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• Gang of young kids terrorising Sydney - with the youngest just NINE

  23-02-2021 06:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A gang of out of control minors terrorising Sydney's north-west have been charged with a raft of serious criminal offences - with the youngest aged just nine.
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer torn on dream Europa League draw for Manchester United

  26-02-2021 10:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is torn on his dream Europa League draw for Man Utd(Picture: Getty Images)Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is torn on whether he would like his Manchester United team to face former club Molde in the last 16 of the Europa League, but has hailed the Norwegians for reaching this stage.United strolled into the last 16 of the competition with a 4-0 aggregate victory over Real Sociedad, while Molde had a much more dramatic tie against Hoffenheim.The first leg ended 3-3 and Molde went to Germ
  
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• Emmerdale spring spoilers: Charity gets worse, secret romances and tragedy ahead for Paul, Vinny and Mandy

  26-02-2021 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  There’s so much coming up this spring in the Dales (Picture: ITV/Metro.co.uk)So far in Emmerdale this year we’ve seen some huge storylines. We’ve seen secrets spiral out of control, lies that have created life changing consequences, and we’ve also seen the return of some familiar faces, and the arrival of some new ones!Life in the village has been full of drama, and two months into 2021, there’s still so much more to come.As Charity (Emma Atkins) continues to spiral
  
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• Emmerdale spoilers: Cain is rocked by Moira’s new betrayal

  26-02-2021 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cain and Moira are at loggerheads once more (Picture: ITV)The return of Faith Dingle to Emmerdale will have a huge fallout, most notably for a recently reconciled Moira and Cain, who will end up on opposing sides of a bitter argument. With a Dingle court having been convened to decide whether Faith (Sally Dexter) gets to stay or be banished, it isn’t long before divisions within the clan are exposed.A brooding Cain (Jeff Hordley) is in favour of showing his mum the door, but Moira (Natalie
  
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• Toby Flood: Billy Vunipola’s bravery can help England to bin their rubbish form

  26-02-2021 09:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Billy Vunipola admits his own form for England has been ‘rubbish’ during the Six Nations (Picture: Getty)Rubbish is the word Billy Vunipola has uttered this week regarding his own form. A brave statement to make as an England player, as various claimants to the number eight throne are consistently performing at club level.Braver too when you imagine this has been playing on his mind for a while, and he has the courage to accept his form, and tell the world he too accepts their critic
  
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• When will GCSE and A-Level results come out in 2021?

  26-02-2021 09:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Students will be opening their results earlier than usual in 2021 (Picture: Getty)Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has outlined his plans to ensure GCSE and A-Level students have a fair grading system following the disruption to the school year due to the coronavirus pandemic.Summer lessons will also be offered to children leaving primary school and all secondary pupils in England as part of a £700 million catch-up package to catch-up on all the lost school time as a result of the lock
  
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• Twitter may let users charge followers for exclusive content

  26-02-2021 09:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Twitter is exploring a way for users to charge their followers for content (Getty Images)Twitter is exploring a feature that will allow users to charge followers for exclusive perks.Super Follows is designed to provide creators and publishers with paid support from fans who want a bit more than the usual tweets accessible to everyone.This includes bonus tweets only viewable to paying members, which would form part of a monthly subscription.In exchange, users could receive a support badge on thei
  
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• Woman doused in petrol and set on fire by her ex-boyfriend says she wants him RELEASED from jail

  26-02-2021 09:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman left with life-long injuries after being doused in petrol and set alight by her ex-boyfriend in her Queensland home in 2017 wants him released from jail.
  
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• Prince Harry tells James Corden he ‘was never walking away’ from Royal Family

  26-02-2021 09:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry has insisted he was ‘stepping back rather than stepping down’ (Picture: WireImage/CBS)The Duke of Sussex says he hasn’t turned his back on the Royal Family and that his life will always be about ‘public service’.
  Prince Harry took a swipe at the press for ‘destroying my mental health’ and said he and Meghan Markle were faced with a ‘really difficult environment’ after deciding to quit as senior royals.
  In an interview with James
  
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• Mum 'disgusted' as daughter, 10, sent 'inappropriately sexual' work from school

  26-02-2021 09:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Annette Farrington, 27, from Fazakerley, Liverpool, said the homework had been sent out just before half-term and included phrases such as "She fondled", "I stroked", and "She felt his"
  
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• Prince Harry reveals Archie's first word was 'crocodile'

  26-02-2021 09:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry revealed in a segment for James Corden's The Late Late Show that Archie has the 'most amazing personality' and is already putting four words together and singing songs.
  
