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• New York man who 'torched NYPD cruiser while wearing a Guy Fawkes mask' is arrested

  15-08-2020 07:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sam Resto, from Queens, New York City, was arrested on Thursday over a July 29 arson attack on a NYPD patrol car. Resto had taunted police, writing 'too late' on his wall when they came to find him.
  
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• Nigel Farage's social media guru JACK ANDERTON on why Starmer has no chance at TikTok stardom

  12-12-2025 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer is the most boring man in Britain and his TikTok account proves this. He's inauthentic, he's bland, he's boring. And he cannot compete with someone like Nigel Farage.
  
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• 'I want to whack a CEO': Why a backpack could decide Luigi Mangione's fate

  12-12-2025 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police seized a backpack from Mangione when they arrested him, and it has become the centrepiece of pre-trial hearings that began in early December.
  
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• Home Bargains £15 tool makes 'velvety' hot drinks like Costa and Starbucks

  12-12-2025 13:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The retailer is selling a 'stylish' £15 gadget for 'effortless and delicious' drinks
  
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• I was a child called 'It'. 30 years on, this is what happened next: His memoir about his mother's shocking abuse was a worldwide bestseller. Now DAVE PELZER reveals how it affected his relationships, and the unexpected twist regarding his toxic parents

  12-12-2025 12:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thirty years on from the publication of DAVE PELZER's bestselling memoir A Child Called 'It', he tells Miranda Levy why he forgives his abusive parent.
  
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• Cause of death for man who died on Universal Studios rollercoaster revealed

  12-12-2025 12:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Rodriguez Zavala, 32, died after riding the Stardust Racers roller coaster at Universal Studios Resort in Florida when his head slammed repeatedly against the lap bar in front of him
  
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• 'Human skeletal remains' found in Hull as passerby makes grisly tent discovery and police guard scene

  12-12-2025 12:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have offered "reassurance" to the public after the shocking find in an alleyway in Hull
  
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• Exact dates of first bank holidays in 2026 - and changes to be aware of

  12-12-2025 12:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There will be eight bank holidays in England and Wales during 2026
  
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• 'I died for 11 minutes and went to heaven and hell, I'll never forget the smell'

  12-12-2025 12:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Holmes was 68 when she took ill during a routine heart check and was clinically dead for 11 minutes
  
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• Max Verstappen misses FIA prize gala and skips Lando Norris trophy presentation

  12-12-2025 12:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lando Norris will obtain the Drivers' Championship trophy tonight in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the annual FIA prize-giving gala, but the former world champion, Max Verstappen, will not be there.
  
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• M&S shoppers going wild for Christmas chocolate tin ‘better than Quality Street’

  12-12-2025 12:37 via metro.co.uk
  The sweets are a popular choice at Christmas (Picture: M&S/Ocado)
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  British families tend to have a strong allegiance to their Christmas chocolate tin.Your family might be a Quality Street household, a Roses household or a Heroes household. Each year the Cadbury and Nestlé tubs cause a stir due to the size and price and
  
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• 'Bath electrocution' death ruled accident decades ago now thought to be MURDER

  12-12-2025 12:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rhonda Anderson, 29, died from an electrocution in the bath at her home in Northampton in 2000, in what was ruled to be a tragic accident at the time - but now police suspect foul play
  
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• Science paid people to sniff trumps to find if men's or women's were smellier

  12-12-2025 12:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Result of an experiment in which 16 healthy adults wore a 'flatus collection system'
  
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• Sick dog abandoned on road side now given 'life she deserves'

  12-12-2025 12:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One woman has been praised for stepping up to help an 'unwanted dog' who was likely dumped on the street by her previous owner because of mounting medical costs
  
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• X Factor duo's surprise comeback after 17 years is 'better than One Direction reunion'

  12-12-2025 12:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ant & Seb have made a surprise comeback 17 years after their iconic X Factor audition, with the brothers releasing charity single 'Sprinkle It' for Shelter
  
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• Santander issues warning as thousands of customers lose £227 each — and most victims are women

  12-12-2025 12:26 via metro.co.uk
  The scam focuses on beauty products and services (Picture: Getty Images)Consumers across the UK have been conned out of almost £50,000 so far this year by fraudsters selling fake beauty products and services, according to new Santander data.The bank reported a total of £49,846.32 stolen by beauty scammers in 2025, with each person losing an average of £227 to counterfeit perfumes, make-up, anti-wrinkle injections, fillers, and other treatments.Teaming up with the Cosmetic Toil
  
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• Staggering dashcam footage shows reckless drivers on Britain's roads as thousands are caught in campaign

  12-12-2025 12:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage forms part of West Yorkshire Police 's Operation Snap, a scheme that allows members of the public to report dangerous driving by uploading dashcam video directly to officers.
  
