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• Sting's son-in-law is sued by tenants over his 'vermin-infested' and 'illegal' LA AirBnB

  23-02-2021 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris Kantrowitz has been accused of using a commercial building in Hollywood for tenants and leaving it infested with vermin, DailyMail.com can reveal.
  
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• Oprah Winfrey under fire after clip of ‘problematic’ Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen interview resurfaces online

  25-02-2021 14:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Oprah Winfrey has been slammed for asking teenage Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen what size they were in a resurfaced 2004 interview (Picture: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)Oprah Winfrey has come under fire for her ‘problematic’ interview with teenage Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in which she asked them about their clothing size.In the resurfaced clip from their 2004 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the TV icon asked the young stars about their figures at a time when rumors had been circu
  
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• Paris Saint-Germain confident over Kylian Mbappe extension amid Liverpool links

  25-02-2021 14:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kylian Mbappe has 18 months to run on his PSG deal (Photo by Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images )Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo says the club’s talks with Kylian Mbappe over a contract extension are progressing well.The French superstar is out of contract in 18 months with the Ligue 1 giants and the club are desperate to tie him down to a new deal.Mbappe, 22, is valued at around £200m and PSG may be forced into looking to sell this summer if he intimates that he would be u
  
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• Penny Lancaster shocks Loose Women panel as she reveals she went for dinner just hours after giving birth and having stitches

  25-02-2021 14:21 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Penny Lancaster shocked her Loose Women co-stars to their core when she revealed she went out for dinner just hours after giving birth and having stitches.
  Host Charlene White, Judi Love and Nadia Sawalha were left baffled on Thursday’s live show when Penny recalled how she decided to join husband Rod Stewart and family for a dinner reservation, just hours after giving birth &ndash
  
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• When will zoos, safari parks, cinemas, theatres and museums reopen?

  25-02-2021 14:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Film buffs are eagerly awaiting the return of movies to cinema screens (Picture: Getty)Cinemas, theatres, zoos and museums have all been hit hard financially following long-term closures throughout 2020.Many parents are hoping that the industry will be back open for business come the summer holiday.With coronavirus cases on the decline, and the coronavirus vaccination programme well underway, UK governments have started outlining when venues can expect to open their doors.So, here are the dates
  
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• Npower shuts down its mobile app after 'credential stuffing' hack

  25-02-2021 14:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bosses behind energy giant, a 'Big Six' energy firm, are today warning customers to check their bank statements for unusual activity following the breach.
  
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• Britney Spears' father Jamie hits back at claims he is controlling her

  25-02-2021 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The attorney Vivian Thoreen appeared on Good Morning America to dispel the allegations and to insist that in the past year, Britney has never asked Jamie directly to step down.
  
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• Husband and wife laid to rest after Covid killed them weeks before they were eligible for vaccine

  25-02-2021 14:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great-grandparents Peter Hurrell, 72, and Audrey (both pictured), 67, from Trowell, Nottinghamshire, passed away just 10 days apart after testing positive for Covid-19 in January.
  
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• When is the Europa League last 16 draw and how to watch it?

  25-02-2021 14:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manchester United expect to be in the last 16 draw (Picture: Getty Images)The Europa League last 32 round comes to a close on Thursday night and there is no time wasted with the draw for the last 16 taking place on Friday lunchtime.Tottenham booked their spot in the draw on Wednesday, but the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Leicester and Rangers will be looking to finish their jobs in their second legs on Thursday.The bookmakers fancy the Premier League sides at this stage of the competitio
  
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• University student, 19, died from sepsis

  25-02-2021 14:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Toby Hudson was unable to speak to a doctor in Weymouth due to a faulty phone system and eventually gave up and decided to try again the next day.
  
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• Mum spends £22,000 transforming her two-bedroom house into a Walt Disney shrine

  25-02-2021 14:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Every room in Catherine Hamilton's house in Leeds is covered with Disney decorations she has amassed over the years during monthly trips to Disneyland in Paris and says
  
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• PICTURED: Gerard Depardieu back on set being charged with raping and sexually abusing an actress

  25-02-2021 14:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  French actor Gérard Depardieu was seen filimg Maigret and the Dead Girl along the banks of the Seine last Friday after Paris prosecutors indicted him for attacking a 22-year-old actress.
  
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• Prince Harry's army friend says losing military titles will be a 'big ordeal'

  25-02-2021 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Burns victim Martyn Compton, who has known Harry for 15 years, said he hopes his friend's decision to build a new life for himself, Meghan and Archie in Los Angeles will be 'worth it for him'.
  
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• Emotional moment Q&A host Hamish Macdonald chokes back tears after being moved by dementia story

  25-02-2021 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hamish Macdonald was visible emotional when hearing the story of Tim Granger and his daughter Prue on Thursday night's episode shining a spotlight on aged care in Australia.
  
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• Not a single Covid outbreak was linked to staycations in Scotland last summer

  25-02-2021 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Mark Woolhouse, an infectious disease expert at Edinburgh University, said not a single cluster of cases was traced to staycations in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
  
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• Phillip Schofield mocks Dancing on Ice cancellation drama after onslaught of injured stars quit

  25-02-2021 14:06 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Phillip Schofield has poked fun at the drama surrounding Dancing On Ice 2021, as a spate of injured stars quitting has led fans to question whether it could be cancelled.Last week, Dancing On Ice took a one-week hiatus after several contestants were forced to back out of the competition due to injuries and positive Covid-19 tests.The most recent competitor to drop out of the running is J
  
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• Boris Johnson refuses to correct false claim on north transport body cut

  25-02-2021 14:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said there would be "no cut" to cash for Transport for the North. But in January the Department for Transport told the body its budget would be slashed by 40%. And today, they declined to say whether the cut was going ahead
  
