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• Tacoma's Benjamin Franklin Park is renamed after Sen. Rosa Franklin

  24-02-2021 00:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tacoma's parks board unanimously voted to change the name of Franklin Park, right, to honor Rosa Franklin, left,who served the State Senate from 1993 to 2010
  
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• ‘Mother, 33, dumped baby boy in trash can hours after secretly giving birth’

  02-03-2021 12:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Maria Merisier, 33, appeared at Dorchester Municipal Court yesterday afternoon (Picture: CBS Boston)A mother who allegedly dumped her newborn baby in a trash can just hours after giving birth has been charged with attempted murder.Maria Merisier, 33, appeared in court on Monday accused of delivering her baby boy in secret and abandoning the fragile newborn in a bin at the side of the road.As well as attempted murder, Merisier, from Dorchester, Massachusetts, is also charged with child abandonmen
  
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• You can buy a five-storey mini castle for £925,000

  02-03-2021 12:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Pretend to be a royal with this beautiful castle (Picture: Savills)Fancy jazzing up your Zoom background a little?
  Rather than picking up a pot of paint for your living room wall, maybe it’s time to go all out and just buy your own mini castle instead.
  If that plan sounds appealing, you’re in luck, as such a property has hit the market for the bargain price of £925,000.
  For under a million, you can buy a stunning five-storey castle complete with stunning views from the upstairs
  
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• Lorraine Kelly ‘doesn’t understand’ why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s chose to do Oprah Winfrey interview

  02-03-2021 12:10 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Lorraine Kelly has said she ‘doesn’t understand’ why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sat down for an interview with US talk show host Oprah Winfrey.The no-holds-barred interview is set to air in America on March 7 on CBS.On Tuesday’s episode of her show, Lorraine sat down with royal correspondent Russell Myers to get his take on the TV appearance.Lorraine asked if
  
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• Rust Console Edition footage is looking good ahead of closed beta

  02-03-2021 12:08 via metro.co.uk
  
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  A PS4 and Xbox version of survival game Rust is still on course for release this year, as sign-ups for the closed beta begin.The lockdown has seen a number of unexpected hits, mostly those with strong social elements, and that’s included games that are already several years old. Among Us is the most obvious example, but there’s also been the unexpected return to prominence of
  
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• Tom Holland almost wasn’t cast as Spider-Man despite being backed by Russo brothers

  02-03-2021 12:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tom Holland almost wasn’t cast as Spider-Man (Picture: Marvel)Playing Spider-Man is a pretty big deal and one Tom Holland has done expertly since taking over the role, but there was a time when Sony had their doubts over casting him.
  The actor, 24, made his debut as Peter Parker aka Spider-Man in Marvel movie Spider-Man: Homecoming released in 2017.
  Its the latest trilogy from Marvel that focuses on the web-slinging superhero and while the Russo brothers – who have long been attached
  
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• Brazil Covid variant 'could reinfect 60% of people who have already had disease'

  02-03-2021 12:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prof Ester Sabino, of the University of São Paulo, said between 25% and 61% of protective antibodies from early Covid-19 variants did not work against the new dangerous P1 variant
  
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• BBC apologises after mixing up two black MPs in Parliament

  02-03-2021 12:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Labour MP Marsha de Cordova has blasted the BBC, saying black women are confused for one another due to structural racism (Picture: BBC)The BBC has apologised after mixing up two black MPs in Parliament.Treasury and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch was miscaptioned as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova during an Urgent Question in the Commons on Monday.A statement from the broadcaster claimed the captioner ‘took too long to realise the names were out of o
  
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• Boris Johnson 'setting up charity' to fund lavish refurb of Downing Street flat

  02-03-2021 12:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister faces questions over claims he's seeking donations for a renovation of the plush space above 11 Downing Street by his fiancee Carrie Symonds
  
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• Gemma Collins' stunning new £1.35m Essex home with swimming pool and fake horse

