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• 'I became a mum overnight to nine orphans at 22 - I couldn't walk away'

  06-12-2025 16:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Student Letty McMaster decided to spend her gap year travelling, but after volunteering at an orphanage where she witnessed child abuse, she couldn't walk away
  
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• Netflix buys Warner Bros for £54 billion – what does the merger mean?

  06-12-2025 18:59 via metro.co.uk
  Netflix has finalised a historic merger with Warner Bros. (Picture: Metro UK)Key Pointssummary__ai-icon
  Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. for £54 billion, pending competition authority approvalWarner Bros.’ library, including Harry Potter, DC franchises, and HBO content, will enhance Netflix’s offeringsHBO and HBO Max expected to operate independently, while expanding the synergy of streaming content for usersCreated with AI assistance. Quality assured by Metro editors.Netflix
  
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• England’s World Cup kick-off times and venues revealed

  06-12-2025 18:58 via metro.co.uk
  England begin their World Cup campaign against Croatia at 9pm on June 17 (PA Wire)England will begin their World Cup campaign against Croatia at 9pm GMT on June 17 at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas.After the World Cup draw was made on Friday in which England were placed in Group L alongside Croatia, Ghana and Panama.A separate broadcast was held on Saturday to reveal the kick-off times and venues for every World Cup team in the group stage.England’s second group game against Ghana will al
  
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• David James makes shock Cole Palmer claim after Chelsea draw with Bournemouth

  06-12-2025 18:49 via metro.co.uk
  Chelsea star Cole Palmer recently returned from injury (Picture: Getty)David James has questioned whether Cole Palmer’s return has ‘slightly upset’ the Chelsea squad after they dropped more points in the Premier League.The momentum that was built during an impressive run of form and last weekend’s encouraging draw with leaders Arsenal has all but disappeared after two poor results.Enzo Maresca’s side suffered a shock 3-1 defeat to relegation-battlers Leeds United i
  
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• Woman wanted by Interpol over smuggling of tiger body parts arrested in India

  06-12-2025 18:37 via metro.co.uk
  A woman has been arrested for trafficking tiger parts in India (Picture: Getty Images)A woman on Interpol’s most wanted list has been arrested on suspicion of trafficking tiger body parts out of India.Officials confirmed that Yangchen Lachungpa was detained earlier this week after she was accused of being involved in a trafficking network with links to several Indian cities and neighbouring countries.Lachungpa was previously arrested in 2017 but vanished after being bailed. She has been w
  
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• Justin Trudeau celebrated for ‘craziest hard launch ever’ with Katy Perry

  06-12-2025 18:25 via metro.co.uk
  Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry have officially confirmed they are in a relationship (Picture: Justin Trudeau/ X)Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been credited with dropping ‘the craziest hard launch ever’ after officially confirming he’s dating Katy Perry.Earlier this year it was revealed that the pop star, 40, had split from long-time partner Orlando Bloom, with whom she shares daughter Daisy Dove, five.A month later – in July – she was then spotte
  
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• Man jailed after gecko-smuggling sting busted

  06-12-2025 18:23 via metro.co.uk
  A man has been jailed for 14 months after being caught trying to smuggle rare geckos out of New Zealand (Picture: Department of Conservation)A man caught in an undercover sting targeting the illegal trade of rare geckos has been jailed for 14 months.Gunak Lee, 23, from South Korea, travelled to New Zealand in an attempt to purchase 10 prized jewelled geckos worth around £60,650, ready to be smuggled out of the country.They are only found in New Zealand and classified as an ‘at risk
  
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• 6 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he replaces MLK Jr Day celebration with his own birthday

  06-12-2025 18:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This weekend will probably go down as one of the weirdest of Donald Trump's second presidency. It started with him getting a made-up peace prize from his mate who owns FIFA, and it will end with him handing out a medal to Frank Spencer
  
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• Teen dies 14 years after being ‘attacked’ as baby with dad facing murder trial

  06-12-2025 18:11 via metro.co.uk
  Lejunae Wood, 42, of Wuppertal, Germany, was arrested on Thursday at Heathrow Airport (Picture: Getty Images)A man has been charged with murdering his son – who died 14 years after suffering severe head injuries as a baby.Lejunae Wood, 42, of Wuppertal, Germany, was arrested on Thursday at Heathrow Airport and charged on Friday with the murder of Leajunne Wood.Leajunne was just four months old when he suffered life-changing injuries during an incident at home in Hayes, west London, in Dec
  
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• ALAN JOHNSON: 'The BMA opposed the creation of the NHS and is now hindering its progress'

  06-12-2025 18:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alan Johnson is a writer and former Education, Health and Home Secretary for the Labour party, and his latest book 'Harold Wilson - Twentieth Century Man' is published by Swift Press
  
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• Update in Brett Dryden Spain death as mum hires ex-Brit cops for fresh probe

  06-12-2025 18:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brett Dryden was found dead inside his home in Mojacar, Almeria, in July last year after suffering a four-inch head wound
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing star Karen Carney's health battle as ex-footballer opens up on condition

  06-12-2025 18:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Karen Carney has opened up about her health battle which has affected her entire footballing career
  
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• David James names ‘favourite’ to win Premier League after Man City close gap on Arsenal

  06-12-2025 17:59 via metro.co.uk
  Former Premier League goalkeeper David James (Picture: Getty)David James has named the ‘favourite’ to win the Premier League after Manchester City closed the gap on title favourites Arsenal.Man City clinched a routine 3-0 win over in-form Sunderland shortly after Arsenal’s deflating 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa.Sunderland have exceeded expectations during their return to the Premier League but were no match for Pep Guardiola’s side, who were 2-0 up at half-time thanks to go
  
