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• Jamie Oliver launches attack on Gordon Ramsay as chefs reignite bitter feud

  29-03-2015 22:01 via
  
  Jamie Oliver, 39, has claimed fellow celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, 48, is 'deeply jealous' of his success after the Scottish chef criticised Oliver for not attending the opening of his Hong Kong restaurant.
  
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• The story of child pilot Jessica Dubroff – and a dream that ended in disaster

  24-08-2026 07:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jessica’s passion for aviation began when she got an airplane ride for her sixth birthday (Picture: Lacy Atkins/AP)Jessica Dubroff’s parents always wanted her to fly free.Delivered in a birthing pool without a doctor or midwife present, she was the daughter of parents who preferred to live outside the mainstream.Born in Massachusetts in 1988, and moved to California when she was four, Jessica’s parents split up early, but remained close. She grew up in a house without a televi
  
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• Two police officers fired and arrested for 'egregious criminal conduct' during violent car stop in Arizona

  24-08-2026 07:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Ex cops Luis Vasquez Jr and Antonio Felix allegedly beat and stunned an unidentified couple with a taser during an August 5 traffic stop in south Phoenix.
  
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• Tradie Luke, 35, was pulled over by police. Eight days later he died in a coma, wearing his Bunnings jumper with a beer by his side. Now two cops have denied manslaughter charges over their role in his death

  24-08-2026 07:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Luke Briggs, 35, was arrested by the officers over alleged traffic-related offences in a car park in Hoppers Crossing, in Melbourne's west, on July 15, 2024.
  
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• My honest review of Egypt’s newest all-inclusive where waiters bring drinks on rollerblades

  24-08-2026 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s the second ultra-premium all-inclusive resort from the Rixos brand in Egypt (Picture: Rixos Premium Magawish Bay View)No one tells you quite how exhausting a scuba diving holiday is. I’d just stepped off an Egyptian ‘liveaboard’ in Hurghada — a week-long underwater safari that is arguably the best way to explore the Red Sea. Surrounded by some of the healthiest coral reefs in the world and some serious marine life, I’d spent my days diving with
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan should receive 'middle ground' security, ex-Labour minister says

  24-08-2026 06:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lord David Blunkett has weighed in on the row over how much taxpayer-funded security the Duke and Duchess of Sussex should be awarded - the Home Office is staying tight-lipped on the decision
  
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• Mum's heartbreak as son's organs 'taken without her consent' after tragic death

  24-08-2026 06:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrea Mauk was on holiday in Costa Rica when she received the devastating news that her son, Damon, had died in a car crash - but the worst was still yet to come
  
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• Aussies could be slugged with new tourist tax in Fiji as soon as next week: 'Zero consultation'

  24-08-2026 06:52 via dailymail.com
  
  A new tourism services tax introduced by the Fijian government could see Aussies slugged with extra holiday bills as soon as next week.
  
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• Family heartbroken as eight-year-old girl dies from rare parasite infection after swimming in Louisiana lake

  24-08-2026 06:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Lillian Smart, eight, from Louisiana, has died after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba she likely contracted while swimming in a local lake.
  
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• We gave up everything to ‘bikepack’ South America — here’s our honest verdict

  24-08-2026 06:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jonny Holmes and Eline Joling left normal life behind to cycle across South America (Picture: Eline Joling)It’s an early January morning in a remote Colombian village, miles from anywhere.Local families are pouring us traditional ‘tinto’ coffee, grating balls of sugar the size of tennis balls into our mugs. A woman named Soyla invites us into her home, offering a shower and fresh fruit.People might not have much here, we notice, but whatever they have, they’ll share.Thre
  
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• 8-year-old girl dies from rare parasite after swimming in Louisiana lake

  24-08-2026 06:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Lillian Smart, eight, from Louisiana, has died after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba she likely contracted while swimming in a local lake.
  
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• Millions of Aussies told to brace for heavy downpours and flash flooding as mammoth weather system moves across the country

  24-08-2026 06:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Flash flooding and storms are forecast across Australia this week, with northeastern Victoria and southern New South Wales expected to bear the brunt of a low-pressure system.
  
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• Australia is sleepwalking into decline - and the warning signs are now impossible to ignore: Peter van Onselen

  24-08-2026 06:02 via dailymail.com
  
  National decline doesn't always announce itself, sometimes it just creeps up on you. That's what's happening to Australia right now.
  
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• Aussie woman's $30,000 fight to return home after dream holiday in Bali to celebrate a wedding goes horribly wrong

  24-08-2026 05:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Amy Donohue has been left with a $30,000 medical bill, with the devastated bride launching a GoFundMe to help raise the money to bring her friend and guest back to Australia.
  
