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• Tiger Woods is airlifted to hospital after rolling his car on L.A. road 

  23-02-2021 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods has been airlifted to hospital after a car crash in L.A. this morning.
  
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• Coronavirus UK: Covid cases are falling again after flat February, study finds

  05-03-2021 11:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Covid Symptom Study found that daily cases are down 15 per cent from last week, to around 8,111 per day across the UK, with expert blaming the 'cold snap' for hampering lockdown efforts.
  
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• Lockdown cancelled my smear test – I had cancer and now I’ll never be a mum

  05-03-2021 11:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  My five nieces and nephews are my world (Picture: Destiny Wade)When I had abnormal bleeding after sex with my then-partner in February 2020, I wasn’t too worried. I thought if anything were to be wrong, it would be picked up in my cervical screening, which was booked for the following month. I’d had the HPV vaccine when I was 14 but knew I still needed to be screened every three years from the age of 25.But when lockdown hit, I was informed by the GP receptionist that &lsqu
  
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• Apartment in the gothic building where the Spice Girls shot the music video for Wannabe is up for sale for £11.5million

  05-03-2021 11:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fancy recreating the Wannabe video on repeat? (Picture: MediaDrumWorld)Did you watch the Spice Girls’ iconic music video for Wannabe and think: ‘I want to live there’?
  Well, now you can… if you have £11.5million handy.
  An apartment in the gothic building where the girl group filmed the video is officially up for sale – and it’s just as fancy as you remember.
  St Pancras Chambers Penthouse Apartment in London is a Grade I listed building that was designed
  
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• Warner Bros CEO hints at potential sequel in Harry Potter movie franchise

  05-03-2021 11:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Harry Potter could be adding a ninth film to its movie franchise (Picture: Warner Bros)Could there be a ninth Harry Potter film in the works?Well, Warner Bros CEO Jack Kilar set the wizarding rumour mill off as he hinted at a potential sequel in the movie franchise, based on JK Rowling’s beloved books, The Hollywood Reporter reports.During a virtual appearance at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference, Kilar said: ‘There’s this little thing calle
  
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• Dire warning a quarter of a MILLION Australians could lose their jobs when JobKeeper is scrapped

  05-03-2021 11:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Melbourne economist has warned that up to 250,000 Australians could lose their jobs when the taxpayer-funded JobKeeper program ends this month.
  
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• Ashley Cole says Mason Mount is Chelsea’s ‘best player’ after Liverpool win

  05-03-2021 11:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cole is a big admirer of Mount (Picture: AFP via Getty)Ashley Cole is a big admirer of Mason Mount and believes the midfielder has become Chelsea’s ‘best player’.Mount was the match winner on Thursday night as his well crafted goal was enough to beat Liverpool and help Thomas Tuchel’s side climb into the top-four.
  It was another high-energy and quality performance from the 22-year-old, who has won over new boss Tuchel having previously earned the trust of former manager F
  
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• UK Covid variant will become dominant strain in Germany 'soon'

  05-03-2021 11:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Germany's Covid outbreak will 'soon' become more difficult to control as the more-infectious and deadlier UK variant become the dominant strain, the country's top virus institute has warned.
  
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• WandaVision episode 9: Finale ending explained as Scarlet Witch faces Agatha Harkness and White Vision returns to cause havoc

  05-03-2021 11:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  The WandaVision finale is exciting and heartbreaking (Picture: Marvel Studios/Disney)Warning: major spoilers ahead for episode nine of WandaVision.At long last, the season finale of Marvel’s WandaVision has been released on Disney Plus, bringing the story of the charmed married life of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) in Westview to a close… and opening up a new chapter into the tale of the immeasurably powerful Scarlet Witch before she appears in the Docto
  
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• Woman discovers an entire apartment hidden behind her bathroom mirror

  05-03-2021 11:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Samantha Hartsoe from New York City couldn't believe her eyes when she discovered a hole behind her bathroom mirror that led to a secret room - and users on TikTok are horrified
  
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• Ministers accuse EU of stoking fight over Northern Ireland protocol

  05-03-2021 11:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng linked the increasingly bitter row over the Brexit divorce terms to the contrasting performance on jabs.
  