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• Ian Wright criticises Arsenal star for poor ‘game management’ after Aston Villa defeat

  06-12-2025 17:57 via metro.co.uk
  Ian Wright believes Arsenal should have played safe for the draw against Aston Villa (Premier League)Ian Wright criticised Arsenal’s players for their lack of game-management after their 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa.Mikel Arteta’s side went behind at Villa Park as Matty Cash opened the scoring for the hosts but Leandro Trossard struck in the second half to pull the Gunners level.Villa pushed for a winner and it eventually came in the fifth minute of injury time as Emi Buendia pounced o
  
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• Scientists who advised government during Covid did not reveal they had received more than £200m in grants from one of the world's biggest pharma investors, report says

  06-12-2025 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twenty-six members of theScientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), which helped shape lockdown rules, did not register their Wellcome Trust funding, a report reveals.
  
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• Texas attorney general sues 'Muslim city' developers over 'radical plot to destroy land' after probe finds alleged fraud

  06-12-2025 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ken Paxton launched an investigation into East Plano Islamic Center and Community Capital Partners months ago and has now filed a lawsuit against them.
  
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• More than 100 passengers struck down with grim ‘vomiting bug’ on 133-day world cruise

  06-12-2025 17:50 via metro.co.uk
  The AIDAdiva cruise ship, pictured in January, boasts three swimming pools, restaurants, bars and a ‘body and soul’ spa (Picture: Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images)A norovirus outbreak has swept through a luxury cruise ship leaving over one hundred people stricken by the ‘vomiting bug’.Passengers on the AIDAdiva liner face their seventh day of the virus, first reported to health authorities on November 30. Some 95 out of 2,007 passengers and six staff membe
  
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• Horror outbreak of diarrhoea bug on 133-day cruise as more than 100 fall ill

  06-12-2025 17:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An outbreak of norovirus has been reported aboard the AIDAdiva ship, which is currently on a four-month voyage across several countries - 95 passengers and six crew members are ill
  
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• Middle class parents of Lamborghini-driving Albanian burglar DISOWN him for bringing shame on their 'respectable' family... as he brags about his extravagant UK lifestyle

  06-12-2025 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He's the bling-obsessed Albanian criminal who has spent the past year taunting police and the Home Office by posting videos bragging of his extravagant lifestyle in the UK.
  
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• Salford 'shooting' as men 'drive up to house on e-bike and open fire'

  06-12-2025 17:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Greater Manchester Police said a woman in her 20s was injured following an alleged shooting in Salford this week - and two men, aged 24 and 28, have been arrested
  
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• Chilling words 'shooter' said after 'targeting' MGM casino-goer and shooting him dead in food court

  06-12-2025 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Williams, 22, of Fort Washington, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing Darnell Hawkins Jr., 22, inside the MGM National Harbor food court in Maryland.
  
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• Prince Harry takes swipe at Royal Family with Downton Abbey 'drama' quip

  06-12-2025 17:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex has taken aim at the Royal Family while delivering a speech, as he called out the “drama and intrigue” of the Firm as he spoke to business leaders in Los Angeles
  
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• JLS star shares health update with fans from hospital bed after operation

  06-12-2025 17:19 via metro.co.uk
  A JLS star has shared a health update after being injured (Picture: Aston Merrygold/ Instagram)A JLS star has shared a series of photos from hospital after undergoing surgery.A month after revealing he’d been injured while rehearsing for his band’s The Club Is Alive: 2025 Hits Tour, this weekend, Aston Merrygold posted photos on social media that showed him in a hospital gown and being supported by crutches.In one snap, he was holding one crutch in the air and pouting, declaring in
  
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• I'm A Celebrity star accuses ITV show of 'making him relapse' after 13 years sober

  06-12-2025 17:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former TV star Iain Lee has revealed that the stress of being on I'm A Celebrity made his drug addiction return after 13 years.
  
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• Shocking moment Mercedes driver flies over cars in roundabout crash - and survives

  06-12-2025 17:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the CCTV footage, the Mercedes is seen flying over a bus and two cars after slamming into a roundabout at high speed after the 49-year-old driver suffered a medical episode
  
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• Joe Biden makes new embarrassing gaffe as he struggles to say 'America' in conference speech

  06-12-2025 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biden's history of cringeworthy verbal blunders includes confusing Kamala Harris with Donald Trump and referring to his defense secretary as 'that black man.'
  
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• Moment champion martial artist bundles suspected sex attacker to the floor as woman screams that he grabbed her outside busy Tube station

  06-12-2025 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert Ivan Skoko, 29, used a leg sweep before using his knees to restrain the man in busy Moorgate, central London .
  
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• Lewis Hamilton full of 'anger and rage' as Ferrari nightmare turns ugly at Abu Dhabi GP

  06-12-2025 17:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton suffered another awful qualifying result at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with his maiden Ferrari Formula 1 season set to end with a whimper at the Yas Marina Circuit
  
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• Lewis Hamilton admits 'anger and rage' as Ferrari nightmare turns ugly at Abu Dhabi GP

  06-12-2025 17:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton suffered another awful qualifying result at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with his maiden Ferrari Formula 1 season set to end with a whimper at the Yas Marina Circuit
  
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• Travellers take over London: After 'sunbeds for a month' and 2am start to dress up, gypsies from across UK ride horses and traps through capital before annual visit to Winter Wonderland 

  06-12-2025 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many Travellers have dressed up to the nines for the occasion with some waking up as early as 2am to make themselves as well as their horses presentable for the occasion.
  
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