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• Donald Trump's niece Mary welcomes ruling on release of tax returns

  23-02-2021 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mary Trump, Donald Trump's niece, has praised the decision by Supreme Court to allow NY State prosecutors to obtain her uncle's tax returns. She alleges President Trump never made money.
  
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• Final resting place of lost Dunkirk hero is found after 80 years

  26-02-2021 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The body of Lieutenant Piers Edgcumbe, the son of the 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, had been missing ever since he and a colleague were killed during the German Blitzkrieg in May 1940.
  
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• Alex Salmond says his evidence would NOT have been censored at Westminster

  26-02-2021 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an extraordinary session before a cross-party committee, Alex Salmond lashed out at his SNP successor over the handling of harassment allegations.
  
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• Teacher's aide won't be charged for 'accidentally' masturbating during an 8th grade Zoom class

  26-02-2021 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials launched an investigation but no charges are being brought because the act 'did not rise to the level of an offense under Maryland law,' according to a police spokesman.
  
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• Joe and Jill Biden take off for Texas in her first trip on Boeing 747 Air Force One

  26-02-2021 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden took their first joint first trip on the larger 747 Air Force One as they flew to Houston Friday to see storm damage and encourage vaccine use.
  
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• Scores of worshippers pray together at Islamic gathering in Bangladesh

  26-02-2021 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crowds were mingling at close quarters at the festival on the banks of the Kirtankhola river where worshippers prayed together and listened to sermons from Islamic scholars.
  
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• Most and least affordable places in Britain for first time buyers

  26-02-2021 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  First-time buyers in the London borough typically need to shell out 16.8 times their earningsto be able to afford the average house price in the neighbourhood.
  
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• Another 345 people die with Covid as cases jump by 8,523

  26-02-2021 17:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  More than 19 million people have now been vaccinated against coronavirus in the UK (Picture: Rex )Another 345 people have died with Covid, bringing the official UK death toll to 122,415.A total of 8,523 cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours, new data from the Department of Health shows.Meanwhile, 19,177,555 people have now received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 736,037 second doses have been given.It comes after the news that people aged 40 to 49 will be next in line to
  
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• PS5 to allow external hard drives from this summer

  26-02-2021 17:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Soon your PS5 can be more than your Call Of Duty machine (pic: Sony)Sony has confirmed that it will allow the PS5 to use external hard drives, as well as unlock higher fan speeds.Early PlayStation 5 adopters may have had access to exclusive games like the Demon’s Souls remake and all the console’s fancy new features, but they have also been stuck with its base storage size.Sony did confirm this before launch, but the PS5’s internal storage cannot be expanded with external hard
  
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• A’Whora phoned Drag Race UK bosses over trolling and claims she wasn’t ‘edited correctly’

  26-02-2021 17:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  A’Whora was horrifically trolled at the start of Drag Race (Picture: BBC)RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’s A’Whora suffered trolling so severe that she regretted signing up to the show. The drag queen and United Kingdoll was crowned the winner of this week’s challenge after creating a stunning super-shero outfit out of plastic to celebrate the NHS – with fans cheering her on as she did so. However, it was a complete turnaround from week one, when her acid tong
  
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• 'My pregnant wife refuses to do any chores because she says it'll hurt the baby'

  26-02-2021 17:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An anonymous man took to Reddit to ask users whether he was being unreasonable for asking his wife to take on a small portion of the chores after he told her he feels "burnt out"
  
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• Greg, formerly the UK’s ‘loneliest degu’, finally finds love

  26-02-2021 17:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Love was in the cards for Greg after all (Picture: Blue Cross/Natalie Curry/PA)Greg, the UK’s ‘loneliest degu’ is lonely no more.Greg, three, has at last found love after dealing with a string of rejections from his fellow degus.His companion Charlie sadly had to be put to sleep after the pair arrived at Blue Cross’ rehoming centre in Burford, Oxfordshire, in November.Degus are sociable critters who do not like being kept on their own, so when Charlie died, Blue Cross tri
  
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• AFL blackface scandal: Former Gold Coast Suns player Joel Wilkinson racism complaint silenced

  26-02-2021 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gold Coast players Leigh Osborne and Alex Sexton were pictured with their faces painted in blackface at a Wacky Wednesday celebration to mark the conclusion of the AFL season back in 2013.
  
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• Police officer is cleared of saying she knew two men were criminals because they were black

  26-02-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Avon and Somerset Police confirmed PC Andra Serbanescu had been 'cleared of the allegations' after a virtual misconduct hearing at Kenneth Steele House in Bristol concluded yesterday.
  