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• Massive tit fight breaks out in Scottish park

  05-03-2021 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  A photographer captured the moment two blue tits fought (Picture: Skier1066/Caters)They may be cute little creatures, but as these pictures show blue tits can be just as territorial as any animal.A photographer captured the rare moment a pair got involved in a tussle while out in his local park.
  Scott Williams, 54, took these pictures in Ayr, Scotland, after spotting the two birds coming to blows.He had visited the park to snap some of the local wildlife and managed to spot the pair whilst looki
  
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• How I Do It: ‘I’m single in lockdown and I quit watching porn’

  05-03-2021 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jane is single and porn free in lockdown three (Picture: Myles Goode)For this week’s How I Do It, our series looking at a week in a new person’s sex life in each instalment, we have Jane*, a single woman who has quit watching porn.Jane is a 28-year-old classroom assistant and journalist based in Wales who’s currently living with her dad.She describes her personal relationship with sex as ‘unhealthy’, because she used to do it even when she wasn’t sure she was
  
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• Jetstar announces return for free sale

  05-03-2021 10:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holidaymakers can get their hands on the insanely cheap flights from Friday, with travel dates from April to December available.
  
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• Indian woman who survived acid attack finds love and is married to man she met while in hospital

  05-03-2021 10:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pramodini Roul, 28, and Saroj Sahoo, 29, tied the knot on March 1 in Jagatsinhpur, Odisha, after first meeting in hospital in 2018. Pramodini was doused in acid at 15 and was left with facial burns.
  
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• Amazing footage caught by drone hurtling through snowy mountains

  05-03-2021 10:58 via metro.co.uk
  
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  This stunning video footage shows a drone flying through snow-covered mountains to capture incredible scenic views.Aerial cinematographer Raphael Boudreault-Simard, 29, took the jaw-dropping footage around Brandywine mountain.Speed mixed with the picturesque environment makes for thrilling views of the moutain range in south-west British Columbia, Canada.Mr Boudreault-Simard, from the ne
  
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• Plane sailing! Cruise ships appear to be floating in the air

  05-03-2021 10:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The postcard perfect photograph, taken from the beach at Paignton, Devon, captured the liners seemingly floating above the horizon.
  
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• Council parks skip over mum’s grave and ‘tosses ornaments like an old rag’

  05-03-2021 10:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Shannon O’Brien was ‘absolutely outraged’ by the council’s blunder (Picture: BPM Media)A woman was left distraught after discovering council workers had placed a large skip full of dirt over her mum’s grave.
  Shannon O’Brien, 20, went to visit the resting place at Alfteron Cemetery, Derbyshire, on Tuesday when she found a large container of soil sitting on top of it.
  A number of expensive ornaments including a personalised memorial wreath and cross had also bee
  
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• Man who 'drowned wife to claim £3.5m insurance' told friend she 'died in sleep'

  05-03-2021 10:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Property developer Donald McPherson is accused of also inviting the friend, Joseph Ennis-Cole, to pretend he was also a widower to join him in a group called Widowed and Young, which he described as "like Tinder for widows"
  
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• Who is new Homes Under the Hammer presenter Jacqui Joseph?

  05-03-2021 10:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jacqui Joseph has joined Homes Under The Hammer (Picture: Twitter/@jacquijdesigns)Homes Under The Hammer has been a staple of the small screen for years, giving us all a perfect mix of house tours and drama.In the BBC series, presenters Dion Dublin, Martel Maxwell and Martin Roberts take viewers around the country to see properties get auctioned off – with buyers either majorly transforming them or turning them into lucrative investment opportunities.Bosses announced huge changes at the be
  
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• Victorians will no longer have to quarantine upon entering Western Australia

  05-03-2021 10:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced Victorians won't need to quarantine upon arrival from March 15.
  