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• Dr. Oz addresses concerns about MMR vaccine after Trump calls shot 'lethal'

  24-08-2026 05:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Dr. Mehmet Oz contradicted Donald Trump's claim that the MMR vaccine could be 'lethal' - but only after being pressed several times for a direct answer.
  
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• Aussies left thousands out of pocket after luxury cruise company collapses

  24-08-2026 05:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Holidaymakers have been left thousands of dollars out of pocket.
  
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• Five arrested in dramatic raids on CFMEU headquarters over alleged construction corruption

  24-08-2026 05:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Police have arrested five people during a dramatic raid on the CFMEU's Melbourne headquarters.
  
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• Pauline Hanson refuses to back down against Mehreen Faruqi and plots new legal move to clear her name after losing battle over tweet

  24-08-2026 05:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Framing her move as a fight for free speech, Pauline Hanson argued the law places unacceptable limits on political debate.
  
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• KPMG axes hundreds of jobs in Australia as it is suspended from applying for government contracts

  24-08-2026 04:42 via dailymail.com
  
  A major consultancy firm that has been under fire for practices in its audit business will cut its local workforce after being suspended from applying for government contracts.
  
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• Democrat socialist Abdul El-Sayed under fire after taking shots at JD Vance's wife

  24-08-2026 04:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Democratic socialist Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed sparked outrage after dragging JD Vance's wife Usha into a bitter political clash with the vice president.
  
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• Missing woman, 24, is found by police chained to bed in ex-boyfriend's home

  24-08-2026 04:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emiliane Tamara Nunes Carvalho, 24, was found by police after reportedly being held hostage by her ex boyfriend for five days and chained by her neck
  
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• Why the Swans scandal is also a brutal lesson for Anthony Albanese who loves lecturing everyone else: Peter van Onselen

  24-08-2026 04:06 via dailymail.com
  
  You couldn't script the hypocrisy any more clearly. Does our PM have no shame?
  
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• Hopes deflated as mystery man found collapsed on street is not missing Canadian as identity riddle turns to new leads

  24-08-2026 03:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Hopes that a mystery man found collapsed in Amsterdam could be a Canadian who vanished without a trace have been crushed - after fingerprints reveal the men are not the same person
  
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• Hairdresser, 42, with suspected endometriosis was found to have ruptured tumour that required NINE organs be removed in the 'mother of all surgeries'

  24-08-2026 03:42 via dailymail.com
  
  A woman's suspected endometriosis turned out to be a cancer so rare it required nine of her organs to be removed during 'the mother of all surgeries'.
  
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• Democrat socialist candidate under fire after taking shots at JD Vance's wife

  24-08-2026 03:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Democratic socialist Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed sparked outrage after dragging JD Vance's wife Usha into a bitter political clash with the vice president.
  
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• 'It's like living next to an F1 track': Neighbours say revving supercars, drumming and late-night fireworks at one of UK's biggest Asian wedding venues is making their lives hell

  24-08-2026 03:39 via dailymail.com
  
  The 'grand' and 'luxurious' venue - called The Monal by Jalwa in West Yorkshire - opened last June and hosts extravagant weddings for up to 800 guests.
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for wife of cop found dead in their home as police reveal how officer was killed

  24-08-2026 03:39 via dailymail.com
  
  An arrest warrant was issued for fugitive Karen Solomon, charging her with assault and battery, after she allegedly murdered her cop husband.
  
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• ROBERT HARDMAN: Move over Binface... this obscure election could be the one to supercharge a Tory revival - and stop the loony-Left Greens taking over crime-hit south London

  24-08-2026 03:35 via dailymail.com
  
  True, it is not quite up there with the recent high-profile by-elections in Clacton (Farage v Binface) or Gorton (Greens v Reform), let alone Andy Burnham's victory-cum-coronation in Makerfield.
  
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• Brazilian woman, 38, who claimed to be a girl of 12 is jailed for 'emotionally kidnapping' the kindly couple who took her in

  24-08-2026 03:25 via dailymail.com
  
  A 38-year-old Brazilian woman who claimed to be a 12-year-old girl has been jailed for 'emotionally kidnapping' a couple who took her in.
  
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• Donald Trump facing staff exodus as they see 'writing on the wall' for four key reasons

  24-08-2026 03:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The midterms are looming and some in the White House are jumping ship, leaving the President with a growing number of departures - so what does this mean for Trump?
  
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