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• 'I'm a dog trainer – there's six signs your dog is unhappy with being petted'

  01-10-2024 17:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bronagh Daly, a certified dog trainer and owner of Five By Five Canine, has shared six symptoms to look out for in your pet that could indicate you should stop touching them immediately
  
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• Rafael Nadal’s biggest regrets and most painful losses revealed after retirement

  10-10-2024 16:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rafael Nadal has officially announced his retirement (Picture: Getty)Rafael Nadal enjoyed one of the most remarkable and successful careers in tennis, but even the best players have regrets and suffered painful losses.Nadal officially announced his retirement on Thursday – with his last tournament at the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga – and tributes have been flooding in ever since.The ‘King of Clay’, a 22-time Grand Slam winner, could play his last professional match on Nove
  
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• ‘I saved £1.85 on a train ticket – now I might end up with a criminal record’

  10-10-2024 16:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sam Williamson bought a ticket advertised as ‘anytime’ that could not, in fact, be used anytime (Picture: Sam Williamson/Getty Images)Sam Williamson was pretty chuffed that he had saved £1.85 on his train journey.
  The 22-year-old consultant living in Charlesworth, Derbyshire, was heading down to London last month to sit his theory test. He had struggled to book a test closer by.So as he’s done so many times, Sam booked an ‘Anytime Day Single’ ticket on the Nor
  
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• WhatsApp is adding a new image search feature and six other updates

  10-10-2024 16:26 via metro.co.uk
  WhatsApp have been introducing a lot of new features (Picture: Getty)WhatsApp is planning to introduce a range of new features that could really up your game. As the brand undergoes an overhaul, the last few months have seen them change the colour of everything to a uniform green, which caused an uproar on social media.The app has also introduced AI features called ‘Meta AI’ which will allow for people to ask for conversation prompts, answer your questions and teach you somethin
  
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• How ‘Britain’s Chernobyl’ nearly turned the north into a nuclear wasteland

  10-10-2024 16:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Windscale fire was for years one of the worst nuclear accidents in history (Picture: Getty Images/REX)If the 1,300°C fire in front of them wasn’t bad enough, the workers knew that any mistake could turn northwest England into a nuclear wasteland.For days, no one at Windscale, a nuclear plant on the coast of Cumbria, knew that one of the site’s two plutonium-producing reactors was on fire.
  Of course the uranium inside wasn’t ablaze, they thought, it was probably a minor
  
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• Patient shudders with uncontrollable tears while being forced to stroke a fish

  10-10-2024 16:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextA patient has been left in tears and shaking uncontrollably while they battle to overcome their phobia… by stroking a fish.For a new series of The Fear Clinic, contestants are forced to face their fears, with incredible results.People who suffer from a range of phobias, from the rare ones of ichthyophobia (the fear of fish) and ovinophobia (the fear of sheep), to the more c
  
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• FIFA and Konami partner to bring eFootball to the FIFAe World Cup

  10-10-2024 16:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Deal done for eFootball, still no EA Sports FC in the FIFAe World Cup (Konami)FIFA have made a deal with EA Sports FC rival eFootball to bring a new title to the FIFAe World Cup, saying it’s a ‘commitment to the advancement of esports’.There have been quite a few changes in the world of football sims in recent years, the most obvious being FIFA and Electronic Arts going their separate ways in 2022, after several decades together, and a subsequent name change of the FIFA video g
  
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• Sir Elton John says he’s ‘still a happy gay man’ in emotional speech

  10-10-2024 16:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextSir Elton John gave an emotional speech last night, declaring his love for his husband, David Furnish, and their two sons.The much-loved musician, 77, appeared at the Attitude Awards in London on Wednesday night, where he was honoured with the Legacy Award after almost 60 years in the industry.
  Sir Elton, who has only made rare public appearances since the conclusion of his Farewe
  
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• The horrifying moment TV star is struck with flying debris during live Hurricane Milton report