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• Number of far-right extremists in British jails soars to record levels

  05-03-2021 10:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Increased police investigations into far-right extremism have now seen the prison population swell to them making up a fifth of terrorists currently behind bars.
  
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• Key figures in Meghan bullying case as ex-aides called 'Sussex Survivors' Club'

  05-03-2021 10:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have denied claims that she bullied her aides and drove two personal assistants out of the household, amid an investigation by Buckingham Palace
  
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• Avengers game thinks adding more grind will attract new players

  05-03-2021 10:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Getting to level 50 is about to take much longer (Pic: Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics)To coincide with the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions, Avengers will be slowing down XP gains.Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics’ Avengers game has undoubtedly struggled since its launch. It’s first batch of post-launch DLC failed to leave much of an impact (some of it even had to be cut), so there’s arguably a lot riding on this month’s DLC and the release of the PlayStation 5
  
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• Cycling yobs perform wheelies riding through central London

  05-03-2021 10:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shocking scenes were filmed at 4pm last Saturday just yards away from Buckingham Palace as the taxi driver made his way along Birdcage Walk towards towards Parliament Square.
  
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• ‘Why I set up a food sharing app to help reduce waste’

  05-03-2021 10:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  The OLIO app lets you find fresh food going to wasteCan six sweet potatoes, a white cabbage and some yoghurt change the world?When Tessa Clarke was packing up her home in Switzerland in 2014 to move back to the UK, this was what was left in her fridge, and she was determined not to throw it away.
  She took to the streets with her baby and toddler to find someone, anyone, she could give it away to. In the end she failed, but an idea was born.‘I thought to myself, “this is absolutely cr
  
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• ‘Nowhere near good enough’ – Andy Robertson takes swipe at Liverpool team-mates after Chelsea loss

  05-03-2021 10:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Robertson was left unimpressed by his team-mates (Picture: Getty)Andy Robertson says he and his Liverpool team-mates have been ‘nowhere near good enough’ recently after they slumped to another Anfield defeat to Chelsea.Robertson and co. have now lost five matches on the spin at their home ground, with Mason Mount’s strike enough to seal victory for Thomas Tuchel’s away side on Thursday night.
  While Chelsea climbed into the top-four, defending champions Liverpool are now f
  
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• EU to 'very soon' launch legal action over Britain's Brexit delay in NI

  05-03-2021 10:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lord Frost said on Wednesday that the UK was unilaterally extending "grace periods" designed to ease trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The European Commission says it's now working on 'infringement proceedings'
  
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• Dimitar Berbatov explains why he ‘liked’ Marcus Rashford’s row with Manchester United teammate Harry Maguire

  05-03-2021 10:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dimitar Berbatov ‘liked’ the Manchester United team-mate’s row (Pictures: Getty)Dimitar Berbatov has explained why he ‘liked’ Marcus Rashford’s expletive-ridden row with Manchester United teammate Harry Maguire.Rashford clashed with Red Devils captain Maguire during United’s goalless draw with Crystal Palace on Wednesday night.The forward told his United and England teammate to ‘shut the f*** up’ after being criticised for failing to stay ons
  
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• Former Arsenal star Mesut Ozil speaks out after suffering fresh injury blow

  05-03-2021 10:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mesut Ozil suffered a knee ligament injury during Fenerbahce’s match against Antalyaspor (Picture: Getty)Mesut Ozil revealed he suffered an ‘outer ligament tear’ during Fenerbahce’s 1-1 draw against Antalyaspor last night.The former Arsenal star signed for the Turkish club in January having been frozen out by Mikel Arteta and was hoping to relaunch his career and rebuild his reputation with the club he supported during his childhood.
  Ozil has failed to score or register a
  
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