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• Covid UK: Lockdown ease may SLOW if cases spike, says SAGE adviser

  23-02-2021 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Mike Tildesley said the Government 'needs to be reactive' to further outbreaks as it relaxes restrictions. Ministers will leave five weeks between easing measures to ensure there is no spike in cases.
  
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• Government survey slammed for asking disabled people about intimate relationships

  04-03-2021 13:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Disability groups are calling on the Government to scrap a survey (inset) which has been criticised for being flawed and insensitive (Picture: National Federation of the Blind UK)Campaigners are demanding that the Government scraps a key disability survey which has been criticised for asking about ‘physical relationships’.The lengthy questionnaire has come under fire for asking ‘insensitive’ questions about the personal lives of people with disabilities.
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• Married At First Sight stars Deonna McNeill and Greg Okotie welcome first baby: ‘We’re so blessed’

  04-03-2021 13:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Deonna McNeill and Greg Okotie welcomed a son (Picture: Instagram/deonna.mcneill)Married At First Sight stars Deonna McNeill and Greg Okotie have welcomed their first child together, saying that they’re now ‘trying to get used to our new normal’.In 2019, Deonna and Greg starred on the ninth season of Married At First Sight in the US, their initial match proving successful with their relationship going from strength to strength.The couple went on to appear on Married At First Si
  
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• Laura Whitmore confirms she’s having baby girl in her new book after Lorraine Kelly gaffe

  04-03-2021 13:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Laura and Iain are having a girl (Picture: Instagram)Laura Whitmore has confirmed she is expecting a baby girl with husband Iain Stirling.Earlier today, the Love Island host corrected Lorraine Kelly when the TV host suggested that she was expecting a daughter.After Lorraine said that Laura’s new book, No One Can Change Your Life Except For You, contained advice ‘that you want to pass on to your baby girl’, the 35-year-old responded: ‘Well.. to my baby.’However, in a
  
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• Andy Cole sends message to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer over Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland transfers

  04-03-2021 13:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Will Mbappe and Haaland move on this summer? (Picture: DeFodi/Getty)Andy Cole believes Manchester United are capable of attracting Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland this summer, but warned Ole Gunnar Solskjaer his side need to finish the season strong.
  Mbappe and Haaland are two of the most exciting youngsters on the planet and both are tipped to potentially be on the move this summer.Premier League clubs appear to be in the strongest position financially to secure the signings of the world&rsquo
  
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• 2021 UK Open Darts draw, schedule, TV channel, prize money dates and odds

  04-03-2021 13:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Raymond van Barneveld returns to the UK Open (Picture: PDC)The UK Open gets underway on Friday morning with the huge tournament taking place at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes behind closed doors this year.It is a far cry from a year ago when the event was staged in front of a big crowd at Butlins Minehead and will be a different atmosphere entirely, but hopefully we are getting close to a return of crowds to the darts.The top 32 players do not join the fray until Friday evening after three
  
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• I had the Covid-19 vaccine even though I knew it could be a danger to my health

  04-03-2021 13:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Instead of moving out, I had to start shielding (Picture: Natasha Coates)It’s almost the one-year anniversary of my last day of freedom.
  Since 16 March 2020, I’ve not been to a single shop. I’ve not seen my friends. I’ve barely even been outside my house.I have a rare immunological condition called mast cell activation syndrome. It causes my body to significantly overreact to perceived attacks – which include everything from strong smells to certain foods and t
  
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• Woman with rare condition that could have caused internal decapitation has life back since surgery

  04-03-2021 13:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Zoe had suffered seizures since she was 16 (Picture: PA Real Life)Zoe Elliott, 27, has experienced seizures and fainting fits since she was a teenager.She was diagnosed with craniocervical instability (CCI), meaning the area where her skull and spine met was dangerously unstable, in 2019.Zoe, of Salisbury, Wiltshire, was left unable to work and was warned by medical professionals that she was at risk of suffering internal decapitation, and when she was feeling her worst, she could barely hold he
  
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• Great-grandmother who battled depression for 60 years kills herself after struggling during lockdown

  04-03-2021 13:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hazel Duffield took her own life at the River Trent near Scunthorpe in February. Her family hope sharing her story will shed light on elderly's mental health struggles during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain bemoan ‘missed opportunity’ as England fail with the bat again in fourth India Test

