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• The summer camp predator: How a father who ran a Christian charity drugged children with sweets before committing vile acts of abuse

  05-12-2025 02:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jon Ruben, 76, pleaded guilty to a string of charges relating to the drugging of children at a summer camp in 2024.
  
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• Man jailed after gecko-smuggling sting busted

  06-12-2025 18:23 via metro.co.uk
  A man has been jailed for 14 months after being caught trying to smuggle rare geckos out of New Zealand (Picture: Department of Conservation)A man caught in an undercover sting targeting the illegal trade of rare geckos has been jailed for 14 months.Gunak Lee, 23, from South Korea, travelled to New Zealand in an attempt to purchase 10 prized jewelled geckos worth around £60,650, ready to be smuggled out of the country.They are only found in New Zealand and classified as an ‘at risk
  
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• Teen dies 14 years after being ‘attacked’ as baby with dad facing murder trial

  06-12-2025 18:11 via metro.co.uk
  Lejunae Wood, 42, of Wuppertal, Germany, was arrested on Thursday at Heathrow Airport (Picture: Getty Images)A man has been charged with murdering his son – who died 14 years after suffering severe head injuries as a baby.Lejunae Wood, 42, of Wuppertal, Germany, was arrested on Thursday at Heathrow Airport and charged on Friday with the murder of Leajunne Wood.Leajunne was just four months old when he suffered life-changing injuries during an incident at home in Hayes, west London, in Dec
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing star Karen Carney's health battle as ex-footballer opens up on condition

  06-12-2025 18:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Karen Carney has opened up about her health battle which has affected her entire footballing career
  
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• David James names ‘favourite’ to win Premier League after Man City close gap on Arsenal

  06-12-2025 17:59 via metro.co.uk
  Former Premier League goalkeeper David James (Picture: Getty)David James has named the ‘favourite’ to win the Premier League after Manchester City closed the gap on title favourites Arsenal.Man City clinched a routine 3-0 win over in-form Sunderland shortly after Arsenal’s deflating 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa.Sunderland have exceeded expectations during their return to the Premier League but were no match for Pep Guardiola’s side, who were 2-0 up at half-time thanks to go
  
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• Ian Wright criticises Arsenal star for poor ‘game management’ after Aston Villa defeat

  06-12-2025 17:57 via metro.co.uk
  Ian Wright believes Arsenal should have played safe for the draw against Aston Villa (Premier League)Ian Wright criticised Arsenal’s players for their lack of game-management after their 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa.Mikel Arteta’s side went behind at Villa Park as Matty Cash opened the scoring for the hosts but Leandro Trossard struck in the second half to pull the Gunners level.Villa pushed for a winner and it eventually came in the fifth minute of injury time as Emi Buendia pounced o
  
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• Scientists who advised government during Covid did not reveal they had received more than £200m in grants from one of the world's biggest pharma investors, report says

  06-12-2025 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twenty-six members of theScientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), which helped shape lockdown rules, did not register their Wellcome Trust funding, a report reveals.
  
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• Texas attorney general sues 'Muslim city' developers over 'radical plot to destroy land' after probe finds alleged fraud

  06-12-2025 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ken Paxton launched an investigation into East Plano Islamic Center and Community Capital Partners months ago and has now filed a lawsuit against them.
  
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• More than 100 passengers struck down with grim ‘vomiting bug’ on 133-day world cruise

  06-12-2025 17:50 via metro.co.uk
  The AIDAdiva cruise ship, pictured in January, boasts three swimming pools, restaurants, bars and a ‘body and soul’ spa (Picture: Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images)A norovirus outbreak has swept through a luxury cruise ship leaving over one hundred people stricken by the ‘vomiting bug’.Passengers on the AIDAdiva liner face their seventh day of the virus, first reported to health authorities on November 30. Some 95 out of 2,007 passengers and six staff membe
  
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• Horror outbreak of diarrhoea bug on 133-day cruise as more than 100 fall ill

  06-12-2025 17:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An outbreak of norovirus has been reported aboard the AIDAdiva ship, which is currently on a four-month voyage across several countries - 95 passengers and six crew members are ill
  
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• Middle class parents of Lamborghini-driving Albanian burglar DISOWN him for bringing shame on their 'respectable' family... as he brags about his extravagant UK lifestyle

  06-12-2025 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He's the bling-obsessed Albanian criminal who has spent the past year taunting police and the Home Office by posting videos bragging of his extravagant lifestyle in the UK.
  
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• Salford 'shooting' as men 'drive up to house on e-bike and open fire'

  06-12-2025 17:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Greater Manchester Police said a woman in her 20s was injured following an alleged shooting in Salford this week - and two men, aged 24 and 28, have been arrested
  
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• Chilling words 'shooter' said after 'targeting' MGM casino-goer and shooting him dead in food court

  06-12-2025 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Williams, 22, of Fort Washington, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing Darnell Hawkins Jr., 22, inside the MGM National Harbor food court in Maryland.
  
