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• Octopus offering 90 per cent off electricity bills if customers use device at home

  15-11-2025 12:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The energy supplier is widely recognised as one of the 'best' in the UK
  
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• Wedding joy for major Emmerdale couple amid Christmas Day public proposal

  09-12-2025 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  It will be a huge moment (Picture: ITV/Metro)People trafficking. Drugs. Love triangles, surrogacy lies and secret husbands breaking out of prison to attack you with a sword. After a year like that, the Emmerdale villagers of the Dales are well over due a bit of joy… and what better way to bring joy than with a Christmas Day proposal?Emmerdale has already teased a cracker of a Christmas exploding with drama; Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) and Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) are targeted by a mys
  
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• Nigel’s life-changing night in EastEnders as Pat and Barry drive revelations and decisions

  09-12-2025 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  Nigel Bates’ film screening takes a turn (Picture: BBC)In the lead up to Christmas, Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley) has been busy organising his film in EastEnders.The beloved character returned last December to catch up with friends Phil and Grant Mitchell (Steve McFadden and Ross Kemp). It was then revealed that Nigel has dementia, and that he chose to return to Walford to see if his old home could jog any memories.Memories are the focus of a future instalment of the BBC One soap, as Nigel f
  
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• Woman's face is completely destroyed after her head slammed into steering wheel during horror car crash

  09-12-2025 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mom-of-three suffered gruesome injuries to her face after her car hit black ice and spun out on a highway in Idaho.
  
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• Singer Jubilant Sykes stabbed to death aged 71 and his son is arrested

  09-12-2025 22:37 via metro.co.uk
  Jubilant Sykes has been stabbed to death in his Santa Monica home, police say (Picture: Getty Images)Grammy-nominated classical, opera and gospel singer Jubilant Sykes was stabbed to death at his Santa Monica home on Monday.
  Sykes, who died aged 71, was pronounced dead at the scene and his son has been taken to custody, police said in a statement.
  The Santa Monica Police Department released a statement revealing they responded to a 911 call Monday at approximately 9.20pm.
  On arrival, Sykes was
  
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• Fake heiress said she was in line for $80m airplane fortune and successfully conned banks out of $30m, FBI says

  09-12-2025 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mary Carole McDonell has been accused of scamming banks and financial institutions out of millions by claiming she was an heiress to an airplane corporation.
  
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• BREAKING: Euromillions winner scoops £125m jackpot as Tuesday, December 9 numbers revealed

  09-12-2025 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story
  
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• Female food delivery driver, 26, performed sex act on boy, 14, in her car while her three children were present, prosecutors say

  09-12-2025 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aladrian Chandler admitted to a 'sexual encounter' with the young teen, but said they did not have intercourse, according to a police report.
  
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• K strain flu: All you need to know about H3N2 amid 'perfect spreading conditions'

  09-12-2025 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cases of a 'superflu' are causing an early and intense flu season in the UK, with record numbers of people in hospital as the H3N2 variant becomes the dominant strain across the country
  
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• Newcastle fire prompts massive emergency services response as street on lockdown

  09-12-2025 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency services have descended on a busy road in Newcastle after flames erupted metres away from a popuar restaurant
  
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• Lucky winner claims £125,000,000 Euromillions jackpot

  09-12-2025 22:26 via metro.co.uk
  Tuesday’s Euromillions winning numbers have been announced (Picture: Getty Images)With £125million up for grabs, one lucky lottery player is about to have the best Christmas ever.
  The winning numbers from Tuesday night’s Euromillions have just been announced – meaning one winner has just become a multi-millionaire.The winning Euromillions numbers tonight were 2, 8, 13, 29 and 49. The lucky stars were 2 and 11.
  Meanwhile, tonight’s Thunderball numbers were 2, 3, 14,
  
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• Kentucky State University shooting LIVE: Campus on lockdown as 'active aggressor' opens fire

  09-12-2025 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An "active aggressor" has opened fire on a US university campus, with injuries reported - this is a breaking story
  
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• 'Beloved mum' died after 'catching legionella infection from hot tub on birthday trip'

  09-12-2025 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Retired butcher's assistant Paulette Crookes died aged 70 after contracting legionella from a hot tub on the Isle of Wight, with an inquest hearing its water was 'off-colour'
  
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• Gruesome discovery made in Coronation Street after bloody Christmas Day attack

