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• Everton v Dynamo Kyiv: Europa League – as it happened

  12-03-2015 22:55 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  A late Romelu Lukaku penalty gave Everton a richly deserved victory in the first leg of their Round of 16 tie. 9.55pm GMT And that’s your lot. Kyiv were the best side for the first 30 minutes, after which Everton were almost always on top. Roberto Martinez’s side were excellent in the second half, and thoroughly deserved their late winner. They’ll take a lead to Ukraine, and are one draw away from the quarter final of the Europa League! A 1984-style cup success, in the face of league strug
  
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• Schools to close early for A66 police crash funeral for ‘safety’

  03-09-2026 18:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Five men were killed after going the wrong way on the A66 and hitting a police car (Picture: PA)Several schools are set to close their doors early this week due to a funeral for one of five young men killed in a head-on smash with a police car on the A66 in Middlesbrough.Jakub Matusiak’s funeral will take place on Friday at St John the Evangelist Church on Normanby Road in South Bank.Matusiak was one of five occupants of a Volkswagen Passat who died in the head-on collision with a marked
  
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• Tucker Carlson spurns Republican in battleground race that could tip Senate heaping praise on 'Trumpian' Democrat

  03-09-2026 18:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Right-wing podcaster Tucker Carlson weighed in on a critical race for the US Senate, blasting the Republican and fawning over the Democrat.
  
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• Heartbreaking faces of traumatized French bulldogs rescued after they were filmed being brutally abused by cruel couple who owned them

  03-09-2026 18:15 via dailymail.com
  
  A disturbing video captured a cruel Florida couple hitting, kicking and slamming their two bulldogs last week. Now, the Daily Mail obtained exclusive photos of the traumatized animals.
  
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• Female Ryanair passenger, 22, 'is sexually assaulted by man sitting next to her after passing out'

  03-09-2026 18:15 via dailymail.com
  
  The 22-year-old was flying from Malta to Nantes on July 19 when she said a 39-year-old Tunisian man sitting next to her allegedly sexually assaulted her after she fainted.
  
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• Moroccan influencer who robbed diamond-encrusted £170,000 Richard Mille watch from fashion designer as he smoked cigar outside Mayfair restaurant faces jail

  03-09-2026 18:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Catalin Botezatu fought back as he was attacked by influencer Abdel El Habchi (pictured), and Ali Eldahouzze before Younes Djoudi cut the diamond and crystal timepiece from his wrist.
  
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• Andy Burnham vows to 'scale up' efforts with France to stop small boat crossings

  03-09-2026 18:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Speaking on Thursday, the new PM praised the cooperation between Britain and France in dealing with the crisis, and claimed it was helping deter people from making the perilous journey across the Channel
  
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• Direct Line home insurance is now on comparison websites - but it may not be cheapest

  03-09-2026 18:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The insurance company is rolling out three home insurance products across Confused.com and will expand to other websites from later this month
  
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• This shower habit is freaking people out at UK swimming pools — but some say it’s totally natural

  03-09-2026 18:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  A debate over naked showering has divided the internet (Picture: Getty Images/Mint Images RF)Whether it’s a sunny session at my local lido during the summer or a few lengths at the leisure centre on a rainy day, I love a good swim.Over the years, I’ve picked up on a few behaviours exercised by the general public, from ‘toe touching’ to ‘dry strokers’ and even ‘filth spinners.’
  But one thing in particular stands out about UK pool-goers compared to
  
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• I’m a teacher – pupils in exclusion breaks my heart

  03-09-2026 18:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  You will find it is disproportionately filled with the most vulnerable children (Picture: Getty Images)I read today that the number of pupils placed in internal exclusion in English secondary schools has increased almost three-fold in as many years. When figures like this dominate the headlines, I can’t help but feel as though we are supposed to imagine evil teachers wagging their fingers at petulant teenagers who don’t know how to follow rules. But as a teacher of over a
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan’s amateur replacement draws flying world number one at British Open

  03-09-2026 17:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mark Joyce faces the world’s finest in Cheltenham (Picture: WST)Mark Joyce got a late call-up to replace Ronnie O’Sullivan at the British Open and has won his way into the last 16 where he faces world number one Zhao Xintong.The 43-year-old was only confirmed as an entrant in Cheltenham on Friday after the Rocket withdrew from the event.Joyce has taken advantage of the opportunity, winning three matches and only conceding one frame so far.The Walsall cueist beat Mateusz Baranowski 4
  
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• Joe Lycett thought he wouldn’t get on with ‘certain people’ on Celebrity Traitors

  03-09-2026 17:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageThe highly anticipated second season of Celebrity Traitors is just around the corner – and one contestant is already spilling the tea.It’s the most coveted cast on reality TV, with famous faces from across the industry all clamouring to get a spot in the Highlands castle to play a daring game of backstabbing, betrayal and deceit – helmed by
  
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• Yet another benefit of weight loss jabs: They combat severe snoring, study finds

  03-09-2026 17:56 via dailymail.com
  
  A review has found that up to half of patients using tirzepatide - the active ingredient in the blockbuster jab Mounjaro - banished their sleep apnoea.
  
