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• Police launch murder investigation after man in his 20s is stabbed to death in north London

  22-02-2021 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police were called to reports of a man, believed to bein his 20s, who had been stabbed in Tottenham, North London, at around 4pm today. No arrests have been made.
  
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• The Wanted’s Tom Parker’s wife planning more children after his amazing progress in brain tumour fight

  02-03-2021 14:29 via metro.co.uk
  
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  The Wanted’s Tom Parker is continuing to make amazing progress in his fight against an inoperable brain tumour – with wife Kelsey even planning more kids with him. The young couple, who have a daughter Aurelia Rose, one, and four-month-old son Bodhi, were left devastated in October last year when Tom, 32, was diagnosed with the cancer. But in January the pair were d
  
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• How can we stop basing our self-worth entirely on our careers?

  02-03-2021 14:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Society has always emphasised the value of a strong work ethic, with our occupations and career identity forming a significant part of our social interactions.
  From when we are young, we’re asked about what we want to do when we grow up, and the conversation lingers when we get older, with people at dinner parties enquiring: ‘And what do you do?’.It comes coupled with the simplified and flawed notion that if you ‘work hard, you can achieve anything’.Now all grown up
  
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• Nadine Coyle confirms ex Jason Bell has moved back in with her and they’re having a ‘lovely time’

  02-03-2021 14:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nadine Coyle and Jason Bell have been living together to co-parent their daughter (Picture: Rex/Instagram)Nadine Coyle has revealed she and ex Jason Bell have been living together again, so the pair can co-parent their daughter. The former Girls Aloud star, 35, split from the American football player, 42, who she shares seven-year-old daughter Anaiya with in 2019 after 11 years together but revealed that living together again amid the pandemic has been ‘lovely’. Nadine told
  
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• Inside the Queen's private world at Windsor Castle

  02-03-2021 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Usually a private space, the Queen has offered the public a rare look inside her private apartments at Windsor Castle, including in a photo shared last week. FEMAIL reveals what we've learned.
  
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• Pontins banned customers using a secret blacklist titled 'undesirable guests'

  02-03-2021 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Downing Street led the condemnation today, describing the leisure firm's policy as 'completely unacceptable'.
  
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• Hotel refused £250,000 payout as judge rules they are covered for bubonic plague but not Covid

  02-03-2021 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A judge has rejected Rockliffe Hall's claim that its insurance covered a 'plague,' in a biblical sense, after insurers refused to pay the Darlington hotel £250,000.
  
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• Heathrow chaos continues as passengers face three hour queues

  02-03-2021 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pictures at the UK's hub airport showed snaking queues with bored passengers packed tightly together - with the crowd at one point bursting into a rendition of 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'.
  
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• The Last Of Us Part 2 gets 13 BAFTA nominations as Sony dominates awards

  02-03-2021 14:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Last Of Us Part 2 – imagine if it didn’t win anything (pic: Sony)Sony are already guaranteed to go home happy at this year’s video game BAFTAs as Ghost Of Tsushima picks up 10 noms and Spider-Man seven.Domination almost seems like an understatement when it comes to this year’s BAFTA nominations, with five Sony first party games receiving multiple nods each.The Last Of Us Part 2 has 13 nominations, an all-time record for the Game Awards, beating Control and Death Stran
  
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• Police officer shot and killed during high-speed chase

  02-03-2021 14:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lt. Justin Bedwell was fatally shot during a pursuit on Saturday after the driver of a white pick-up refused to pull over for wreckless driving in Seminole County.
  
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• Small child with no shoes is among about 40 migrants to arrive at Dover in two boats today

  02-03-2021 14:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Border Force intercepted at least two boats carrying around 40 people as poor conditions at sea eased and brought them into Dover Marina, Kent, for processing.
  
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• Manchester United fans go into meltdown after Paul Pogba’s message to transfer target Jadon Sancho

  02-03-2021 14:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho ‘teamed up’ for a Pepsi advert (Picture: Instagram)Paul Pogba has sent Manchester United fans into meltdown by teasing supporters over the club’s pursuit of Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho.United were desperate to sign the England international last summer but refused to meet Dortmund’s £108million asking price for the former Manchester City man.
  Sancho was devastated that a move to Old Trafford failed to materialise but the Red Devils are e
  
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• Dad arrested and ‘strip searched’ after day trip to beach during lockdown

  02-03-2021 14:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Radek Kotlarek was arrested after travelling to the beach (Picture: Daily Post/Twitter/Neil McEvoy)A man arrested for breaching Covid rules after driving to the beach with his wife and teenage son for a ‘mental break’ claims officers ‘humiliated’ him by carrying out a strip search back at the station.Radek Kotlarek, 39, said he was made to feel ‘like a criminal’ after being collared shortly after stopping off for ice cream during the family day out to Talacre
  
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• Darryle Tailford had 9 cocktails before alleged killing of Ricky Eggins with BBQ fork in Orange

  02-03-2021 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard 'Ricky' Eggins died within one or two minutes when the two-pronged fork pierced his aorta in the early hours of March 2, 2019. Darryle Tailford , 28, admitted to killing him.
  
