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• Darwin surgeons warned not to use their equipment to steal chocolate from hospital vending machine

  24-02-2021 00:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Surgeons in Darwin have been given a slap on the wrist for using endoscopy equipment to steal chocolate from the hospital's vending machine.
  
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• TV hatchet job on Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds

  07-03-2021 00:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starring Kenneth Branagh as the Prime Minister and Ophelia Lovibond as his fiancee Carrie Symonds, filming for the Sky Atlantic series, called This Sceptred Isle, began this week.
  
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• Contestant on Danny Dyer’s The Wall mistakes Solange Knowles for Nick Knowles’ brother leaving viewers in utter disbelief

  07-03-2021 00:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Wall players had never heard of Beyoncé’s sister Solange Knowles (Picture: REX/BBC)The Wall viewers were left in a state of utter astonishment as they watched a contestant on Danny Dyer’s game show hasten a guess that Solange Knowles – the younger sister of Beyoncé Knowles – is Nick Knowles’ brother.On the latest episode of the BBC One programme, twin brothers Jack and Thomas, from Yorkshire, took part to try and win money to help out their mum and
  
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• NYT publishes column claiming Looney Tunes character Pepe Le Pew 'normalized rape culture'

  07-03-2021 00:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charles M. Blow made his critical comments on Pepe Le Pew in an article titled 'Six Seuss Books Bore a Bias.' The debate is not new. Dave Chappelle called Le Pew a rapist in his 2000 HBO special.
  
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• Now EU is forced to go cap in hand to US for AstraZeneca jab it sneered at

  07-03-2021 00:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The European Commission reportedly intends to askthe US if it will allow the export of millions of doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
  
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• Australians stranded in Panama decide to sail to Brisbane after flights home cancelled

  07-03-2021 00:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brisbane couple Jake Shepherd and Tamara Ilic will embark on the four month voyage across the Pacific Ocean after exhausting all other options to leave Panama.
  
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• 57 million test kits are sent to schools in Boris' bold first step out of lockdown

  07-03-2021 00:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than eight million pupils aged between four and 18 head back to the classroom from tomorrow as the UK takes its first and 'irreversible' steps out of lockdown.
  
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• Creative pubs are ramping up plans for spring reopening in 36 days' time

  07-03-2021 00:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Publicans are already assembling marquees, revamping car parks and even creating a fake beach for thirsty revellers to make their long-awaited return.
  
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• MARY ELLEN SYNON: EU's vaccine catastrophe lie in Merkel's shadowy past in Communist East Germany

  07-03-2021 00:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Angela Merkel has led Germany and the countries of the EU into a single, bloc-wide Covid vaccines policy - one that will cost lives, destroy businesses and cripple economies.
  
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• Bisexual women with a straight man are less likely to be open about their sexual orientation

  07-03-2021 00:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a study published this week in the Journal of Bisexuality, bisexual women feel more comfortable being open about their orientation if they are with a woman or a bisexual man.
  
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• Greece tells Brits to book holidays as tourist islands prioritised for vaccines

  07-03-2021 00:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Aviemonas on the island of Kythera, where vaccines will soon be rolled out (Picture: Getty Images)Brits have been urged to book their summer holidays to Greece as the country prioritises vaccinating the tourist islands.
  Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis said smaller islands scattered around the Aegean and Ionian seas will be first to get the Covid jabs
  That includes Halki, near Rhodes, Kastellorizo, Meganisi and Kythira.Around 40 Greek islands all have a population of less than 1,000 people, maki
  
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• When ANNE McELVOY began working on a profile of Carrie Symonds, her PR machine whirred into life

  07-03-2021 00:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ANNE McELVOY: When Tatler magazine commissioned me to write this month's cover story on Carrie Symonds, the warnings came in fast - from her friends... and foes.
  
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• Sussexes hardly knew Oprah when they invited the host to their intimate wedding reception

  07-03-2021 00:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex extended the wedding invitation to Oprah Winfrey to include the evening reception at Frogmore House, attended only by their closest relatives and friends.
  
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• Charles is far more concerned about Philip's health than Oprah's interview

  07-03-2021 00:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charles is said to be 'deeply worried' about the wellbeing of Prince Philip, who was last night improving after a successful heart procedure.
  
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• Meghan's Saudi activist friend was jailed by regime as Duchess sported earrings from Crown Prince 

  07-03-2021 00:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meghan met activist Loujain Al-Hathloul, 31, at the One Young World humanitarian summit in Canada in October 2016. But life for Ms Al-Hathloul took a very different turn.
  
