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• The Simpsons' Dr Hibbert: Harry Shearer replaced by black actor Kevin Michael Richardson

  23-02-2021 00:13 via theguardian.com
  
  After more than 30 years in the role, Shearer’s replacement reflects show’s commitment to no longer have white actors voicing black charactersAfter more than 30 years playing Dr Julius Hibbert on The Simpsons, Harry Shearer will be replaced by voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson – seven months after the show’s producers committed to no longer have white actors voicing black characters.On Monday, Fox confirmed the episode that aired last night in the United States, Dairy
  
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• Carrie Symonds's zoo charity calls in lawyers to probe finances, writes GUY ADAMS

  05-03-2021 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Weeks after taking a job at the Aspinall Foundation, Carrie finds herself bogged down in a toxic PR war of the sort you might expect to find on the grubby front line of politics.
  
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• Michael Jordan 'played cards for 36 hours straight in the mid-1990s'

  05-03-2021 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The legend of Michael Jordan's gambling habit grew this week as ex-Boston Celtics forward Antoine Walker revealed a36-hour card game that nearly resulted in a $900,000 loss for the two.
  
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• Biden will hold his first presidential press conference by the end of the month

  05-03-2021 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden will hold his first presidential press conference by the end of the month, White House press secretary Jen Psaski said Friday.
  
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• The almost uncanny connections between the TV queen and the Duchess

  05-03-2021 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Since Meghan first stepped into the royal limelight, Oprah Winfrey has determinedly set about wooing her, from doing yoga with Meghan's mum Doria, to providing gifts and mentorship
  
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• Met Police chief at centre of 'Nick' scandal is under renewed pressure

  05-03-2021 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former deputy assistant commander Steve Rodhouse and the Metropolitan Police were accused of failing to investigate the men known as A and B.
  
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• Bari Weiss says Americans are self-silencing for fear of being publicly shamed and canceled

  05-03-2021 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a recent op-ed, former New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss criticized American culture for self-silencing young writers due to fear of being shamed if they are not 'woke enough'
  
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• School return is delayed for thousands with some pupils stuck at home for two more weeks

  05-03-2021 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands of children will remain stuck at home for at least a week beyond Monday's scheduled return to school. Some may have to wait a fortnight more - denying them desperately needed classroom time.
  
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• Nurses are threatening to strike over the Government's 'insulting' 1% pay rise offer for the NHS 

  05-03-2021 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The main nursing union rushed to agree a £35million industrial action support fund and is set to ballot its members on a walkout.
  
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• Lavish art book is almost as much of a masterpiece as the Sistine Chapel it shows in heavenly detail

  05-03-2021 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the first time in half a millennium, here is an opportunity to see Michelangelo's ceiling up close - rather than from 68ft below as part of the usual tourist crocodile of 25,000 visitors a day.
  
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• Colin Stagg working at Tesco after blowing £700,000 payout over being wrongly accused in 1992 murder

  05-03-2021 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colin Stagg, 57, was seen on his way to start his shift on the checkouts at Tesco after blowing his £706,000 payout for being wrongly accused in the notorious Rachel Nickell, 23, murder probe in July 1992.
  
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• Australian Senator slams Joe Biden's move to allow transgender women in female sports

  05-03-2021 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Liberal senator has criticised US President Joe Biden for making it easier for transgender women to play female sport - and warned against a similar push in Australia.
  
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• New poll reveals 60 percent of Americans are feeling optimistic about COVID-19 situation

  05-03-2021 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Decreasing COVID-19 cases and the easing of many local restrictions has American optimism surrounding the coronavirus at an all-time high, 60 percent according to the latest Gallup poll.
  
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• Andrew Broggio made a fortune supplying NHS kit then spent thousands 'trophy hunting' wildlife

  05-03-2021 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Broggio, 50, is one of a growing number of Britons who before the Covid-19 pandemic hit were heading abroad to kill exotic animals on 'trophy-hunting' expeditions.
  
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• Record total of 10,373 foreign criminals are freed to live in Britain instead of being deported 

  05-03-2021 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Libyan Khairi Saadallah, who killed three people in a knife rampage in Reading last June, had been released from jail 16 days before the terror attack
  
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• Commuter is targeted in fraud probe after receiving £1,100 payout for repeated train delays

  05-03-2021 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Karen Ward submitted 118 claims for her commute between Ipswich and London between October 2019 and March 2020. Greater Anglia will now reassess her case.
  
