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• ‘I implanted a microchip into my body — but now I’ve forgotten the password’

  08-12-2025 17:02 via metro.co.uk
  A Missouri magician has learnt a valuable lesson after he implanted a computer chip into his hand to do some fun magic tricks – but then forgot the password. Now, he can’t use it. Zi Teng Wang, who is also a molecular biologist, shared his predicament on Facebook, along with an X-ray of his hand showing the outline of the microchip which is embedded in the meat between his thumb and index finger. (Picture: Zi Teng Wang) The RFID chip – known as a Radio Frequency Identific
  
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• Stephen King’s nightmarish series delivers ‘most terrifying hour of television all year’

  08-12-2025 19:14 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 PageA ‘nightmarish’ Stephen King adaptation has been lauded for delivering the ‘most terrifying hour of television all year’.Developed by Andy and Barbara Muschietti, It: Welcome to Derry serves as a prequel to the films It (2017) and It: Chapter Two (2019), which were based on Stephen’s 1986 novel of the same name.Starring Bill Ska
  
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• Predator banned from every UK hotel after trapping and sexually assaulting worker

  08-12-2025 19:12 via metro.co.uk
  Brett Whittaker launched the attack in a North Yorkshire hotel (Picture: SWNS)A sex offender has been banned from staying in any hotel, B&B or guesthouse in the UK after subjecting a staff member to horrific abuse.Brett Whittaker, 44, was told he cannot check into any paid accommodation for 10 years – unless he gives police two days’ notice.The order was imposed after he launched a terrifying sex attack inside a hotel in North Yorkshire, trapping a staff member in a ro
  
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• Millie Bobby Brown addresses Stranger Things character’s ‘slimmer’ appearance

  08-12-2025 19:00 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 PageKey Pointssummary__ai-icon
  Millie Bobby Brown addresses fans’ comments on Vecna’s new look in Stranger Things’ final seasonFans have joked about the character’s slimmer appearanceMillie made a sly reference to scrutiny over her own changing look over the yearsCreated with AI assistance. Quality assured by Metro editors.Millie Bobby Br
  
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• Martin Keown names team that will ‘challenge’ Arsenal and Man City for the Premier League title

  08-12-2025 18:59 via metro.co.uk
  Martin Keown won three Premier League titles at Arsenal (Picture: Getty)Martin Keown agrees with Mikel Arteta that a third club will rival Arsenal and Manchester City for the Premier League title this season.The Gunners, bidding to win the title for the first time since 2004, remain two points clear at the top of the table after a disappointing weekend.Arteta’s side conceded an injury-time goal to lose 2-1 to Aston Villa before second-placed Man City thumped Sunderland 3-0 to close the ga
  
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• Tomb Raider remake rumoured for The Game Awards as statue speculation grows

  08-12-2025 18:47 via metro.co.uk
  Will it be a big week for Lara Croft? (Crystal Dynamics)A Tomb Raider remake joins the rumours for this year’s The Game Awards, as fans continue to speculate over a bizarre statue tease.Aside from a bunch of remasters and mobile spin-offs, it’s been seven years since the last mainline Tomb Raider title.Developed by Eidos-Montréal (regular developer Crystal Dynamics was away making Marvel’s Avengers), 2018’s Shadow Of The Tomb Raider closed out the modern reboot tr
  
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• Sir Elton John hits back at criticism of his ‘dirty’ kitchen

  08-12-2025 18:45 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 PageSir Elton John has hit back at fans who commented on the state of his oven in a recent festive video he posted on TikTok.
  The Rocket Man hitmaker, 78, is busy getting ready for Christmas festivities, and seemingly feels somewhat reluctant to Step Into Christmas this year.The legendary musician – who lives in a sprawling Berkshire country house with hus
  
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• Ex-Trump loyalist claims his followers only support him now out of ‘fear’

