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• Noel Fielding and girlfriend Lliana Bird share epic memories of Daft Punk as duo split after 28 years

  23-02-2021 15:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Daft Punk have broken all out hearts (Picture: WireImage)Noel Fielding and his girlfriend Lliana Bird are just as devastated by news of Daft Punk’s split as the rest of us. The Get Lucky hitmakers, real names Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, shocked the music world yesterday after announcing they were retiring after 28 years of creating magic together. Reeling from the news, Noel shared a photo of a card with Daft Punk drawn on the front in chalk. ‘Au
  
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• ‘Not really done anything’ – Lee Sharpe calls out Manchester United midfielders Bruno Fernandes and Fred

  04-03-2021 12:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lee Sharpe has criticised Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes (Picture: Getty)Lee Sharpe has revealed his concern over Manchester United midfielders Bruno Fernandes and Fred and says he is still ‘not sure’ about the duo.Fernandes has arguably been United’s best player since his move from Sporting in January 2020 but Sharpe says he has ‘not really done anything’ apart from score penalties.Sharpe, who who three Premier League titles and two FA Cups at Old Trafford,
  
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• Rita Ora missing from The Masked Dancer as Oti Mabuse joins judging panel for new series

  04-03-2021 12:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Could Oti become a judge on The Masked Dancer? (Picture: Rex)Oti Mabuse is heading up the judging panel of The Masked Dancer, which is landing on ITV in late spring.Following the insane success of The Masked Singer, a new series will see 12 celebrities don elaborate costumes as they show off their best moves on stage – with the panel attempting to guess their identities.Rita Ora, a staple on the sister series, will not be joining her fellow judges on the series – with the Strictly Co
  
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• People accused of jumping vaccine queue by pretending to be carers

  04-03-2021 12:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Vaccine queue jumpers have been called ‘reprehensible’ by the NHS (Picture: REX)A flaw in the NHS’ booking system is allowing people to skip the queue and get themselves vaccinated by pretending to be carers, it has been claimed.
  There have been reports of isolated cases of people taking advantage of lax checks at vaccination centres and getting the jab, despite not being in one of the top nine priority groups.
  Concerns have been raised that the system is open to abuse, because
  
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• Alec Baldwin deletes his Twitter account after pointing out Gillian Anderson’s fluctuating accent

  04-03-2021 12:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alec was amused by Gillian’s accent (Picture: Rex/Getty)Alec Baldwin seemed to defend his wife Hilaria Baldwin while calling out Gillian Anderson over her fluctuating accent – and then deleted his Twitter account.The Baldwins have found themselves in the headlines for the last few months, way before they welcomed a surprise baby just six months after Hilaria, 37, gave birth to their son Eduardo.In case you missed the whole bizarre drama, Hilaria was accused of pretending to be Spanis
  
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• Rita Ora works stunning metallic outfit ahead of Mardi Gras in Australia as she completes quarantine

  04-03-2021 12:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rita Ora is ready to party and bulls**t now she’s out of quarantine (Picture: Getty)Rita Ora has completed her quarantine in Sydney and is ready to party hard – kicking off with a pre-Mardi Gras bash.Having previously been spotted hitting the beach with friends last week, including her sister and manager Elena, the star is ready to hit the town.She had previously been holed up in a luxe hotel to quarantine for 14 days, in keeping with Australia’s strict Covid-19 guidelines.The
  
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• Take a look inside this super jet that could take you from London to New York in 90 minutes

  04-03-2021 12:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Up up and away in no time (Picture: Spike Aerospace)We cannot wait for travel to be back on the cards soon, but one downfall to exciting trips is the uncomfortable long-haul flights.However, a new futuristic invention could cut travel time dramatically.A new supersonic jet is set to fly passengers from London to New York in just 90 minutes. The Spike S-512 Supersonic Jet cabin features a large seating area, a dining section and flat-screen TVs – all of which sounds considerably better
  
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• Carole Middleton confirms daughter Pippa is expecting her second baby

  04-03-2021 12:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Carole Middleton confirmed the news she will become a grandmother again (Picture: Getty)Pippa Middleton is expecting her second child, her mum Carole has confirmed.The family became household names after Kate Middleton married Prince William, becoming the Duchess of Cambridge.Mum Carole, 66, was featured on the front cover of Good Housekeeping in its latest edition, telling the magazine in an interview that she is a hands-on grandma and looks forward to meeting her newest grandchild.She said:&nb
  
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• Nat Phillips hails Virgil van Dijk influence as he looks to form new centre-back partnership at Liverpool