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• HSBC make new branch closure promise - but only after axing more than 700 in past decade

  12-12-2025 12:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Banking giant HSBC says branch usage "remained robust" despite previously blaming slump in face-to-face transactions for closure programme
  
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• Andrew and Fergie come out of exile for palace christening of Princess Beatrice's daughter Athena - as her sister Eugenie and singer James Blunt lead the attendees

  12-12-2025 12:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Princess Beatrice , 37, and her husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi, 42, will bring close family and friends to the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace where their second daughter Athena will be baptised.
  
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• Star striker faces possible World Cup ban over Iranian military service

  12-12-2025 12:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Iran qualified for the World Cup much thanks to star striker Mehdi Taremi, who scored 10 goals in 15 games to help book his nation a ticket to North America - but he might not go
  
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• Instant karma for Russian tourist after he picks a fight with two Brits who try to walk away... then end up knocking him out

  12-12-2025 12:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The late-night confrontation involved two British men, a woman who was with them, and the Russian, described by onlookers as 'extremely' intoxicated.
  
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• Conor McGregor's wedding delay explained as Dee Devlin denied dream venue

  12-12-2025 12:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Conor McGregor initially had different plans for his wedding to Dee Devlin at the Vatican
  
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• Andrew Tate 'sent texts saying "Trump admin were on top of things" shortly before Romanian officials dropped his travel ban'

  12-12-2025 12:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leaked messages sent to an unknown recipient in January appear to suggest officials representing the US President may have had a hand in Andrew and Tristan Tate's release from house arrest in Romania.
  
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• Taskmaster’s 24-hour singathon descends into ‘absolute carnage’ thanks to Mr Blobby

  12-12-2025 12:06 via metro.co.uk
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageTaskmaster host Alex Horne has taken on a magnificently unhinged challenge for Stand Up To Cancer this year, which has even featured a special appearance from Mr Blobby.With the help of his band The Horne Section, the 47-year-old is attempting to perform a song for 24 hours straight, having kicked off around 10pm on Thursday at Battersea Power Station in Lon
  
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• Soldier sues for Ministry of Defence for than £1m saying shin splints he suffered carrying a nine-stone mortar in training ended his military career

  12-12-2025 12:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Desmond Maclean, 40, enlisted as a Royal Fusilier in 2011, when the training took place, but was discharged as 'medically unfit' in 2023 following a 12-year army career.
  
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• Actor and comedian Stanley Baxter famous for legendary impressions dies aged 99

  12-12-2025 12:05 via metro.co.uk
  Actor and comedian Stanley Baxter, July 1980. (Photo by Mirrorpix via Getty Images)Scottish actor and comedian Stanley Baxter has died aged 99, bringing to a close the life of one of British television’s most influential entertainers.Born in Glasgow in 1926, Baxter became a defining presence on UK screens from the 1960s through to the 1980s.Baxter’s career began on Scottish stages in the 1940s, where he trained as an actor before gravitating towards comedy and variety theatre.
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• GP says 'eat five' to help avoid superflu as cases surge

  12-12-2025 12:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The resident doctor says you don't need pills to stay healthy
  
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• Parents furious after teen convicted of sexual assault avoids prison

  12-12-2025 12:03 via metro.co.uk
  One of Butler’s victims was 30 seconds from death and required surgery on her neck (Picture: Stillwater Police Department)A teenager who raped, assaulted and strangled two girls has avoided a prison sentence because he was underage at the time.Jesse Mack Butler, now 18, was underage when he assaulted the two girls in Oklahoma, one of whom was just 16 when she was brutally assaulted.After pleading ‘no contest’ to the charges, Butler was given community service, rehabilitation a
  
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• Emmerdale’s full Christmas and New Year schedule for 2025 as Celia’s exit looms

  12-12-2025 12:03 via metro.co.uk
  It’s almost time! (Picture: ITV/Metro)Not to state the obvious, but it’s almost Christmas, which means we need to talk about the soap schedules.Over the two-week festive period, the schedule rule book gets thrown out the window like Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) in Emmerdale.Christmas specials of shows are thrown about left, right and centre, more instalments of the soaps air due to it always being a dramatic period – it’s a lot.With Christmas always being a busy period, we&rs
  
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• Woman sheds 6st and 10 dress sizes after candid work photo moment

  12-12-2025 12:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sinead Hatter says the photo shocked her into action
  
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