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• Sage advice says 'women carry burden of maintaining Christmas family traditions'

  27-11-2020 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The document by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies adds that 'messaging should be supportive of women adapting traditions'
  
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• Cher and Barbra Streisand praise Joe Biden as they headline virtual concert We The People: ‘This is your time’

  18-01-2021 15:20 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Cher and Barbra Streisand lead a host of stars who performed at the concert special, We The People, celebrating the upcoming Inauguration.As the nation prepares for Joe Biden to be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, Sunday night kicked off the start of Inauguration Week celebrations in style.Taking place via Zoom, the superstar heaped praise on the President-elect, 74,
  
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• Limping dog copies his injured owner out of sympathy

  18-01-2021 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russell Jones, who is believed to be from London, took to social media to share footage of his pet lurcher imitating his limp out of sympathy as he walked along a residential street.
  
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• Everything you need to know about Self Assessment tax return as the deadline approaches

  18-01-2021 15:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  You have just a few weeks left (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)For the almost 12 million people who fill in a Self Assessment tax return each year, January 31 is an important deadline.This is the day by which you must both file the return itself and pay any tax owed to the HMRC or risk a series of heavy and escalating penalties.If you still haven’t filled in your form, but think you need to do so, or if you’re wondering about how to pay the tax owed, this guide should help you to
  
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• Now police investigate married fire chief who drove 20 miles to home of his ex-secretary

  18-01-2021 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Andrews' furious bosses at West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service told police, who will investigate whether to fine him £200 for breaching lockdown rules by visiting the home of his ex-colleague.
  
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• Ashley Walters thought people died filming ‘crazy’ stunts for Bulletproof: South Africa

  18-01-2021 15:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ashley Waters and Noel Clarke are back – and heading to South Africa (Picture: Sky)Bulletproof: South Africa is so next level that Ashley Walters was convinced members of the cast and crew had lost their lives while filming stunt scenes.The three-part special, which arrives next week, sees Walters and Noel Clarke reprise their roles Pike and Bishop as they find themselves caught up in a frightening kidnap of a young girl while on holiday.
  Speaking to Metro.co.uk, Ashley teased the stunts i
  
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• Man fined £600 after his dog mauls deer in Richmond Park

  18-01-2021 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Richmond Park deer had to be put down due to injuries after it was chased and attacked by Irish setter Alfie who was off the lead. Owner Franck Hiribarne, from Kingston, was fined £602 at court.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after pensioner stabbed in ‘random attack’

  18-01-2021 15:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  A police cordon in place on Tynedale Road after the stabbing (Picture: SnapperSK)A man has been charged with attempted murder after a seemingly random street stabbing left a pensioner with life-threatening injuries.Asim Hussain, 27, was charged last night in connection with Saturday’s incident in Tyseley, Birmingham.West Midlands Police said the stabbing was being treated as a random attack.The 77-year-old victim was injured near a row of shops in Tynedale Road at about 12.45pm after being
  
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• Boris Johnson demands politics be 'civil and kind' despite incendiary language

  18-01-2021 15:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has a history of dismissing people who claim his language led to people being targeted for abuse. But now Mr Johnson wants people to be "civil and kind" in political discussions to stop life being made "unpleasant" for Tory MPs
  
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• UK Covid hospital daily deaths up by 571 in highest Monday total since April

  18-01-2021 15:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In England there have been a further 532 deaths, the death toll in Wales has risen by 20, and in Northern Ireland 19 more fatalities were recorded
  
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• Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed hours after Moscow return following poisoning

  18-01-2021 15:07 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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• Can learner drivers practice during lockdown?

  18-01-2021 15:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Driving lessons have been suspended across the UK during the latest lockdown (Picture: Getty)A third national lockdown has caused havoc with people’s lives as the UK looks to reduce the spread of coronavirus – and it’s caused particular difficulties for those preparing to taking their driving tests.Stopping midway through learning will cause a headache for thousands of new drivers and delays when it comes to taking their tests.Following the lifting of the first lockdown last su
  
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• Sir Alex Ferguson hails ‘phenomenal’ Arsenal star Kieran Tierney

  18-01-2021 15:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kieran Tierney has been in fine form for Arsenal (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed ‘phenomental’ Arsenal full-back Kieran Tierney.The Scotland international joined the Gunners from Celtic in a £25million deal in 2019 but his debut campaign was ravaged by injury.However, Tierney has made up for lost time so far this term and has been the Gunners’ most consistent performer in a difficult campai
  
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• Hundreds at rave in Guernsey as life continues despite Covid

  18-01-2021 15:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  More than 200 ravers pack into a live music venue in Guernsey (Picture: The Fermain Tavern/Facebook/@thefermaintavern)Ravers packed into a live music venue in Guernsey as nightlife continues as normal despite the global coronavirus pandemic.The party took place while the UK’s entertainment venues remain mothballed indefinitely during the third lockdown.
  The event took place legally because the Channel Island has been able to confine cases to a relatively tiny number.DJs played drum and bas
  
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• Woman found dead in Colchester house as man she knew is arrested for murder

  18-01-2021 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 20s was pronounced dead at a house in Colchester, Essex, on Sunday morning after she was found unresponsive by police. A man, 21, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Satellite images show China has built a village with 100 homes in disputed Indian territory

  18-01-2021 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Satellite images dated 1 November 2020 show a development of101 homes has been built in India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, at a location 2.8 miles inside Indian territory.
  
