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• EastEnders pulled from BBC iPlayer on Monday as new boss issues statement

  13-06-2025 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  EastEnders will not drop on iPlayer on Monday (Picture: BBC/Metro)A new era dawns on Walford as Ben Wadey takes over as EastEnders boss from next week, and in order to mark the occasion, a mysterious and intriguing offering of the BBC One soap lined up.With ‘something big’ on the horizon to kick things off the new chapter, Monday’s (June 16) edition of the long-running serial will be withheld from BBC iPlayer until after it’s broadcast on BBC One at 7:30pm.EastEnders, as
  
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• Next Man Utd manager odds as Ruben Amorim hints at Old Trafford exit

  04-01-2026 19:37 via metro.co.uk
  Ruben Amorim threw his Manchester United future into doubt (Picture: Getty)Ruben Amorim’s long-term future at Manchester United has been thrown into doubt after his explosive comments following his side’s draw with Leeds United.Amorim’s cryptic pre-match comments about his unhappiness with United’s transfer policy spilt over into a remarkable press conference following the Red Devils’ 1-1 draw at Elland Road on Sunday afternoon.In a lengthy response to his final qu
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing star Dr Punam Krishan ‘shaken’ after being diagnosed with breast cancer

  04-01-2026 19:33 via metro.co.uk
  Strictly star Dr Punam Krishan has been diagnosed with cancer (Pictures: BBC/ Dr Punam Krishan, Instagram)Strictly Come Dancing star Dr Punam Krishan has revealed she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer.The Scottish GP and TV star, 42, competed on the 2024 season of the long-running BBC dancing series, where she placed eleventh with professional dance partner Gorka Márquez.However, she’s now detailed the ‘shock’ of being told she had cancer five months ago.Posting
  
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• Mother, 45, and 15-year-old daughter who were swept out to sea are named and pictured alongside 'hero' who also died trying to save them

  04-01-2026 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bodies of two adults were pulled from the freezing water at Withernsea, Yorkshire, after the tragedy on Friday, while searches for the girl continued yesterday but were called off.
  
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• US names its three biggest priorities for Venezuela after dramatic raid and Maduro capture... as unanswered questions remain

  04-01-2026 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Secretary of State discussed what the country hopes to accomplish following the detention of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Saturday.
  
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• Mother and daughter named as sea tragedy victims alongside man who tried to save them

  04-01-2026 19:19 via bbc.com
  Mark Ratcliffe and Sarah Keeling died on Friday and the police search for Grace Keeling continues.
  
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• Ukrainian model, 20, found with horrific injuries in Dubai ten months ago is walking again

  04-01-2026 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maria Kovalchuk, 20, suffered a broken spine and limbs and was found on a roadside in the city in March.
  
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• Furious Republican lashes out at reporter's question over Venezuela's leadership in extraordinary outburst: 'Do not put words in my mouth'

  04-01-2026 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart hit back against the accusation that members of his party are not 'willing to support' popular Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
  
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• King leads tributes to Anne Frank’s stepsister and holocaust survivor Eva Schloss

  04-01-2026 19:10 via metro.co.uk
  Eva Schloss MBE, holocaust survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister, has died, aged 96 (Picture: Chris Jackson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)Eva Schloss MBE, a Auschwitz survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister, has died aged 96, with King Charles leading tributes to her.She passed away peacefully in London on January 3, 2026, the Anne Frank House has confirmed.Her death marks the passing of one of the last living voices who witnessed the horrors of the Nazi death camps.As co-fou
  
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• Anne Frank’s stepsister and holocaust survivor Eva Schloss dies

  04-01-2026 19:10 via metro.co.uk
  Eva Schloss MBE, holocaust survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister, has died, aged 96 (Picture: Chris Jackson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)Eva Schloss MBE, a Auschwitz survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister, has died aged 96, with King Charles leading tributes to her.She passed away peacefully in London on January 3, 2026, the Anne Frank House has confirmed.Her death marks the passing of one of the last living voices who witnessed the horrors of the Nazi death camps.As co-fou
  
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• DoorDash driver 'punches veteran, 75, into a coma after he told him to slow his car down'

  04-01-2026 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lloyd Poole, a veteran who served two years, was struck outside his home in Wixom, Michigan. The vet needed emergency surgery on his brain to reduce swelling.
  
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• Buses in Britain could be turned off by Chinese ‘kill switch’

  04-01-2026 19:03 via metro.co.uk
  Buses in Britain could be at risk of being turned off remotely by China via a ‘kill switch’, British security experts have warned (Picture: Firstbus)An in-built ‘kill switch’ could cause hundreds of electric buses in Britain to be remotely turned off by China, British security services have warned.Buses on the roads could stop working or be switched off completely over the internet, officials at the Department for Transport (DfT) and the National Cyber Security Centre (N
  
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• China issues 4-word demand to US after Venezuela raid amid rising WW3 fears

  04-01-2026 19:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chinese officials have been carefully observing developments after its ally in South America, Nicolas Maduro, was whisked away from his compound in the middle of the night
  
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• Leeds confirm fan tragically died ahead of Man Utd match as club release statement

  04-01-2026 18:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leeds hosted Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday and played out a 1-1 draw, but tragedy struck ahead of kick-off when a supporter sadly passed away at Elland Road
  
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• Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss dies aged 96 as King leads tributes

  04-01-2026 18:45 via bbc.com
  King Charles said he was "privileged and proud" to have known Eva Schloss who died in London on 3 January.
  
