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• Quarter of Covid patients suffer hair loss with women most at risk

  23-02-2021 11:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Wuhan studied the long-term effects of Covid (Picture: Getty Images/EyeEm)A quarter of Covid patients experience hair loss in the first six months after being infected – with women more at risk, according to a new study.Researchers studying long-term symptoms n Wuhan found 359 out of 1,655 hospital patients (22%) suffered from hair loss.A number of other conditions were found, with 63% of patients hit by fatigue or muscle weakness, 26% suffering from sleep difficulties and 2
  
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• Rishi Sunak warns Covid crisis has had 'enormous toll' on UK finances

  28-02-2021 11:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rishi Sunak today warned the coronavirus crisis has had an 'enormous toll' on the public finances as he appeared to pave the way for a series of tax rises at the Budget on March 3.
  
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• Chelsea vs Man Utd TV channel, live stream, time, team news, odds and head-to-head

  28-02-2021 11:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Thomas Tuchel and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer meet again (Picture: AMA/Getty Images)Chelsea remain unbeaten under Thomas Tuchel but that record will be put to the test against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.The Blues have won six and drawn two of their matches under the German and are coming off an impressive victory against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday.They are right back in the hunt for a Champions League spot and can climb into the top four with victory over Uni
  
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• NHS workers fall in love while working in ICU and 'head to toe' in PPE

  28-02-2021 11:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ollie Foster, 43, and Helen Birch, met on the ICU of Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and started "communicating through their eyes" while clad in PPE, before eventually falling in love
  
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• Rivaldo sends message to Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi over Manchester City transfer

  28-02-2021 11:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lionel Messi is expected to leave Barcelona at the end of the season . (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP) (Photo by LLUIS GENE/AFP via Getty Images)Barcelona legend Rivaldo believes Manchester City would be a ‘very solid’ choice for Lionel Messi should he choose to leave the Camp Nou at the end of the season.The Argentine has less than six months to run on his contract with the Catalans and it’s increasingly likely that he will leave the club at the end of the campaign.Messi was keen
  
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• Woman tries to chat up her neighbour by posting hand-drawn signs in her window

  28-02-2021 11:01 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Dating during lockdown isn’t easy when you can’t go out to meet people.But one woman decided to try chatting to a guy she liked – without leaving her living room or picking up her phone.Spotting one of her neighbours, she made signs and stuck them to her window to get his attention.The man wrote back – but sadly he wasn’t interested in a date.The neighbour&r
  
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• Brittany Higgins blasts 'blame shifting' as all sides squabble over alleged rape not reported to AFP

  28-02-2021 11:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins says she is disappointed that 'politicking' has replaced action on the 'fundamental problems' at Parliament House.
  
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• Hamster gets Blue Peter badge after helping owner with lockdown

  28-02-2021 10:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Treacle is a Blue Peter badge winner – a rarity for animals (Picture: SWNS)Treacle the hamster is the latest recipient of a Blue Peter badge – a rarity for animals.The tiny create has been a huge support for her owner Billy-Jo Howe, who has autism and has struggled to cope with lockdown.The 20-year-old got her new pet last month following the death of her hamster Georgina, and she says it was ‘love at first sight’.Billy-Jo credits her furry friend for ‘alw
  
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• Demi Lovato calls out gender reveal parties for being ‘transphobic’

  28-02-2021 10:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Demi Lovato calls out gender reveal parties for being ‘transphobic’ (Picture: Getty/NBC)Demi Lovato has called out gender reveal parties for being ‘transphobic’.
  The singer, 28, shared an extract from Alok Vaid-Menon’s book Beyond The Gender Binary that argues throwing gender reveal parties can be seen as a form of transphobia because they reinforce limiting ideas of gender.
  Vaid-Menon writes: ‘It’s both insincere and incorrect to pretend that gender par
  
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• Married At First Sight Australia’s Jessika Power rushed to hospital: ‘I’m dying, basically’

  28-02-2021 10:56 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Married At First Sight Australia’s Jessika Power said she was ‘dying’ after being rushed to the hospital last night.The 29-year-old reality star, who was one of the brides in the sixth series of the dating experiment currently airing on E4 in the UK, revealed she is currently battling a kidney infection.Sharing an update on her health with her followers, Jessika said in
  
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• Baby joy for Jodie Chesney's father two years after 17-year-old daughter stabbed to death in park

  28-02-2021 10:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Chesney, 40, has revealed he will become a father again two years after Svenson Ong-a-Kwie and Arron Isaacs (inset) killed his 17-year-old daughter, Jodie in Amy's Park, east London.
  
