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• ‘I wish I had somebody who cared about me’ – what it’s like to be truly lonely

  08-02-2025 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  When someone is feeling lonely, they can feel misunderstood and shut themselves off from their loved ones (Picture: Getty)Maggie Ratcliffe carries around a small piece of paper in her handbag with instructions in case she has a stroke. With no family and few friends, she is worried that if she ends up in hospital, no one will be around to ensure her wishes are carried out. Maggie, 84, has lived alone since the breakdown of her marriage when she was 27. An only child, her mother died when s
  
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• Police issue major update on Gary Barlow’s £6,000,000 mansion break-in probe

  27-03-2025 15:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gary Barlow’s home was raided last year (Picture: Kate Green/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)Police have dropped the investigation into Gary Barlow’s £6,000,000 mansion after it was targeted by thieves.While Gary, 54, and Take That sang on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, a gang raided the property under the cover of night.It’s unclear if they took anything or if the These Days hitmaker’s family were at home at the time.According to The Sun, Thames
  
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• ‘Chilling’ horror movie that made everyone stop showering is finally coming to Netflix

  27-03-2025 15:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Psycho is finally coming to Netflix in just a few days (Picture: Paramount)The most famous horror movie of all time is finally coming to Netflix in just a few days, ready to scare us all silly.Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released in 1960, with Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Janet Leigh making up the cast.The slasher film, based on the novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, followed secretary Marion Crane (Janet) who goes on the run after stealing $40,000 – she
  
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• Iconic Oxford Street shop to close leaving famous road ‘without identity’

  27-03-2025 15:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Oxford Street has suffered another major blow (Picture: Getty Images)London’s official gift shop is closing down leaving customers shocked that ‘a British symbol has died’.
  Cool Britannia, on Oxford Street, central London, has announced a closing down sale with signs pictured in the window.
  It specialises in patriotic items, with Union Jacks, big red buses and Paddington Bears adorned on mugs and key chains.
  This has left some customers feeling disappointed that ‘brand G
  
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• Michael Schumacher insider gives first major health update on F1 legend in years

  27-03-2025 15:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Formula One legend’s health has been shrouded in secrecy ever since his skiing accident in December 2013 (Picture: Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)A major update into Michael Schumacher’s health has been revealed more than 11 years on from his skiing accident.The Formula One legend’s health has been shrouded in secrecy ever since his skiing accident in December 2013 has left him in a medically induced coma.He has not appeared in public since, and his family have protected
  
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• EU warns millions to stockpile supplies in case of war – should the UK do the same?

  27-03-2025 15:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Whether the UK should follow the EUs lead on survival kits is the next big question (Picture: metro)The European Union has told its almost 450million citizens to prepare for war or natural disaster by assembling ’72 hour survival kits’.But as the UK ramps up defence spending and assembles a ‘coalition of the willing’ to protect Ukraine, British preparedness for conflict is now under the microscope.The British government has not yet asked Britons to compile their ownemerg
  
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• Britain and France sending military teams to Ukraine in ‘coming days’

  27-03-2025 15:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian soldiers of the 117th Brigade fire D-30 artillery in the direction of Pokrovsk, Ukraine (Picture: Getty)British and French military teams will be deployed to Ukraine in ‘coming days’, Emmanuel Macron has confirmed.The delegation from the UK and France will be sent to work with Ukrainian armed forces as part of a ‘reassurance force’, even if the idea is not backed by all European allies.This was revealed after a summit in Paris aimed at strengthening Ukraine&rsq
  
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• 80s teen idol, 58, is totally transformed as grizzled cowboy in hit TV show

  27-03-2025 15:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  An actor with a massive movie career in the 1980s has cropped up during the latest season of 1923 (Picture: Paramount)Fans have been left doing a double take after a 1980s icon popped up in season two of smash-hit Western drama 1923.C. Thomas Howell has appeared in Taylor Sheridan’s star-studded show – led by Harrison Ford and Dame Helen Mirren – as Texas cowboy Anders in two episodes so far, over 40 years since some of his biggest movie roles – and unsurprisingly looks
  
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• Shoppers snap up discounts on ’incredible’ ghd hair tool in Amazon’s Spring sale

  27-03-2025 15:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Your next great hair day is just minutes away thanks to the power of the ghd Duet Blowdry Hair Dryer Brush. (Picture: Metro/Amazon/Metro/Getty)
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  Amazon’s spring sale is back, bringing with it a whirlwind of exclusive deals, not-to-be-missed
  
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• Egypt submarine disaster latest updates: Nationalities of first victims emerge as tourist vessel sinks in Red Sea

  27-03-2025 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live updates as a tourist submarine carrying 44 people sinks in the Red Sea off the Egyptian cost sparking a major rescue operation.
  
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• Man, 71, who's eaten more than 35,000 McDonald's Big Macs gives astonishing health update

  27-03-2025 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was a case of love at first bite when Donald Gorske, from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, first ate McDonald's flagship Big Mac burger on May 17, 1972.
  
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• Karoline Leavitt's brutal seven words for CNN's Kaitlan Collins during dramatic clash

  27-03-2025 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shut down CNN's Kaitlan Collins while defending the use of Trump officials using Signal to communicate about a military strike.
  
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• Nursery worker is found guilty of assault after dragging five-year-old boy across floor

  27-03-2025 14:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louise Kitchen (pictured), of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, 38, was fined £700 for her act on July 31 last year at Marina View Nursery in nearby town Troon.
  
