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• Three children airlifted to hospital after car smashes into pre-school

  23-02-2021 02:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The crash was reported on Monday night near the La Petite Academy preschool on Seco Canyon Road, California, US
  
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• Meghan’s best friend defends ‘kind and empathetic’ royal after bullying claims

  06-03-2021 11:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fashion stylist Jessica Mulroney said no one ‘has ever had to deal with the pressure, politics and the press’ like the Duchess of Sussex (Picture: Instagram)Meghan Markle’s best friend has stepped in to defend the ‘kind and empathetic’ royal after allegations she bullied staff members.Jessica Mulroney, who met the Duchess of Sussex while filming Suits, posted a picture of them having drinks together on Instagram after claims Meghan drove out two personal assist
  
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• Chrissy Teigen defends pregnant Meghan Markle: ‘They won’t stop until she miscarries’

  06-03-2021 11:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chrissy Teigen took to Twitter to defend Meghan Markle (Picture: Getty)Chrissy Teigen has spoken out to defend Meghan Markle amid the ongoing scrutiny she is under ahead of her and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, admitting she worries about her unborn baby. The model, 35, took to Twitter to share her fears about what the non-stop criticism about Meghan could do to her unborn baby. She wrote: ‘this meghan markle s**t is hitting too close to home for me. these pe
  
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• Pussycat Dolls star Jessica Sutta is seven months pregnant but still plans on going on tour

  06-03-2021 11:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jessica is expecting her first baby (Picture: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)Pussycat Dolls star Jessica Sutta is pregnant with her first child.The 38-year-old has confirmed that she is expecting a baby with her husband Mikey Marquart, and is due in May.The React singer told Entertainment Tonight: ‘I’ve always wanted to be a mommy. I swear, I’m going to get so emotional because I’m finally able to say it…It’s been so exciting and it’s a dream come true.&rsquo
  
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• Manchester United eye Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane as potential Erling Haaland alternatives

  06-03-2021 11:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mbappe’s current contract at PSG expires in 2022 (Picture: Getty)Manchester United have made Erling Haaland their prime target this summer but the club could also explore the possibility of signing Kylian Mbappe or Harry Kane.Haaland, 20, is already one of the most feared strikers in Europe with Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool also said to be in the race to sign him this summer.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer handed the Norway international his senior debut at Molde in 2017 but failed in his f
  
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• The biggest money myths: Financial experts reveal the advice you should never listen to

  06-03-2021 11:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australia's best financial experts have debunked the old those silly money myths - from forgoing the daily cappuccino to get rich to keeping money under the bed during uncertain times.
  
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• Al Capone's niece says 'softie' mobster's hidden $100m stash is lost forever

  06-03-2021 11:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Deirdre Capone recalls 'Uncle Al' as just a mobster - not a monster, who used to love cooking and playing Santa for his staff's children
  
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• Promising Young Woman dominates Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards as director Emerald Fennell wins big

  06-03-2021 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Promising Young Woman dominated at the Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards, taking home five trophies on the night.The flick – Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut – landed multiple awards, including best picture and best actress for lead, Carey Mulligan.The director and screenwriter also won best original screenplay, best first feature and filmmaker on the rise.A very impressive haul.Carey, 35, heaped praise on the director while accepting her award via a video call, tell
  
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• Home and Away spoilers: Will Ari leave Mac for old flame Mia?

  06-03-2021 10:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: Endemol Shine)Ari (Rob Kipa-Williams) and Mac (Emily Weir) have been in a good place lately, but that is all about to change in the aftermath of Nikau (Kawakawa Fox-Reo) returning from New Zealand and revealing that his stepdaughter Chloe (Sam Barrett) is in town. After 8 years without seeing her, Ari is thrown – and Mac didn’t even know she existed.To complicate matters further, Chloe’s mum – and Ari’s ex – Mia (Anna Samson) shows up on the doorstep
  
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• Mutant Covid strains are 'very unlikely' to stop UK enjoying a normal summer, expert says

  06-03-2021 10:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Head of the Covid-19 Genomics UK scientific body Professor Sharon Peacock (pictured) said tweaking vaccines will allow Britain to 'stay ahead' of Covid-19.
  
