatorat a shopping mall when his parents were not watching - and falling 20ft.
  
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• Covid US: Anthony Fauci tells Texas and Mississippi to abide by public health measures

  04-03-2021 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Anthony Fauci says Texas and Mississippi residents should still abide by public health measures even after their Republican governors dropped all COVID-19 restrictions to fully reopen their states.
  
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• UK competition watchdog investigates Apple over 'anti-competitive' terms for app developers 

  04-03-2021 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will look into concerns that Apple abuses its dominant position over the distribution of apps on Apple devices in the UK.
  
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• Woman's skydiving video goes viral as she jokes it was "ruined" by the wind

  04-03-2021 18:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman's video has gone viral after she showed how her expression was affected by strong winds during her descent - leaving people in stitches
  
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• Coronation Street spoilers: Tyrone Dobbs and Alina Pop affair confirmed?

  04-03-2021 18:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Will passion ensue for Tyrone and Alina in Coronation Street? (Picture: ITV)Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) and Alina Pop (Ruxandra Porojnicu) have been spending quite a bit of time in one another’s company in Coronation Street, but it appears as if they will continue to get closer in upcoming scenes.
  Alina briefly moved in with Tyrone and Fiz Stape (Jennie McAlpine), after she was forced to move out of the salon flat.
  Tyrone felt uncomfortable with Alina in the house, and thus he orchestrated
  
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