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• Rishi Sunak’s spending review has left me unimpressed

  26-11-2020 15:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  The climate crisis was barely mentioned in Rishi Sunak’s statement to the Commons (Picture: REUTERS/Simon Dawson)It’s barely a week since the prime minister sent out a press release detailing his 10-point climate action plan.
  Somehow it seems not to have been delivered next door as the chancellor virtually ignored it in this week’s spending review.Let’s be fair. The prime minister’s plan was more a shopping list than a serious attempt to address the climate emergenc
  
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• Oregon health workers give doses to drivers stuck in snowstorm as drugs neared expiry time

  28-01-2021 09:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oregon health workers who got stuck in a snowstorm on their way back from a COVID-19 vaccination event went car to car injecting stranded drivers before several of the doses expired.
  
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• Bondi driver is fined twice in two weeks for parking outside his garage

  28-01-2021 09:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The driver shared a photo of multiple cars parking over the footpath in front of their garages in Bondi in the city's east this week - with front wheels resting on the footpath.
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer provides Eric Bailly injury update ahead of Arsenal clash

  28-01-2021 09:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eric Bailly missed Manchester United’s shock defeat against Sheffield United at Old Trafford (Picture: Getty)Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was left to rue the ‘unfortunate’ injury which ruled Eric Bailly out of last night’s match against Sheffield United.
  The Ivory Coast international had been a revelation since returning to the team last month with United having won six of the seven matches he has featured in since December 23.Bailly, however, suffered bruising following a collis
  
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• Spice Girls having a ‘big old rethink’ about 25th anniversary as pandemic thwarts plans

  28-01-2021 09:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Spice Girls will mark the 25th anniversary of Wannabe this July (Picture: Ray Burmiston/Photoshot/Getty Images)The Spice Girls are having a ‘big old rethink’ about their 25th anniversary plans.Mel C, Mel B, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton and Geri Horner hit number one with their debut single Wannabe in July 1996, and had hoped to celebrate 25 years since their iconic introduction to the charts this summer.However, any plans for a concert to mark the occasion have been thwarted by
  
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• Astronauts complete daring spacewalk outside ISS to install British tech

  28-01-2021 09:26 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Two astronauts have completed a spacewalk to install a British-built broadband hub that will beam scientific research back to Earth.The technology marks the UK’s first major industrial contribution to the International Space Station (ISS).Called ColKa, short for Columbus Ka-band Terminal, the system will allow astronauts to communicate with Earth at home broadband speeds.It will re
  
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• Long Covid sufferers taught breathing techniques by opera singers

  28-01-2021 09:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Imperial College London and the English National Opera have joined forces for the programme developed specifically for people recovering from coronavirus.
  
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• Brits detained as police raid illegal party in Thailand coronavirus crackdown

  28-01-2021 09:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The six British tourists are said to be among 89 foreigners who have been detained by officers who raided a bar in Koh Phangan island which was breaching the coronavirus rules
  
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• Incredible kiss as autistic 13-year-old reunites with mum after being found on a houseboat

  28-01-2021 09:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mother of a 13-year-old autistic boy who went missing on the New South Wales' Central Coast has kissed him in an incredible reunion since he went missing on Wednesday.
  
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• The key test every student heading back to school this year should do

  28-01-2021 09:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Online learning and home schooling became commonplace last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to experts finding a growing problem with some children.
  
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• Pfizer vaccine effective against mutant Covid strains

  28-01-2021 09:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  The company has confirmed its vaccine works against the UK and South African variants of coronavirus (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Pfizer and BioNTech have confirmed their vaccine is effective against the UK and South African variants of coronavirus.This is a breaking story. More to follow.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected] more stories like this, check our news page.
  
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• UK vaccine drive starting to fall as vital target missed for third straight day

  28-01-2021 09:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There are doubts the UK will hit Boris Johnson's tarrget of 15 million coronavirus vaccine jabs by February 15 - average of 412,401 first doses are needed each day but there have been less than 312,000 for three days running
  
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• Pubs not likely to open until May under three-step plan to release from lockdown

  28-01-2021 09:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  A woman pours a pint at the Dispensary pub in Liverpool (Picture: AP)Non-essential shops could reopen in April followed by pubs and restaurants in May under a ‘three-step plan’ out of lockdown, according to reports.Boris Johnson said there will be a ‘gradual and phased’ approach to lifting restrictions, with the national lockdown in place until at least March 8, and a review before then in mid-February.The PM announced that schools will not reopen immediately after Februa
  
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• Non-essential shops ‘to open in April and pubs in May in three-step plan’

  28-01-2021 09:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  A woman walks past shuttered shops in London (Picture: Tolga Akmen / AFP)Non-essential shops could reopen in April followed by pubs and restaurants in May, according to reports.Boris Johnson said there will be a ‘gradual and phased’ approach to lifting restrictions, with the national lockdown in place until at least March 8, and a review before then in mid-February.The PM announced that schools will not reopen immediately after February half-term, and that new border restrictions wil
  
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• The destructive power of white women’s tears

  28-01-2021 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  A strategic use of emotion can shift the blame (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)The last time I witnessed the destructive power of white women’s tears, I was the victim.In 2019 I suffered a hate crime. Throughout the ordeal I gave my friends a live commentary on a Whatsapp group chat, eventually letting them know when I had got home safely.I was on edge after what happened, but what stung was the radio silence from one of my white friends.
  I thought she was using her privilege to turn a blind e
  
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• Sainsbury’s driver returns to ‘check woman out’ after dropping off delivery