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• Saturday Kitchen: Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt get over 100 complaints

  26-02-2021 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The journalists, aged 46 and 58 respectively, were guest stars on the cookery show, which is presented by Matt Tebbutt and featured guest chef Yotam Ottolenghi
  
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• Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer rates Thomas Thuchel’s start at Chelsea

  26-02-2021 17:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has praised Thomas Tuchel’s impact at Chelsea (Getty)Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has praised the start Thomas Tuchel has made at Chelsea ahead of Manchester United’s trip to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.Since replacing Frank Lampard last month, Tuchel has guided Chelsea to six wins in their last eight matches and has yet to be beaten since his arrival in the Premier League.Chelsea’s hopes of securing a top-four spot have been boosted as a result, with Tuchel’s
  
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• Horror as woman is killed after her car collided with a train at a notorious suburban level crossing

  26-02-2021 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 32-year-old woman has died after her car was struck by a train ona level-crossing adjacent to Lindum station at Wynnum West in Brisbane on Friday.
  
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• What should be in next week's budget from pay rise for key workers to Amazon tax

  26-02-2021 17:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Five Mirror writers reveal what they would do if they were Chancellor, including a permanent uplift to Universal Credit and targeted tax relief for small businesses
  
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• Rescued orangutan treated so badly as illegal pet it developed a fear of heights

  26-02-2021 17:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The non-profit International Animal Rescue (IAR) rescued the orangutan, called Kukur, from a hut in West Borneo where he was kept with a lease around his neck as an illegal pet
  
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• Moment 235ft superyacht worth £65m owned by Capri Sun tycoon crashes into dock in St Maarten

  26-02-2021 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 235ft-long turquoise-hulled vessel is owned by Capri Sun juice tycoon Swiss-born Hans Peter Wild, 79 - who is worth £2billion.
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle interview is 'best' Oprah Winfrey's ever done, says Gayle King

  26-02-2021 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gayle, 66, is one of Oprah's closest friends, and is also an anchor for CBS - the network that airs Corden's show and will air the TV mogul's interview.
  
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• Brazen fly-tipper hunted after being filmed dumping enormous mounds of rubbish

  26-02-2021 17:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Environment chiefs now want to identify the suspect caught on camera leaving fly-tipping sites across South Wales
  
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• Coronavirus UK: Calls to abandon quarantine hotels as Ministers refuse to reveal data

  26-02-2021 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Questions have been raised about the point of the new rules with people at hotels near Heathrow able to freely roam the corridors, congregate in the smoking areas and enter one another's rooms.
  
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• UK Covid death toll rises by 345 as daily toll falls by 54 per cent in fortnight

  26-02-2021 17:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK's death rate remains high, latest figures show, although lockdown and the vaccine programme has driven it down since the start of the year
  
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• Pokémon Legends: Arceus is series’ first fully open world game

  26-02-2021 17:05 via metro.co.uk
  
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  After years of fan demand, Game Freak is finally making an open world Pokémon game set in the Sinnoh region, but in the distant past.Many expected to see Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remakes at today’s Pokémon Presents presentation, but Game Freak and Nintendo had an extra surprise hidden up their sleeves: Pokémon Legends: Arceus.While it is set in the same
  
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• Bitcoin blackmailer who threatened to bomb NHS hospital during pandemic jailed

  26-02-2021 17:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emil Apreda, 33, posed as a far-right terrorist who would target an unspecified NHS building unless he was paid £10million in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin during the height of the pandemic
  
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• Mick Philpott's accomplice becomes second to get freedom

  26-02-2021 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The killer jailed alongside Mick Philpott and his wife for the manslaughter of his six children is set to be released from prison halfway through his sentence.
  
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• Married At First Sight Australia to entertain us again this summer as season 7 confirmed to air on E4

  26-02-2021 16:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  British fans will not have to wait long before Married At First Sight Australia’s cheating scandals, bust-ups and shock showdowns return to UK screens (Picture: Nine)A whole host of new singletons are set to walk down the aisle for the seventh season of Married At First Sight Australia, which will be coming to E4 this summer.With the runaway success of season six coming to its conclusion on Monday evening, British fans will not have to wait long before the cheating scandals, bust-ups and s
  
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• Cemetery digger buried alive under more than 7 feet of dirt after grave collapsed on him

  26-02-2021 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rodwin Allicock, 42, a married dad-of-two, had been working inside the grave at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai, New York, when he was buried under more than 7 feet of dirt.
  
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• Coronavirus UK: Public might abandon lockdown rules early if they think they are immune, SAGE warns

  26-02-2021 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a paper written by SAGE sub-group SPI-B, which focuses on people's behaviour, scientists warned that people in the UK might give up on rules preventing them seeing family and friends.
  
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