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• M25 closed in rush hour after lorry crashes and overturns

  14-05-2025 08:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Oil, diesel and waste has been spilled onto the major motorway (Picture: Highways England)Part of the M25 has been closed after a waste lorry crashed into another HGV and overturned in the middle of the road.
  Oil, diesel and waste have been spilled onto the major motorway, forcing the anticlockwise carriageway to close between junction five and six.
  It shut around 3.45am and is expected to remain closed for people commuting during rush hour.
  National Highways said clearing the spillage will be
  
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• Germany sees migrant numbers halve to its lowest level in more than a decade after Chancellor Merz imposed tough new border controls

  06-01-2026 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The record figures occurred under the watch of the country's conservative chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who pledged to tighten border controls when he came to power last May.
  
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• The moment a sparkler almost set Swiss bar on fire six years before inferno killed 40 people at the same venue

  06-01-2026 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Watch out for the foam, watch out for the foam,' the waiter can he heard shouting, as a sparkler in a bottle approaches the ceiling dangerously.
  
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• Married father-of-three shot dead during argument over PARKING SPACE outside Target store

  06-01-2026 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthew Traywick, 33, was killed on Sunday afternoon in a Target parking lot in Savannah, Georgia. His alleged killer, Tyler Linn, 30, has been arrested for murder.
  
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• Gang of 'Asian men' who surrounded and sexually assaulted woman struck at a Christmas event for children

  06-01-2026 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 25-year-old woman was leaving Bazaar Restaurant in Captain Cook Square, Middlesbrough, when five to seven men made comments to her on December 13.
  
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• The 10 hardest working royals in 2025 as Princess Anne loses top spot

  06-01-2026 16:25 via metro.co.uk
  Being born into the royal family certainly comes with its perks – with the money, luxurious residences and glamorous lifestyle at the top of the list. But it’s also hard work, and many working royals spend the year attending hundreds of official engagements and events. But some partake in more events than others, and royal expert Patricia Treble has tallied up the total royal engagements in 2025 to find out who was officially the ‘hardest-working’ royal last year. Data f
  
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• You need to ‘waddle like a penguin’ to stay safe on icy pavements this week

  06-01-2026 16:21 via metro.co.uk
  Feathers and flippers are optional (Picture: Getty Images) Getty Images/500px)With an arctic blast blanketing the UK with snow and ice, staying home under a blanket seems like the obvious thing to do.
  But for anyone who needs to brave the cold conditions, the NHS has some rather quirky advice for avoiding skidding on your backside on the ice.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said: ‘A simple but effective way to avoid slips and falls during icy conditions, waddle like a penguin.&rsquo
  
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• Sudden death of Republican lawmaker shaves GOP House margin to three votes

  06-01-2026 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa has suddenly passed away at the age of 65, per statements issued by his Capitol Hill colleagues on Tuesday.
  
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• Jimmy Mizen's killer is moved to open prison after being sent back to jail for boasting about the murder in drill rap music video

  06-01-2026 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jake Fahri, then 19, was given a life sentence in 2009 with a minimum term of 14 years for killing the 16-year-old by throwing an oven dish at him.
  
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• Inside London Zoo as 8,000 animals counted - from penguins and chicks to tiny ants

  06-01-2026 16:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All of the best images from the ZSL London Zoo annual stocktake as zookeepers tally up every mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate at the zoo despite freezing temperatures
  
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• Disgusting study reveals which airline has filthiest drinking water... with e.coli found in some samples

  06-01-2026 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The results of a three-year study found dozens of drinking water violations aboard some of the major airlines, including the most flown company with the lowest score.
  
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• Woman buys high heels for £25 from Tk Maxx but realises they're worth much more

  06-01-2026 16:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A shrewd shopper made a hefty profit after spotting fluorescent pink designer heels at a TK Maxx yellow sticker sale and reselling them on second hand app Vinted
  
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• Mysterious trader makes fortune after betting Maduro was about to be ousted hours before Trump captured Venezuelan leader

  06-01-2026 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unnamed user, whose default screen name was a blockchain address made up of a string of numbers and letters, created their account just last month.
  
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• Dementia sufferer, 24, dies over Christmas as his family leaves his brain to science in the hope of finding a cure

  06-01-2026 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andre Yarham died just two years after the diagnosis, when a consultant said he already had 'the brain of a 70-year-old'. His mother, Sam Fairbairn, 49, said: 'It's the cruellest disease.'
  
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• Famous transgender 'chef of the year' turned up at girlfriend's Portland apartment while drunk then groped and throttled her, police say

  06-01-2026 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Transgender chef Luna Contreras, 45, was arrested and charged with domestic violence after she allegedly attacked her girlfriend.
  