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• The Simpsons voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson initially turned down Dr Hibbert role last year

  02-03-2021 14:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  Voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson was first approached to take over as Dr Julius Hibbert last year (Picture: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly)Voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson has revealed why he initially turned down the role of Dr Julius Hibbert on The Simpsons when he was offered the part last year.It was revealed last week that Harry Shearer is to stop voicing the character after producers of the long-running animated series confirmed they would no longer have whi
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer provides Edinson Cavani update but says Manchester United have a couple of injury doubts

  02-03-2021 14:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Uruguayan forward has missed United’s last two league games (Picture: Getty Images)Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Edinson Cavani could be involved in Wednesday’s Premier League clash with Crystal Palace but is sweating over the fitness of other players.The Red Devils played out a goalless draw with Chelsea on Sunday at Stamford Bridge and now travel to Selhurst Park looking to pick up three important points in the race for the top four – especially with
  
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• The Walking Dead unveils new season 11 character

  02-03-2021 14:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michael James Shaw has joined The Walking Dead (Picture: AMC/Getty)The Walking Dead has added Michael James Shaw to the cast for its hotly-anticipated final season.It’s been announced that Shaw will play the popular character Mercer in the upcoming 11th chapter as a series regular.While details surrounding the newbie’s storyline remain firmly under wraps, it’s believed Mercer is part of a new group tied to the white-armoured soldiers, which were teased in a behind-the-scen
  
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• Rio Ferdinand reveals Roy Keane punched Manchester United team-mate in training

  02-03-2021 14:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Keane hit Eagles (Picture: Getty)Rio Ferdinand gave an insight into how heated Manchester United training could get during his playing days – and revealed Roy Keane once punched team-mate Chris Eagles in the face!Ferdinand admitted there is a lot of ‘testosterone flying around’ training grounds up and down the country and that sessions could ‘switch just like that’.The former England centre-back recalled how Eagles, who made 17 appearances during five years at Old T
  
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• Pontins 'used Irish surnames blacklist to exclude Gypsies and Travellers'

  02-03-2021 14:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Pontins whistleblower revealed that staff at the holiday firm were instructed to refuse or cancel bookings by people with certain Irish surnames or those who called and spoke with Irish accents
  
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• Baby’s feet turned blue as she battled life-threatening Covid complication

  02-03-2021 14:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Madelyn Grant’s heart rate doubled as she battled multi-system inflammatory syndrome (Picture: Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital/SWNS)Alarming pictures show how a five-month-old baby’s feet turned blue and purple as she was diagnosed with a deadly rare Covid-complication.Madelyn Grant, from Stow, Ohio, was rushed to hospital after her heart became inflamed and raced at double the rate of a healthy child her age.Her ‘terrified’ parents say they feared sh
  
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• Female primary school teacher, 55, pleads not guilty to assaulting two boy pupils

  02-03-2021 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 55-year-old faces five charges of assault relating to a series of alleged attacks, including one incident where it is claimed she pushed a boy with such force he hit a classroom radiator.
  
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• Woman who died in house explosion was on FaceTime to boyfriend when blast struck

  02-03-2021 14:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The phone call cut off as the devastating blast suddenly ripped through 61-year-old hospice counsellor Hazel Wilcock's Bury, Greater Manchester home,
  
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• Towie star Kirk Norcross returns to social media to share selfie back at work following dad’s death

  02-03-2021 14:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Towie star Kirk Norcross returns to social media following dad Mick’s death (Picture: Instagram)Towie star Kirk Norcross returned to social media to reveal he is back at work, a month after the death of his dad Mick.
  Sugar Hut owner and reality star Mick died at his home in Brentwood, Essex, aged 57, in January.
  News of his death had shocked fans and his former Towie co-stars, with the Essex businessman survived by son Kirk and Kirk’s two children.Kirk, who was an original cast membe
  
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• Fly-tippers turn estate into rubbish dump with skips overflowing

  02-03-2021 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fly-tippers have dumped so much rubbish on an estate in Blackburn that rats are 'ripping through the floorboards' in properties and homeowners are too scared to open windows.
  
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• Former Aboriginal AFL star recalls shocking racial insult by Collingwood teammates

  02-03-2021 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Krakouer has broken his silence over an alleged incident in 2012 when he overhead Collingwood three teammates sharing a vile slur about Aboriginals in the locker room.
  
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• Double masking like Joe Biden 'unnecessary' say experts as just one is effective

  02-03-2021 13:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The government's expert says official guidance for people in the UK remains to wear a single face covering made up of at least two layers - and ideally three
  
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• Kate Garraway reflects on ‘toughest of times’ as husband remains in hospital nearly year after contracting Covid

  02-03-2021 13:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kate has reflected on the past year, as Derek remains in hospital (Picture: Rex)Kate Garraway has reflected on what she’s learned over the past year, as her husband Derek Draper remains in hospital after being admitted in March last year with coronavirus.The Good Morning Britain star – who shares two children with Derek, Darcey, 14, and Billy, 11 – has been open about the difficulties she’s faced, especially not being able to see her husband since Christmas.
  Despite now b
  
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• Seven million living in neighbourhoods where coronavirus cases are 'almost zero'

  02-03-2021 13:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There were less than three new cases in almost 1,000 neighbourhoods England, including Hampstead Town in Camden, Hale in Greater Manchester, most of the city of Bath and swathes of Cornwall, Devon and Wiltshire
  
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• Clifftop campers who had to be rescued are fined for breaking lockdown rules

  02-03-2021 13:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  A passer-by contacted the coastguard over fears for their safety (Picture: Evening Gazette)A family who had to be rescued after camping on a cliff edge have been fined for breaking lockdown rules.The couple, who live in separate households, were found pitched up above the beach at Port Mulgrave – a former ironstone exporting port near Whitby in North Yorkshire.A 30-year-old man from Middlesbrough and a 28-year-old woman from Doncaster were staying in a tent only 6ft away from a sheer 280ft
  
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• Couple lose £182m EuroMillions jackpot 'after ticket payment didn’t go through'

  02-03-2021 13:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rachel Kennedy, 19, and Liam McCrohan, 21, have been left “absolutely heartbroken” when they realised their usual numbers of 6, 12, 22, 29, 33, 6 and 11 had come up - but did not have enough money in their online account for the ticket
  
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