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• Everything we know about Meghan Markle's Oprah interview - and what to expect

  23-02-2021 12:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey, Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A CBS Primetime Special, will air next month and is being sold as a tell-all exclusive covering their time in the royal family
  
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• James Jordan in tears during ‘hardest interview I’ve ever done’ as picture of terminally ill father appears on Loose Women

  01-03-2021 16:22 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan struggled to hold back the tears on Loose Women after a picture of his terminally ill father popped up on the screen.The professional dancer appeared on Monday’s instalment alongside his wife Ola and their one-year-old daughter Ella, who has just celebrated her first birthday.The couple, who underwent IVF to conceive Ella, also spoke with the
  
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• UK Covid live news: Boris Johnson insists discovery of Brazilian variant in UK won't reverse lockdown easing

  01-03-2021 16:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates: prime minister says there is no reason to change approach after six people infected with Brazilian variant in UKAlarm over delays in border measures as Brazil Covid variant hits UKHealth and postal services seeking person with Brazil Covid variantWatchdog criticises how UK government appointed Covid ‘tsars’Tory-linked PR firm to provide test and trace ‘reputation management’Coronavirus – latest global updates 3.21pm GMT3.19pm GMT In an interview on t
  
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• Medics warn Prince Philip could face weeks more in hospital amid mystery infection and heart issue

  01-03-2021 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite enjoying an active lifestyle and carrying out Royal engagements up and down Britain until 2017, Prince Philip has suffered with a mystery heart condition for 30 years.
  
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• Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee says MBS should be punished 'without delay' 

  01-03-2021 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hatice Cengiz said that 'the truth is now so clear as it is irrefutable' after the Biden administration released a four-page intelligence report which the Trump White House had kept under wraps.
  
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• Fearless elephant calf protects its mother by charging at vets

  01-03-2021 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The female jumbo collapsed in the middle of a rubber plantation in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
  
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• RAF jet flying at 420mph had to veer away to dodge head-on collision with gyrocopter

  01-03-2021 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An RAF pilot said there was an 'extremely high,' chance that a Hawk T1 jet could have crashed into a gyrocopter over the Lake District last September, had they not taken evasive action.
  
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• When could Wales ease its Covid lockdown measures?

  01-03-2021 16:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Wales is at alert level 4, with young children back at school but other people encouraged to stay at homeWhile Boris Johnson has announced his phased plan for easing lockdown restrictions in England, Wales currently lacks an equivalent roadmap. The first minister, Mark Drakeford, has said: “We need you to stay at home for a bit longer.”For now, all of Wales will remains at alert level 4 until at least 12 March, meaning people must stay at home except for very limited purposes and are
  
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• Mother, 29, is accused of killing her son, 6, and throwing him into the Ohio River

  01-03-2021 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brittany Gosney, from Ohio, has been charged with murder in the death of her son, James, and both she and her boyfriend, James Hamilton, have been charged with abuse of a corpse.
  
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• Giant iceberg larger than New York City breaks off Antarctic shelf

  01-03-2021 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A giant iceberg larger than New York City has broken away from the Antarctic. The separation (pictured) took place February 26 when a 490-square mile chunk separated from the Brunt Ice Shelf.
  
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• Property mogul, 61, who used CCTV to spy on wife, 49, wins Appeal Court battle over £6.9m divorce

  01-03-2021 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A millionaire who installed CCTV cameras to spy on his fashionista wife has won his Appeal Court fight to overturn her £3.45m divorce payout after judges ruled his wealth had been 'overstated'.
  
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• Man shares ‘shady’ iPhone trick for listening to people in another room using AirPods

  01-03-2021 16:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  A TikTokker has shared a ‘shady’ trick for snooping with your iPhone (TikTok/@brycenor)It’s possible to use your iPhone as a descreet snooping device if you’ve got a pair of wireless AirPods.The trick was shared on TikTok by user @brycenor who was answering the question: ‘what’s a piece of information that feels like it’s illegal to know?’.In the video, he explains: ‘I don’t feel like it should be illegal, but it’s shady.’It
  
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• OneFour thug who bashed random man with a hammer then stomped on him begs for less jail time 

  01-03-2021 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dahcell 'Celly' Ramos, 22, a former member of western Sydney drill group OneFour, is in prison for a minimum of six years' jail over two violent attacks after being sentenced in late 2019.
  