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• Americans' trust in the Black Lives Matter movement has fallen, poll finds

  05-03-2021 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More Americans have lost faith in the Black Lives Matter movement and have more trust in local law enforcement ever since social justice protests swept the country in the summer, a new poll finds.
  
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• Why would Carrie Symonds pay Lulu's not-so-Lytle bills when John Lewis can mirror her designs? 

  05-03-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 32-year-old apparently saw the lavish Downing Street overhaul as necessary to rid the Prime Minister's residence of the 'John Lewis nightmare' left behind by former occupant Theresa May
  
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• Night the Krays - England's most feared gangsters - moved in with me... and ruined my life

  05-03-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAVID TEALE: Surrounded by policemen as I stood in the witness box, I tried to act tough but I'd never been so scared in my life. Across the courtroom, I could see the Kray twins in the dock.
  
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• EastEnders spoilers: Bobby Beale goes on a date as he moves on with his life

  05-03-2021 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bobby goes on a date (Picture: BBC)Bobby Beale (Clay Milner Russell) hasn’t had it easy over the last few months in EastEnders. He’s battled with his OCD and has also had to deal with Ian (Adam Woodyatt) being attacked and going missing.Fortunately for Bobby, there’s some good times on the horizon as he goes on a date! But will things go to plan?Ash (Gurlaine Kaur Garcha) feels terrible after she realises Bobby overheard her talking about him with Peter (Dayle Hudson) and menti
  
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• Boris Johnson 'persuaded Tory chiefs to pay for Carrie Symonds' £200,000 Downing Street makeover'

  05-03-2021 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Daily Mail has been told that Conservative Party funds met a large part of the Downing Street makeover bill, which is said to be in the region of £200,000.
  
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• For Heaven's Sake true crime series investigates Canada cold case

  05-03-2021 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harold Heaven mysteriously disappeared from his remote lakeside cabin in Minden, Ontario, about two hours north-east of Toronto, back in October 1934.
  
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• WWE fan buys Vince McMahon’s custom made ‘$3,000 jacket’ from thrift store

  05-03-2021 22:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  A lucky WWE fan stumbled on a piece of wrestling history in a Florida thrift store – one of Vince McMahon’s custom made suit jackets.Reddit user XxSpruce_MoosexX stumbled on the jacket – which appears to have been worn by McMahon on SmackDown in April 2020 for Triple H Appreciation Night – for just $45 in a second hand shop.The item features the WWE boss’ name and initials – VKM – on the tag, and was bought from luxury boutique Richard’s on Greenwi
  
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• How the pandemic widened the gap between the rich and poor

  05-03-2021 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pew Research Center released a report on Friday that examined the financial hardships felt across the country over the last year.
  
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• Another 236 people die with Covid in UK as 5,947 test positive

  05-03-2021 22:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  The UK has recorded a further 5,947 cases and 236 deaths (Picture: Metro.co.uk)Another 236 people have died of Covid within 28 days of testing positive, bringing the UK’s death toll to 124,261.
  A further 5,947 new cases were also recorded in the past 24 hours, which is more than a 30% drop compared to this time last week.
  Deaths, cases and hospital admissions are all falling across the country amid the successful vaccine roll out.
  The Department for Health figures show that more than one m
  
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• Sturgeon 'cover-up': No minutes were made for two meetings the Scottish Government held with lawyers

  05-03-2021 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is accused of breaking the ministerial code by misleading Parliament and ignoring legal advice in the Alex Salmond case.
  
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• Senator slams President Joe Biden's move to allow transgender women to play female sport

  05-03-2021 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Liberal senator has criticised US President Joe Biden for making it easier for transgender women to play female sport - and warned against a similar push in Australia.
  
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• NHS mental health nurse forced to get second job driving van for Amazon

  05-03-2021 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matt Tacey, 30, from Sheffield, has spoken out about his fight to make ends meet following the Government's proposed pitiful 1% pay rise for frontline NHS workers
  
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• Coronavirus UK: Britain's daily Covid cases drop to 5,947 and deaths fall by a third

  05-03-2021 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest infection figures, released late this evening by Public Health England, show a thirty per cent drop week-on-week compared to last Friday, when more than 8,500 cases were recorded.
  
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• 'Tinkering with school terms just a distraction from decade of Tory failures'

  05-03-2021 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tories cut per-pupil funding between 2010 and 2019 and additional cash for education was also noticeably absent from this week’s Budget - tinkering with school terms is just a distraction from the failures of the past decade
  
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