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• What is going on with Kylie Jenner’s shower? Star roasted over bathroom in $36m mansion

  18-01-2021 14:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kylie Jenner’s shower really tickled us (Picture: Instagram)Kylie Jenner has been trolled to within an inch of her lip kits this week over the shower in her multi-million-dollar mansion.This comes not too long after her big sister Kim Kardashian was similarly roasted for her own soulless bathroom, which begs the question – what on Earth does this family think is an acceptably-functional place of bathing?It all went down when beauty entrepreneur and reality star Kylie was sharing a to
  
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• Taxi driver hits out at passenger who paid £10 for rides to foodbank a 10-minute walk from his house

  18-01-2021 14:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kev McCartney, from near Blackpool, Lancs, received a call to drop off a regular customer at a food bank but just ten minutes later he picked up a job on the radio to go back and collect him.
  
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• Friends relive night desperately searching for 'murdered' student Libby Squire

  18-01-2021 14:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In statements read out to court, friends of the Hull student said they had expected to find her at first but as more time went on they became worried and eventually called the police
  
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• Covid UK: Boris Johnson criticised amid 'vaccine postcode lottery'

  18-01-2021 14:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Another five million people will be invited to receive a jab from today, with some in Whitehall suggesting the rollout is going so well that the wider population could be covered by June rather than September.
  
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• Scott Morrison STILL refuses to condemn Donald Trump for inciting mob to storm the US Congress

  18-01-2021 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mr Trump last week made history as the only US president to be impeached twice and is due to face a Senate trial to decide if he will be convicted of inciting an insurrection.
  
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• Donald Trump ‘planning to grant 100 pardons – then flit from White House hours before Biden arrives’

  18-01-2021 14:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump is said to be planning on granting 100 pardons, before leaving Washington DC hours ahead of Joe Biden’s inaugurationDonald Trump is said to be planning to grant 100 pardons as his presidency draws to a close – before leaving the White House hours before Joe Biden’s arrival. President Trump will issue the pardons and commutations on Tuesday – his final full day in office – and then quit the White House before 8am on Wednesday, according to White House so
  
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• Man lives at Chicago O'Hare airport for MONTHS over 'COVID fears'

  18-01-2021 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aditya Singh, 36, was arrested on Saturday after living for three months in a secure section of Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Police said he was too scared to fly because of COVID-19.
  
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• Autism is not a mental health issue, yet I was sectioned

  18-01-2021 14:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  I was restrained 97 times, secluded 17 times and long term segregated (Picture: Alexis Quinn)Activists all have a story or defining moment that propelled us into action. For me, it was being detained against my will for three and half years – at times, hundreds of miles away from home.My crime? Being different.I’m autistic. Autism – a different way of ‘being’ and experiencing the world – can’t be treated.
  Many autistic people do not want to be treat
  
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• Hunt for serial slasher as dad's murder linked to two other stabbings

  18-01-2021 14:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Investigators believe all three knife attacks were committed by the same lone man near to each other in the Neasden area of north London over two days, with police appealing for information
  
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• Dancing on Ice 2021: Viewers brand show ‘a fix’ after Lady Leshurr lands in skate-off and Rufus Hound is saved by judges

  18-01-2021 14:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rufus was saved by the judges on last night’s Dancing on Ice (Picture: Matt Frost/ITV/REX)Dancing on Ice viewers have branded the show ‘a fix’ after Lady Leshurr landed in the first skate-off of the series and Rufus Hound was saved by the judges.During last night’s launch show, the rapper performed an uptempo routine with Brendyn to Little Mix’s hit song Salute.Despite the positive feedback she received from the judges, being placed joint top of the leaderboard, it
  
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• McDonald's workers share what the 'buttons' on its drink lids really mean

  18-01-2021 14:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  McDonald's staff have explained how they use the buttons on top of the drinks, and why customers will often see two of four of them pressed in at the same time, after one visitor was left baffled
  
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• Shkodran Mustafi appears to take swipe at Arsenal over Mesut Ozil exit

  18-01-2021 14:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  The exiled Gunners midfielder is in Istanbul to complete his transfer (Picture: Getty Images)Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi has suggested the north London club failed Mesut Ozil and did not support him enough as the exiled midfielder closes in on a transfer to Fenerbahce.Ozil has not played for the Gunners since being frozen out by manager Mikel Arteta last March and, after initially saying he would see out his £350,000-a-week contract which expires in the summer, is now on the verge of
  
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• Miranda Hart taking career break after death of her beloved dog Peggy

  18-01-2021 14:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  The actress is stepping back(Credits: PA)Miranda Hart is taking a break from her career and social media after the death of her beloved dog Peggy.The 48-year-old comedian has opened up about the ‘excruciating sadness’ she is feeling after losing her ‘loyal, loving best friend’ – whom she bought in 2007 and inspired her 2016 memoir Peggy and Me – last week.Sharing a number of heartwarming photos with her furry friend, she wrote: ‘Last week I said goodbye
  
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• Man fined £600 after his dog fatally mauls deer in Richmond Park

  18-01-2021 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Richmond Park deer had to be put down due to injuries after it was chased and attacked by Irish setter Alfie who was off the lead. Owner Franck Hiribarne, from Kingston, was fined £602 at court.
  
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