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• Louis Saha urges Ole Gunnar Solskjaer not to sell struggling Manchester United forward Anthony Martial

  06-03-2021 10:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Louis Saha wants Anthony Martial to stay at Manchester United (Picture: Getty)Louis Saha has urged Ole Gunnar Solskjaer not to sell Anthony Martial and says the struggling Manchester United forward is a ‘top player’.Much was expected of France international Martial following his record-breaking move from Monaco in 2015.But since becoming the most expensive teenager in history, Martial has blown hot and cold at Old Trafford, despite making more than 250 appearances for the club.The 25
  
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• Wild swimming is booming – so why is access such a nightmare?

  06-03-2021 10:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Last spring, just after the easing of lockdown one, I drove to a river I’d been longing for and plunged into its cool, silky waters for a swim.
  I remember, specifically, the feeling of freedom after being stuck close to home for so long; the feeling of being cradled by the wider world; of nature without barriers.I’ve been a fan of swimming in natural waters (rivers, lakes, the sea – even a really deep puddle if I’m desperate) for years now, but it seems that, along with b
  
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• Caffè Nero staff switch sell-by dates to make gone-off food appear fresh

  06-03-2021 10:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six former and present staff at Caffè Nero admitted to changing the dates using a label gun across the UK since 2016.
  
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• Meghan Markle 'giving off Wallis Simpson vibe' in clips from Oprah chat

  06-03-2021 10:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After a clip of the Duke and Duchess' chat to the famous US TV host was released ahead of its screening on Sunday, some drew comparisons between her chosen glamorous look and that of fellow American, Wallis
  
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• Rabbit found dumped by road gives birth to babies in charity care

  06-03-2021 10:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  The babies are now a month old (Picture: Blue Cross)A rabbit found abandoned by the roadside in London is getting some much-needed TLC after giving birth to a litter of four babies less than 24 hours after being brought into the care of Blue Cross.The rabbit, who has been called Sydney, was brought into the care of the national pet charity after she was found straying with two others in Walcott Street, less than 10 minutes walk from the Blue Cross animal hospital on Hugh Street.The three rabbits
  
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• Review into Parliament House likely to reveal more bullying and sexual misconduct allegations

  06-03-2021 10:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The review has been agreed to by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese following Brittany Higgins' claim she was raped in 2019.
  
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• Mum's terror after whole family struck by Covid with husband in induced coma

  06-03-2021 10:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sarah Allcock, 46, said the situation for her husband, who is in hospital with Covid-19, got to so bad at one point that she had to sit her kids down and warn them he might not make it
  
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• Brothers savagely beaten ‘after asking lockdown party revellers to quieten down’

  06-03-2021 10:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  The brothers said they feared for their lives as the revellers rained down blows (Picture: BPM Media)Footage has emerged of two brothers being savagely beaten after allegedly asking neighbours to keep the noise down at an illegal lockdown party.Abdul Hafiz, 44, and Abdulla Al Mamun, 38, were repeatedly punched and kicked, and claim the eldest was ‘battered with a broken fence panel and knocked
  unconscious’.Mr Hafiz said he heard ‘shouting, loud music and destruction’ comi
  
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• Horse drawing carriage bolts leaving four injured at Lockhart Showground in NSW Riverina region

  06-03-2021 10:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to the Lockhart Showground in the NSW Riverina region just after 11.30am on Saturday.
  
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• Ant Middleton denies ‘joking about having sex with female contestant’ after SAS: Who Dares Wins axe

  06-03-2021 10:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ant Middleton has denied allegations against him (Picture: Pete Dadds)Ant Middleton has strongly denied claims he ‘joked about having sex with a female contestant’ on SAS: Who Dares Wins after it was announced he was leaving the Channel 4 show. The adventurer, 40, hit back at claims that the reason he was ‘axed’ from the show was because someone had overheard him make an allegedly lewd comment to a female contestant which was picked up on his microphone. A spoke
  
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• Australian man questioned over bizarre four-day 'orgasm retreat' in Bali which outraged locals

  06-03-2021 10:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An 'orgasm retreat' to be run in Bali by an Australian man has been canned after he was taken in by Indonesian police for questioning.
  