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• Rosamund Pike calls out Johnny English Reborn movie poster for ‘augmenting’ her breasts

  26-02-2021 09:34 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Rosamund Pike has called out the airbrushing of actresses on movie posters, revealing her breasts were ‘augmented’ for the marketing material for Johnny English Reborn.The 42-year-old actress played Johnny English’s love interest Kate Sumner in the 2011 comedy opposite Rowan Atkinson, and both stars featured on the film posters.However, Rosamund’s breasts were enl
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan reveals message to ‘Tiger Woods of snooker’ Stephen Hendry ahead of return

  26-02-2021 09:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ronnie O’Sullivan andStephen Hendry could meet again on the pro circuit (Picture: Getty Images)Ronnie O’Sullivan has told snooker fans and Stephen Hendry himself to keep expectation in check ahea dof the Scot’s return to the sport next week after nine years away.The seven-time world champion accepted a wildcard to return to the tour at the start of the season and is finally embarking on his journey back into professional snooker at next week’s Gibraltar Open (in Milton Ke
  
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• Man who had ‘nonse’ carved into his back reveals shares pictures of his injuries

  26-02-2021 09:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jordan Storey heard his attackers talking about killing him and framing him for rapeA football coach whose injuries were so bad they left his ambulance worker mum traumatised has spoken about his ordeal.
  Jordan Storey, 28, had ‘nonse’ [sic] carved into his back by his attackers while being tortured over a period of 48 hours.
  He has now agreed to release pictures showing some of the injuries he suffered across his body after two women and two men were jailed for what they did.
  Jordan
  
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• Man who had ‘nonse’ carved into his back reveals pictures of his injuries

  26-02-2021 09:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jordan Storey heard his attackers talking about killing him and framing him for rapeA football coach whose injuries were so bad they left his ambulance worker mum traumatised has spoken about his ordeal.
  Jordan Storey, 28, had ‘nonse’ [sic] carved into his back by his attackers while being tortured over a period of 48 hours.
  He has now agreed to release pictures showing some of the injuries he suffered across his body after two women and two men were jailed for what they did.
  Jordan
  
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• Baby names predicted to trend this decade

  26-02-2021 09:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Could this be Anastasia or Myles? (Picture: Getty Images)Names are often cyclical, with certain monikers standing the test of time, and others making it up the ranks of popularity as trends change.Pregnancy and parenthood company Bounty has predicted the names it sees blowing up over the decade to come.A spokesman for Bounty said: ‘Having assessed over 300,000 names for the stand-out highest climbers over the last 12 months we can predict which exactly which name trends are set t
  
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• Carole Baskin refuses to take part in Tiger King season 2: ‘It turned out to be a freak show’

  26-02-2021 09:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Carole is refusing to take part in any further Tiger King episodes (Picture: Metro.co.uk)Tiger King’s Carole Baskin has refused to take part in season 2 of the Netflix documentary after feeling she was ‘misled into taking part in a freak show’. The Big Cat Rescue owner’s ongoing feud with eccentric roadside zoo businessman Joe Exotic took centre stage in the smash-hit documentary, with Exotic eventually going to prison for attempting to hire a hitman to kill her.But
  
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• Hundreds of girls kidnapped in Nigeria after armed gunmen storm secondary school

  26-02-2021 09:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of gunmen stormed the town of Jangebe, in Zamfara, Nigeria, this morning and snatched at least 300 pupils from the Government Girls' Secondary School, reports say
  
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• Residents woken up by 'loud and scary explosion' heard across Cardiff city

  26-02-2021 09:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A loud bang was heard coming from the Llanrumney area of Cardiff city this morning, with a witness claiming to have seen a car on fire
  
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• Primark to reopen with longer hours after £1,100,000,000 sales loss

  26-02-2021 09:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Primark’s owners say they expect a strong boost as their shops reopen from April 12 (Picture: Getty)Primark’s owners believe they will have lost out on sales of £1.1 billion as a result of the increased Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns of the past six months.Associated British Foods (ABF) said it expects to take a further £480 million hit to sales in the second half of its financial year – March to August – but expects a strong boost once stores can reopen
  
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• ISIS bride Shamima Begum to find out if she can fight citizenship case in UK