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• Max Verstappen likes post suggesting Liam Lawson Red Bull axe was ‘bullying’

  27-03-2025 14:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Max Verstappen has been left ‘shaken’ over Red Bull’s decision to fire Liam Lawson (Picture: Getty)Max Verstappen has liked a social media post suggesting that Red Bull’s decision to fire Liam Lawson after just two races was similar to ‘bullying’.Red Bull officially confirmed Lawson’s exit on Thursday, with Yuki Tsunoda promoted from junior team Racing Bulls to replace the 23-year-old Kiwi.Verstappen has reportedly been left ‘shaken’ by Chri
  
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• My son was 'red pilled' like on Adolescence by influencers like Andrew Tate - these are the 'weird' things he started saying at just 11 years old

  27-03-2025 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rachel Parker noticed her son Spencer, now 15, repeating misogynistic things he had heard influencers say online when he was just 11 years old.
  
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• Leader of migrant super-gang MS-13 arrested in VIRGINIA, Trump administration reveals

  27-03-2025 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 24-year-old suspect was apprehended in  Dale City, south of Washington, D.C on Thursday.
  
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• The staggering sum Blur drummer Dave Rowntree's ex-wife left in her will - before she travelled to Dignitas in Switzerland to die alone

  27-03-2025 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paola Marra, 53, had been struck with breast and bowel cancer and opted to end her life at the Dignitas clinic in March last year, using her final statement to call for a change in UK law to legalise assisted dying.
  
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• London tube station that’s ‘like a fever dream’ could be getting its own restaurant

  27-03-2025 14:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  A tube at a London Underground station which could be getting a new restaurant at the rear (Picture: Getty Images)You never quite know what will greet you as you step foot outside Brixton tube station.From steel drums, to lively party-goers and the strong smell of incense (mixed in with hot dogs) wafting through the air, it’s an assault on the senses.Influencer Olan Tekkers went viral on TikTok after painting a particularly vivid picture of the South London station, saying: ‘This pl
  
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• Teenager mowed down hero police officer 'at speed' before driving over her unconscious body in 'terrifying' retail park incident

  27-03-2025 14:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvey Bell, 19, drove a black Audi Q2 at Police Constable Tracy Hallworth (pictured receiving an award), in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, a court heard,
  
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• Mum who watched son die of sepsis wants doctors to learn from family tragedy

  27-03-2025 14:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  William Hewes developed sepsis (Picture: PA)A mum who rushed her severely ill son to hospital and watched him die hours later is urging other hospitals and doctors to learn from his death.William Hewes, aged 22, died within 24 hours of being admitted to Homerton University Hospital in January 2023 after his bacterial meningitis infection developed into sepsis.Medical staff failed to give him antibiotics within an hour of his arrival at hospital, going against national guidelines, due to a commu
  
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• Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright are seen for the first time since welcoming their baby daughter Palma as they step out for family walk in London

  27-03-2025 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The proud parents are making the most of the good weather and have taken the tot out in her pram for a stroll with Palma's grandma, Michelle's mum Jacqueline.
  
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• Trump's 'ice maiden' Susie Wiles reveals the 'hardest truth' she's ever given the president

  27-03-2025 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Susie Wiles is breaking her media silence by joining Lara Trump for her first interview since the new administration started - and spilling some serious tea about her relationship with the president.
  
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• Max Verstappen likes Instagram post suggesting Christian Horner's brutal axeing of team-mate Liam Lawson is 'BULLYING', as sources reveal his true feelings on Red Bull 'chaos'

  27-03-2025 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes as Mail Sport was told by sources close to the Dutch racing driver that Verstappen had been left 'shaken' by Christian Horner 's decision to sack his team-mate.
  
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• Chilling similarities between Egypt submarine disaster and doomed Titan tourist voyage to see Titanic which claimed five lives

  27-03-2025 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The deep sea tragedy off the coast of Newfoundland in Canada saw the custom-built Titan implode as it descended to the wreck of the Titanic.
  
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• TV BAFTA nominations revealed: Scandal-hit Strictly Come Dancing is snubbed for the first time in the show's history - as Baby Reindeer leads the way with EIGHT nods

  27-03-2025 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BAFTA have announced the full list of TV Award and TV Craft Award nominations ahead of the prestigious ceremony which will take place next month.
  
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• One of the men killed when a high-powered Ford Falcon came off the road and plunged into a river is identified - as new details emerge about how a 22-year-old woman miraculously survived

  27-03-2025 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tristan 'Tizzy' Dunn, also known as Tristan English was one of the men who lost their lives after a high-powered Ford Falcon XR6 plunged into the Richmond River at Fairy Hill late Wednesday night.
  
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• Kosovan cocaine dealer who bragged 'you can lock us up but can't stop us living it up' as he partied in prison can STAY in UK because deportation would be 'unduly harsh' on his one-year-old daughter

  27-03-2025 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Andi Shoshari (left), 34, who came to the UK legally as a nine-year-old,was sentenced in 2018 to three years and eight months in jail for his part in a criminal drugs conspiracy.
  
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• Revealed: The 'lovely' young dance teacher who shocked Australia when she brutally threw a cat into a harbour

  27-03-2025 14:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gracie Giblin, 21, was filmed on Tuesday night at Port Lincoln Wharf on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula swinging the tiny tabby cat by the tail.
  
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• Missing dad's chilling final phone call before he mysteriously vanished - as shattered mum makes heartbreaking offer: 'It's all I have'

  27-03-2025 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alana Wallace's son Jayden Harwood, 20, was last seen in Ingleburn, Sydney's South West on Saturday March 1 after visiting family in the area with his girlfriend Jade Holmes and their baby.
  
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• How my beautician saved my life - as many are now trained to spot subtle signs of serious illness and how to deal with it

  27-03-2025 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They trim our hair, polish our nails and ease our tired muscles - but beauticians, manicurists, hairdressers and barbers can do far more than that: many are now trained to potentially save our lives.
  
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