  02-03-2021 11:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former TOWIE star Gemma Collins has moved into an impressive new pad in Essex worth a whopping £1.35 million - take a look inside
  
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• Chris Ramsey reveals Sh***ed, Married, Annoyed tour is postponed again: ‘We are beyond gutted’

  02-03-2021 11:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chris and Rosie Ramsey have had to postpone their tour dates (Picture: Rosie Ramsey/Instagram)Chris Ramsey has revealed he and wife Rosie have had to move their Sh***ed, Married, Annoyed tour dates once again due to the coronavirus pandemic. The paid, who host the hilarious podcast of the same name, had already moved the dates but as lockdown will not be full lifted by May, they had to make the difficult decision to push them back even further. Chris took to social media to share a sta
  
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• Man's attempt to flirt backfires as he accidentally adds 60 women to groupchat

  02-03-2021 11:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A guy who was chatting to 60 women was forced to apologise after accidentally adding them all to the same group chat while trying to send a photograph
  
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• School teaches ‘LGBTQ couples and contraception are wrong’ in sex education

  02-03-2021 11:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  St Mary’s Roman Catholic High School in Hereford has come under fire for its sex education teaching (Picture: Google)Concerns have been raised over a school that is allegedly teaching teenagers that same-sex couples are wrong and women should be ‘receiver-responders’.St Mary’s Roman Catholic High School in Lugwardine, Hereford, has come under fire by the local council which is ‘disturbed’ over its sex and relationship education.It is said to be using the Catho
  
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• Paris Hilton hits out at ‘cruel’ David Letterman for 2007 interview: ‘He was purposely trying to humiliate me’

  02-03-2021 11:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paris Hilton called David Lettermen ‘mean’ in response to her 2007 interview (Picture: Getty)Paris Hilton has spoken out about her David Letterman interview in 2007 after it resurfaced on social media following the release of the Britney Spears documentary Framing Britney Spears. Since the film aired, the internet unearthed a number of uncomfortable celebrity chats, including Letterman sucking on Jennifer Aniston’s hair. In the interview, the presenter repeatedly aske
  
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• Chelsea loan star Armando Broja wants to ‘surpass’ Didier Drogba

  02-03-2021 11:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  The teenager has hit the ground running at Vitesse (Picture: ANP Sport via Getty Images)Chelsea loanee Armando Broja, who is impressing at Vitesse. has set himself the lofty target of attempting to ‘surpass’ club legend Didier Drogba at Stamford Bridge.The Blues academy graduate has excelled at youth level and made his senior debut after coming on for Olivier Giroud in a victory over Everton in March of last season.Broja, 19, was sent out on loan to Vitesse for the 2020/21 campaign t
  
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• Is WWE fake? Wrestling legend Randy Orton defends ‘sports entertainment’ from backlash

  02-03-2021 11:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bobby Lashley (behind) and Braun Strowman clash on Raw (Photo: WWE)It’s a question every wrestling fan is all too used to hearing – is WWE fake?Vince McMahon’s company has long branded itself as ‘sports entertainment’, which is actually the perfect way to describe this combat sport, soap opera hybrid.While some of wrestling’s biggest names like John Cena and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson have taken what seems like a natural path into the world of actin
  
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• Brave abuse survivor's violent ex 'hid left shoes' in bid to trap her in house

  02-03-2021 11:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lauren MacDonald, 36, met John McMillan on a dating app and compared his 'charm' when they first started dating to serial killer Ted Bundy's as he became increasingly violent
  
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• Neo-Nazi leader arrested after posting video of himself bashing black Channel Nine security guard

  02-03-2021 11:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  National Socialist Network leader Thomas Sewell and his lackey filmed themselves arriving at the TV station's office in Melbourne.
  