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• Global stocks bounce back; UK and US factories suffer supply-chain woes – business live

  01-03-2021 16:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Latest: Brexit and Covid slow UK factory output growth.....as eurozone factory growth hits three-year highMarkets rally as bond yield sell-off fadesNoon: FTSE 100 index up 1.15% or 75 pointsHousebuilders jump on reports of more mortgage help3.13pm GMT The Institute of Supply Management has also found that US factories are suffering from supply shortages, as new business continues to grow.Its manufacturing report, just released, found tha
  
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• Elderly couple, 94, who found love during Covid get vaccinated ahead of their wedding

  01-03-2021 16:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joy Morrow-Nulyon and John Shults, from Kingston, New York, both received their second vaccine dose on Friday (Picture: WMC 5)A 94-year-old couple who fell in love and got engaged during the pandemic are celebrating getting vaccinated against Covid ahead of their wedding.Joy Morrow-Nulyon and John Shults, from Kingston, New York, met in the midst of the pandemic last year and despite social distancing measures, managed to fall for one and other.But before the say ‘I do’ at the alter
  
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• Man denies trying to kill girlfriend who won £5,500,000 on lottery

  01-03-2021 16:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Stephen Gibbs, 45, denies the attempted murder of Emma Brown, 49 (Wales News Service)A man will face trial accused of the attempted murder of his girlfriend after she was allegedly stabbed in the face at their luxury home.Stephen Gibbs, 45, denies trying to kill Emma Brown, 49, at their £700,000 property during lockdown on January 30.Emma won £5.5 million around three years ago and quit her job to move into the detached cottage.She required surgery following the alleged knife attack
  
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• Coronavirus live news: proposal for digital EU-wide vaccine passports; Finland enters state of emergency

  01-03-2021 16:11 via theguardian.com
  
  European Commission considering digital passports to allow Europeans to travel more freely this summer; state of emergency over rising infections in FinlandArdern under pressure over latest Auckland lockdownBelgium considers U-turn on Oxford Covid vaccine for over-55sPfizer vaccine may be less effective in people with obesity, says studyVoices of long Covid: ‘We are the people that never recovered’Coronavirus – latest UK updates3.11pm GMT Zimbabwe on Monday eased a coronavirus
  
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• 'There was this incredible life': telling the true story of the Notorious BIG

  01-03-2021 16:10 via theguardian.com
  
  A new Netflix documentary aims to tell the unheard story of a tragic rapper, focusing on the personal, speaking to those who knew and miss him“This was a four-year journey for us,” film-maker Emmett Malloy tells the Guardian of his ambitious new documentary that aims to tell the story of Christopher Wallace, more famously known as the Notorious BIG. He was murdered at the age of 24 in Los Angeles and a week away from the 24th anniversary if his death, Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell is
  
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• Rishi Sunak blows taxpayers' cash on promotional video with 134 shots of himself

  01-03-2021 16:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The glossy advert features dramatic music, dozens of images of the Chancellor looking important - and an animated logo for next week's Budget
  
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• AOC slams NYPD's $75,000 robotic police dog named Digidog as racist

  01-03-2021 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Democratic firebrand blasted the police department's four-legged 'Digidog' in a succession of Thursday tweets, two days after the cyber hound was deployed for a call in the Bronx, New York.
  
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• Accused ISIS terrorist accomplice, 23, is released on bail in Melbourne

  01-03-2021 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also allegedly professed her love for and promised to join a man who left Australia to fight for ISIS while under age and living with her parents.
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic set to miss Old Trafford leg of Manchester United Europa League clash

  01-03-2021 16:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic hopes to return for the second leg(Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to be denied a return to Old Trafford as injury has ruled the Swede out of his side’s first leg Europa League clash against Manchester United.The Serie A giants were drawn against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side in the pick of the last-16 ties and the Italians travel to Old Trafford in ten days’ time for the first leg.Ibrahimovic spent 18 months at th
  