  28-01-2021 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  A Sainsbury’s customer said her delivery driver told her he’d returned to her home to check her out (Stock picture: PA)A Sainsbury’s customer was left feeling scared and vulnerable when her delivery driver returned to her home hours after dropping off her order to ‘check her out’.The woman, in her 20s, who wishes to remain anonymous, received her shopping around 8pm on January 18. She didn’t notice any items were missing from the order at the time.
  Her deliver
  
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• Coronation Street spoilers: 38 new images reveal Summer death tragedy, car crash horror and drugs terror

  28-01-2021 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: ITV)February gets off to quite the start in Coronation Street, and lives are left hanging in the balance as a result .Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) stumbles upon Will in her home, and — unaware of the fact that Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) put him up to it — she’s left terrified.
  She speeds out of the flat, and ultimately collides with an oncoming vehicle — which leaves her fighting for her life.
  Will Summer be okay?
  Meanwhile, Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) m
  
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• Boris Johnson defies Nicola Sturgeon to visit Scotland

  28-01-2021 09:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson is travelling north of the border despite the First Minister swiping that it is not an 'essential' trip under coronavirus rules.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell 'ordered room full of underage girls to kiss and dance in front of Epstein'

  28-01-2021 08:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Among a trove of court papers released Wednesday night was a filing by lawyers for Epstein victim Virginia Roberts that included redacted witness testimony.
  
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• Larry King’s family wore his signature suspenders to his funeral

  28-01-2021 08:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Larry’s family honoured him by wearing his signature braces (Picture: SGranitz/WireImage)Larry King’s family honoured the late journalist by wearing his signature suspenders to his funeral.The 87-year-old was known for wearing colourful suspenders with a shirt and tie on his talk shows, including Larry King Live and Larry King Now.His family, including his estranged wife Shawn Southwick King and his three sons Larry Jr, 59, Chance, 21, and Cannon, 20, all wore suspenders to his funer
  
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• Woman kept robber at petrol station for police by 'performing sex act on him'

  28-01-2021 08:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The would-be thief was said to have burst in to the station in Slovakia's capital city of Bratislava on Tuesday night before he demanded money from staff - but a member of the public intervened to keep him there
  
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• 'Disease X' deadlier than Covid could be around the corner, top scientists warn

  28-01-2021 08:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mark Woolhouse, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, has urged for more thought to go into planning for future pandemics due to the risk of a new disease emerging
  
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• Black people face ‘racial trauma’ because of frequent Afro hair discrimination

  28-01-2021 08:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  53% said their natural hair has been judged as unattractive or unprofessional (Picture: Getty)At least 93% of Black people with Afro hair in the UK have experienced microaggressions related to their hair, according to a new report.The new study by Pantene has revealed that discrimination against Afro hair is widespread, and uninvited hair touching was reported as one of the most common types of microaggressions, experienced by nearly half (46%).Crucially, only 7% of people without Afro hair were
  
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• Dancing On Ice 2021: Denise Van Outen vomited and ‘nearly passed out’ from pain after fracturing shoulder in horror fall

  28-01-2021 08:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Denise Van Outen nearly passed out from the pain after horror Dancing On Ice fall (Picture: ITV)Dancing On Ice star Denise Van Outen vomited and nearly ‘passed out from the pain’ after her painful injury.The TV presenter dislocated her shoulder and fractured it in three places during a horror fall while rehearsing for the show – leading her to leave the ITV series.She has now been replaced by gymnast Amy Tinkler, who will be skating alongside Joe Johnson.The 46-year-old initial
  
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• Third lockdown is working as Covid R rate falls to 0.9

  28-01-2021 08:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  The national R number is estimated to be at 0.98 with a range of 0.92 to 1.04 (Picture: Metro.co.uk)The number of coronavirus infections is falling across the country and the R rate could be as low as 0.9, a new study shows.The findings from the eighth round of Imperial College London’s React study indicates a drop in numbers last week, suggesting lockdown is starting to have an effect.
  But the research, which tested more than 167,600 volunteers in England between January 6 and 22, also sh
  
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• Lockdown beginning to slow spread of Covid as R rate ‘falls to 0.9’

  28-01-2021 08:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  The national R number is estimated to be at 0.98 with a range of 0.92 to 1.04 (Picture: Metro.co.uk)The number of coronavirus infections is falling across the country and the R rate could be as low as 0.9, a new study shows.The findings from the eighth round of Imperial College London’s React study indicates a drop in numbers last week– suggesting lockdown is starting to have an effect.But the research, which tested more than 167,600 volunteers in England between Janua
  
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• Governor Cuomo is mocked for blaming 'incompetent government' for COVID deaths

  28-01-2021 08:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo claimed 'incompetent government' was responsible for the high number of COVID deaths in New York State. Meanwhile, Dr Fauci wants to look to the future.
  
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• Could hiring a campervan as a home office be the future of remote working?

  28-01-2021 08:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sara Tasker is one of many who have hired campervans to act as offices while working remotely (Picture: Sara Tasker)As someone with ADHD, who works from home and has aseven-year-old child, Business Coach Sara Tasker struggles with distraction.
  However, she’s recently discovered an ideal solution to help her keep focussed during the working day – a campervan.While the thought of hiring one as a workspace might seem a bit extreme to some, Sara admits it came from ‘absolute desper
  
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• No competition for 99% of Covid contracts, study reveals

  28-01-2021 08:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Institute for Government (IfG) says it has found 'little evidence' of competition for deals handed out between March andlast July at the height of the scramble for PPE for the NHS.
  
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• 'Dangerous' laundry liquid that could burn skin pulled from stores

  28-01-2021 08:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Some bottles of Ecover 1.5 litre zero non-bio laundry liquid may contain a dangerous level of potassium hydroxide which can cause skin burns. Morrisons, Tesco and Boots are among stores to pull it from sale
  
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