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• 'Hostage' Dubai princess pleads with UK police to reopen sister's kidnap case

  25-02-2021 14:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Princess Latifa Al Maktoum is urging Cambridgeshire Police to trace her sister, Shamsa, who is alleged to have been kidnapped after she fled the royal family's Longcross estate
  
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• Boy, 11, stuck in France in row over Covid rules

  25-02-2021 14:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Border forces would not let Dean Lemire and his dad get onto the Eurostar (Picture: Cascade News/Getty)An 11-year-old boy is trapped in France and can’t return home to his mum in a row over coronavirus rules.
  Dean Lemire went to his dad’s home in Arras, in France, over Christmas and stayed longer than planned after lockdown was announced last month.
  But this week the boy was blocked from boarding the Eurostar home after his dad Eric Lemire, who was accompanying him on the journey, ha
  
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• China's communist leader Xi Jinping claims to have 'eradicated rural poverty'

  25-02-2021 14:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Xi Jinping proclaimed 'victory' over poverty in a speech in Beijing on Thursday after drive that saw some 10million poor Chinese forcibly relocated from villages to towns over the last four years.
  
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• Every single prosecution under the Coronavirus Act has been ‘unlawful’

  25-02-2021 14:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  CPS figures show that each of the 246 prosecutions launched since the law was introduced last spring has so far been incorrect (Pictures: PA/EMPICS Entertainment)Every single one of the 246 prosecutions launched under the Coronavirus Act have been wrong, according to the latest figures.The legislation was introduced by the government in March last year and gives police powers to detain ‘potentially infectious persons’ for screening and assessment with ‘reasonable force’ i
  
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• Pieminister is delivering pie kits with gravy, mushy peas and mash ahead of British Pie Week

  25-02-2021 13:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  British Pie Week is just days away (Picture: Mike Cooper/Pieminister/Metro.co.uk)Is there anything better than pie?Whether you prefer meaty types or veggie options, there’s something so comforting about the humble pie – especially when it’s served with creamy mash and rich gravy.Next week marks British Pie Week and, to get in the spirit of things, the team at Pieminister are delivering kits so you can enjoy the full works at home.The brand’s Pie Week Mothership kits cost
  
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• Man, 27, arrested after his girlfriend’s two-year-old son was found dead in dumpster

  25-02-2021 13:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Athian Rivera was found dead in a dumpster on Friday and Wyatt Lamb, 27, right, has been arrested (Picture: Facebook/police handout)A 27-year-old man has been arrested after his girlfriend’s two-year-old son was found dead in a dumpster.Wyatt Lamb was arrested by police on Friday following the discovery of toddler Athian Rivera’s body in a dumpster at an apartment block in Cheyenne, Wyoming, earlier the same day.He was taken into custody on suspicion of failing to appear in court and
  
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• Farewell to fossil fuels: New book journeys through Britain's love affair with the motorcar

  25-02-2021 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Classic Car Gallery - A Journey Through Motoring History, by automotive writer Lance Cole, shows off a treasure trove of motoring beauties. Pictured: The famous Jaguar E-Type.
  
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• Ghetts rides self-propelled gun through Central London as he pushes for number one for Conflict Of Interest

  25-02-2021 13:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ghetts took to the streets of London to promote his new album (Picture: Backgrid)Ghetts had heads turning in Central London on Wednesday as the rapper rode a self-propelled gun through the capital to promote his new album, Conflict of Interest.The rapper, 36, was seen aboard an Abbot with the album name spray painted on the side as he filmed a video in the middle of Oxford Street. The stunt comes as Ghetts, real name Justin Clarke, aims to close in on the number one spot on the Official Cha
  
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• Football coach had ‘nonse’ carved on his back in torture attack

  25-02-2021 13:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  From left to right: Lewis Herman, Jamie Barker, Rebecca McNally and Chelsea Wilson-Ford, who inflicted horrific torture on Jordan StoreyA football coach was subjected to a horrific torture ordeal in which he had his hair and feet set on fire and the word ‘nonse’ carved into his back.Jordan Storey, 28, was attacked with weapons including an axe, sledgehammer, dog chain, knife and dumbbell bar by a friend and three others who filmed the brutality and posted it online.Jamie Barker, Lewi
  
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• Takeaway pints will be allowed again in England - but only from April 12

  25-02-2021 13:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson's lockdown roadmap will allow takeaway alcohol from pubs - but only in Step 2, once beer gardens are already open anyway
  
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• Country singer Trisha Yearwood, 56, contracts Covid-19 as husband Garth Brooks says ‘we’ll ride through this’

  25-02-2021 13:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks are in quarantine after she tested positive for Covid-19 (Picture: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)Garth Brooks has revealed how he’s sticking by his wife’s side after singer Trisha Yearwood tested positive for Covid-19.The country music super gave fans an update about his wife’s health in a statement which read: ‘The Queen and I have now tested twice. Officially, she’s diagnosed as “on her way out of the tunnel” now, thou
  
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• The moment a baby hippo is attacked and drowned by bull 'that defeated its father for dominance'

  25-02-2021 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. A shocking video shows an adult male hippo sinking its teeth into a baby hippo before drowning it at a Zambian National Park.
  
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• Prince Harry having military titles stripped will be ‘massive ordeal’

  25-02-2021 13:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry’s army friend Martyn Compton says he hopes his decision is worth it (Picture: ITV/Getty)Prince Harry’s army friend has warned being stripped of his military titles will be ‘a massive ordeal’ for him.Martyn Compton, who has known the duke for 15 years, says he hopes Harry’s decision to step down as a working member of the Royal Family for good is worth the payoff.Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine on Thursday morning, he said: ‘He was very passionate
  
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