  04-03-2021 12:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nathaniel Phillips is hoping to cement a partnership with Okan Kabak at centre-back (Picture: Getty Images)Nathaniel Phillips is hoping to form a partnership with Okan Kabak at the heart of Liverpool’s defence for the rest of the season and has thanked Virgil van Dijk for his help as he finds his feet in the first team.The Premier League champions have had a torrid time with injuries at centre-back this season, with Van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip all suffering long-term injuries, while
  
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• "Evil" man guilty of randomly killing hill walker, 70, "just for the sake of it"

  04-03-2021 12:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Moses Christensen told police he wanted to kill someone "just for the sake of killing somebody" - as a "sort of lifelong desire and ambition," a court heard after the murder in Shropshire
  
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• Dramatic moment SpaceX Starship rocket explodes in fireball just after landing

  04-03-2021 12:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is the third SpaceX Starship to blow up after landing - but billionaire founder Elon Musk didn't let it phase him - tweeting 'RIP SN10' as his work went up in a fireball
  
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• Line of Duty fans convinced Kate Fleming is H after explosive stand-off in series six teaser

  04-03-2021 12:17 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Line of Duty is returning to screens this month, with the AC-12 crew facing another intense investigation.A series six teaser was recently dropped on Twitter, getting us all wildly excited ahead of the March 21 release date.The brief video showed a standoff between Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar), Steve Arnott (Martin Compston), Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure) and an unknown character –
  
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• How I Save: The ‘grossly underpaid’ business development manager in London spending money on beer and cigarettes

  04-03-2021 12:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Callum spends his cash on beers and the occasional pack of cigarettes (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)It’s time for How I Save, our weekly series exploring how different people handle their money.
  Each week we ask someone to share their approach to saving, plus track a week of their spending.
  Then we get them some expert advice on how they can save better.
  Last week we chatted with a 26-year-old who has £21,400 saved towards a house deposit.
  This time around we’re nosing around the
  
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• Timo Werner sends message to ‘screaming’ Thomas Tuchel ahead of Liverpool clash

  04-03-2021 12:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Werner has struggled this season (Picture: Getty)Timo Werner is confident he will start finding the back of the net regularly soon and told Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel to keep ‘screaming’ at him on the touchline.Werner has only scored one goal since Tuchel’s arrival at Stamford Bridge and only five Premier League goals in total in his first season in English football.
  Despite suffering to maintain his lethal scoring from from his time with Red Bull Leipzig, Werner is confiden
  
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• Racist patient hurls vile abuse towards NHS hospital staff after vodka binge

  04-03-2021 12:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Hankin, 55, shouted at NHS workers and threw himself on the floor at the Royal Liverpool Hospital in Merseyside in front of staff and other sickly patients
  
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• Pandemic-fighting hospital nurse finishes work to find her car wheels stolen

  04-03-2021 12:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Karen Arpin returned to her car after a night shift to find her car without all four of it’s wheels (Picture: ABC 6 News)A hospital nurse who has been working on the front line throughout the pandemic finished work to find her car on blocks with all four wheels missing.Karen Arpin, a nurse at the Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, Rhode Island, said she was stunned to learn someone stole all of her car’s wheels while she was helping to lives at work, on March 1.She said
  
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• Driver was Tasered in front of son for 'refusing to comply' after he was pulled over, court hears

  04-03-2021 12:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Desmond Ziggy Mombeyarara was Tasered in front of his child as police tried to arrest him in Trafford last year, a court heard. Mombeyarara is on trial accused of obstructing police.
  
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• Mum fuming as nursery shortens daughter’s name ‘because they can’t pronounce it’

  04-03-2021 12:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paris Tautu is furious that teachers can’t be bothered to pronounce her daughter Mahinarangi’s nameA five-year-old girl is too embarrassed to say her own name because both nursery staff and children can’t be bothered to pronounce it properly.
  Mahinarangi Tautu had only just started to attend a daycare centre in New Zealand when staff told her mum Paris that they would call her ‘Rangi’.
  They said her traditional Maori name, meaning ‘moon in the sky’ was t
  
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• Israeli 'Queen of guns' urges all women to carry a weapon as she reveals she was raped twice

  04-03-2021 12:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Orin Julie, 26, from Israel, was twice raped as a child. She is known as 'The Queen of Guns' - regularly promoting female empowerment while wielding giant weapons.
  