  08-12-2025 18:45 via metro.co.uk
  Marjorie Taylor Greene made the comments during an interview with 60 Minutes (Pictures: Reuters/Getty)A former MAGA ally has said Republicans are supporting Donald Trump out of fear in a damning 60 Minutes interview.Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she’s leaving her position in January after receiving hundreds of death threats and being labelled as a ‘traitor’ for speaking out against the President.The catalyst seems to be the Jeffrey Epstein
  
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• Bear attacks trainer in front of audience after being forced to ride hoverboard

  08-12-2025 18:38 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 PageFootage shows the moment a captive bear snapped and attacked its trainer after being manhandled while being forced to perform in China.The animal, reportedly named Xiong Er, was one of two Asian black bears made to ride hoverboards on their hind legs for a display at Hangzhou Safari Park in Zhejiang province on Saturday.They were seen twirling on the self-ba
  
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• Girl, 6, dies from injuries at a Florida trampoline adventure park

  08-12-2025 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 6-year-old girl died from severe injuries she sustained at a Florida trampoline and adventure park.
  
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• Guinness unveils new London brewery - but there's one thing you should know

  08-12-2025 18:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fans of Guinness are expected to flock to a new visitor centre dedicated to the famous stout in London's Covent Garden, and while four permanent beers will be brewed on site - one icon won't be
  
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• Farm crisis erupts: Trump unleashes massive $12bn rescue… as soaring prices trigger panic inside White House

  08-12-2025 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The president will unveil the plan at a White House roundtable with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, lawmakers and farmers.
  
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• Hedge fund boss who blocked star trader's bonus, saying 'f*** you, sue me', is ordered to pay out £6 million

  08-12-2025 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Lerch, whose friends include Red Hot Chilli Peppers star Flea, 'irrationally' withheld a bonus from Robert Gagliardi because he was worried about being hit by an abuse probe.
  
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• Christmas tree widow planted with husband 45 years ago has grown 50 foot high

  08-12-2025 18:24 via metro.co.uk
  Avril Rowlands is paying tribute to her late husband with the Christmas tree they planted in 1979 (Picture: Emma Trimble / SWNS)A widow has paid tribute to her late husband as she turns on the lights of her 50-foot Christmas tree they planted together more than 40 years ago.In 1979, Avril and Christopher Rowlands planted their £6 fir tree, which was once tiny, to mark their first Christmas together in their new home in Inkberrow, Worcestershire.Now, more than four decades later, the massi
  
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• Dr. Oz's wife reveals her 'favorite person' in the Trump Cabinet's first wives club

  08-12-2025 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An a-list actress was revealed to the Daily Mail as a top ally in the Trump cabinet wives-and-girlfriend (WAG) club by one cabinet spouse.
  
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• O2 to donate to Music Venue Trust every time a new artist headlines the arena

  08-12-2025 18:06 via metro.co.uk
  Donations will be made each time a grassroots performer headlines the O2 for the first time (Picture: Getty)Grassroots music in London just got a major boost, as the O2 announced direct donations to the Music Venue Trust each time a new artist headlines the arena.As part of a three-year commitment, the O2 will help the grassroots ecosystem, which nurtures artists in the early stages of their careers, receive tangible, ongoing support from the very venues that later host their success.In 2025, t
  
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• Protestors ‘fearing our phones will spy on us’ descend on parliament for digital ID debate

  08-12-2025 18:03 via metro.co.uk
  Protestors from Big Brother Watch took to Westminster today to demonstrate against Digital IDs (Picture: Justin Griffiths-Williams)A mob of Sir Keir Starmers surrounded Parliament today to put pressure on decision-makers inside the House of Commons debating bringing in mandatory Digital IDs.Protestors from the Big Brother Watch, a UK civil liberties campaign group, marched around Parliament Square, wearing masks of Starmer’s face, holding placards of what a Digital ID would look like on y
  
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• Putin sends man who 'skinned wife over soup' to frontline as killer dodges trial

  08-12-2025 18:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  DISTRESSING CONTENT Rafis Khuzin has been accused of killing and then attempting to dismember his own wife during a brutal attack in Berezovsky, near Yekaterinburg in Russia
  
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• Skate Story review – the best skateboard game of the decade