  04-03-2021 13:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  England struggled with the bat again in the fourth Test against India (Picture: Getty)Former captains Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain were left ‘frustrated’ and ‘disappointed’ by England’s latest batting performance as they made a poor start to the fourth and final Test against India.Already 2-1 down and requiring a victory to draw the series, England collapsed from 78-3 and 166-5 to be bowled out for 205 after winning the toss on day one.On a bla
  
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• Man ‘spat in girlfriend’s face every time he saw messages he didn’t like’

  04-03-2021 13:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  The incident took place at the Star hotel in Great Yarmouth (Picture: Google Maps)A man who admitted spitting at the mother of his child every time he saw a text he didn’t like and threatened to kill her has been spared jail.Luke Alia had previously admitted malicious communication and battery following the incident with his partner in which he repeatedly slapped her and spat in her face.Alia, 28, had been trying to contact the unnamed woman who had been out with friends in Great Yarmouth
  
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• Russian 17-year-old 'axes his parents and sister to death because he didn't want to go to school' 

  04-03-2021 13:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The teenager (left) went on the run and was detained 225 miles from home after allegedly disfiguring his father's face and dressing the corpse of the welder (inset), 40, in his own clothes.
  
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• Martin Bashir swerves criminal investigation into ‘fake bank documents’ to secure Princess Diana interview

  04-03-2021 13:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Scotland Yard has confirmed no criminal investigation on Bashir’s interview with Diana (Picture: BBC)Martin Bashir won’t be facing a criminal investigation into how he secured his 1995 interview with Princess Diana.
  Scotland Yard Commander Alex Murray confirmed today that there will be no investigation into whether he doctored evidence to land an interview with the Princess.
  He said: ‘In recent months the Metropolitan Police Service received correspondence alleging unlawful act
  
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• Martin Bashir swerves criminal investigation into ‘fake bank documents’ that secured Princess Diana interview

  04-03-2021 13:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Scotland Yard has confirmed no criminal investigation on Bashir’s interview with Diana (Picture: BBC)Martin Bashir won’t be facing a criminal investigation into how he secured his 1995 interview with Princess Diana.The journalist was accused last year of hiring a graphic designer to fake bank statements in order to convince the Princess into doing the coveted chat. Alan Waller, a former employee of Diana’s brother Charles, Earl Spencer, went to the police after being alleg
  
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• Chapecoense plane crash survivor has miracle escape from coach smash that killed 21

  04-03-2021 13:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Erwin Tumiri was one of six people to survive the plane crash (Picture: EPA/Getty/Facebook)A survivor of the plane crash that killed most of Brazilian football team Chapecoense has walked away from a coach smash that claimed 21 lives.Erwin Tumiri was one of just six people to survive the air disaster in 2016 near Medellin, Colombia, which killed 71 of the 77 people on board including 19 players.Now the 30-year-old has cheated death for a second time after a packed coach careered down a hillside
  
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• Casualty quiz: How well do you know Connie Beauchamp after 7 years at Holby ED?

  04-03-2021 13:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Connie has been through an awful lot during her time at Holby ED (Pictures: BBC)Ah, Connie Beauchamp (Amanda Mealing). After 7 years at Holby ED, it has been confirmed that Connie will for once put her personal life first and leave Casualty.
  After storylines addressing cancer, euthanasia, paranoia and drug addiction, as well as being involved in car crashes and rescue missions, Connie has rightly earned her title as Clinical Lead and boy, she will be missed.
  So to celebrate the powerful Con
  
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• Police rule out criminal probe into Martin Bashir's controversial Princess Diana interview

  04-03-2021 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police today ruled out a criminal investigation into BBC journalist Martin Bashir's Princess Diana interview.
  
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• Distressing moment Good Samaritan found seven starved puppies outside abandoned house

  04-03-2021 13:24 via metro.co.uk
  
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  A woman helped to save seven puppies who were ‘starving and full of parasites’ after spotting them outside an abandoned house while driving.The Good Samaritan said she as traveling along a road in Webster Parish, Louisiana, earlier this week when the homeless puppies caught her eye by chance.They were hidden away among tall grass but have been given a second-chance at life af
  
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• Passenger thrown off JetBlue aircraft for refusing to wear a Covid19 mask

  04-03-2021 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Disgruntled passengers on board a jetBlue flight to Cancun, Mexico, heckled a man who refused to wear a mask and forced the aircraft to be diverted to Florida so he could be thrown off.
  