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• French hypnotherapist is accused of drugging and raping 14 women and filming horrifying attacks in chilling echo of Monster of Avignon case

  06-01-2026 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cyril Zattara, 47, appeared in court behind closed doors,charged with raping 14 women over 10 years, as well as allegedly filming around 20 women without their knowledge.
  
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• Expert invents vaccine delivered through beer – but others issue warning

  06-01-2026 16:09 via metro.co.uk
  One man has created a new way to administer a vaccine – and it’s through beer. Virologist Dr Chris Buck works for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Maryland, where he’s discovered four of the 13 polyomaviruses we know to affect humans. But he also runs Gusteau Research Corporation, a one-man shell company he established so he can create an ingestible polyomavirus vaccine. (Picture: Getty) Dr Buck engineered a special strain of yeast infused with polyomavirus-like par
  
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• Donald Trump's unhinged latest as he STILL hasn't spoken to Keir Starmer since Venezuela invasion

  06-01-2026 16:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's five years since Donald Trump's supporters mounted an attempted coup - and people are still, for some reason, surprised that he doesn't care about playing by the rules. Here's a roundup of the unhinged last 24 hours in Trump world
  
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• Female teacher, 33, accused of 'persistent sexual conduct' with male underage student

  06-01-2026 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 33-year-old teacher from Western Australia has been charged with multiple offences.
  
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• Former Manchester United, Leeds and Scotland footballer Gordon McQueen told family 'heading a football for all those years hasn't helped' prior to dementia battle, inquest hears

  06-01-2026 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The towering former Scotland international defender was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2021 and died two years later, aged 70.
  
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• Young footballer plunges 66ft to death in black ski run tragedy

  06-01-2026 15:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footballer Nikolas Begalke, 22, from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, tragically died after he fell around 66ft while skiing on a black run at a resort in Austria
  
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• Lucas Paqueta injury latest ahead of crunch West Ham v Nottingham Forest clash

  06-01-2026 15:49 via metro.co.uk
  Lucas Paqueta looks likely to return on Tuesday night (Picture: Getty Images)West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo has remained coy on the fitness of Lucas Paqueta but the Brazilian has been training ahead of the big clash with Nottingham Forest.It is a massive match in east London on Tuesday night between two struggling sides.The Hammers are 18th in the Premier League table, four points and one place behind Forest.West Ham are coming off a nightmare performance at bottom club Wolves, where they we
  
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• Captured Nicolas Maduro becomes 'fashion icon' as Nike tracksuit sells out

  06-01-2026 15:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After the image of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro emerging online after being captured, he has quickly become a style icon - with his Nike tracksuit selling out overnight
  
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• Scientists now know what happens when your mind goes blank

  06-01-2026 15:41 via metro.co.uk
  You know when someone asks you a question and you just blank? Scientists now know what happens. They call it ‘mind blanking’ and it feels like a brief internal blackout – no thoughts, no distractions, no emotions. But research says that it could be consciousness briefly stepping away, and suggests that it’s a distinct mental state, separate from daydreaming or distraction. In these moments, awareness can actually pause, even while the body stays awake. (Picture: Getty) I
  
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• Primark fan says '£16 well spent' after buying jacket instead of '£50 versions'

  06-01-2026 15:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The high street chain has impressed customers with the new jacket, and shoppers say they want every colour
  
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• Britain's youngest dementia sufferer, 24, dies with brain of 70-year-old

  06-01-2026 15:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andre Yarham, from Dereham in Norfolk, died in a hospice at the age of 24 following an infection - two years after his dementia diagnosis
  
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• Two Cabinet ministers ‘stripped to a bikini’ by Grok AI

  06-01-2026 15:39 via metro.co.uk
  The ‘deeply disturbing’ images showed the Cabinet ministers in bikinis (Picture: NurPhoto)Two Cabinet members have become the latest victims to be ‘undressed’ by Grok AI on Elon Musk’s X, Metro can reveal.This newspaper has seen pictures of the senior politicians being shown in revealing bikinis at the request of members of the public.A government source called the images ‘deeply disturbing’ and welcomed media regulator Ofcom’s announcem
  
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• Sudden death of Republican lawmaker shaves GOP House margin to two votes

  06-01-2026 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa has suddenly passed away at the age of 65, per statements issued by his Capitol Hill colleagues on Tuesday.
  
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• NYC's new socialist mayor appoints woke housing tsar who proudly declared her ambition to make life hell for white people

  06-01-2026 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cea Weaver, a progressive 'housing justice' activist, was named Zohran Mamdani's new director of the city Office to Protect Tenants on his first day in office.
  
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• Grim discovery in search for snorkeller who vanished at popular Aussie beach

  06-01-2026 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police said they were called to Fence Reef Beach by a local shortly after 7am on Tuesday.
  
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