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• 'Millionaire' OnlyFans stars boast about spending $6,500 to rent out lavish yacht in Hamilton Island

  23-02-2021 15:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a series of Instagram and TikTok posts to her hundreds of thousands of followers, Anna Paul revealed how she returned to the Queensland island within days seeking better weather.
  
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• Kate Middleton’s mum refuses publicity drive while Prince Philip is in hospital

  04-03-2021 16:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Carole Middleton wants to avoid being ‘insensitive’ (Picture: Getty)Carole Middleton has turned down a publicity drive for a magazine interview as she didn’t want to seem ‘insensitive’ while Prince Philip was in hospital.
  The 66-year-old, who runs a party supply company called Party Pieces, took part in an interview with Good Housekeeping in January and will feature on the front-page of the April edition. But she has asked the publishers not to promote it, worr
  
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• Mom who called for schools to reopen says she was 'racially profiled' by LA teachers union

  04-03-2021 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maryam Qudrat, left, who is of Afghan descent, says she received an email from the United Teachers Los Angeles union asking her ethnicity. She has been behind calls to reopen schools, right.
  
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• Disabled man hits back at people who think his girlfriend is his carer

  04-03-2021 16:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Carl says people are shocked that they are together because he uses a wheelchair (Picture: @CarlThompsonIsCool /Caters)A disabled man has hit back at strangers who assume his girlfriend is his carer.Carl Thompson, 31 – who lives with cerebral palsy and uses a power wheelchair – and his girlfriend Kirsty Crosby, 24 from Melbourne, Australia, say they’re are often met with confusion when people realise they are in fact in a relationship.Kirsty, a Speech Language Pathologist, show
  
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• Why is Evan Peters Quicksilver in WandaVision and not Aaron Taylor-Johnson?

  04-03-2021 16:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  What happened with the Pietro switch? (Picture: Marvel)The Marvel universe threw us a massive curveball in WandaVision with Evan Peters making a surprise appearance as Wanda’s brother, Pietro Maximoff.
  It’s surprising as Evan wasn’t this universe’s Pietro Maximoff… he was the X-Men universe’s version of the superhero known as Quicksilver. So why is he suddenly dropping by in Wanda’s fictional sitcom universe?
  The introduction raises a serious number of
  
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• Boy, 15, dies after being 'shot by classmate' in hallway of Arkansas school

  04-03-2021 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daylon Burnett, 15, died at Arkansas Children's Hospital on Wednesday, two days after he was shot at his school. His alleged killer, Thomas Quarles, 15, was charged as an adult with first-degree battery.
  
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• Daisy May Cooper suspends own Instagram after refusing to back down over bent penis joke

  04-03-2021 16:07 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Daisy May Cooper really was insistent on not backing down after she was refused a bent penis storyline in her upcoming memoir that she’s taken matters into her own hands and suspended her own Instagram in protest.Only thing is, now she’s not allowed back in.Oh, how there is so much to unpack here today, dear reader.Yesterday Daisy had us all in giggles as she shared a clip sh
  
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• Pyra and Mythra are out today for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

  04-03-2021 16:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Pyra and Mythra and Rexare out today (pic: Nintendo)The biggest surprise from today’s Nintendo Direct for Smash Bros. is that the new fighter DLC for Pyra and Mythra is out straight away.It seems fair to say that Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 are not the most anticipated of DLC additions to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate but at least it won’t be a long wait for them to be released, as they’re out today.The news was announced during a dedicated Nintendo Direct event fo
  
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• Pub and restaurant check-in data ‘barely used’ by Test and Trace

  04-03-2021 16:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Code badge for checking in to sign in to a location for tracking infected groups (Credits: Getty Images/iStockphoto)Data collected from pub, restaurant and hairdresser QR code check-ins was ‘barely used’ by Test and Trace, according to a confidential report.The report warned that the data, obtained before lockdown happened, may have led to ‘thousands of people’ not being warned they were at risk of coronavirus infection, according to Sky News.Instead of using the data to
  
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• Homeless people ‘filmed as they sleep and harassed by security guards’