  10-10-2024 16:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Anderson Cooper was struck by debris while reporting on Hurricane Milton (Pictures: CNN)Anderson Cooper was hit by flying debris during a live broadcast, while reporting on Hurricane Milton.The storm has been classified as a category 3 storm, with heavy rain and winds impacting much of Florida, leaving millions without power.Shortly after a weatherman broke down on TV over the situation, Anderson was on the ground near Siesta Key for CNN on Wednesday night, warning that the situation was startin
  
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• Labour defends workers’ rights overhaul after businesses brand it ‘clumsy and chaotic’

  10-10-2024 16:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alison McGovern said the new legislation will be a boost to young workers (Picture: Rex/Getty)Labour’s Employment Minister has backed the government’s major new push for employment rights after the Bill came under fire from unions and businesses.The Employment Rights Bill is being unveiled in Parliament today, forming the centrepiece of the party’s manifesto pledge to ‘make work pay’.Among other commitments, the current version of the legislation would give workers
  
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• Best places to see the Northern Lights above UK tonight

  10-10-2024 16:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  A geomagnetic storm means that the Northern Lights will be visible tonight according to the Met Office (Picture: SWNS/Met Office)The Northern Lights are set to be visible this evening as far south as London because of a geomagnetic storm once again.The Met Office confirmed: ‘Aurora sightings are likely across Scotland and Northern Ireland, perhaps across northern England.‘[There is] a slight chance of sightings across parts of the Midlands or the south of England where skies are clea
  
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• I was about to take my own life, and then my train passed through Hope 

  10-10-2024 15:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  My experience with depression started in 2012 when I was 37 (Picture: Nigel Sanderson)Some people say, when contemplating suicide, that hope saved them. But for me, Hope, in a very literal sense, felt like someone taking the piss. When I considered suicide inevitable back in 2017, I had aimlessly boarded a train and planned to take my own life. And I accidentally ended up in a Derbyshire village called Hope.It makes for a good story now, and looking back it may have help
  
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• Nintendo Alarmo available now in the UK and it’s not quite as expensive as feared

  10-10-2024 15:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Will you be putting it on your Christmas list? (Nintendo)The latest hardware from Nintendo, that isn’t the Switch 2, is now available in the UK but there are some unwelcome drawbacks.There may still be no real clue as to when the Nintendo Switch 2 is going to be unveiled but something is definitely going on at the House of Mario at the moment, with a mysterious new online playtest and the reveal of a bizarre interactive alarm clock, called Alarmo.When it was first announced there was only
  
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• Manchester United star Noussair Mazraoui undergoes surgery after being diagnosed with heart condition

  10-10-2024 15:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Noussair Mazraoui came off at half-time in Manchester United’s draw at Villa Park (Picture: Getty)Manchester United star Noussair Mazraoui has undergone surgery after experiencing heart palpitations and will be out of action for the next few weeks.Mazraoui was forced off at the midway stage in United’s goalless draw with Aston Villa in the Premier League, with Victor Lindelof coming on in his place at right-back.The 26-year-oldwas making his tenth appearance in all competitions for t
  
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• Diddy LIVE news and updates: Rapper in court to demand release from jail ahead of sex trafficking trial in NYC

  10-10-2024 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAILYMAIL.COM LIVE BLOG: Sean 'Diddy' Combs is set to appear in a Lower Manhattan courthouse on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• What happened to the Menendez brothers' Beverly Hills mansion after their parents' murder?

  10-10-2024 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twenty-eight years have passed since the Menendez brothers were convicted of murdering their parents, but what has happened to the family's lavish mansion in the years since?
  
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• Homeless Tube pusher who tried to kill innocent stranger at Oxford Circus underground station is jailed for life

  10-10-2024 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brwa Shorsh pushed Tadeusz Potoczek off the platform in central London on February 3, this year, seconds before a train was due to arrive at the station.
  
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• Trump demands CBS is taken off air after editing Kamala Harris' 60 Minutes 'word salad'

  10-10-2024 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump insists that CBS News should lose its license and be forced off air after it favorably edited the 60 Minutes interview Vice President Kamala Harris.
  