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• Prince Harry takes swipe at Royal Family with Downton Abbey 'drama' quip

  06-12-2025 17:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex has taken aim at the Royal Family while delivering a speech, as he called out the “drama and intrigue” of the Firm as he spoke to business leaders in Los Angeles
  
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• JLS star shares health update with fans from hospital bed after operation

  06-12-2025 17:19 via metro.co.uk
  A JLS star has shared a health update after being injured (Picture: Aston Merrygold/ Instagram)A JLS star has shared a series of photos from hospital after undergoing surgery.A month after revealing he’d been injured while rehearsing for his band’s The Club Is Alive: 2025 Hits Tour, this weekend, Aston Merrygold posted photos on social media that showed him in a hospital gown and being supported by crutches.In one snap, he was holding one crutch in the air and pouting, declaring in
  
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• I'm A Celebrity star accuses ITV show of 'making him relapse' after 13 years sober

  06-12-2025 17:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former TV star Iain Lee has revealed that the stress of being on I'm A Celebrity made his drug addiction return after 13 years.
  
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• Shocking moment Mercedes driver flies over cars in roundabout crash - and survives

  06-12-2025 17:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the CCTV footage, the Mercedes is seen flying over a bus and two cars after slamming into a roundabout at high speed after the 49-year-old driver suffered a medical episode
  
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• Joe Biden makes new embarrassing gaffe as he struggles to say 'America' in conference speech

  06-12-2025 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biden's history of cringeworthy verbal blunders includes confusing Kamala Harris with Donald Trump and referring to his defense secretary as 'that black man.'
  
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• Moment champion martial artist bundles suspected sex attacker to the floor as woman screams that he grabbed her outside busy Tube station

  06-12-2025 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert Ivan Skoko, 29, used a leg sweep before using his knees to restrain the man in busy Moorgate, central London .
  
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• Lewis Hamilton full of 'anger and rage' as Ferrari nightmare turns ugly at Abu Dhabi GP

  06-12-2025 17:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton suffered another awful qualifying result at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with his maiden Ferrari Formula 1 season set to end with a whimper at the Yas Marina Circuit
  
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• Lewis Hamilton admits 'anger and rage' as Ferrari nightmare turns ugly at Abu Dhabi GP

  06-12-2025 17:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton suffered another awful qualifying result at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with his maiden Ferrari Formula 1 season set to end with a whimper at the Yas Marina Circuit
  
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• Travellers take over London: After 'sunbeds for a month' and 2am start to dress up, gypsies from across UK ride horses and traps through capital before annual visit to Winter Wonderland 

  06-12-2025 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many Travellers have dressed up to the nines for the occasion with some waking up as early as 2am to make themselves as well as their horses presentable for the occasion.
  
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• Inside Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda for Europe

  06-12-2025 17:05 via metro.co.uk
  Donald Trump has said that Europe is heading for ‘civilisational erasure’ and will be unrecognisable in decades in his new National Security Strategy (Picture: Reuters)Synonymous with Trumpian politics is the president’s protectionist ‘America First’ policy.Tough border controls, tariffs on imports and a strong military are all well known hallmarks of the Maga regime.However, a new document has shed light on what America First could mean for Europe in the coming ye
  
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• I'm A Celeb's Shona McGarty 'to miss final' in punishing blow

  06-12-2025 17:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All signs are pointing towards an all-male I'm A Celeb final in 2025...
  
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• Middle class parents of Lamborghini-driving Albanian burglar DISOWN him for bringing shame on their 'respectable' family... as he brags about his extravagant UK lifestyle

  06-12-2025 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He's the bling-obsessed Albanian criminal who has spent the past year taunting police and the Home Office by posting videos bragging of his extravagant lifestyle in the UK.
  
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• FBI head ‘told Swat team to give girlfriend’s friend lift home’

  06-12-2025 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  FBI director Kash Patel has faced questions over his use of government resources (Picture: REUTERS)The head of the FBI reportedly ordered a security team to escort his girlfriend’s pal home after a night of partying in Nashville.Kash Patel, 45, has asked agents protecting his girlfriend to take one of her friend’s home, according to three people with knowledge of the incidents.MS Now reports that Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, 27, has asked agents to drive her friend home
  
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• AI model 'cracking jokes' in viral video sparks concerns as users question what's real

  06-12-2025 17:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People have all been sharing their concern over a new 'model' created by artificial intelligence - as it becomes even more worrying how realistic it's developing to be
  
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• The Nuked Blood Scandal: Britain's shameful human experiment - and 70 years of denial

  06-12-2025 16:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fleet Street Fox on the scandal that just won't die
  
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• Ways Prince George is being 'trained' for future King role by William and Kate

  06-12-2025 16:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales will be heading to secondary school next year, and is already preparing for his future royal responsibilities as heir to the throne
  
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• Netflix won't make dramas like Mr Bates vs THe Post Office, Bafta-winning director Peter Kominsky warns as streamer is poised to gobble up Warner Brothers in $83bn deal

  06-12-2025 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Kosminsky also warned that there would be 'less space for odd, brilliant ideas' and channels like the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 would find it hard to get their programming made.
  
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