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• Michael Gove on food banks: Poor have 'only got themselves to blame'

  20-11-2019 00:24 via News | Mail Online
  
  The Education Secretary argued that people who find themselves unable to buy essentials, including food and school uniforms are unable 'to manage their finances'.
  
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• Pokémon Sword and Shield needs less pokémon, not more – Reader’s Feature

  14-12-2019 02:00 via Metro
  
  Pokémon Sword – too many pokémon? (pic: The Pokémon Company)
  A reader offers his solution to improving Pokémon and explains why he thinks the complaints over Dexit in Sword and Shield were misplaced.
  As a Pokémon fan of many years standing it’s been a real roller-coaster ride the last few months. After the controversy with Dexit and lukewarm reviews from my most trusted sources, including GC, I was nervous of even playing the new game (there was no
  
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• The heroic past of New Zealand volcano guide who saved a child from drowning in a boat fire

  14-12-2019 01:44 via News | Mail Online
  
  The White Island volcano tour guide identified as the first victim of the eruption was a hero who once saved two boys and their father from drowning.
  
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• NHS braces for its worst-ever winter as figures show abysmal A&E delays 

  14-12-2019 01:44 via News | Mail Online
  
  The NHS is bracing for the 'worst winter on record' as figures show just 81.4 per cent of patients were seen in four hours in casualty units, last month. Nearly 360,000 waited longer in October.
  
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• Apprentice star Lottie Lion, 20, claims infamous Ghandi text was 'taken out of context'

  14-12-2019 01:44 via News | Mail Online
  
  Lottie Lion, 20, from Devon, was the second youngest contestant in the series' 14-year history and she certainly lived up to the billing. Lottie immediately proved a Marmite character.
  
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• Jack Beasley, 17, killed in Surfers Paradise stabbing is identified; as tributes flow

  14-12-2019 01:41 via News | Mail Online
  
  A teenager who tragically died after he and another boy were stabbed on the Gold Coast has been identified.
  
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• PLATELL'S PEOPLE: You're brave, Greta, but not as brave as this lot

  14-12-2019 01:40 via News | Mail Online
  
  AMANDA PLATELL: Standing defiant and alone on a rocky outcrop on the cover of Time Magazine, she looks out over a world in peril that she is seeking to save.
  
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• JANE FRYER has an audience with Vicar Chris Lee - the 'hot priest' who really is God's gift to women

  14-12-2019 01:38 via News | Mail Online
  
  The Rev Chris is the hottest thing in the Church of England right now. Not just in terms of his fame - he has more than 117,000 Instagram followers and is a massive hit on YouTube channels.
  
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• The REAL winners and losers! From the Loch Ness monster to Lily Allen, who got a ballot box bounce?

  14-12-2019 01:36 via News | Mail Online
  
  The adorable rescue puppy adopted by the PM and who starred on the campaign trail with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds is now top dog in No 10.
  
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• Privacy expert reveals why she only keeps Alexa downstairs 

  14-12-2019 01:30 via News | Mail Online
  
  Dr Hannah Fry, the first female mathematician to deliver Christmas lectures from the Royal Institution, has revealed she keeps Amazon's voice-activated assistant in downstairs rooms only.
  
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• New BBC series Baby Chimp Rescue follows life of abandoned animals – and we are crying already

  14-12-2019 01:17 via Metro
  
  Can’t. Cope. (Picture: BBC/Lindsey Parietti)
  A new BBC series following the life of abandoned baby chimps will be hitting our screens very soon – and we are crying already.
  Baby Chimp Rescue will follow life in a home for orphaned baby chimpanzees run by wildlife vet Jimmy Desmond and his wife Jenny.
  The Desmonds started with just two rescued baby chimps, saved from the illegal pet trade, but now their home is bursting at the seams with 21 orphans to look after.
  The chimp babies run
  
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• Who will replace Jeremy Corbyn after Labour’s worst defeat in 80 years?

  14-12-2019 01:11 via Metro
  
  The Labour leadership battle has kicked off with many high profile MPs said to throwing their hat in the ring
  A battle for the Labour leadership has begun after a devastating election result saw a mass wipe out of MPs across the country.
  Jeremy Corbyn announced he will resign early next year after suffering the worst defeat at the polls since 1935.
  The Labour leader defended his manifesto as having ‘huge public support’ but said the election was ‘ultimately taken over by Brexit
  
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• Let's NOT fly Jetstar: Grim sign as almost EVERY morning flight is cancelled in worker dispute 

  14-12-2019 01:11 via News | Mail Online
  
  Empty lanes at Jetstar check-in counters told a grim tale on Saturday, as 90 of the budget airline's weekend flights were cancelled because of an industrial dispute.
  
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• Eddie Obeid walks free from prison three years after disgraced NSW Labor MP jailed

  14-12-2019 01:11 via News | Mail Online
  
  Disgraced former NSW minister Eddie Obeid has walked from prison and into the arms of family three years after he was jailed for misconduct in public office.
  
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• Richard Burgon refuses to rule out a bid for Labour leadership bid but is ruthlessly mocked

  14-12-2019 01:05 via News | Mail Online
  
  The shadow justice secretary, who is one of Jeremy Corbyn's most trusted lieutenants, fuelled speculation he was poised to enter the race.
  