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• Lockdown roadmap should be sped up if things are going well, top expert declares

  28-02-2021 10:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The government has ruled out bringing forward the dates in Boris Johnson's roadmap - but Paul Johnson of the IFS said the PM should reconsider
  
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• Nick Jonas addresses Jonas Brothers split rumours as he hosts Saturday Night Live

  28-02-2021 10:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nick Jonas was joined on Saturday Night Live by his brother Kevin to put to bed rumours that The Jonas Brothers will be splitting up. Over the past week, rumours suggested the group – completed by third brother, Joe – would be ending their decades-long career together in order to pursue solo ventures. But the boys have been quick to nip those thoughts in the bud, and where better to clear things up on Saturday Night Live?!
  Opening last night’s SNL, Nick was seen in go
  
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• Leicester vs Arsenal TV channel, live stream, time, team news, odds and head-to-head

  28-02-2021 10:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Brendan Rodgers can guide his side to second in the table on Sunday (Picture: Getty Images)Leicester can move back into second place in the Premier League when they host Arsenal on Sunday lunchtime.The Foxes go into the contest level on points with Manchester United and only behind the Red Devils on goal difference, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side travelling to Chelsea later on Sunday.Arsenal are languishing down in 11th in the table, but a point would see them clamber back into the top h
  
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• Dancing On Ice’s Vanessa Bauer feels ‘stabbed in the back’ after being banned from returning to series

  28-02-2021 10:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  Vanessa is said to be gutted she can’t return to Dancing On Ice this year (Picture: Rex)Dancing On Ice’s Vanessa Bauer feels ‘stabbed in the back’ after ITV announced she and her partner Joe-Warren Plant ‘can never return’ to this year’s series.It had been widely speculated that the duo could come back to the show after testing positive for coronavirus. given that bosses were forced to take the show off air for one week for the welfare of the cast and cr
  
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• Rishi Sunak hints Covid support schemes will be extended

  28-02-2021 10:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak said the Government is ‘going to be there to support’ people throughout the road map (Picture: Getty)Business owners and employees in England are set to continue receiving financial backing until the end of the Government’s road map, the chancellor has suggested.Speaking ahead of the Budget announcement on Wednesday, Rishi Sunak was questioned over whether the furlough scheme will be extended beyond the April 30 deadline.Although he refused to be drawn on ‘spe
  
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• Dad frustrated after number mix-up with council means he gets 100 calls a day

  28-02-2021 10:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  George McCann, 47, gets bizarre queries including payroll issues and bins not being emptied - which should be directed to North Lanarkshire Council
  
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• Will and Kate urge public to have Covid jab as they warn against ‘misinformation’

  28-02-2021 10:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Prince William has urged people to have Covid jab (Picture: PA)The Duke of Cambridge has urged people to take the COVID-19 vaccination, so younger people will also feel it’s essential for them to get it.Prince William warned against ‘rumours and misinformation’ on social media about coronavirus jabs, as he and the Duchess of Cambridge video called two clinically vulnerable women who have been shielding since last March.Shivali Modha, 39, who has type 2 diabetes, and severe asth
  
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• Stacey Solomon confirms July wedding to Joe Swash: ‘It actually feels real now’

  28-02-2021 10:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash are getting married in July (Picture: Instagram/ staceysolomon)Stacey Solomon has revealed she and Joe Swash will be getting married in July if lockdown is eased in the UK.Following the government’s roadmap to lift restrictions by June, the Loose Women star is pressing ahead with planning her big day.The realisation that she could actually be hitched this year became too much for the couple, and Stacey confessed they became emotional after receiving a confirmat
  
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• Prince William urges people to have Covid jab as he warns of ‘misinformation’

  28-02-2021 10:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Prince William has urged people to have Covid jab (Picture: PA)The Duke of Cambridge has urged people to take the COVID-19 vaccination, so younger people will also feel it’s essential for them to get it.Prince William warned against ‘rumours and misinformation’ on social media about coronavirus jabs, as he and the Duchess of Cambridge video called two clinically vulnerable women who have been shielding since last March.Shivali Modha, 39, who has type 2 diabetes, and severe asth
  
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• Labor MP is accused of rape in an email sent to another politician

  28-02-2021 10:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Labor MP has been accused of rape in an email sent to another politician just days after a letter was sent to Scott Morrison claiming a Liberal minister raped a teenager in 1988.
  
