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• Virgin Australia launched ultra luxurious lounge at Adelaide Airport

  23-02-2021 08:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With travel across Australia well and truly reopened, Virgin has unveiled its highly anticipated Airport Lounge in Adelaide.
  
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• Forgotten world surfing champion overwhelmed after Aussies raise the prize money she never got

  02-03-2021 01:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pauline Menczer, 50, was only given a broken trophy when she claimed the world champion position on the early women's surfing tour almost three decades ago. 
  
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• Sunshine Coast mother avoids jail after gambling her daughter's $93,000 trust fund from late dad

  02-03-2021 01:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrea Jenelle Johnston, 45, from the Sunshine Coast, had failed to pay the large amount back to her 23-year-old daughter who lost her father in 2009.
  
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• Photo of a yellow-faced whip snake hiding in bushland leaves Australians baffled

  02-03-2021 01:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The photo was taken on the Sunshine Coast in Little Mountain, Queensland shortly after the captured yellow-faced whip snake was set free.
  
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• Smart motorway rules are to be included in Highway Code

  02-03-2021 01:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Road bosses announced plans yesterday to include smart motorways in the Highway Code. But relatives of those killed on the controversial routes criticised Highways England for the delay.
  
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• Magic skills saved wife from killer husband

  02-03-2021 01:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alison Garcia-Hernandez, 64, used skills she had learned as a magician's assistant to free her hand after she was set upon by her 'Jekyll and Hyde' partner Juan Hernandez, 66.
  
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• Rapper Fleks City who was filmed hurling racist abuse at Asian commuters on Sydney train apologises

  02-03-2021 01:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sydney rapper Fleks City, real name Torian Agnew, took to social media to claim he was 'wasted drunk' at the time he launched into a racist tirade against Asian train commuters.
  
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• Why there's a five month wait to get your car fixed - as mechanic gives honest advice about repairs

  02-03-2021 01:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The automotive industry is begging for patience from frustrated car owners who are waiting months to get their cars repaired and it's all because Covid threw the global supply chain into chaos.
  
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• Sydney motorists are warned to fill up NOW as petrol prices prepare to soar to pre-Covid levels

  02-03-2021 01:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fuel is set to reach average highs of 153 cents a litre following an increased demand due to the easing of restrictions and the Covid vaccine rollout.
  
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• Small businesses in £520m training boost as bosses get chance to return to college

  02-03-2021 01:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak, who will unveil the Help to Grow scheme tomorrow, said he wanted more business people to benefit from professional management advice.
  
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• Nobel-winning novelist Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns that 'cancel culture is stifling new writers'

  02-03-2021 01:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Kazuo, 66, said they were avoiding writing from viewpoints outside their own immediate experiences for fear of being cancelled by an 'anonymous lynch mob' online.
  
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• Exactly how many hours sleep you should have before you get behind the wheel of a car are revealed

  02-03-2021 00:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Drew Dawson from the Appleton Institute in Adelaide argues in a journal article published on Monday that drivers lacking sleep should be 'deemed impaired' similar to an intoxicated driver.
  
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• Royal experts accuse Oprah of suggesting 'mafia Monarch silenced Meghan'

  02-03-2021 00:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Defenders of the Royal Family have spoken out following a trailer of Oprah's interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which is due to air on CBS on Sunday
  
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• Home Office projects that 500 migrants will cross the Channel every month this year

  02-03-2021 00:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Home Office projections seen by the Mail forecast that an average of 500 migrants a month will successfully make the crossing this year from Calais into Dover.
  
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• EU's vaccine passports offer a hope for holidays

  02-03-2021 00:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hopes of foreign summer holidays were given a boost last night after the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced plans for a so-called 'Digital Green Pass' to kick-start travel.
  
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• BREAKING NEWS: Court officer shoots himself dead in Manhattan family court bathroom

  02-03-2021 00:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A court officer died by suicide inside a court building in lower Manhattan on Monday. The officer shot himself in the head in the bathroom of Manhattan's family court around 3:10pm.
  
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• Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine 'may not work as well if you're fat'

  02-03-2021 00:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Italy claims their research shows that obese people - anyone with a BMI over 30 - may need bigger doses, or another top-up jab, to protect them against Covid-19
  
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• House Democrats to push voting rights, police reform through this week

  02-03-2021 00:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  House Democrats are moving on to voting rights and police reform after passing President Joe Biden's COVID-19 relief package Saturday.
  
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• Malcolm Turnbull says cabinet minister accused of rape must resign

  02-03-2021 00:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Malcolm Turnbull has said a cabinet minister accused of rape should out himself like Kerry Packer and stand down until his name is cleared. Mr Turnbull wasMr Packer's lawyer in 1984.
  
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• Big summer weddings set to come 'roaring back' this year says Boris Johnson

  02-03-2021 00:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has announced the wedding industry will come 'roaring back' as lockdown is eased this summer, with more than 30 guests allowed from May 17, before all restrictions are lifted after June 21
  
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• Brits to be able to buy their local boozer with help from £150m fund

  01-03-2021 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rishi Sunak is announcing that Brits will be able to ask for up to £250,000 to buy local pubs and music venues, while up to £1 million could be available for 'exceptional' takeovers
  
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• Shocking new data shows NSW school students paid $40million in compensation for sexual assaults

  01-03-2021 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New South Wales Department of Education figures showed the state government paid $9million to survivors in just one year after time limits on reporting sexual assaults were lifted in 2016.
  
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• Mum's £10,000 online casino jackpot 'ripped away' after company refuses to pay

  01-03-2021 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kimberley Griffiths, 25, from Withernsea, says Malta-based betting website LuckyVegas.com said her account "wasn't secure enough" and they wouldn't pay out her winnings
  
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• Andrew Cuomo was seen getting up close and personal with his newlywed top aide in 2016

  01-03-2021 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Photos taken in September 2016 show New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, 63, getting cozy with his closest aide Melissa DeRosa, 38, at dinner.
  
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• Evangelical adoption agency will allow LGBTQ families to adopt for the first time in its history

  01-03-2021 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michigan-based Bethany Christian Services had previously refused to work with same-sex couples and instead referred prospective parents to other agencies, according to the New York Times.
  
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• California serial killer and rapist, 81, dubbed the I-5 Strangler is 'murdered' in prison

  01-03-2021 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California's I-5 Strangler Roger Reece Keebe, 81 (left), serving multiple life terms died in state prison after being found in his cell next to fellow inmate Jason Budrow, 40 (right), early Sunday morning.
  
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• Top designer Lulu Lytle who inspired Carrie Symonds' chic eco-makeover

  01-03-2021 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Think oiled-oak shelving, rattan furniture, shimmering gold wallpaper and intricate textiles. A marble bathroom, perhaps, with wrought iron finishings.
  
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• Inside the coldest city in Europe that has become an eerie abandoned ghost town

  01-03-2021 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vorkuta used to be known as the Capital of the World due to the large number of migrant workers attracted to its coal mines, before freezing temperatures as low as -50C caused its population to shrink
  
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• Fastest growth for FIFTY years is predicted as Boris Johnson says 'pessimists got it wrong'

  01-03-2021 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The prospect of a 'strong, jobs-led recovery' was hailed by Boris Johnson last night as it emerged Budget forecasts will predict the fastest economic growth for half a century.
  
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• Ruthless Las Vegas mobster Bugsy Siegel dreamed becoming movie star hobnobbed Cary Grant Jean Harlow

  01-03-2021 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New book tells how the notorious mobster, Bugsy Siegel charmed the creme of Hollywood and hoped of becoming a movie star himself by arranging a screen test and paying social visits to studio execs
  
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