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• Pensioners to get £230 from DWP on Tuesday if they have two-digit code

  05-05-2025 12:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  State pensioners are set to receive a £230 payment from the DWP on Tuesday if they have a two-digit code - here's what you need to know about the upcoming payment.
  
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• Luke Littler reveals pre-tournament message from next World Darts Championship opponent

  21-12-2025 23:20 via metro.co.uk
  Luke Littler faces a unique test in the next round at Alexandra Palace (Picture: Getty Images)Luke Littler has booked his place in round three of the World Darts Championship and his opponent was already preparing for this game before a dart was thrown at Alexandra Palace.The Nuke beat David Davies 3-0 in the second round on Sunday night, although the match was more of a test than the scoreline suggests.The unfancied Welshman had five darts to win the opening set and scored well throughout, but
  
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• FBI warned that Epstein was into child porn a decade before arrest

  21-12-2025 23:15 via metro.co.uk
  Epstein’s interest in child porn was exposed to the FBI in 1996 (Picture: The US Justice Department/Anadolu via Getty Images)The FBI missed an opportunity to protect thousands of victims after a complaint about Jeffrey Epstein was not acted on by the FBI, campaigners have said.Maria Farmer, whose sister Annie Farmer was abused by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, filed a report against him on September 3 1996 despite threats that he would ‘burn her house down’.The FBI never publi
  
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• Man charged over bid to whip up a Cronulla-style riot after the horrific Bondi Beach massacre

  21-12-2025 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged after he allegedly shared a violent call for action on social media for a 'bashing day' event following the Bondi Beach massacre.
  
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• Family speak out after ambitious female doctor's lifeless, naked body found in Dollar Store freezer

  21-12-2025 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez's family speaks out after she was found dead inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree store in Miami, Florida.
  
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• Teen charged with murder after 'hiring friend to kill parents for inheritance'

  21-12-2025 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Darren Munoz is charged with two counts of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and criminal solicitation, following the death of his father, Oscar Steve Munoz. 58, and stepmother, Dina Munoz, 71
  
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• Eva hides huge secret from Ben in Coronation Street that will explode everything

  21-12-2025 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  Something’s troubling Eva Price (Picture: ITV)Lying to your fiancé can be a risky business – especially if his mum’s got blood on her hands.But that’s just what Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley) does in upcoming episodes which reveal that this Coronation Street Queen is sitting on a bombshell that could explode her relationship with Ben (Aaron McCusker). However, that might be the least of her worries if monster-in-law Maggie (Pauline McLynn) finds out.Ever since he
  
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• Strictly’s Thomas Skinner hits back at critics trying to ‘cancel’ him after BBC scandal

  21-12-2025 22:55 via metro.co.uk
  Thomas Skinner has issued a new statement after his Strictly voting scandal (Picture: BBC)Thomas Skinner has hit back in a fresh statement after making a string of claims against the BBC involving his elimination from Strictly Come Dancing.Now, he wishes to ‘get on with [his] life’.The former Apprentice star, 34, was the first contestant to be voted out of the 2025 series with his pro partner, Amy Dowden, 35, having failed to secure enough public votes to avoid the dance-off.Ahead o
  
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• Paul Merson warns £68m Arsenal star he ‘might not get back in the team’

  21-12-2025 22:51 via metro.co.uk
  Arsenal legend Paul Merson (Picture: Sky Sports)Paul Merson has warned Arsenal summer signing Eberechi Eze he ‘might not get back in the team’ following a dip in form.Eze appeared to have announced himself as a key member of Mikel Arteta’s squad when he bagged a rare north London derby hat-trick against his former suitors Tottenham a month ago.But the 27-year-old, who joined Arsenal in a £60m move from Crystal Palace last summer, has struggled since the emphatic win over
  
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• Pastor 'hired private investigator' to track estranged wife before her death

  21-12-2025 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Paul Miller has been accused of cyberstalking and making false statements to federal investigators after his estranged wife Mica Miller committed suicide sparking an FBI probe
  
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• Former soldier, 40, who sexually assaulted four cabin crew and forced a flight to be diverted is jailed

  21-12-2025 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joseph McCabe, 40, 'smirked' as he groped and grabbed four Jet2 stewards on a holiday flight from Edinburgh to Tenerife - and now finds himself on the sex offenders register.
  
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• Former Nickelodeon star is now 'homeless on the streets of Los Angeles'

  21-12-2025 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chase, 36, who played Martin Qwerly on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide in the 2000's, was filmed looking dirty and disheveled in Riverside this September.
  
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• Tom Daley’s Game of Wool star fights back tears after being crowned first winner

  21-12-2025 22:33 via metro.co.uk
  Just Alisa, Holger and Lydia were left battling it out in the final of Game of Wool (Picture: Channel 4)The first winner of Tom Daley’s Game of Wool has been revealed after an emotional finale.Just three knitters – Ailsa, Holger and Lydia – were left standing heading into the final round of Channel 4’s Game of Wool competition.The show sees 10 ambitious take on a series of complex knitting challenges.But, following on from his semi-final win, Holger took home the cr
  
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• Gerwyn Price speaks out after shock World Darts Championship whitewash defeat

  21-12-2025 22:32 via metro.co.uk
  Gerwyn Price was stunned at Alexandra Palace on Sunday (Picture: Getty Images)Gerwyn Price posted a classy message to Wesley Plaisier after the Dutchman stunned the Welshman 3-0 in the second round of the World Darts Championship.It was a huge upset as the former champion was whitewashed by a player who had never been beyond the second round previously and is ranked 92 in the world.The Iceman was nowhere near his best, but averaged higher than his opponent, finishing on 95.83 compared to Plaisi
  
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• Adorable baby girl is found dead after dad fell asleep in hot tub while holding her

  21-12-2025 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One-year-old Azariah Hough tragically drowned after her father, Reynard Tyrone Hough, 33, fell asleep while holding her in a hot tub in Kissimmee, Florida while on a family vacation, police said.
  