  04-03-2021 16:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  The ‘bullying’ has been going on for more than a year, sources claim (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images)Homeless people in London are allegedly being ‘filmed as they sleep and harassed’ by security guards.People sleeping rough on Southampton Street, off the Strand in Westminster, claim the ‘bullying behaviour’ has been happening on weekday mornings for 16 months.The guards have told people they are ‘conducting welfare checks’ for the police and
  
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• Superfit dad dies of brain tumour after doctors told him it was a trapped nerve

  04-03-2021 15:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ade Newman, 49, leaves behind a wife and two children (Picture: SWNS)A ‘superfit’ dad-of-two died after doctors misdiagnosed his terminal brain tumour as a trapped nerve. Ade Newman, 49, cycled 200 miles a week before he went to the doctors about feeling ‘funny’ and struggling to write properly last April.
  The engineer was referred to specialists who dismissed his concerns and said he was probably suffering from a trapped nerve.His health deteriorated and he was sent
  
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• Millions of Brits get awkward, embarrassed or blush when playing with their kids

  04-03-2021 15:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A poll of 1,000 mums and dads commissioned by Plum Play found the top 30 activities parents enjoy with their kids  as 28 per cent sometimes feel 'awkward', while a fifth actually blush when playing
  
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• China makes Covid anal swabs compulsory for all international arrivals

  04-03-2021 15:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  China believes samples taken from the anus are a more accurate way of testing whether someone is infected (Picture: Getty)Anal Covid swabs have been made compulsory for everyone flying into China from abroad, despite protests from governments around the world.
  The ‘humiliating’ procedure involves a sterile cotton swab, which looks like a very long ear bud, being inserted 3cm to 5cm into the anus before being gently rotated out.Beijing claim it is a more accurate way of testing whethe
  
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• Brittany Higgins threatens to SUE Linda Reynolds over her 'lying cow' slur

  04-03-2021 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brittany Higgins asked her lawyer to prepare a defamation case against the Defence Minister Linda Reynolds unless she apologises for the 'distasteful character assassination'.
  
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• Anal Covid swabs are now compulsory for travellers to China

  04-03-2021 15:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  China believes samples taken from the anus are a more accurate way of testing whether someone is infected (Picture: Getty)Anal Covid swabs have been made compulsory for everyone flying into China from abroad, despite protests from governments around the world.
  The ‘humiliating’ procedure involves a sterile cotton swab, which looks like a very long ear bud, being inserted 3cm to 5cm into the anus before being gently rotated out.Beijing claim it is a more accurate way of testing whethe
  
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• Kitchen fitters find sweet secret 20-year-old note hidden under client’s floor

  04-03-2021 15:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  ‘Have a drink on us’ (Picture: Craig Harrigan)Kitchen fitters found a secret hidden message from 20 years ago under a floor they were working on.The sweet note came with a mini bottle of Glenkinchie whisky that had been sealed up along with it.Dad Craig Harrigann shared a video on TikTok explaining the find in a video captioned ‘Carrying out essential work! Great find. Not sure I would drink it tbh.’Craig, from Scotland, tells the camera: ‘So we’re stripping o
  
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• What are freeports and where will they be?

  04-03-2021 15:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eight new locations have been chosen (Picture: Getty)Rishi Sunak announced a raft of new measures in the 2021 Budget after lamenting the ‘acute’ damage the coronavirus pandemic has caused to the economy.
  While not every policy is being received warmly, the Chancellor set out plans for a National Minimum Wage rise and a furlough extension.
  One of the new measures includes the introduction of eight new freeports around the UK.
  But what exactly are freeports, and where will they be
  
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• Senate gears up for a marathon voting session as Capitol remains on high alert

  04-03-2021 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Senate is gearing up for a marathon voting session on Thursday as the Capitol remains on high alert for potential unrest from Trump supporters and VP Harris may need to break ties.
  