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• Gun dealer who stashed weapons in three-year-old daughter’s bedroom is jailed

  06-03-2021 10:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Darren Dixon, 32, admitted his love of guns had turned into an addiction (Picture: NCA)An online firearms dealer who was ‘addicted’ to guns has been jailed after an host of weapons were found in his home, including in his three-year-old daughter’s bedroom.
  Darren Dixon, 32, was caught with 26 firearms, along with explosives, gunpowder, ammunition, smoke grenades, blades and garrottes at his home in Kentish Town, North London.Officers also found fake Metropolitan Police and Inte
  
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• Oprah ‘took up to £6,500,000’ for royal interview but Meghan and Harry weren’t paid

  06-03-2021 10:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Audiences in 69 countries across the world will tune into the ‘no-holds-barred’ interview (Picture: CBS/REX)CBS is paying Oprah Winfrey up to £6.5 million ($9 million) for her explosive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle – but the royal couple isn’t getting a penny, sources claim.The US network is believed to have forked out between £5 million ($7 million) and £6.5 million ($9 million) in license fees to the chat show host’s production c
  
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• Sculptor’s giant converted warehouse with roof terrace and art studio for sale

  06-03-2021 10:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Think of all the things you could do with that space (Picture: pedderproperty metro.co.uk)A sculptor is selling his huge converted warehouse, which comes complete with a roof garden and 2,117 sq ft studio.The property was built in 1860, and is certainly unique.
  All told, it has four bedrooms and over 4,200 sq ft to its name.Owned (for now) by, artist and sculptor David Mach, the massive studio sits on the ground floor.The living room/kitchen/dining area looks so large you’d need a megaphon
  
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• Joanna Lumley says Meghan and Harry interview is ‘stirring up hatred’ and she won’t be watching

  06-03-2021 10:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview is airing on Sunday (Picture: CBS)Joanna Lumley won’t be watching Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s upcoming Oprah Winfrey interview.Teaser clips of the bombshell chat have been released, with one showing the Duchess claiming the Royal Family were ‘perpetuating falsehoods’ about the couple.Many have been left divided over the footage, with Meghan’s Suits co-star Patrick Adams penning a scathing defence of his pal
  
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• Joanna Lumley insists she won’t be watching bombshell Meghan Markle and Prince Harry interview

  06-03-2021 10:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview is airing on Sunday (Picture: CBS)Joanna Lumley insists she won’t be watching Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s upcoming Oprah Winfrey interview.Teaser clips of the bombshell chat have been released, with one showing the Duchess claiming the Royal Family were ‘perpetuating falsehoods’ about the couple.Many have been left divided over the footage, with Meghan’s Suits co-star Patrick Adams penning a scathing defenc
  
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• Cottage inside the gothic abbey where Lord Byron once lived up for sale for £480,000

  06-03-2021 10:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Archway cottage, set within a Grade-II listed gothic abbey, is up for sale (Picture: Holden Copley via OnTheMarket)Literary types, here’s some property porn you’ll really like.
  After all, if you dream of writing in your own countryside cottage, you can’t get much better than one in the Grade-II listed gothic abbey where Lord Byron once lived.
  The cottage – which is positioned towards the top of the watchtower – sits within a larger property in the grounds of New
  
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• What I Own: teacher Lisa, who paid a £24,750 deposit for an old workhouse conversion house

  06-03-2021 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lisa lives with her husband and two children (Picture: Lisa Davies)What I Own – Metro.co.uk’s weekly homeowner diary series – is back for another instalment.This week we speak to Lisa, who lives in South Norfolk with her husband, two young children and pug.Lisa’s property was a former workhouse and asylum that was converted into family homes almost a decade ago.
  Here’s what she had to say about her buying process…
  Tell us about yourself
  I’m Lisa Davies,
  
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• Say g’day to the Aussie and Kiwi queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under as season one cast is Ru-vealed

  06-03-2021 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  10 queens will compete for the crown (Picture: World of Wonder)It’s been a painful… oh, three months since we’ve had the Ru-veal of a RuPaul’s Drag Race cast, so it’s about time we get to say g’day to another one.The cast for the upcoming RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under has been unveiled to coincide with Sydney’s Mardi Gras, welcoming 10 queens from Australia and New Zealand who hope to be crowned Down Under’s next drag superstar.Among the cas
  
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• Everything we know about Meghan and Harry’s Netflix deal

  06-03-2021 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fans are keen to know more about Meghan and Harry’s Netflix deal (Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage)Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix deal was announced last year, but little has been revealed so far about what their content will entail.Last September, it was revealed that Harry and Meghan had signed a deal with the streamer to produce documentaries, films and children’s programmes. The pair said in a statement at the time: ‘Our focus will be on creating conten
  
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