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• Man called ‘Lieutenant Dan’ refuses to leave boat during hurricane – and survives

  10-10-2024 15:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Viral Florida Man ‘Lt. Dan’ survives Hurricane Milton in his tiny boat (Picture: Getty)A notorious one-legged ‘Florida man’ nicknamed ‘Lieutenant Dan’ is reportedly safe and sound after braving the full force of Hurricane Milton in a sailboat.Dan, real name Joseph Malinowski, lives on a 20-foot yacht docked in Tampa Bay and refused offers to be moved to a shelter, instead opting to stay put.He told NBC News in a now-viral clip: ‘God put on my heart to co
  
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• Lieutenant Dan took on Hurricane Milton in a boat in the bay and won

  10-10-2024 15:46 via metro.co.uk
  Viral Florida Man ‘Lt. Dan’ survives Hurricane Milton in his tiny boat (Picture: Getty)A one-legged ‘Florida man’ who became an overnight TikTok sensation for braving the full force of Hurricane Milton in a tiny sailboat has emerged unscathed.Joseph Malinowski lives on a 20-foot yacht docked in Tampa Bay and refused multiple offers to be moved to a shelter, instead opting to stay put.His exploits earned him the name ‘Lieutenant Dan’ named after Gary Sinise&rsq
  
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• Hurricane Milton aftermath: Florida wakes up to carnage with 'multiple' dead and millions without power

  10-10-2024 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Floridians woke up to devastation on Thursday after Hurricane Milton slammed into the state's Golf Coast Wednesday night.
  
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• Glamorous 19-year-old at centre of a political storm breaks her silence with a fiery spray at nail salon - as she vapes her way through a manicure days after she was charged

  10-10-2024 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Sydney teenager charged with displaying a terrorist organisation's flag has been photographed vaping while working as a nail technician before he boss lashes out with a venomous tirade.
  
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• Man fighting for life after being stabbed at Christchurch McDonald's

  10-10-2024 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to the McDonald's near Christchurch Airport, on New Zealand 's South Island, just after 11pm local time on Thursday night.
  
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• Green-fingered residents whose community flower bed was destroyed by raging eco firm boss rally round to recreate the planter

  10-10-2024 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The green-fingered residents of Gwaenysgor, North Wales, who saw their flowerbed destroyed by an eco frim boss, have rallied together to recreate the floral centrepiece of their community.
  
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• Appeal to identify motorist whose reckless driving forced ambulance on way to 999 call to swerve and plough into a ditch

  10-10-2024 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The traumatic incident happened at around 11.15pm on September 20 on the A339 near Alton, Hampshire.
  
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• Huge alien announcement 'could happen within weeks' as professor says 'we've found it'

  10-10-2024 15:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In what could potentially be the biggest story in the history of science – two rival teams of astronomers are said to be racing to confirm the discovery of an alien civilsation
  
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• Homeless man jailed for life for pushing stranger onto Tube tracks at random

  10-10-2024 15:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextA man has been jailed for life after pushing a complete stranger onto the Tube tracks.Brwa Shorsh went up to the victim at Oxford Circus tube station in February and shoved him into the path of a Victoria line train.The victim, aged 60, had simply walked past Shorsh while on his way home from work and did not interact with him in any way.Shorsh, 24, then leapt up and shoved his vi
  
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• The plot twists of a modern day 'whodunnit': Inside five-year Wagatha Christie legal saga that captivated a nation - from Coleen Rooney's bombshell post to Rebekah Vardy's latest High Court defeat

  10-10-2024 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Today marks more than five years since the start of the Wagatha Christie case - the surreal, undeniably petty, yet irresistible legal soap opera that has captivated Britain.
  
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• Family devastated as insurance refuses to pay £38K hospital bill when dad fell ill on holiday

  10-10-2024 15:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gwyn spent more than two weeks in hospital after falling ill - running up an enormous medical bill in the process
  
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• Aussie mum declares she's 'cancelling' dinner as no one actually wants a proper evening meal

  10-10-2024 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Founder of children's brand Angus the Label, Emma Kenney, expressed her 'hot take' in a recent video TikTok , with many mums in agreeance.
  
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