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• PAUL THOMAS on... test and trace in the UK

  29-05-2020 03:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'When 2,456,000 people say they have Covid and were in contact with you, we can't take any chances, Mr Cummings'
  
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• The Simpsons ‘retires character forever’ after almost 30 years on screen

  07-01-2026 00:14 via metro.co.uk
  The Simpsons have ‘retired’ a beloved character (Picture: 20thCentFox/ Everett/ Shutterstock)One of The Simpsons’ most iconic characters is hanging up his cape ‘forever’ after a Severance-style episode.The parody episode, titled Seperance, saw Duffman officially ‘retire’ after nearly 30 years on screen alongside the famous animated family.Duffman, who is the beloved beer spokesperson and speaks in third person, first appeared in 1997 episode The City of
  
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• Female teacher, 33, charged with 'sexual penetration' of a child under the age of 16 in Western Australia

  07-01-2026 00:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A female teacher has been charged with multiple child sexual abuse offences after allegedly sexually abusing her male student.
  
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• Children’s cries lead police to bodies of Ohio dentist and wife shot dead in their home

  07-01-2026 00:04 via metro.co.uk
  Dr Spencer Tepe and his wife, Monique Tepe, were found killed in their home (Pictures: Columbus Division of Police)A hooded figure walks slowly through a snowy alleyway next to the home of an Ohio dentist and his wife. The couple were found shortly after shot dead in their home while their two young children cried out.Dr Spencer Tepe, a 37-year-old dentist, and his wife, Monique Tepe, 39, were found with gunshot wounds on the second floor of their $700,000 Weinland Park home at about 10am on De
  
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• 'My husband and I both have brain cancer - we were diagnosed just months apart'

  06-01-2026 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katie Britton received her brain tumour diagnosis just months after her husband Greg Britton - and she said telling their two children, Luke and Charli, was heartbreaking
  
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• Maduro and wife injured after ‘cracking heads’ fleeing Delta Force abduction

  06-01-2026 23:52 via metro.co.uk
  Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad
  (Picture: 2026 XNY/Star Max)Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores slammed their heads as they were fleeing US forces trying to arrest them.As Delta Force closed in during the nighttime raid on their home, Venezuelan President and Flores ran and tried to hide behind a heavy steel door inside their compound.
  But the metal frame was too low and the couple both cracked their heads as they t
  
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• Neighbor heard screaming and arguing from Texas A&M student's apartment moments before she plunged 17 stories to her death... as family insists it was NOT suicide

  06-01-2026 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A month after a TexasA&M student plunged to her death, her family presented new evidence that her death was not a suicide, as police have claimed.
  
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• Game of Thrones star admits: ‘No one else was happy with their ending – but I was’

  06-01-2026 23:46 via metro.co.uk
  The infamous Game of Thrones ending has been defended by one of its stars (Picture: HBO/ BSkyB/ Kobal/ Shutterstock)The Games of Thrones ending divided fans, and seemingly the cast too.
  As the series, based on the George RR Martin books, came to an end in 2019, some viewers were up in arms about an ending they thought was so awful that it destroyed the show’s legacy.Comparisons have been drawn recently between that, and the Stranger Things finale, with a number of fans feeling like they w
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer's Brexit reset will require the UK to cough up to Brussels

  06-01-2026 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has said he wants closer alignment with the EU and is preparing to bring a Bill before Parliament as soon as next month.
  
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• New crackdown on ghost plates after Mail probe: MOT will now check your reg plate with penalty points for those who fail, plus new powers for DVLA on gangs in driving blitz

  06-01-2026 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Motorists who use number plates invisible to road cameras face penalty points and having their vehicles seized under new plans to improve road safety launched today.
  
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• Moment genius forklift driver removes SUV from gates with 'no parking' sign so delivery lorry can get through

  06-01-2026 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The grey Volkswagen Tiguan appeared to have been left in a no-parking zone, which stopped the lorry from making a delivery to the business yard in Birmingham.
  
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• Girls' trip ends in quadruple tragedy after four friends encountered H-E-B trucker accused of using his phone behind wheel

  06-01-2026 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lakeshia Brown, 19, Myunique Johnson, 20, Taylor White, 27, and Breanna Brantley, 30, were on their way back from a girls' trip when tragedy struck.
  
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• UK school closures LIVE as snow and ice warning issued

  06-01-2026 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dozens of schools across the UK will remain closed on Wednesday as snow continues to batter parts of the country - see which schools are affected
  
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• 'No one is safe' - UK security expert warns 'we're all in danger' after Trump's Venezuela coup

  06-01-2026 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Trump has created global anxiety over the coup in Venezuela - and now a security and defence expert warns Mirror readers that nobody is safe anymore
  
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• Fury at Reform council's plan to rip out city's historic cast-iron lampposts and put in 'grotesque' modern alternatives

  06-01-2026 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is the cathedral city so beloved of Charles Dickens he set David Copperfield there. But a lasting fragment of Canterbury's Victorian heritage is set to be ripped out and replaced.
  
