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• Scotland lockdown to start easing in April with return to levels system

  23-02-2021 15:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out her roadmap today (Picture: ScotGov)Nicola Sturgeon has set out her roadmap out of lockdown in Scotland, with major easing expected from April.She said that the country would return to the localised system of levels, similar to England’s previous tiers system.In summer ‘we really hope to be living with much greater freedom’, she said, but urged people to continue to follow the rules for now.She said: ‘It is therefore from th
  
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• Care homes can refuse to hire staff or renew contracts of workers who won't accept the vaccine

  26-02-2021 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robert Buckland MP said the Government would not enforce a 'no jab, no job' policy on UK care home workers, but added it would not prevent employers blocking future contracts.
  
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• Covid UK: Donald Trump among rich celebrities who claimed furlough cash

  26-02-2021 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Famous names worth billions have claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money from the government to furlough staff during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• 2021 London mayoral election: Shaun Bailey accuses Sadiq Khan of using BLM to divide UK communities

  26-02-2021 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tory candidate Mr Bailey claims that his Labour rival has seized upon the Black Lives Matter movement to further his own political ambitions. Mr Bailey goes up against Mr Khan in the elections on May 6.
  
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• Airbnb loses $4.6BN in first annual report as company amid Covid pandemic

  26-02-2021 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In results released Thursday - Airbnb's first as a publicly traded entity - the company took a charge of $2.8 billion for stock compensation related to the IPO.
  
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• Soap boss ‘told actresses they could only return if they got a facelift’

  26-02-2021 16:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Soap agent Melanie Blake reveals it has happened on more than one occasion (Picture: Melanie Blake)The UK’s leading agent for actresses in television and soap has lifted the lid on some of the meetings she has endured in her career – which included some bossesagreeing to the return of a female character on the condition that the stars had plastic surgery to maintain a look of youth.
  Melanie Blake, who has written a Sunday Times bestseller called Ruthless Women which gives a fictional
  
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• How to learn tarot for beginners

  26-02-2021 16:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Try not to overcomplicate it to begin with (Picture: Getty)As interest in spiritualism rises, it’s clear that people are searching for meaning outside of the norm.
  One way to get there is through taking up tarot, but learning tarot takes time and it can be hard to know where to start.Begin by understanding what purpose tarot cards can serve and use that as your motivation.The aim of a reading varies depending on who it’s for but ultimately ‘the cards themselves are talking poin
  
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• Teenager, 19, with Covid symptoms coughed in faces of workers at children's home, court hears 

  26-02-2021 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jude Carradice Lamond, 19, coughed in the faces of staff and spat on the floor while experinceing Covid symptoms during a string of incidents at Forever Care Supported Living in Sunderland, Tyneside.
  
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• Moment mother saves her four children by throwing them from the third floor of a burning building

  26-02-2021 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video of the incident in Istanbul's eastern Esenler district showed the mother dropping her children from a third-floor window as black smoke billowed from the fire behind her on Wednesday.
  
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• One-legged amputee among 30 migrants intercepted by Border Force on Channel crossing

  26-02-2021 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The amputee was on board the second boat of the day and was brought into Dover Marina, Kent, on the back of the cutter Alert.
  
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• John Geddert victim says 'his abuse was far worse than the sexual abuse by Larry Nassar'

  26-02-2021 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sarah Klein, the first-known survivor of former USA Gymnastics team doctor Nassar, said she 'would take Larry Nassar over and over again before I would ever take John Geddert ever again'.
  
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• Conservatives gather for CPAC ahead of Donald Trump's comeback speech

  26-02-2021 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Conservatives have gathered in Orlando, Florida, this weekend for their annual conference, which will feature Donald Trump's comeback speech along with a host of hard-right favorites.
  
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• Qantas, Jetstar, Rex and Virgin Airlines price war with domestic flights as cheap as $39

  26-02-2021 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aviation heavy weights Qantas, Jetstar, Rex and Virgin Airlines have dropped their prices for domestic flights from Sydney to Melbourne and Brisbane to as low as $39.
  
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• Covid Germany: Health officials beg public to take Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine

  26-02-2021 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany's top diseases institute, welcomed the findings in Scotland that one dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab slashed hospitalisations by 94 per cent.
  
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• Steve Harvey jokes daughter Lori’s boyfriend Michael B Jordan isn’t ‘the sexiest man alive to me’

  26-02-2021 16:22 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Steve Harvey is totally on board with stepdaughter Lori’s relationship with Michael B. Jordan.The hilarious comedian shared his thoughts about the hottest new celebrity couple during his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday night,When the 63-year-old was asked about Lori’s headline-making romance with People’s 2020 Sexiest Man Alive, Steve responded: ‘First
  
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• Coronation Street’s Ryan Thomas drinks two bottles of wine in a night in alcohol battle

  26-02-2021 16:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: ITV)Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas has spoken about his relationship with alcohol.
  The actor, who portrayed Jason Grimshaw on the ITV soap, revealed that he’s been ‘finding any excuse’ to have a drink.Ryan, 36, said: ‘I’m literally just finding any excuse to have a drink.‘It’s like, everything’s all or nothing, so it’s not even like I have a couple of drinks. I’ll have two bottles of red wine and I’m like: “Why
  
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• Elephant kills zookeeper by hitting him around the head with its trunk and slamming him into cage

  26-02-2021 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joaquin Gutierrez Arnaiz, 44, (pictured) was struck by a female elephant while cleaning its enclosure at the Cabarceno Natural Park near Santander, Spain. He died three hours later in hospital.
  
