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• Murderer's curious last words before he's executed 36 years after killing mum

  10-12-2025 02:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After Mark Allen Geralds burst into Tressa Pettibone's home and stabbed her in a twisted rage, her eight-year-old son found her body lifeless on the kitchen floor
  
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• More than 600 artefacts stolen from building housing Bristol Museum's British Empire collection

  11-12-2025 12:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The force is appealing for information after the precious items were swiped on September 25.
  
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• 'Somebody knows something': Two unanswered questions that could unlock what happened to missing Blackpool teenager Charlene Downes

  11-12-2025 12:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Campaigner and broadcaster Nicola Thorp, who is the same age as Charlene and grew up nearby in Blackpool, has devoted years to investigating her disappearance.
  
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• Given away in a manger! Wanted fugitive is spotted hiding among Christmas nativity scene

  11-12-2025 12:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Flavio Filoni was walking past the annual festive display in Bologna, Italy, which features life size statutes of Mary, Joseph and other biblical characters in a stable.
  
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• Some GCSE and A-level exams could be taken on laptops by 2030 after pupils complained of writing fatigue because their hand muscles 'aren't strong enough'

  11-12-2025 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ofqual is launching a three-month public consultation about the introduction of on-screen assessments as teachers say pupils who habitually use keyboards have 'lost handwriting stamina'.
  
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• Moment skydiver fights for life when reserve chute becomes tangled round plane

  11-12-2025 12:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The parachutist was suddenly yanked back and hit his legs on the plane stabiliser as their reserved chute snagged on the wing flap of the door and in avertedly deployed it
  
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• Reason you're feeling drained and ill is because your body isn't built for modern life

  11-12-2025 12:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New research suggests our lifestyles have evolved faster than human biology can adapt, which could be behind chronic stress and other health issues
  
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• What is the so-called ‘super flu’ hitting the UK? All you need to know

  11-12-2025 12:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hospital cases have soared and NHS leaders have told people to wear masks with symptoms
  
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• NHS flu hospital warning and what to do if you need medical attention

  11-12-2025 12:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hospitalisations for flu cases have increased by more than half in just one week in the UK
  
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• Condoms, sex toys, and uncooked chicken – my Secret Santa horrors

  11-12-2025 12:25 via metro.co.uk
  It was the dreaded office Secret Santa (Picture: Getty Images)As soon as I glimpsed the present with my name on it, I knew I’d have to work on my facial expression. It was the dreaded office Secret Santa. So I had to make sure I looked somewhere between amused and touched; certainly not irritated or, God forbid, insulted.I’d put some effort into finding out about my own recipient’s interests (I bought him the new book by his favourite author) and enjoyed seeing how c
  
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• Whether you should take paracetamol or ibuprofen as flu cases soar

  11-12-2025 12:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NHS bosses have said it's a 'worst case scenario' for December
  
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• Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband can no longer be called ‘chocolate’ after recipe change

  11-12-2025 12:20 via metro.co.uk
  To be chocolate a bar must have 20% cocoa solids (Picture: Getty Images)If your favourite chocolate bar is Toffee Crisp or Blue Riband, you may have to pick a new one – as according to the rules, they’re not actually chocolate.Nestlé’s latest ingredient change took both treats’ cocoa solid content below the UK standard for a product to officially be labelled as chocolate.The confectionery giant reformulated the iconic bars as a cost-saving measure, reducing cocoa
  
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• 'Leaked document shows US wants to pull four countries out of the EU as part of Make Europe Great Again strategy'

  11-12-2025 12:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The secret file, reported by Defense One, supposedly claims Washington intends to withdraw Austria, Italy , Hungary and Poland from the EU altogether.
  
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• Coronation Street icon Jane Danson marks 20th anniversary with TV star husband

  11-12-2025 12:20 via metro.co.uk
  Jane Danson has celebrated her 20th wedding anniversary to Robert Beck (Picture: Tony Larkin/Shutterstock)Coronation Street’s Jane Danson shared a heartfelt message to TV star husband Robert Beck on their 20th wedding anniversary.The couple, who are both soap stars, first met in 1999 at the British Soap Awards, and share two children.Jane has previously said of her husband: ‘Rob’s absolutely my best friend in the world. We’ve only had about two rows in 20 years. I’
  
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• Princess Diana's words to her psychic revealed 30 years later: Tragic royal's letter to medium who 'predicted she would end up with Dodi Fayed'

  11-12-2025 12:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the handwritten letter 'from the heart', Diana thanks Rita Rogers, who claimed she told the royal she would meet a man with a name starting 'D', for being 'immensely kind and generous to me'.
  