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• Sussexes were 'obsessed' with secrecy which resulted in strained relations

  07-03-2021 00:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harry and Meghan were 'obsessed' with secrecy, claims insider. Their determination to retain privacy extended to not sharing their holiday plans with senior advisers, the Queen and Prince Charles
  
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• MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: An ailing Duke - and a TV interview tinged with sadness and regret 

  07-03-2021 00:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: For many British viewers, when they finally get to see the encounter tomorrow evening, the occasion will be tinged with sadness and regret.
  
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• Royal aides 'fear Meghan Markle will tell all about rift with Kate' to Oprah

  07-03-2021 00:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The explosive two-hour chat with Oprah Winfrey will be broadcast in the US on Sunday night – 1am UK time – and is on ITV at 9pm on Monday evening
  
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• Meghan STILL has the tainted diamond earrings from the Saudi Crown Prince in her collection 

  06-03-2021 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The controversial diamond earrings gifted to the Duchess of Sussex by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman remain her responsibility, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
  
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• WandaVision episode 9 finale: Who is Ralph Bohner and is he Quicksilver?

  06-03-2021 23:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Is WandaVision’s Ralph Bohner simply just… Ralph? (Picture:Marvel/Disney)Warning: spoilers ahead for episode nine of WandaVision.In the season finale of Marvel’s WandaVision on Disney Plus, fans finally received a lot of answers to questions concerning Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), who finally becomes the Scarlet Witch, Vision (Paul Bettany) and witch Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn).But several plot points were still shrouded in a lot of mystery, particularly the big reveal
  
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• The Voice UK: Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock confronts Touch backing dancer after he said he preferred dancing for Anne-Marie

  06-03-2021 23:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Leigh-Anne playfully confronted Sweeney (Picture: ITV/REX)Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock was on top form on The Voice UK semi-final as she reunited with her former backing dancer.Contestant Sweeney blew the judges away at his blind audition, before Anne-Marie realised he was one of her old backing dancers.She ended up choosing him for her team, with the star bringing on the Little Mix singer to help her mentor her three semi-finalists this week.Coincidentally, Leigh-Anne revealed that Swe
  
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• Police officer knocked out after 30-strong lockdown breaching house party found

  06-03-2021 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eight police officers were injured as they attempted to close the party down, as drinks and other items were thrown at them at a property in Walworth, south London
  
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• Meghan's pals say she's been vilified by 'obscene' royals

  06-03-2021 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Royal Family launched a 'full-scale takedown' of the Duchess of Sussex, according to close friend Gayle King. The US broadcaster made the accusation on her radio show.
  
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• We're finding real freedom! Boris Johnson hails pupils' return

  06-03-2021 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PM Boris Johnson, pictured, said the full resumption of teaching from tomorrow marked the first stage of his 'irreversible' roadmap out of lockdown and back to normality.
  
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• Queen will get breakfast briefing from aides on Harry and Meghan interview

  06-03-2021 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Royal insiders are determined not to enter into a war of words, but will be watching the two-hour broadcast carefully for any fresh allegations levelled against them.
  
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• Queen 'paid £2,650 for new corgi dog called Charles on popular pet website'

  06-03-2021 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dog breeder and gran-of-six Denise Thomas claimed she sold a corgi puppy called Charles to a woman who works for the royal household and who refused to say who the pooch's new owner would be
  
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• Queen's Remembrance Day wreath rejection 'wounded' Prince Harry

  06-03-2021 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When the Queen blocked Prince Harry's request to have a wreath laid on his behalf at the Cenotaph last year, it sparked a chain of events that would eventually culminate in the couple's Oprah interview.
  
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• Sussexes 'were reeling at Palace's statement' stripping them of their titles when they saw Oprah 

  06-03-2021 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meghan and Harry already knew they were being stripped of their titles and patronages when they sat down for their 'no subject off-limits' interview with Oprah Winfrey, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
  
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• Brothers William and Harry can heal their rift, friend reveals

  06-03-2021 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's final engagement as working royals was the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey on March 9, 2020. Harry looked pensive and strained.
  
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• Man, 25, died after 20ft tree fell on him while he camped with wife and brother

  06-03-2021 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ryan O'Carroll, 25, died from his injuries after the ash tree fell on him after he set up camp with his wife and brother at Tehidy Country Park in Cornwall
  
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