  08-12-2025 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  Demon with a glass skateboard (Devolver Digital)Underworld demons and existential nightmares collide in an absurdist skateboarding sim, where you play as a skater demon made of glass. 2025 has been a surprisingly notable year for skateboarding games. After 15 years in the wilderness, EA’s Skate finally returned, albeit in free-to-play form, while Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 proved to be another fan-pleasing remake of the genre’s peak in the early 2000s. If those repre
  
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• Two more Heathrow Airport arrests after 21 'pepper sprayed' including girl, 3

  08-12-2025 17:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incident happened just after 8am on Sunday morning as two women were robbed of their suitcases by a group of men after getting out of a lift in the car park of Terminal 3
  
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• Two more people are arrested after 'woman targeted with pepper spray during suitcase robbery' at Heathrow Airport

  08-12-2025 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officers have arrested a 24-year-old man in Lambeth on suspicion of robbery and assault and a 23-year-old woman on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery.
  
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• ‘Beautiful’ mother killed in suspected hit-and-run crash after driver fled on foot

  08-12-2025 17:46 via metro.co.uk
  Claire Laybourne was killed in the collision in Holystone (Picture: Northumbria Police)This is the first picture of a ‘beautiful’ mother killed in a suspected hit and run crash as police hunt the driver of a Skoda who fled the scene.Claire Laybourne, 39, died in hospital on Saturday after she sustained serious injuries in a two-vehicle collision at 10.40pm on Friday on the A19 at Holystone, North Tyneside.Northumbria Police said a Volkswagen T-roc and a Skoda Fabia were both travell
  
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• Rebecca Grossman's husband accused of hiding assets as he transfers $13.5M mansion to a trust as parents of brothers she killed sue over wrongful deaths

  08-12-2025 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Convicted child killer Rebecca Grossman faces allegations of hiding assets ahead of her January civil wrongful death trial, which could cost her millions.
  
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• Heroic dad used his final breath to save 7-year-old son's life during kayaking trip gone wrong

  08-12-2025 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hadi Ahmadi, 54, died saving his young son Artin's life after their kayak capsized in rough waters at Lake Perris, California, on December 6.
  
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• 'Gloating' killer's sick taunts as he boasts about murder and guns in prison rap videos

  08-12-2025 17:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Taylor Meanley was just 17 when he used a shotgun to murder Lewis Williams, 20, in South Yorkshire. He's since appeared in rap videos made behind bars under the name T Shotz
  
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• Teenage asylum seekers raped 15-year-old schoolgirl in park after she filmed herself being dragged away, in footage so horrifying it would 'cause a riot'

  08-12-2025 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Small boat migrants Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, are facing jail for raping the 15-year-old in a park at the heart of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, on May 10.
  
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• Ex-West Ham star Thierry Nevers, 23, who boasted about selling drugs in rap videos is jailed for three years

  08-12-2025 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Before turning to drugs, Thierry Nevers, 23, joined the West Ham United academy on a three-year deal in 2021 and went on loan to Reading, Newport County and Bradford City.
  
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• Couple put behind bars over drug charges just weeks after fairytale proposal

  08-12-2025 17:35 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 PageThis moment was supposed to be the start of a perfect new life for the couple – but little did they know, the police were closing in on them after both were linked to a £26 million drugs racket.The heavily pregnant 26-year-old, Saskia Steward, accepted the proposal from her fiancé, Jack Donegan, in October last year.But the couple, who wer
  
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• Earl Spencer's estranged wife settles bitter privacy battle with his new girlfriend - but he will foot legal bill

  08-12-2025 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 53-year-old has agreed to settle the privacy case - without accepting liability - on the agreement that the Earl with 'indemnify' her as part of their high stakes divorce settlement.
  
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• Fury as Sadiq Khan to hike Tube fares by 5.8% despite national ticket price freeze - how much will YOUR commute cost now?

  08-12-2025 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan revealed today that Transport for London (TfL) passengers will not benefit from the Labour Government's fares freeze next March.
  
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