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• Gen Z will almost always go for the spiciest thing on the menu - but can't always handle it

  15-05-2025 10:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A study of 2,000 adults found that those aged 18-28 have the highest endurance for fiery dishes, with 43% rating their own spice tolerance as 'high' or 'very high'
  
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• Woman caught on Coldplay kiss cam with her boss FINALLY breaks silence: 'It was a cliché mistake after a few tequila cocktails'

  18-12-2025 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kristin Cabot has finally addressed the now-viral incident publicly, claiming it was an one time, alcohol-fueled mistake.
  
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• Coronation Street star Debbie Rush reveals her son has died just days before Christmas

  18-12-2025 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 59-year-old, who played Anna Windass in the ITV soap from 2008 to 2018, revealed that her 'beautiful baby boy' William, 31, passed away on Wednesday.
  
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• Wizard of Oz show charging £75 a ticket is branded 'absolutely diabolical' over 'amateurish' performances, 'appalling' sound, 'awful' dancing and VERY suggestive cucumber scene

  18-12-2025 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wicked Wizard Of Oz: A Cirque Spectacular showed at Brighton Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday this week as part of its UK tour.
  
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• Megyn Kelly says troubled Nick Reiner's drug problems could be because his parents were 'focused on their careers instead of their kid'

  18-12-2025 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The journalist and commentator, 55, has insisted she is not 'blaming' Rob and Michele Reiner - but believes that it was 'not good enough' that 'demon' drugs got 'hold of him' as a child.
  
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• Did Manchester residents CELEBRATE Bondi terror attack? Police investigate claims and say that 'the intolerable has become normalised' amid rise of anti-semitism

  18-12-2025 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Stephen Watson, pictured, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, said girls as young as ten have asked for armed officers to attend Hanukkah parties following the Bondi attack
  
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• Bank of England CUTS interest rates to 3.75% to save economy from Labour slump

  18-12-2025 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Borrowers were handed an early Christmas present today when the Bank of England cut interest rates to save the economy from collapse under Labour.
  
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• Dozens of Labour MPs say they will rebel over David Lammy's plans to axe jury trials as they urge Starmer to 'think again'

  18-12-2025 13:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK Justice Secretary announced plans to reserve jury trials only for when defendants faced serious charges such as rape and murder.
  
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• Christmas supermarket price war sparked: Three major retailers slash price of festive vegetables to just 5p and bring in rationing due to demand

  18-12-2025 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Morrisonssaid this morning it would cut the prices of British carrots (1kg), parsnips (500g), Brussels sprouts (500g) and whole swedes to 5p for More Card customers.
  
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• Knives out for Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair calamity... as insiders reveal full-blown MAGA meltdown: 'She might have lost one of her nine lives'

  18-12-2025 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Susie Wiles has made a dramatic miscalculation, and been hung out to dry by a reporter she gave unfettered access to.
  
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• JD Sports worker who was slapped on the bottom by male supervisor wins £65,000 payout as she settles sex harassment case

  18-12-2025 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jayla Boyd, who was 17 at the time, had worked part-time at a Belfaststore while studying for her A-levels when the supervisor slapped her bottom and then claimed it was 'muscle memory'.
  
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• Celebrity Christmas decor ranked from common to chic - from a VERY posh influencer's 'dull and forgettable' stockings to the worst wreaths and 'inelegant' door displays

  18-12-2025 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking to the Daily Mail, Jordana Ashkenazi, the Founder and Design Director of Element One House, shared her verdicts on the best and worst VIP decor in the UK this Yuletide.
  
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• Sean Dyche is proving he might be the perfect Premier League manager

  18-12-2025 13:30 via metro.co.uk
  Sean Dyche and Tony Pulis were often criticised for their style of play, but it’s now in fashion across the Premier League. (Picture: Getty)
  At some point earlier this season, when he saw the number of long throws and dangerous inswinging corners per game ticking up across the league, Sean Dyche must have started licking his lips.The former Burnley and Everton manager has long been criticised by certain opposition managers and fans for a defensive and structured style of play that isn&rsq
  
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• Budget-savvy cooks reveal how they feed the whole family for less this Christmas

  18-12-2025 13:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From 8p vegetables to 'floorplan' shopping, these budget-savvy mums reveal how they are beating the supermarket price hikes to dish up dinner for as little as £2.50 a head this Christmas
  
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• Super flu: Hope Britain may have started to turn the tide to save Christmas

  18-12-2025 13:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pandemic spirit may be driving behavioural change on vaccinations and responsible social mixing to stabilise super flu just in time for Christmas
  
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• Alberto the albino badger could scupper £25million restoration of 16th century stately home that was nearly destroyed in huge fire

  18-12-2025 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Major proposals to revive the historic Parnham House in Dorset are facing fierce opposition amid fears they would wipe out the protected wildlife habitat of an albino badger
  
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• Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney feud rumours explained – what’s actually happened?