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• ‘Neither of us are going to back down’ – England all-rounder Ben Stokes plays down Virat Kohli row in fourth India Test

  04-03-2021 15:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ben Stokes and Virat Kohli clashed on day one of the fourth Test (Picture: Getty)England all-rounder Ben Stokes has played down his spat with India captain Virat Kohli and says ‘nothing untoward’ occurred between the Test rivals.Stokes and Kohli went toe-to-toe on the first morning of the fourth and final Test in Ahmedabad as India took early wickets to leave England 30-3.While the context of the row is not known, the rivals were seeing in heated conversation before one of the umpire
  
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• ISIS recruiting British children online in 'worrying numbers' during pandemic

  04-03-2021 15:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warned that the group was still the UK's biggest threat and is 'still able to carry out lethal attacks'
  
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• Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith would ‘ban cake in schools’ to promote healthy eating for children

  04-03-2021 15:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Prue worries about children snacking at school (Picture: Kirsty O\’Connor/PA Wire)Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith has admitted she would ‘ban cake in schools’ to encourage children to follow healthier diets.On Thursday March 4, the government announced that it is launching a new £100 million scheme to help children, adults and families ‘achieve and maintain a healthier weight’ in an effort to tackle obesity.While speaking to Matt Chorley on Times Radio
  
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• Seven-year-old boy's 'anti-Semitic' homework told him Jews were responsible for the death of Christ

  04-03-2021 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Educational website Topmarks has been slammed online for a 'sickening' claim in a London boy's homework that Jewish people were responsible for the death of Jesus Christ.
  
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• Pictures of clothes worn by abused children released to help find paedophiles

  04-03-2021 15:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police in Australia have released carefully-edited pictures of clothing and items of bedding in a bid to identify paedophiles behind sickening abuse pictures and video
  
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• Racist called A&E security guard ‘n****r’ while drunk and high on crack

  04-03-2021 15:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  John Hankin (pictured left) hurled racist abuse and raised his fists to A&E staff (Pictures: Getty Images/Liverpool Echo)A racist called an A&E security guard the n-word during a rant while drunk and high on heroin and crack cocaine.Staff at a busy emergency ward at Royal Liverpool Hospital called security guard Bilal Sayaghi after John Hankin, 55, had been ‘aggressive and abusive to members of staff and throwing himself on the floor’. An A&E nurse thought Hankin was
  
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• Elizabeth Olsen and Jimmy Fallon’s WandaVision parody is the time-hopping sketch of dreams

  04-03-2021 15:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  WandaVision fans have been asking for a tenth episode and it has basically come in the form of a Tonight Show parody sketch starring Jimmy Fallon and Elizabeth Olsen.Like the rest of the world, presenter Jimmy can’t get enough of the hit Disney Plus series and he managed to get the show’s lead to join him in an amazing time-traveling bit looking back at late-night talk show history.Titled FallonVision, the sketch began with the duo mimicking an interview during the 1950s-era with the
  
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• Four VERY expensive artworks are missing from Melissa Caddick's home

  04-03-2021 15:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Investigators who trawled through fake financial adviser Melissa Caddick'shome and contents insurance policy, which listed 19 artworks, noticed four key pieces were missing.
  
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• 'Greedy' couple shamed for 'tacky' wedding invites that demand guests gift money

  04-03-2021 15:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Facebook user shared a "wishing well" card to a wedding shaming group that saw the couple demand that the guests gift them money towards the big day - and users were horrified
  
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• Treatments Prince Philip may have had for underlying heart condition

  04-03-2021 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prince Philip yesterday underwent a 'successful procedure' for a pre-existing heart condition at St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London, Buckingham Palace confirmed today.
  
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• Meghan Markle accuses Royal Family of 'perpetuating falsehoods' in Oprah interview clip

  04-03-2021 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CBS on Wednesday night released a second clip previewing Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey, which will air on Sunday night in the U.S.
  
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• Why Jose Mourinho signed Cesc Fabregas instead of Samir Nasri to replace Frank Lampard at Chelsea

  04-03-2021 15:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho signed Cesc Fabregas for Chelsea from Barcelona (Picture: Getty)With Chelsea struggling for goals under their new manager Thomas Tuchel, the German will almost certainly look to remedy that issue in the summer transfer market, regardless of Champions League qualification.With doubts surrounding the long-term futures of Tammy Abraham and Olivier Giroud, the Blues have inevitably been linked with a move for Erling Haaland, but would face competition from the overwhelming majority of
  
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