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• Home and Away spoilers: Colby sends Bella a heartbreaking final letter

  28-02-2021 10:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: Endemol Shine)Bella (Courtney Miller) has been concerned about Colby (Tim Franklin) following the brutal beating he endured from his fellow inmates. She is even more worried when she learns he’s been sent back to the prison, and fears he will immediately be targeted again. She tells Dean (Patrick O’Connor) they have to visit him, but he says he won’t go back there ever again. However, some tough words from John (Shane Withington) convince him he has to step up an
  
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• Hong Kong re-arrests dozens of pro-democracy activists under controversial law

  28-02-2021 10:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  The 47 arrested activists have struck a defiant tone (Picture: Getty/Reuters)Police in Hong Kong have re-arrested 47 pro-democracy activists under a controversial new law.The defendants allegedly violated the national security legislation imposed by China when they participated in unofficial election primaries for the region’s legislature last year.The former legislators and democracy advocates had been arrested in January but were later released. Now police say the defendants, including 3
  
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• I stage ‘polite protests’ to spread laughter

  28-02-2021 10:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  It was our way of preventing being misrepresented by the bad manners of our loutish government (Picture: Suzi Warren)‘Welcome to Britain. Sorry we’re being a bit weird.’ Two years ago, I found myself standing next to this banner outside Eurostar’s arrival entrance at St Pancras station, with a bunch of pastries. The sign on my trolley read: ‘How very nice of you to come. Cake?’My friend and I welcomed guests from Europe into our country, telling them
  
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• Girl, 16, died twice and started turning black in ambulance after feeling unwell

  28-02-2021 10:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING: Parents of Ellie Harris, from Rhondda, Wales, were told to say their goodbyes after she was resuscitated twice after feeling unwell for a few days
  
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• Cop shoves an elderly man, 77, twice after 'accusing him of dodging a breath test' in Sydney

  28-02-2021 10:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Youtham Ashourian pulled up outside his Penrith home on Saturday night when officers asked him if he was driving his car when it failed to pull over for a random breath test.
  
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• Rishi Sunak confirms Covid support schemes set to be extended in the Budget

  28-02-2021 10:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tory Chancellor said support schemes will be "aligned" with Boris Johnson's roadmap - all but confirming furlough and other support will be available in some form until June
  
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• Kim Kardashian and Kanye West divorce papers cite ‘irreconcilable differences’ as reason behind split

  28-02-2021 10:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kim Kardashian and Kanye West cite ‘irreconcilable differences’ as reason behind splitKim Kardashian and Kanye West are divorcing after six years of marriage, with the official paperwork citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason behind their split.
  Kim, 40, and rapper Kanye, 43, have faced intense speculation that they were set to divorce over the last few months, with Kim officially filing the paperwork earlier this month.
  Court documents confirm that Keeping Up
  
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• Emmerdale spoilers: Devastating break-up revealed for Moira and Cain Dingle as Faith splits them?

  28-02-2021 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Is there another storm coming Cain and Moira’s way? (Picture: ITV)Faith Dingle (Sally Dexter) caused quite the stir when she returned to Emmerdale. Not everyone in the Dingle family are pleased to see her and when Chas (Lucy Pargeter) and Cain (Jeff Hordley) became undecided on whether Faith should stay or leave the village, they decided it was time for a Dingle court.Coming up, the aftermath of the vote begins, and Cain isn’t happy with Moira’s (Natalie J Robb) voting choice,
  
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• EastEnders spoilers: Ruby Allen receives tragic health news after baby loss

  28-02-2021 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ruby has a lot on her mind (Picture: BBC)Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) in EastEnders was desperate to have a baby with Martin Fowler (James Bye), but once he told her that he didn’t want anymore children, Ruby spun a huge web of lies and faked a pregnancy.After an argument in the pub, Ruby went to the bathroom before abruptly leaving. She discovered she was bleeding and when she arrived at the hospital, she was told she was having a miscarriage.Too heartbroken to tell Martin the truth, Ruby l
  
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