  09-12-2025 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  Evelyn Plummer’s walk takes a turn (Picture: ITV)Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman) makes a gruesome discovery on Boxing Day in Coronation Street. As she makes her way through the ginnel she finds someone slumped on the ground, having been left for dead. But who is it and who attacked them? To find out we need to look no further than the Rovers Return, and the Driscoll family and their various guests around the Christmas dinner table. Ba
  
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• Worker fired from her job for turning up 40 minutes early

  09-12-2025 21:58 via metro.co.uk
  The office worker arrived early on at least 19 occasions (Picture: Getty Images)Now, we all love our office jobs but one Spanish woman has taken things to a completely different level.
  She just got the sack for clocking in 40 minutes before she was due to start, despite pleas from her boss to arrive later.The 22-year-old employee had been warned for two years to stop arriving between 6.45am and 7am – a full 40 minutes before she was due in.Despite being told she wasn’t allowed
  
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• Horror as man is shot and stabbed in suburban street in Riverwood, Sydney

  09-12-2025 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to Kentucky St, Riverwood shortly after 10pm on Tuesday after reports of shots being fired.
  
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• Apartment building on NYC's ritzy Upper West Side is totally destroyed by fire

  09-12-2025 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The blaze broke out before 8.30am on December 9 at a building just minutes from Columbia University.
  
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• River Island to close dozens of stores within weeks - full list of 33 locations

  09-12-2025 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A major UK high street chain is set to close dozens of its stores in the upcoming weeks - this is a breaking story
  
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• Ever wanted a Picasso for your home? Buy a raffle ticket and you could be in luck

  09-12-2025 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For one lucky raffle winner, getting lost in the artist's geometric portraits could become a part of their daily routine.
  
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• Truck driver who killed schoolgirl, six, when he ploughed into group of children as they stepped off a bus is jailed for 12 months

  09-12-2025 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Millie Gribble, six, was mowed down by Stephen Worden, 61, after she stepped off a stationary decker bus as she and her mother headed for lunch on August 15, 2023.
  
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• Tragic couple killed in Aberdeenshire smash were 'planning future together'

  09-12-2025 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 'devoted' young couple who lost their lives in a horror crash were planning a future together, their heartbroken relatives have revealed.
  
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• Lost Doctor Who episode streaming for free on BBC for first time ever

  09-12-2025 21:39 via metro.co.uk
  First Doctor William Hartnell’s lost adventure is now streaming on BBC iPlayer (Picture: Mirrorpix)All four parts of the Classic Doctor Who adventure, The Celestial Toymaker, are finally free to stream on BBC iPlayer.
  With the original footage of this 1966 release wiped, the four instalments of this First Doctor (William Hartnell) saga were animated and available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray in 2023 (to coincide with the Toymaker’s return for the 60th anniversary).Now, however, fans wh
  
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• EUAN McCOLM: The silence of so-called progressive politicians over Sandie Peggie's victory is deafening to anyone who believes in the rights of women

  09-12-2025 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's a good start but there's still a long way to go. Nurse Sandie Peggie's victory in her employment tribunal against NHS Fife was, of course, cause for celebration.
  
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• I was forced to pick between saving my daughters or my son when Hamas terrorists invaded Israel... I still don't know if I made the right decision

  09-12-2025 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On October 7, 2023, Batsheva Yahalomi faced an impossible decision - one no mother should ever have to make.
  
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• DC's crown jewel nearly met a wrecking ball... until Trump stepped in to stop total demolition

  09-12-2025 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Water faucets didn't work, lights were failing, the sewer system was collapsing, and mice infested the facility.
  
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• Violence feared in Oldham town centre as police issue urgent statement

  09-12-2025 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have introduced special powers in Oldham town centre following repeated incidents of disorder involving youths
  
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• Bishop cleared of bullying faces fresh misconduct allegations

  09-12-2025 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scotland's first female bishop is facing further accusations of misconduct a year after her suspension was lifted, it has emerged.
  
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• Storm Bram terror as bus with children on board trapped by waves on major road

  09-12-2025 21:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kids on the bus reportedly phoned their parents - who were none the wiser - to tell them they had been stuck inside the vehicle for two hours along a notorious stretch of road
  
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• Emma Caldwell family fears 'further betrayal' after Police Scotland left out of inquiry

  09-12-2025 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The family of murdered Emma Caldwell say they fear a looming 'betrayal' in their fight for answers after Police Scotland was left out of the public inquiry's remit.
  
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• SNP keep the taps on at shipyard despite Tory warnings of more wasted cash

  09-12-2025 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SNP ministers are to push ahead with giving £14.2 million to Scotland's scandal-hit nationalised shipyard despite being warned it is a 'dangerous gamble'.
  
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