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• OnlyFans star Trisha Paytas floats run for Congress ... with world's vaguest campaign slogan

  06-01-2026 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Media personality and OnlyFans star Trisha Paytas is considering a run for Congress.
  
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• Wife of ex-Harvard dean launches GOFUNDME after he was ousted after anti-white posts

  06-01-2026 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A GoFundMe was set up by his wife Nirisi Angulo asking for support following her husband's unexpected transition which has only raised $300.
  
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• Hunted, frightened and running for her life: The haunting final hours of the Black Dahlia are reconstructed in chilling new detail... as new suspect in her murder is named

  06-01-2026 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Attracted to the glitz and glamor of Hollywood, Elizabeth Short had dreams of a better life, of becoming a movie star, and of meeting the love of her life.
  
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• Jimmy Mizen killer to move to open prison after boasting about murder in rap video

  06-01-2026 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jake Fahri, who murdered 19-year-old Jimmy Mizen in a London bakery and was later found to have rapped about the killing under a pseudonym, is set to be placed in an open prison
  
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• JonBenét Ramsey's dad issues $750m warning shot to Paramount+ over concerns star-studded drama will target family member as the killer

  06-01-2026 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paramount+ announced in 2024 it would add its own entry to the JonBenét canon: a star-studded scripted series focused on her parents, John Ramsey and Patsy Ramsey, to release in 2026.
  
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• 'Disoriented' young man found in woods five days after vanishing from church service

  06-01-2026 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eduardo Mauricio da Silva, 23, went missing in the early hours of New Year's Day and his family eventually managed to locate him in a wooded area after receiving a tip
  
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• Teenager fighting for life after being stabbed at a Shalvey, Sydney house party

  06-01-2026 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to Sedgman Crescent in Shalvey about 10.40pm on Tuesday after a brawl broke out in a driveway during a house party.
  
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• Murderer and violent pal who escaped jail spotted on CCTV, police say

  06-01-2026 23:07 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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• Inside Maduro's 'disgusting' tiny prison cell where lights never go out and there are no pillows - as he's hidden from cartel inmates over assassination fears

  06-01-2026 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be closely watched in a Brooklyn prison's special housing unit known for unsanitary conditions and inmate deaths, said a prison expert.
  
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• Seattle judge suspended over bullying that 'almost drove staffer to self-harm' is allowed job back after claiming it was racist to criticize her

  06-01-2026 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Judge Tracy Flood was suspended last year after an investigation found multiple instances of a hostile work environment.
  
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• King's stately home to become regal venue for weddings and events

  06-01-2026 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  King Charles' stately home has unveiled plans to be the next 'go-to' venue for weddings and high-end events with a new £6.5million extension.
  
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• Newcomer Jodie at war with Nick in Coronation Street as she hides big secret

  06-01-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  We first met Jodie during Corriedale (Picture: ITV)Just when you thought Corriedale had dished out all its drama. The biggest bombshell to explode from the epic soap crossover just might be a woman tied up in the back of a van – the mysterious Jodie (Olivia Frances-Brown).Of all the ways a new character could enter Coronation Street, escaping from the clutches of legendary Emmerdale supervillain Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) is probably up there with ‘riding into the Rover&rsqu
  
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• Gutted Lewis leaves Paddy utterly distraught in Emmerdale as emotions run high

  06-01-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  Paddy Kirk’s losing hope (Picture: ITV)As Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) continues his fruitless search for dad Bear Wolf (Joshua Richards), the village rallies around him in support.The deaths of Ray Walters (Joe Absolom) and Celia Daniels (Jaye Griffiths) have far from resolved the horrors they bestowed on the village. Though April Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) and Dylan Penders (Fred Kettle) are now free, the carnage continues from beyond Ray and Celia’s graves.Moira Dingle (Natalie J Ro
  
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• EastEnders’ George makes a game-changing announcement that stuns Nicola

  06-01-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  (Picture: BBC/Jack Barns/Kieron McCarron)EastEnders’ George Knight (Colin Salmon) probably wishes he could forget the vast majority of last year, though a new baby and a new venture could ensure that 2026 is a better one.The first half of 2025 started out with the reveal of ex-wife Cindy Beale’s (Michelle Collins) affair with Junior Knight (Micah Balfour), the deadly attack that almost finished her off and the breakdown of his marriage to Elaine Peacock (Harriet
  
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• Bruce Lehrmann makes a last-ditch effort to clear his name of findings he sexually assaulted Brittany Higgins in Parliament House

  06-01-2026 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bruce Lehrmann has made a last-ditch effort to clear his name of findings he sexually assaulted an intoxicated Brittany Higgins in Parliament House.
  
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