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• Caroline Flack’s friend Dawn O’Porter throws support behind Love Island star following her arrest

  14-12-2019 01:04 via Metro
  
  Caroline Flack’s friend Dawn O’Porter supports star after assault charge (Picture: Getty)
  Caroline Flack’s friend Dawn O’Porter has thrown her support behind the Love Island star following her arrest.
  On Thursday morning, the 40-year-old presenter was arrested and charged for actual bodily harm, following an alleged row with boyfriend Lewis Burton.
  But it seems her buddy, who she met in 2010 when filming I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, has her back.
  Takin
  
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• Brussels tells Boris Johnson to obey their rules if Britain wants a quick deal

  14-12-2019 01:02 via News | Mail Online
  
  With negotiations over the future relationship set to begin, EU leaders said Britain would be granted a swift trade deal only if the Prime Minister agreed to a 'level playing field' with the EU.
  
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• Citizens took their own lives rather than face the shame of retribution after Hitler was defeated

  14-12-2019 01:01 via News | Mail Online
  
  All three figures crunched on cyanide capsules that day in April 1945 and killed themselves rather than be taken alive by U.S. forces surrounding the city of Leipzig.
  
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• Feds probe TWELFTH Tesla crash tied to Autopilot

  14-12-2019 00:49 via News | Mail Online
  
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration special crash investigation program will investigate the Dec. 7 crash of a 2018 Tesla Model 3 on Interstate 95.
  
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• Hundreds take to streets across country in Boris Johnson protests

  14-12-2019 00:48 via Mirror - News
  
  In Glasgow, crowds gathered from 6pm to take part in the ‘Not My Prime Minister’ demonstration and in London, Whitehall has been closed as protests broke out close to the Cenotaph
  
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• Twisted dad murdered his 13-day-old baby and tried to blame his toddler son

  14-12-2019 00:47 via Mirror - News
  
  Michael Anthony Herkal from Minneapolis, US, spent 80 minutes searching Google for "someone threw baby on the floor" and "baby breathing hard" before he called an ambulance
  
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• Katie Price calls to meet Harvey’s trolls in heartbreaking plea to end online abuse

  14-12-2019 00:44 via Metro
  
  Katie Price calls to meet Harvey’s trolls (Picture: Katie Price/YouTube)
  Katie Price has called to meet Harvey’s trolls, after witnessing a surge of online abuse aimed at her eldest son.
  The 41-year-old took to her YouTube account, which she launched just two months ago, to address the 17-year-old’s haters.
  And in a heartbreaking plea, the proud mum asked whether or not they’d be willing to meet up to discuss exactly ‘what makes them tick’.
  The former glamour
  
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• Meet the new Winnie the Pooh!

  14-12-2019 00:37 via News | Mail Online
  
  The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse is the publishing sensation of the year. Charlie Mackesy's illustrated book has sold more than half a million copies and attracted a legion of celebrity fans.
  
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• Michael van Gerwen hits 170 checkout during victory over Jelle Klaasen

  14-12-2019 00:36 via Metro
  
  Michael van Gerwen beat Jelle Klaasen to book his place in the third round of the World Darts Championship (Picture: Getty)
  Michael van Gerwen sent an ominous warning to his rivals after surviving a scare to overcome Jelle Klaasen and seal his place in the third round of the World Darts Championship.
  The world No.1 is bidding to defend the title for the first time but looked to be in a spot of bother when he dropped the first set to his Dutch compatriot.
  Van Gerwen rallied in spectacular fashion
  
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• Harry Styles fans convinced Camille Rowe is behind voicemail on new album track Cherry

  14-12-2019 00:35 via Metro
  
  The voicemail features on a track on Harry’s new studio album (Picture: Getty Images)
  A track from Harry Styles’ new studio album features a voicemail from a certain ex-girlfriend – and some fans think it could be model Camille Rowe.
  The 25-year-old dropped his highly-anticipated second studio album, Fine Line, this week – and one particular track on the album, Cherry, includes a voicemail message that is said aloud in French by a mysterious woman, which left fans ponderi
  
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• Boris Johnson hits the ground running with a tour of the North

  14-12-2019 00:23 via News | Mail Online
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson will embark on a frantic 100-day tour of the North today with a visit to the so-called Red Wall of formerly safe Labour seats now in Tory hands.
  
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• TV stars Anjli Mohindra and Laura Fraser to join series 12 of Doctor Who

  14-12-2019 00:20 via Metro
  
  We are so ready for this! (Picture: Rex)
  Anjli Mohindra and Laura Fraser are set to guest star in the upcoming series of Doctor Who – and we are so ready for it.
  With less than one month to go until the TARDIS lands back on BBC One, the television stars will be joining the likes of Lenny Henry and Stephen Fry.
  Previously starring as Rani Chandra in the CBBC Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, Anjli is no stranger to the Whoniverse but as she takes on a new character, it’s
  
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• EVERY Democrat is threatening to boycott the LA debate over labor dispute

  14-12-2019 00:10 via News | Mail Online
  
  All seven Democratic presidential candidates who have qualified for next week's primary debate in Los Angeles are now threatening to boycott it over a labor dispute.
  
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• Arsenal and Manchester United eye Dejan Kulusevski transfer

  14-12-2019 00:08 via Metro
  
  Arsenal and Man Utd are keeping tabs on Parma’s Dejan Kulusevski (Picture: Getty)
  Manchester United and Arsenal are both eyeing Sweden international Dejan Kulusevski.
  The 19-year-old was available for just £8.5million during the summer, according to The Sun, but his value has rocketed to five times that amount following his exploits with Parma this season, who joined on loan from Atalanta.
  Despite their Champions League exploits and the cash injection they will receive from having qu
  
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• Paedophile couple, 33 and 27, who preyed on children as young as one are jailed for 21 years

  14-12-2019 00:06 via News | Mail Online
  
  Mark Gamble, 33, from Essex, was jailed for life after admitting 11 chargesincluding assaulting a baby, Jessica Fry, 27, was jailed for ten years after admitting seven charges.
  
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