  26-02-2021 09:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Shamima Begum was 15 when she and two others travelled to Syria to join ISIS(Picture: ITV/PA)ISIS bride Shamima Begum will find out today whether she will be allowed to return to the UK to fight a decision to strip her of British citizenship.The 21-year-old was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group (IS) in February 2015.Her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found, nine months
  
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• Adnan Januzaj rates Manchester United’s Europa League chances after Real Sociedad defeat

  26-02-2021 09:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  januzaj (right) returned to Old Trafford to face his former side (Picture: Getty Images)Real Sociedad winger Adnan Januzaj has branded his former club Manchester United ‘one of the favourites’ to win the Europa League after they sealed their passage to the last-16 on Thursday night with a goalless draw against their Spanish opponents.After comfortably winning the first leg 4-0 last week in Turin, a draw at Old Trafford was enough for United to book their place in the next round of th
  
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• Horror injuries of football coach tortured by gang with 'nonse' carved into skin

  26-02-2021 09:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - DISTRESSING PHOTOS: Jamie Storey, 28, suffered gaping wounds to his arms and legs after he was tied to a chair and tortured with an axe, sledgehammer, knife, dog chain and dumbbell bar
  
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• Prince Harry raps The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme tune on James Corden’s The Late Late Show

  26-02-2021 09:05 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Prince Harry rapped the theme tune from The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air on James Corden’s The Late Late Show.In a segment for the comedian’s chat show, James gave the Duke of Sussex his first tour around Los Angeles from an open-top double-decker bus.To make the prince feel at home, James even arranged for the pair to have an afternoon tea while they enjoyed their tour.As they st
  
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• Matt Hancock to give press conference today confirming jab order for under-50s

  26-02-2021 09:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary is expected to confirm the priority order for all 21million remaining UK adults at Downing Street after long-awaited recommendations from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)
  
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• First people released from hotel quarantine celebrate freedom with McDonald’s

  26-02-2021 09:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Wagner and Elaine Araujo were overjoyed to finally be released from hotel quarantine (Picture: Getty)The very first travellers to be freed from England’s hotel quarantine celebrated life on the outside with a McDonald’s meal.
  Wagner and Elaine Araujo will finally get to see their children after being forced to spend 10 days at the Heathrow Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel.The couple were among the first to be quarantined under the new system after arriving in the UK from Brazil via Madri
  
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• Hope for holidays as Covid vaccine passports ‘to be in place for summer’

  26-02-2021 09:01 via metro.co.uk
  
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  There is hope summer holidays could go ahead as EU leaders have agreed coronavirus vaccine passports are needed.A virtual EU summit took place yesterday, where it initially appeared there was some opposition to the idea from several countries.But German chancellor Angela Merkel said after the discussion: ‘Everyone agreed that we need a digital vaccination certificate.‘This wi
  
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• Newspapers reveal the persecution trans and non-binary Victorians faced

  26-02-2021 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fanny Graham, 22, and Stella Boulton, 21, were arrested in 1870 after one of them used the toilet at The Royal Strand theatre (Picture: The National Archives/ The British Library)In 1870, Fanny Graham, 22, and Stella Boulton, 21, were both arrested after one of them used the toilet at The Royal Strand theatre in London.The women, who were upper class and described themselves as sisters, were part of a popular theatre troupe which travelled across England. Stella was in a relationship with Lord A
  
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• Monster Hunter Rise preview – hunting in Frost Islands and Flooded Forest

  26-02-2021 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Monster Hunter Rise – the Switch’s next big hit? (pic: Capcom)GameCentral gets a new look at Capcom’s big new Nintendo Switch exclusive and two brand new areas and monsters.Despite there now being light at the end of the tunnel, it’s becoming harder and harder to think of life before COVID-19 as normal, compared to what we’ve been enduring for the last 12 months. The video game industry has prospered from having so many people stuck inside with nothing to do and yet
  
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• ‘I’d love if Tracy Beaker ends up with Ben’: Nostalgic fans reveal what they want to see in future series

  26-02-2021 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Could Tracy and Ben end up walking down the aisle? (Picture: BBC)Tracy Beaker fans have been busy setting their sights on what they want to see happen next in the beloved children’s series.The no-nonsense character and her daughter Jess returned to television screens earlier this month in latest part to the story My Mum Tracy Beaker.The chapter, which was crowned CBBC’s most successful show ever, ended with foster mum Cam marry a woman in a quiet ceremony.While the episodes also welc
  
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