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• 'Kind and loving' mum, 32, 'haunted by memories of gang rape' took her own life

  02-03-2021 11:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nicola McIntyre, from Hull, began suffering vivid memories and flashbacks to the brutal sex attack, with her family noticing "she was changing" as she fell further into depression
  
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• Harry and Meghan's bombshell interview with Oprah to air on ITV in £1m mega-deal

  02-03-2021 11:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's tell-all chat with media mogul Oprah Winfrey has found a home on British TV. The interview will now air on ITV a day after it is shown in the US
  
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• Captain Tom Moore's legacy will be celebrated with special April 30 event

  02-03-2021 11:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Captain Tom Moore's life will be celebrated with a special event on what would have been his 101st birthday.
  
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• Reading Festival may NOT go ahead this summer despite tickets selling out

  02-03-2021 11:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The famous music event, which this year has Liam Gallagher and Stormzy topping the bill, had been given the go-ahead after the Prime Minister's statement last week.
  
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• Mum and daughter die of Covid within weeks after 11 family infected on Xmas day

  02-03-2021 11:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paramjeet Bains, 43, died after a seizure the day after being admitted to hospital in Wolverhampton while her 65-year-old mother Kashmir battled three weeks before passing
  
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• Trump investigators 'question sons of finance chief'

  02-03-2021 11:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Investigators in Manhattan are looking at transactions involving Barry Weisselberg, who managed two ice rinks run by the Trump business and, Jack Weisselberg, a director at a Trump lender.
  
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• Live like a king for less than £1million! Two bedroom CASTLE with parapets hits market for £925k

  02-03-2021 11:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  High Morland Lodge, in Knutsford, Cheshire, has hit the market for the first time in 44 years and has been described as a 'unique mini castle' arranged over three floors and two levels in its tower
  
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• Arsenal join big clubs in packed race for Wigan youngster Kyle Joseph

  02-03-2021 11:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kyle Joseph has made an impact at Wigan (Picture: Getty Images)Arsenal are interested in teenage Wigan striker Kyle Joseph, who is available on a free transfer in the summer, but face competition from a string of big clubs.The 19-year-old only made his debut for the Latics in October last year but has already scored five goals in 14 League One appearances.Joseph has been at the club since the age of 13 but they only have him under contract until June, meaning he will be free to leave then after
  
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• Sophie Ellis-Bextor never planned to have a large family but is ‘probably’ done after five kids

  02-03-2021 11:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sophie has five children(Picture: @sophieellisbextor)Sophie Ellis-Bextor has talked about having five children, admitting she never planned to have so many.The popstar is mum to Sonny, 16, Kit, 12, Ray, eight, Jesse, five, and two-year-old Mickey with husband Richard Jones, and fans have got a peek at the domestic chaos in Casa Ellis-Bextor via her successful Kitchen Disco Instagram lives.Sophie, 41, said that while she finds the arrival of a new baby in the family ‘pure and joyful’,
  
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• SAGE scientist says schools CAN reopen safely next week

  02-03-2021 11:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Calum Semple, professor of outbreak medicine and child health at the University of Liverpool, said that increased ventilation, tests and mask wearing will all contribute to safe reopening.
  
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• Amazon worker is found dead inside 855,000sq ft Las Vegas warehouse

  02-03-2021 11:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police officers were called to the LAS7 fulfilment center in Las Vegas, Nevada, around 7am yesterday after a worker was found in the building having plunged to their death.
  
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• Woman stole £1,700,000 from boss to fund luxurious lifestyle with horses

  02-03-2021 11:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lisa Crawshaw, 46, has been jailed(Picture: Lisa Crawshaw/Facebook)A woman who stole more than £1,700,000 to fund her habit for buying horseshas been jailed.Lisa Crawshaw, 45, found her equestrian interest ‘more addictive than drugs’ in her own words.
  She admitted to stealing the money to fund her luxurious lifestyle, numerous expensive horses and equestrian equipment.Grimsby Crown Court heard that Crawshaw, from Gainsborough and Scunthorpe, admitted she ‘destroyed’
  
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