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• Man, 35, arrested after high street shooting in Bexleyheath

  04-01-2026 18:41 via metro.co.uk
  Emergency services were called to Broadway, Bexleyheath, shortly after 2am with reports of a shooting (Picture: Newsquest / SWNS)A man has been taken to hospital with gunshot wounds after a shooting in south-east London.Emergency services were called to Broadway, Bexleyheath, shortly after 2am.Two men were treated at the scene, one for a gunshot wound and the other for a head injury, before they were taken to hospital.The gunshot victim’s condition is not known. The other man, believed to
  
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• Venezuela's new hardline socialist leader Delcy Rodriguez hurls insults at Trump as Rubio sets out US demands and says 'adversaries' cannot control the country's oil

  04-01-2026 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Venezuela's new leader today hurled insults at the Trump administration as Secretary of State Marco Rubio set out US demands.
  
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• EMILY THORNBERRY: Trump's Venezuela strikes about oil not drugs - and must be called out

  04-01-2026 18:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dame Emily Thornberry, the chair of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, warns that US actions in Venezuela risk emboldening Russia and China
  
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• Trump family 'divided' on Venezuela raid as Don Jr and Eric loudly celebrate... but Ivanka's focus is elsewhere

  04-01-2026 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump's children all appeared to have different reactions to their father's administration carrying out a raid in Venezuela that saw the county's president, NicolasMaduro, arrested.
  
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• I got a GLP-1 drug with few questions asked... and never meeting a doctor face-to-face. But could that convenience have put my health at risk?

  04-01-2026 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I lied repeatedly throughout my online application for a GLP-1 medication, convinced that - at some point - I would be face a medical provider and my whole canard would be exposed.
  
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• Anthony Joshua's reaction minutes after horror car crash revealed by eyewitness

  04-01-2026 18:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anthony Joshua suffered injuries in a fatal crash which killed two of his close friends and team members in Nigeria on Monday, as their car collided with a truck on an expressway
  
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• ChatGPT is rewriting history and saying Trump didn’t invade Venezuela

  04-01-2026 18:20 via metro.co.uk
  ChatGPT tells users that the US invasion of Venezuela has not happened (Pictures: Getty)If you decided to ask ChatGPT about what is going on in Venezuela this morning, you would be told that you’re simply making it up.It would also tell you that any news reports suggesting otherwise were merely ‘misinformation, satire, or speculation.’The AI chatbot clearly has not been reading headlines and news articles, as it is oblivious to the US invasion of Venezuela and how the South Am
  
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• Engineers working to restore gas to 4,600 homes

  04-01-2026 18:06 via bbc.com
  Malborough is first in line for reconnection, with vulnerable customers taking priority.
  
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• Woman 'raped' in Grimsby town centre street as police issue urgent statement

  04-01-2026 18:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape after a woman was allegedly attacked in Grimsby
  
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• ELUNED MORGAN: Reform trade in anger and point fingers but we're taking action

  04-01-2026 17:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'This election isn’t about change versus more of the same. It’s about whether we keep driving forward now we've turned the corner leaving austerity and cuts behind, or gamble with what we’ve built'
  
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• Auschwitz survivor and Anne Frank's stepsister Eva Schloss dies aged 96 in London as King Charles pays tribute

  04-01-2026 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eva Schloss-Geiringer passed away peacefully in London on 3 January 2026, the Anne Frank House has confirmed.
  
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• Morrissey cancels first concert of 2026 due to medical issue

  04-01-2026 17:52 via metro.co.uk
  Morrissey has pulled the plug on two concerts (Picture: Jim Dyson/ WireImage)Morrissey has cancelled his first scheduled concert of the year after suffering an ‘adverse reaction to a prescription medication’.The English singer – full name Steven Patrick Morrissey – was the lead singer of the Smiths, who formed in 1982 before splitting five years later.In the decades since then, he’s gone on to have a solo career that has included releasing 14 albums and being nomin
  
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• Eastern European 'Bonnie & Clyde' shoplifter who stole £5k Rolex and cash in raids on three UK jewellers who was jailed in US for £168k fraud

  04-01-2026 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Eastern European 'Bonnie & Clyde' shoplifter who hit at least three jewellery shops in the UK is an international fraudster who stole more than £168,000 from US retailers before hitting Britain
  
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• Laughing at soft touch Britain: Albanian burglar twice deported parties in VIP section of Mayfair nightclub and cruises in a Rolls Royce after sneaking back into UK

  04-01-2026 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twice deported Dorian Puka can be seen smoking from a shisha pipe as he sits in the exclusive club surrounded by glamorous burlesque dancers and thousands of pounds worth of alcohol.
  
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• Are flights to the Caribbean being cancelled? Latest Foreign Office tourist advice after US Venezuela strike

  04-01-2026 17:48 via metro.co.uk
  Here’s the latest tourist advice if you’re travelling to the Caribbean (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)Donald Trump has confirmed the capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, and the leader and his wife, Cilia Flores, have both been indicted in the Southern District of New York.Trump has now vowed to run Venezuela until a ‘safe transition’ is able to take place, and has pledged to inject ‘billions of dollars’ into exploiting the oil-ric
  
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