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• Furloughed bartender celebrates winning £100,000 on The National Lottery

  04-03-2021 13:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Wright, 40, had popped to the local corner shop to get some fresh air during lockdown and felt a "random urge" to buy the lucky ticket
  
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• Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview will still air despite Philip’s heart surgery

  04-03-2021 13:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  CBS has ‘no intention’ of delaying the interview, a source claimed (Picture: CBS/Getty)Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘tell-all’ Oprah interview will still air this week, despite Prince Philip’s heart surgery.The broadcaster has ‘no intention’ of delaying the interview, according to a source.The royal couple is said to believe the programming ‘is ultimately up to CBS’, as the Duke of Edinburgh spends his third week in hospital.The sou
  
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• Pep Guardiola trolls Rio Ferdinand over Manchester United’s Champions League final defeats

  04-03-2021 13:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Spaniard’s Barcelona side denied United on two occasions (Picture: BT Sport)Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola could not resist teasing Rio Ferdinand over his two Champions League final victories against the former Manchester United defender while in charge of Barcelona.The Red Devils made the final of Europe’s premier competition in three out of four seasons between 2008 and 2011, beating Chelsea in the first appearance of that run but losing to Barca in the subsequent two.In th
  
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• Ian Brown pulls out of Neighbourhood Weekender Festival in protest at vaccine passports

  04-03-2021 13:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ian will no longer headline Neighbourhood Weekender (Picture: Rob Ball/WireImage)Ian Brown has pulled out of the Neighbourhood Weekender Festival in protest at the prospect of ‘vaccine passports’.The Stone Roses frontman has raised eyebrows with his anti-mask and anti-lockdown tweets, and even released an anti-lockdown song which claimed ‘Dr Evil’ was planning to ‘chip us all to have complete control’.Now, the FEAR singer has resigned from a headline gig this
  
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• David De Gea could miss next six Manchester United fixtures in blow to top four chances

  04-03-2021 13:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dean Henderson is set for a stint in the side (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is preparing to be without David De Gea for the side’s next six matches, having told Dean Henderson that he’s set for a prolonged spell in the team.The Spaniard was not named in United’s 18-man squad for the 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace on Wednesday night, with Solskjaer confirming his absence was down to ‘personal reasons’.The Norwe
  
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• Germany U-turns on Oxford vaccine and recommends it for over 65s

  04-03-2021 13:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  A vial of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (Picture: AFP)Germany is set to open up the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine for use in people over 65, it has been reported.This would be a U-turn for the country, which previously only recommended it for younger people due to what was seen as a lack of data.German outlet FAZ reported that the country’s Standing Vaccination Commission Stiko (Stiko) now recommends the vaccine for older people.The Astrazeneca vaccine is generally approv
  
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• Meet the dogs helping children learn to read

  04-03-2021 13:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Just one more page, then I’ll go to bed (Picture: Battersea Rehoming Centre)Today’s World Book Day looks very different from usual, with kids missing out on the classroom fun and dressing up with friends.Even the therapy dogs who’d normally come into schools to help children to focus and read can’t do their thing right now.Since leaving the much-loved charity, many Battersea rescue dogs have spent time visiting children around the country as therapy dogs, often acting as
  
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• Two dead in light plane crash in Exmouth in Western Australia identified

  04-03-2021 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mal Watts and Samantha Nuttall were reported missing to police after failing to return from a flight about 4.30pm Perth time on Wednesday.
  
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• Frida Karam's Pomeranian dog killed in Western Sydney robbery as Mikaele Maka arrested for stealing

  04-03-2021 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Frida Karam found Pomeranian pup Guccilifeless after on the floor of her ransacked home in Sydney's west and her wedding rings and children's christening clothes stolen.
  
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• Sex attacker, 30, who attempted to rape woman while she was asleep is jailed for seven years 

  04-03-2021 13:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joseph Howell, 30, crept into the victim's bedroom in Bolton at 3.30am and tried to rape her as she lay sleeping beside a female friend who had been invited for a sleepover.
  
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• Father, 52, 'cheats death four times' during 19 stays in hospital

  04-03-2021 13:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ray Snow, from Benfleet, Essex, was diagnosed with severe acute pancreatitis in March last year after a gallstone got trapped in his pancreas.
  
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