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• Rail fares are going up again despite travel nosediving in pandemic

  01-03-2021 16:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Commuting prices in London are also increasing from today (Picture: Getty/Rex)Rail fares in England and Wales rose by above-inflation rates on Monday, despite the coronavirus crisis causing commuting numbers to nosedive.Train ticket prices rose by 2.6% on average leading to accusations that the UK Government is ‘pricing the railways out of existence’. Commuters in London will also see an average increase of 2.6% on Transport for London (TfL) services, as part of an emergency bail out
  
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• Married At First Sight Australia expert Mel Schilling signs up for UK series ‘explosive return’ to Channel 4

  01-03-2021 16:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Married At First Sight Australia expert Mel Schilling signs up for UK series (Picture: E4)Married At First Sight Australia expert Mel Schilling is taking her expertise overseas and hoping to help British couples find love at the altar, as she’s signed up for the new UK series of the show.
  There’s no denying that Mel has probably seen it all when it comes to MAFS, after starring as an expert for seven seasons down under.
  She, along with John Aiken and Trisha Stratford, were responsibl
  
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• Democrats remain divided on how to progress with $15 minimum wage – live

  01-03-2021 16:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Senior lawmakers appear to abandon ‘plan B’ while progressives plan #Keep15In eventJohnson & Johnson’s vaccine to roll out within 48 hoursTrump grasps for relevance in first post-presidential speech at CPAC
  Push to recall California governor gains steamSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email3.04pm GMT A court has found Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced the former French president to three years in prison wit
  
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• TI and Tiny: four women accusing couple of assault seek investigation

  01-03-2021 16:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawyer asks law enforcement to investigate claims of sexual assaults by rapper and his wife between 2005 and 2017 Four women who accuse the rapper Clifford “TI” Harris and his wife, the singer Tameka “Tiny” Harris, and members of their inner circle of drugging and sexually assaulting them are seeking a criminal investigation. Related: Allegations against TI and Tiny prompt call to support Black sexual assault survivorsContinue reading...
  
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• Mother ‘murdered her son, 6, then dumped his corpse in a river and claimed he’d wandered off’

  01-03-2021 16:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Brittany Gosney, left, allegedly murdered six year-old son James Hutchinson, right, then dumped the youngster’s body in the Ohio River (Pictures: Middleton PD)A mother murdered her six year-old son, then dumped his body in a river to try and cover up her crime after claiming he’d wandered off, police say. Brittany Gosney, 29, allegedly killed her son James Hutchinson in Middleton, Ohio, last week.
  She is then said to have dumped James’s body in the Ohio River with the help of b
  
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• Jenny Eclair on her new life drawing show and why she’d love to sketch comedian Jayde Adams naked

  01-03-2021 16:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jenny Eclair on whether she’d strip off at 60, why she hates parks and why her new TV show is worth a watchThe comedian, 60, on her arty nude game show, why curvy women make the best life models and why she really hates parks.How’s your day been?I’ve just done a radio interview and forgot it was on the radio and nearly said f***ing hell. I just managed to pull myself back. I saved my swears. You can edit out all the swears.
  Actually, our readers like a bit of naughtiness&hellip
  
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• Gareth Bale is back, Arsenal impress and Glenn Roeder tributes – Football Weekly

  01-03-2021 16:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jordan Jarrett-Bryan and Jonathan Wilson to review the weekend’s Premier League actionRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.An occasionally challenging weekend for Premier League fans focuses on Arsenal’s fine victory over injury-depleted Leicester. Meanwhile, Gareth Bale is back, bagging two goals for a much-improved Tottenham ag
  
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• Dr Christian: ‘Detection dogs could be vital in our fight against Covid’

  01-03-2021 16:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dr Christian Jessen with founder of Medical Detection Dogs Dr Claire Guest (Picture: Supplied)As an ambassador for Medical Detection Dogs – and one of the celebrities joining our Metro.co.uk Lifeline Woof and Walk challenge in June – Dr Christian Jessen explains why the charity’s work is so crucial.
  ‘In the medical profession, we’re not terribly good at predicting things. When somebody might be about to have an epileptic fit, or their blood sugars might be about to
  
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