  18-12-2025 13:26 via metro.co.uk
  Zendaya is known for her quiet approach to fame and public life. Besides her engagement with Spider-Man’s Tom Holland, we don’t know all that much about the actor and her personal life – she really only checks in to social media for birthdays or for promoting a new project. Perhaps this is why it’s easy for fans and internet sleuths alike to project ideas onto her, one of which appears to be a rumoured feud with Euphoria co-star Sydney Sweeney… (Picture: Getty)Whe
  
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• Revealed: Colombian Dragons' Den star pulled from Thames after 'poisoning two schoolgirls with thallium-laced chocolate raspberries' is also being probed over the mysterious death of her ex-lover's wife four years ago

  18-12-2025 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zulma Guzman Castro is accused of killing Ines de Bedout, 14, and her close friend, Emilia Forero, 13, after they died in hospital days after eating the poisoned sweet treat.
  
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• Nativity is an almost perfect Christmas film riddled with safeguarding issues

  18-12-2025 13:24 via metro.co.uk
  Nativity is a fabulous film – but absolute hell for teachers (Picture: Moviestore/Shutterstock)Nativity! is a Christmas classic that might be a gorgeous festive treat, but it’s also every teacher’s worst nightmare.The 2009 flick, which boasts a starry cast including Martin Freeman, Alan Carr, and Jason Watkins, has become a festive favourite over the years, currently in a firm top 10 position in Netflix’s most-watched list in the UK.It’s the perfect
  
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• Keir Starmer 'planning King's Speech immediately after local elections bloodbath' as he struggles to fend off leadership challenge

  18-12-2025 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer is believed to be lining up the State Opening of Parliament for May 12 or 13 - less than a week from the polls.
  
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• Do you support the doctors going on strike? Take our poll and have your say

  18-12-2025 13:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Resident doctors in England are on a five-day strike after rejecting a last minute deal as Health Secretary Wes Streeting warned that the walk out comes at "the worst time for the NHS"
  
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• Coronation Street star’s TV actor son, 31, dies a week before Christmas

  18-12-2025 13:23 via metro.co.uk
  Debbie played Anna Windass in the show (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)Coronation Street’s Debbie Rush has revealed her son has died, just a week before Christmas.Debbie, who is 59, is best known for playing Anna Windass in the ITV soap from 2008-2018.The star confirmed on her Instagram that her son William, 31, died on Wednesday.In a moving post, the actress wrote: ‘Our beautiful baby boy, William, passed away on 17th December. As a family, our hearts are completely broken, and there ar
  
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• Muslim gangs have taken control of one of Britain most drug-ridden and violent prisons, watchdogs warn

  18-12-2025 13:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor has served an urgent notification for HMP Swaleside in Kent.
  
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• Manchester police storm restaurant and homes after 'pizza box' tip-offs

  18-12-2025 13:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police stormed a restaurant and several homes after tip-offs that drugs were being sold in pizza boxes - this is a breaking story
  
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• Rochdale grooming police whistleblower Maggie Oliver said she feared being jailed but decided 'speaking the truth was more important than my job'

  18-12-2025 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The former Greater Manchester Police officer has told of the 'almost impossible' move she made over force failures to tackle widespread child grooming and sex abuse.
  
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• Jamie Carragher and Ian Wright make confident Everton vs Arsenal prediction

  18-12-2025 13:19 via metro.co.uk
  Arsenal legend Ian Wright hopes Arsenal return to form against Everton (Picture: Getty)Ian Wright and Jamie Carragher agree Arsenal are likely to return to form against an under-strength Everton in Saturday night’s Premier League clash.The Gunners have set the pace so far this season but are likely to find themselves back in second place come kick-off at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.Manchester City, who appear to be back to their best and scenting blood, host struggling West Ham several hou
  
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• Kirsty MacColl’s ex-husband makes ‘cover-up’ claims 25 years after her tragic death

  18-12-2025 13:16 via metro.co.uk
  Kirsty MacColl died 25 years ago (Picture: Rune Hellestad/Corbis via Getty Images)Kirsty MacColl’s ex-husband Steve Lillywhite has claimed that her death was part of a cover-up by ‘one of the richest guys in Mexico’.The Fairytale of New York singer aged 41 in 2000 after a tragic accident while on holiday in Mexico with her then two teenage sons, Jamie and Louis, and partner James Knight.The singer was scuba diving while on holiday on Conzumal Island when she took part in a scu
  
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• Young girl ‘struck in the head by woman’ at Balham railway station in London

  18-12-2025 13:15 via metro.co.uk
  The British Transport Police are desperately appealing for more information (Picture: British Transport Police; Google)A young girl’s head smashed into a wall after a woman hit her during rush hour.The child was struck in the side of the head as she passed through the ticket barrier at Balham railway station in south London.She was making her way through the barrier with a woman at around 8am on November 20 when that woman lashed out at her.The girl, believed to be of primary school age,
  
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• Liverpool drill rapper duo 'are spotted carrying guns and parading with troops in Somalia during conflict between clans'

  18-12-2025 13:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pair of Liverpool drill rappers have been spotted carrying guns and parading with troops in Somalia amid a cross-border clan conflict. 
  
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• Bank of England cuts interest rates from 4% to 3.75% in early Christmas present

  18-12-2025 13:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Bank of England has handed borrowers an early Christmas present by cutting interest rates to the lowest level since February 2023.
  
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