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• Three-month wait to reopen is ‘huge blow to hospitality and travel businesses’

  23-02-2021 22:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Travel leaders and hospitality business owners were relieved to have a timeline – but called for support to make it through the coming months (Picture: AFP/Getty/PA)Hospitality and travel leaders called for urgent financial backing as they expressed their dismay that they face months before they can fully reopen to the public.Business owners told Metro.co.uk they welcomed the publication of the Government’s ‘road map’ – but the news of at least another three months
  
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• Dancing On Ice semi-final ‘to feature only 12 minutes of skating during 2-hour show’

  05-03-2021 17:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dancing on Ice semi-final will include just 12 mins of skating (Picture: Rex)Viewers will undoubtedly settle in for a night of glamorous, impressive and skillful routines on Sunday night’s semi-final of Dancing On Ice.However, fans of the show may be left disappointed as it has been reported that there will only be 12 minutes of actual skating during its two-hour time slot.Following a season of injuries, illnesses, and positive coronavirus tests, four contestants are left when there should
  
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• Woman who stabbed partner with steak knife guilty of murder for second time

  05-03-2021 17:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Emma-Jayne Magson stabbed her partner with a steak knife (Picture: PA/SWNS)A woman who stabbed her partner to death with a steak knife has been convicted of murder for a second time following a retrial ordered by the Court of Appeal.Emma-Jayne Magson, from Leicester, killed 26-year-old James Knight with a single stab wound to the heart in March 2016 after a drunken row between the pair.The 28-year-old was found guilty of murder and jailed for a minimum term of 13 years at Leicester Crown Court i
  
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• Cool cat trio love to hike, sledge, and kayak their way around Canada

  05-03-2021 17:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mike, Betty, and Harrison love to travel with their owners (Picture: Caters News)While we’re making do with walking laps around the park, these cats really know how to stretch their legs.
  Mike, Betty, and Harrison spend their days hiking, sledging, and kayaking in their local area of Okanagan, Canada, and enjoying all the wonders their beautiful surroundings have to offer.
  Thankfully their owners, Stephanie Ketterer, 36, and her husband Landon, 31, are here to support the kitties love of a
  
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• Turkish father stabs former business partner and his family to death

  05-03-2021 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mehmet Serif Boga (second right) allegedly murdered Ilkay Tokkal, (second left) his 41-year-old wife Emel Tokkal, and his four-year-old son Ali Doruk at their Eskisehir apartment on February 15.
  
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• Texas school is blasted for distributing 'chivalry' assignment to female students

  05-03-2021 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bizarre list of tasks were assigned to girls in a history class at Shallowater High School last month, before irate parents shared photos of its outline to the internet.
  
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• Covid-19: Mystery UK person with Brazil variant found

  05-03-2021 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Health officials have traced the sixth person known to have been infected with the new Covid variant.
  
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• Woman ‘caught red-handed raping boy, 14, is pregnant with her victim’s child’

  05-03-2021 17:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Brittni Gray was allegedly seen raping a 14 year-old boy, and is now said to be pregnant with the youngster’s child (Picture: Greene County Detention Center)A woman who was spotted raping a 14 year-old boy by a shocked eyewitness is now pregnant with her victim’s child, a court heard. Brittni Gray, 23, was charged with sexual assault on Monday after she was allegedly spotted having abusive sexual intercourse with the youngster in Paragould, Arkansas, in September 2020.That witness to
  
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• Susan Boyle gets coronavirus vaccine as she sees ‘light at the end of the tunnel’

  05-03-2021 17:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Susan Boyle lifted spirits with her post (Picture: Getty Images)Susan Boyle has got her coronavirus vaccine and she’s thrilled to share the news with the world, saying she can now see the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’.The Britain’s Got Talent star shared a sweet snap of herself, clutching all her vaccine information in one hand and giving us a thumbs up with the other.‘Monday felt for the first time like there is light at the end of the tunnel,’ she explain
  
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• Mother grizzly and her cubs look up to the heavens as it starts to rain

  05-03-2021 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mother and her three young cubs appeared to look solemnly at the sky in anticipation of the downpour in Alaska, which set in for the rest of the day.
  
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• Stella McCartney's luxury fashion brand plunges to £32million annual loss

  05-03-2021 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stella McCartney's fashion brand has seen losses reach almost £32 million - and the company has still not paid her more than half a million pounds she was owed.
  
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• Tintern Abbey: Mystery medieval tunnels discovered by workmen

  05-03-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tunnel site was found near to Tintern Abbey close to the England-Wales border in Tintern, Monmouthshire by engineers working for Western Power Distribution.
  
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• Critically endangered Sumatran elephant dies after its leg was caught in a trap in Indonesia

  05-03-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shocking images of the Sumatran elephant show the animal's decomposing body lying on its side, with a cut on its leg from where it was gripped by the trap in Sumatra, Indonesia.
  