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• Two children, 3 and 8, in hospital with horror symptoms after swimming in 'toilet bowl' harbour

  03-09-2026 17:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ivy Foster, 3, and Keeva Hollow, 8, have been in hospital fighting bacterial infections after swimming and swallowing water in the sea and falling ill with high fevers
  
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• ‘Profound sadness’ as 107-year-old Second World War veteran dies

  03-09-2026 17:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Norman Irwin, who served in north Africa during the war, was Northern Ireland’s oldest man and a much-loved member of his community
  
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• Inside the radical new get tough strategy to tackle surge of shoplifters who are costing Irish businesses 4.4 million euro every day - as department confirm this ruthless new tactic will be unveiled very shortly

  03-09-2026 17:50 via dailymail.com
  
  The initiative forms part of Jim O'Callaghan's new Retail Crime Strategy and comes as the CSO recorded 33,913 thefts in the first three months of 2026 - more than 90 incidents every day.
  
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• Meghan Markle shares previously unseen photo of Prince Archie with late feminist icon Gloria Steinem as she pays tribute to her 'friend and mentor'

  03-09-2026 17:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Honouring the 'life and legacy' of the renowned American journalist, who died yesterday at the age of 92, the Duchess of Sussex , 44, shared three photographs of Gloria on her Instagram account.
  
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• Burnham says work with France to stop Channel boats is 'clearly working' as he meets Macron at No10 for talks that include hopes for a Brexit 'reset'

  03-09-2026 17:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France embraced Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte outside the famous black door.
  
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• Two female mushroom-pickers are mauled to death and buried by bears in Russian forest

  03-09-2026 17:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Two women who were picking mushrooms in a Russian forest have died after being mauled and buried by wild bears.
  
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• Serial killer Levi Bellfield moans ‘I’ve been treated like a dog’ and refuses to give DNA sample in prison row

  03-09-2026 17:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: One of Britain's most notorious serial killers demanded to be returned to his cell instead of giving his DNA to prove he is the real killer of mum Lin Russell and her daughter Megan - after his solicitor was blocked from attending
  
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• The open secret of Star Casino's suicide tower: Mother reveals the texts, CCTV and agonising hour when staff could have stopped her son, 18 - as casino claims another young life

  03-09-2026 17:37 via dailymail.com
  
  A year before a young chef died on Star's Sky Deck, David, 18, spent an hour alone on the platform. Now his mother is breaking her silence after the casino claimed the life of a chef.
  
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• QUENTIN LETTS: Kemi presented war with Russia as an inevitability: 'We cannot defend ourselves by capping bus fares,' she murmured, delivering a savage message to Andy Burnham in her snooker commentator voice

  03-09-2026 17:36 via dailymail.com
  
  This was not, Mrs Badenoch said, the plot of 'a Tom Cruise movie'. It was 'real and it is happening now'.
  
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• Brits' true crime obsession is changing their behaviour in 10 ways

  03-09-2026 17:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new study has found that true crime content has made Brits more aware of potential dangers, changing their public behaviour and safety awareness in everyday situations
  
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• Orlando Bloom isn’t a teen heartthrob anymore – he’s a ‘bucking fastard’

  03-09-2026 17:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Orlando Bloom’s heartthrob status has elevated (Picture: Getty Images)Orlando Bloom is moving on from his noughties heartthrob reputation, and Werner Herzog is the man delighted to make it happen in his new film Bucking Fastard.Bloom, who earned legions of swooning fans from his breakout success in The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean movies over 20 years ago, plays the character who shoulders the film’s title.The 49-year-old is charming Irishman Gareth Mulroney, the b
  
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• Official 'death dossier' reveals how GPs could learn to help patients end their own lives if assisted dying law is passed

  03-09-2026 17:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Family doctors in England and Wales could receive a 90-minute online training session and an hour-long digital 'interactive session' about euthanasia.
  
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• Gary Lineker hits out at the 'super wealthy' resisting his calls for tax hikes on millionaires and asks 'how much do they really need?' - after being accused of 'gross hypocrisy'

  03-09-2026 17:33 via dailymail.com
  
  The former footballer and Match Of The Day presenter, 65, joined over 120 UK millionaires in signing an open letter urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham
  
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• Moment arrogant sex attacker moans he 'can't be arrested' after attempting to rape woman near train station

  03-09-2026 17:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Syed Imam, 30, told Scotland Yard officers 'it can't be me' and falsely accused security staff of lying after they saved the vulnerable female in an underpass.
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation confirms April release date and story DLC

  03-09-2026 17:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Seven months until the end (Square Enix)An update for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation includes not just a release date and new gameplay, but a special premium edition and promises of story DLC.The one game that was known to be at today’s State of Play was Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, which was announced back in June during Summer Game Fest for a spring 2027 release window.It popped up again at Gamescom last month, but not much new was really shown. Turns out that’s because Square Enix was
  
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• Queen Camilla returns to riding school she opened 25 years ago to visit one of late Queen's horses

  03-09-2026 17:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Queen Camilla has visited a London riding school, which is home to one of the late Queen's Elizabeth's former horses, where she fed the animals and praised the community initiative
  
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• Man accused of stealing £137,000 watch says he was threatened with being ‘set on fire’

  03-09-2026 17:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Catalin Botezatu was targeted while smoking outside of a restaurant (Picture: PA)A Moroccan man accused of robbing a fashion designer of his diamond-encrusted £137,000 watch says he was threatened with being ‘set on fire’ if he did not take part in the crime, a court has heard.Ali Eldahouzze, 22, and Abdel El Habchi, 30, are accused of being part of a plot to target entrepreneur Catalin Botezatu after he had dinner with his assistant and a friend in Mayfair, central London.Mr
  
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