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• Afghan migrants who raped teenage girl sent to cushy prison that lets them play Xbox games, enjoy ensuite showers and gives them £20 a week for treats

  11-12-2025 12:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, abducted the child from a park in Leamington Spa before brutally raping her as she cried and screamed for help.
  
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• Ukraine sends Trump details of land it is prepared to give up in huge peace talks breakthrough - after US president said he had 'strong words' with Starmer and Macron

  11-12-2025 12:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Merz said the proposal was sent after he and other European leaders had spoken by phone with Trump on Wednesday.
  
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• NHS says second virus surging 35% as hospitals battle 'unprecedented flu-nami'

  11-12-2025 12:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NHS England says hospitalisations for norovirus have surged by 35 per cent as the health service battles surging 'super flu' cases and faces a 'worst case scenario' December
  
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• Barclays-approved 1p challenge backed by MSE 'helps you save £650 in one year'

  11-12-2025 12:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bank recommended the savings challenge, calling it one of the 'best personal finance hacks'
  
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• Archeologists find 1,400-year-old cube-shaped skull in Mexico

  11-12-2025 12:16 via metro.co.uk
  An unusual cube-shaped human skull has been uncovered at a Mesoamerican site in Mexico. It is 1,400 years old and provides the first evidence that people in this area practiced a unique form of head-shaping known as cranial modification. The unusual skull was unearthed near the archaeological site of Balcón de Montezuma (Balcony of Montezuma) in the east-central Mexican state of Tamaulipas. (Picture: INAH) The area is known to have had various Mesoamerican ethnic groups living in th
  
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• Inside Davina McCall's health battles as she marries secretly months after cancer surgery

  11-12-2025 12:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  TV star Davina McCall has married her partner three months after he popped the question. The news is all the more special given Davina's serious recent health concerns
  
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• Inside Davina McCall's health battles as she marries secretly months after brain tumour surgery

  11-12-2025 12:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  TV star Davina McCall has married her partner three months after he popped the question. The news is all the more special given Davina's serious recent health concerns
  
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• Bonnie Blue backs Nigel Farage to rescue 'messed up' Britain: Notorious OnlyFans adult star endorses Reform  with blast at high immigration and taxes

  11-12-2025 12:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The notorious OnlyFans creator, 26, backed the right wing party for its 'sensible' plans to cut immigration and inheritance tax.
  
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• 'Super flu' warning as nation’s top doctor warns NHS faces 'worst-case scenario'

  11-12-2025 12:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New NHS England data has revealed the number of young and old people being hospitalised with flu as ‘winter viruses start to engulf hospitals’ with staff 'pushed to the limit'
  
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• Super flu rise as the nation’s top doctor warns ‘the peak is not in sight yet’

  11-12-2025 12:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New NHS England data has revealed the number of young and old people being hospitalised with flu as ‘winter viruses start to engulf hospitals’ with staff 'pushed to the limit'
  
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• Met Office issues new weather warnings as 15 areas face floods and power cuts

  11-12-2025 12:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has issued three yellow warnings for heavy rain - this is a breaking story
  
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• Woman tries mystery vending machine and can’t believe what she gets out of it

  11-12-2025 12:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While walking through the streets of New York City, a woman came by a 'mystery' vending machine she decided to try out, and she was baffled by what item she got from it
  
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• Unions demand MPs and peers sit over CHRISTMAS to pass workers' rights overhaul after Starmer's latest humiliating defeat in the Lords

  11-12-2025 11:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Furious peers voted down a last-minute change to the Employment Rights Bill that could open the door to unlimited unfair dismissal payouts.
  
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• Tories hit with another defection as former 'Red Wall' MP Ben Bradley joins Reform UK to help with DOGE drive on local councils

  11-12-2025 11:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ben Bradley, who was Tory MP for Mansfield until last year's general election , said Reform 'is the only party that is prepared to be different' as he announced his switch.
  
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• Mum whose tragic son, 14, fell in love with GoT chatbot has PTSD over what she saw

  11-12-2025 11:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Megan Garcia has bravely opened up about the night her son Sewell, 14, took his own life, saying she is still being treated for PTSD
  
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