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• Rishi Sunak accused of ‘failing to level with public’ over tax hikes

  04-03-2021 12:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  The chancellor said yesterday he wanted to be ‘honest’ about the challenges in recovering the economy (Picture: AFP)Rishi Sunak has been accused of failing to ‘level with people’ over a £4 billion-a-year funding cut to public services.The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the chancellor’s spending plans to recover the Covid-battered UK economy ‘do not look deliverable, at least not without considerable pain’.Setting out his Spring Budget yest
  
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• Injured and barefoot migrants arrive at Dover after crossing Channel in rubber dinghy

  04-03-2021 12:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first group of about seven men were brought into Dover Marina, Kent, on the back of a Border Force vessel shortly before 9am.
  
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• Alex Jones utterly bewildered by The One Show co-host’s question to Kaley Cuoco: ‘Who are you talking about, Jermaine?’

  04-03-2021 12:06 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Alex Jones was all sorts of confused as her The One Show co-host Jermaine Jenas asked Kaley Cuoco about fears her career would go south after the success of The Big Bang Theory.Actually, the former Penny star has only gone from strength to strength, landing a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the upcoming Sky One thriller The Flight Attendant – which she also produced
  
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• Noel Fielding accepts ‘substantial damages’ as he settles phone hacking claim

  04-03-2021 12:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Noel Fielding has settled his phone hacking claim in the High Cout (Picture: Channel 4)Great British Bake Off star Noel Fielding has accepted ‘substantial damages’ to settle his phone hacking claim in the High Court today.Fielding launched legal proceedings in 2019 against the publisher of the now-defunct News Of The World, News Group Newspapers, over articles published between 2006-2010.The court heard he ‘identified a number of articles that were published by the defendant&rs
  
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• Who’s Loving You: ‘Women of colour can write about more than trauma – we deserve love stories too’

  04-03-2021 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  ‘If we don’t allow women of colour to tell our own love stories, it has an impact on society as a whole.’ (Pictures: Supplied/Metro.co.uk)The classic love stories in western, and specifically British, literature overwhelmingly feature white protagonists.Historically, romantic fiction has been a largely homogeneous space, telling the same kinds of stories, by the same kinds of writers. Romance experienced through a different lens is rarely given the same kind of attention. But,
  
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• Marks & Spencer axes its 29 in-store bank branches and shuts current accounts

  04-03-2021 12:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marks & Spencer is set to terminate its current accounts later this year with its three million banking customers told to either switch to another lender or close it altogether.
  
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• Can you complete the 2021 Census online?

  04-03-2021 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The 2021 Census will be digital first this year (Picture: Getty)The 2021 Census is fast approaching and millions of households will be completing the survey.Every 10 years the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the recognised national statistical institute of the UK, conducts a survey to calculates key figures about who lives in the countryThe first official Census was carried out in 1801 and you can even view old records for free.All households in England and Wales will be required to fill i
  
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• Australian teenager dies after being stung by jellyfish while swimming

  04-03-2021 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The box jellyfish is one of the most venomous animals in the world (Picture: Getty Images)A teenager has died off the coast of Queensland in what is believed to be Australia’s first fatality from a box jellyfish sting in 15 years.Health officials said on Thursday that the suspected sting happened when the 17-year-old was swimming at the tip of Cape York, in the country’s far north, on February 22.The boy was was airlifted to a hospital where he died a week later, on Monday, March 1,
  
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• Overweight people could be paid to exercise in new scheme to fight obesity

  04-03-2021 11:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Government wants to help people improve their lifestyles to drive down obesity (Picture: Rex/Getty)Brits could be paid to exercise in a new Government plan to help people lose weight. Health officials want to drive down obesity levels in the UK where 63% of adults in England and one in three children starting secondary school are considered to be overweight or obese.
  Sir Keith Mills, who founded the Nectar customer loyalty programme, is set to advise ministers on how to use incentives a
  
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• Meet the man who saves forgotten cats in Fukushima’s nuclear zone

  04-03-2021 11:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sakae Kato has dedicated his life to looking after cats abandoned near Fukushima. (Picture: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)A decade ago, Sakae Kato stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbours who fled the radiation clouds coming from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant.
  He is still there, and has no plans to leave.‘I want to make sure I am here to take care of the last,’ Sakae tells Reuters from his home in the contaminated quarantine zone.
  ‘After that I want to die, whether th
  
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• Married At First Sight Australia’s Jessika Power keen to do UK reality TV after hooking up with Geordie Shore’s Scotty T

  04-03-2021 11:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jessika Power is ready to bring her reality TV success to the UK (Picture: Nine)Married At First Sight Australia star Jessika Power has revealed she’s eager to give UK reality TV a go following the success of the matchmaking show, having previously had a fling with Geordie Shore’s Scotty T.Since season six of Married At First Sight Australia began airing on E4 this year, having originally launched in Aus in 2019, its stars – including Jessika – have experienced a surge in
  
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