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• World Nature Photography Awards: Orangutan and owl feature in winning photos

  05-03-2021 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The World Nature Photography Awards has announced its winners from an incredible pool of entries. The stunning image of a Borneo orangutan was crowned the winner.
  
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• Diablo 2 remaster can even resurrect old save files

  05-03-2021 17:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  A heavenly feature for a hellish game (Pic: Blizzard)A surprisingly neat feature of Diablo 2: Resurrected is that you can import save files from the original, even though it’s 20 years old.Not an awful lot of information was revealed for the Diablo 2: Resurrected remaster during its official announcement, aside from it including the Lord Of Destruction expansion, new visuals, and surround sound.However, there is one feature that Blizzard surprisingly didn’t mention, one that’s
  
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• Accidental handball rule changed by law makers

  05-03-2021 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Accidental handball leading to a goal-scoring chance or goal for a team-mate will no longer be penalised say football's law makers.
  
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• London Pride rejects call to ban Met Police joining parade

  05-03-2021 17:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Calls to prevent the Met came after the Black Lives Matter protests last year (Picture: Getty)London Pride has rejected a motion to ban Metropolitan Police from taking part in the parade later this year.Calls to block the force from joining the parade came after Black Lives Matter protests last year, after which London Pride received hundreds of letters highlighting perceived examples of institutional racism by officers.
  Despite demands over the exclusion of their LGBT+ Network group from the ev
  
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• London missing person: Family launches desperate hunt for woman, 33, who disappeared near Brixton

  05-03-2021 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sarah Everard, 33, was last seen walking between Clapham Junction and Brixton at 9pm on Wednesday.
  
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• Six bed manor house that was summer residence of Archbishop of Canterbury goes on market for £3.5m

  05-03-2021 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Addington House, in Croydon, south London, boasts facilities including a sauna, cinema, classroom, wine cellar, old bakery and a garage as well as a large pool and terrace overlooking the garden.
  
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• Man accused of kidnapping daughter, 17, 'may be holding her captive' in Washington State

  05-03-2021 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tennessee IT expert John Westbrook, 41 (right), has been charged with aggravated kidnapping for allegedly abducting his daughter, Daphne (left), and holding her captive since October 2019.
  
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• UK's first floating eco-village planned for disused Cardiff dock

  05-03-2021 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bute East dock in Cardiff was built in the Victorian era to help transport coal to the rest of the world but it closed to ships in 1970. Developers hope to create a floating village - the first of its kind in Britain.
  
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• Heads warn of parents not giving Covid test consent

  05-03-2021 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Heads say parents are not giving consent for school Covid tests, ahead of pupils going back in England.
  
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• English travellers face fines and losing flights without permit

  05-03-2021 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anyone travelling overseas from England from Monday will have to prove they are allowed to travel.
  
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• Burton pair arrested on suspicion of murder after woman, 41, found dead at house

  05-03-2021 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kelly Webber (pictured, 41, of Burton, was found at the property in Somerset Road on Tuesday.
  
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• Missing Brazil variant patient found after manhunt across England

  05-03-2021 17:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's been reported that the patient has been tracked down days after the
  
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• Covid vaccines ‘refused to some people with severe asthma’

  05-03-2021 17:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Asthma UK said there is widespread confusion over the guidance (Pictures: Getty)Some people with severe asthma who are eligible for the Covid vaccine are being turned down by GPs, a charity has warned.Asthma UK said there is widespread confusion over the guidance over who should be in priority group six – people aged 16 to 65 who are at-risk due to medical conditions.
  The charity warns some GPs have said only those with recent hospital admission – rather than any history of admission
  
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• Covid-19: Nurses prepare for strikes over 1% NHS pay rise in England

  05-03-2021 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A union calls the proposed increase in England "pitiful", but ministers say money is tight.
  
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• Cumbrian farmer rescued after falling into 60ft deep SINKHOLE on quad bike

  05-03-2021 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man was riding across a field on Bowesfield Farm in Stank, south Cumbria, at midday yesterday when the ground suddenly collapsed beneath him.
  
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• Porn-addicted school IT technician, 36, jailed after setting up spyware on laptops

  05-03-2021 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Cakehead, 36, from Maidstone in Kent, amassed almost 7,000 videos of colleagues and their families both at work and at home during his ten years in employment.
  
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• Peaky Blinders season 6 photos: Cillian Murphy spotted filming huge Tommy Shelby confrontation as he reunites with Paul Anderson

  05-03-2021 16:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cillian is back to lead the Peaky Blinders gang as Tommy Shelby (Picture: BBC)Filming for the sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders has been well underway in recent weeks.And donning a formal three-piece suit and white scarf, Cillian Murphy effortlessly transformed into Tommy Shelby to shoot further scenes in Liverpool on Thursday.Looking every inch the suave gangster, the 44-year-old was joined by his co-star Paul Anderson as they made their way to the historic St George’s Hall.Packy L
  
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