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• Woman is left permanently blind after repeat offender slashes her in random broad daylight attack

  21-12-2025 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shocking street surveillance footage captured the moment Jeanette Marken, 75, was savagely attacked in broad daylight by a man wielding a wooden board with nails in it.
  
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• Diogo Dalot savaged by Manchester United legend Roy Keane after Aston Villa loss

  21-12-2025 22:02 via metro.co.uk
  Diogo Dalot has come in for criticism from a Manchester United legend (Picture: Getty Images)Roy Keane was left frustrated with one Manchester United player in particular after defeat to Aston Villa, coming out swinging for Diogo Dalot.The Red Devils were beaten 2-1 at Villa Park, with Morgan Rogers scoring either side of a Matheus Cunha equaliser.Ruben Amorim’s side were pretty good against the in-form home side, with very little between the teams, but ultimately came up short after two
  
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• The Doctor Who spin-off finale could have been great without this mistake

  21-12-2025 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  There’s plenty to love about the first two episodes of this adaptation (Picture: BBC Studios/Bad Wolf/James Pardon)The Doctor Who spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea, has come to a dramatic conclusion that falls short in one major aspect.The highly-praised five-part limited series, based on UNIT, follows the confrontation between humanity and aquakind when they reemerge from the depths of the ocean to reclaim the planet.We’re introduced to Homo Aqua representative, Salt (
  
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• Civil servants could be BANNED from taking part in LGBT Pride marches as campaign group launches legal action over 'breach of impartiality duty'

  21-12-2025 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Campaigners argue that the official participation of Whitehall staff at LGBTparades around the country suggests to the public they have 'taken a side' on contentious gender ideology.
  
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• 'Nigel Farage may be banging on Downing Steet door but Reform UK is slipping'

  21-12-2025 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reform UK is a new force banging on the door of 10 Downing Street with promises to be different to Labour and Conservatives - but we've been here before, writes Kevin Maguire
  
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• KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Farage may be banging on Downing St door but Reform UK is slipping'

  21-12-2025 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reform UK is a new force banging on the door of 10 Downing Street with promises to be different to Labour and Conservatives - but we've been here before, writes Kevin Maguire
  
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• Art dealer who told FBI about Epstein's child porn affinity in 1996 says he threatened to BURN her house down

  21-12-2025 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maria Farmer has long asserted that she filed a complaint against the sex offender in 1996. On Friday, the FBI finally released a copy of the document.
  
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• Miraculous near miss as sleeping Oregon man and family dog survive huge pine tree splitting house in two

  21-12-2025 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rick Sanders was asleep in bed with his Labrador Leo when an enormous Douglas fir crashed through their roof during a storm at around 3am Wednesday morning.
  
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• Mount Semeru erupts sending ash 3,900ft into air as flowing mud devastates towns

  21-12-2025 21:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mount Semeru, in East Java, Indonesia, has been on a high level active alert for several years. The eruption has left torrents of mud flowing through towns
  
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• The online child sex predators our police can't catch...shocking scale of youngsters targeted in sextortion scams is revealed

  21-12-2025 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The scale of Scots children targeted in sextortion scams can be revealed amid shocking figures that show more than 90 per cent of the 'sickening' crimes go unsolved.
  
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• Nicki Minaj makes EXTREMELY inappropriate assassin gaffe to Erika Kirk's face at AmericaFest

  21-12-2025 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The singer, 43, put her head in her hands as she used the poor choice of words while speaking with Charlie Kirk's widow at Turning Point USA's AmFest on Sunday.
  
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• Gary Neville rules one team out of Premier League title race with Arsenal

  21-12-2025 21:33 via metro.co.uk
  Gary Neville won eight Premier League titles at Manchester United (Picture: Getty)Gary Neville expects Arsenal to ‘extend their lead’ in the Premier League title race in the New Year before clinching a long-awaited title.The Gunners, without a Premier League title since 2004, will sit top of the table at Christmas with a two-point advantage over second-placed Manchester City.An Aston Villa side who have won ten matches in a row after Sunday’s win over Manchester United sit thi
  
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• Powerball jackpot swells to staggering $1.6 BILLION ahead of Christmas week draw

  21-12-2025 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gamblers will have to beat the one in 292.2 million odds to secure the prize, which is now the fifth-largest prize in lotto history
  
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• STEPHEN DAISLEY: Yes, life can be cold... but now's the time to count our blessings and rekindle the fires of kindness and hope

  21-12-2025 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I don't know about you but this midwinter feels bleaker than usual.
  
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• Stella McCartney's Highland hideaway will need 300ft well for water supply, report says

  21-12-2025 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stella McCartney's troubled bid to build a remote Highland hideaway will now involve drilling a 330ft deep borehole to reach a water supply, a report reveals.
  
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