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• Bus driver who said Covid 'made him crazy and kill his wife' is jailed for 22 years

  26-02-2021 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  School cleaner Maryan Ismail, 57, was beaten to death by her husband Hussein Egal, 66, on April 6 last year and her body was found covered with a blanket at her flat in Edmonton, north London.
  
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• Washington state Senate votes to ban open carry of firearms at Capitol and sanctioned protests

  26-02-2021 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Thursday, Washington state senators passed a bill to ban the open carry of firearms at the state's Capitol building as fears of political violence capture the country.
  
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• Covid Australia: Qantas passengers will have to show vaccination and negative test results via app

  26-02-2021 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Passengers flying Qantas will have to disclose their medical history through a travel app which will display their immunisation records and Covid test results.
  
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• Paul Scholes makes bold prediction ahead of Man Utd vs AC Milan Europa League tie

  26-02-2021 16:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Scholes believes Man Utd are the clear favourites to win this season’s Europa League (Picture: BT Sport)Paul Scholes believes Manchester United are the clear favourites to win this season’s Europa League and should ‘cruise’ past their next opponents AC Milan.
  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side cantered through the group stages of the competition and eased into the last 16 following a comprehensive 4-0 aggregate win over Real Sociedad, despite being held to a goalless
  
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• Japanese political leader tied to a 'Scientology-like' cult will speak at CPAC

  26-02-2021 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hiroaki Aeba (left), a Japanese political leader tied to the Happy Science religion founded by Ryuho Okawa (bottom right), will speak at CPAC in Orlando on Friday. Devotees are seen top right in New York.
  
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• The Chase viewers baffled after all four contestants accept low offers from Mark Labbett for first time in show history: ‘It doesn’t make sense’

  26-02-2021 16:12 via metro.co.uk
  
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  The Chase viewers were left floored last night after all four contestants chose to take Mark Labbett’s lowest cash offer.As each of the hopefuls stepped up to take on The Beast in the cash-building round, despite being offered staggering amounts of money, all four decided to ‘play it safe’ and take his lowest offer.During the cash-building round, each contestant attempt
  
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• Melissa Caddick death: More human remains wash ashore at Mollymook

  26-02-2021 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stomach flesh and a belly button that may belong to conwoman Melissa Caddick has been found washed up on Mollymook Beach, NSW, 150km north of where her decomposed foot was found.
  
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• Woman hailed a 'legend' for explaining how to stop iPhone camera flipping photos

  26-02-2021 16:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A TikTok user shared a video explaining how to stop your iPhone camera from flipping your images but some people were quick to point out an issue with the hack
  
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• Sex killer who stabbed victim, raped her corpse and then sang song to police loses appeal

  26-02-2021 16:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lorenzo Martinez has lost his bid to be cleared of killing Mary Neal, right, and raping her corpse (Picture: Curry County Sheriff’s Office/Muffley Funeral Home)A murderer who stabbed his victim, then had sex with her corpse and sang a song to police has lost his appeal to have his rape conviction quashed. Lorenzo Martinez, 54, says she shouldn’t have been charged with raping victim Mary Neal, 57, in February 2017 because she was already dead by the time he defiled her.But New Mexico&
  
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• Prince Harry reveals baby Archie’s first word was ‘crocodile’

  26-02-2021 16:08 via metro.co.uk
  
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  The Duke of Sussex revealed his son Archie Harrison’s first word during an interview with his close pal James Corden.
  Chatting to the TV host during an double-decked bus tour of Los Angeles, Prince Harry, 36, said his one-and-a-half-year-old boy ‘is hysterical’ and is growing up fast.
  He added: ‘He’s got the most amazing personality, he’s already putti
  
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• Rishi Sunak’s wealthy wife ‘claimed up to £100,000 from furlough’ to pay staff

  26-02-2021 16:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rishi Sunak pictured with his wife Akshata Murthy (Picture: LNP/Daily Mail)Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife – one of Britain’s wealthiest women – is said to have claimed up to £100,000 from the coronavirus furlough scheme for her business.Akshata Murthy, 41, thought to be richer than the Queen, has reportedly accepted the taxpayer handouts for boutique gym Digme Fitness Limited.Ms Murthy is listed on Companies House as a director of the business, which has b
  
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• Pobelter back in the CLG starting line-up after being benched for the start of the LCS season

  26-02-2021 16:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Pobelter was benched for the start of the season, but he’s making a grand return (Photo: Oshin Tudayan/Riot Games)Veteran League of Legends (LoL) player Eugene ‘Pobelter’ Park is on his way back to the starting line-up of Counter Logic Gaming (CLG), after being demoted to the Academy roster just a few weeks ago.CLG are currently dead last in the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), North America’s top LoL esports competition. With just one win from their firs
  
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• Melissa Caddick death: More human remains wash ashore at Mollymook near where conwoman's foot found

  26-02-2021 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stomach flesh and a belly button that may belong to conwoman Melissa Caddick has been found washed up on Mollymook Beach, NSW, 150km north of where her decomposed foot was found.
  
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