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• Woman shares her regret after having to cover up her pre-coronavirus tattoo

  23-02-2021 13:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman who decided to get a tattoo early last year says she has worn long sleeves for the past twelve months, in order to ensure that her ink isn't misinterpreted
  
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• NWA Back For The Attack: Billy Corgan confirms return for iconic wrestling promotion

  02-03-2021 20:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  A rebirth for the iconic promotion (Picture: NWA, FITE)The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is poised for an epic comeback this month on FITE with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan at the helm.The promotion – which has been on hold since shows were halted due to the pandemic – is set to return with Back For The Attack on March 21, which marks the beginning of a huge partnership with the streaming platform.Corgan said in a statement: ‘For so many, this last year or so has
  
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• Dutch prostitutes demand the right to get back to work as they protest against country's lockdown 

  02-03-2021 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crowds of sex workers descended upon the streets of The Hague in the Netherlands today to demand their right to go back to work amid the country's coronavirus lockdown.
  
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• Winning numbers for Lotto's jackpot draw of $20 million 

  02-03-2021 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tuesday night's Oz Lotto jackpot draw 1411's winning numbers were 12, 33, 3, 14, 42,  17 and 44.
  
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• Biden will invoke Defense Production Act to assist the Merck-Johnson & Johnson vaccine partnership

  02-03-2021 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden is using the Defense Production Action to assist Merck in manufacturing Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• Overjoyed woman, 100, enjoys first trip to her favorite supermarket in a year after having Covid vaccine

  02-03-2021 20:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lucinda Mills, 100, was surprised with a trip to her favorite place – the supermarket – for the first time in a year after completing her Covid vaccine (Pictures: Tamesha Mills)An excited centenarian enjoyed her first trip to her favorite supermarket in a year after having her second dose of her Covid vaccine. Lucinda Mills, from Angelton in Texas, was finally able to head back to her beloved H-E-B supermarket on Sunday, a fortnight after having her second shot of Moderna’s vac
  
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• Holiday hopes as UK to be included in EU vaccine passport scheme despite Brexit

  02-03-2021 20:29 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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• Spring Budget 2021: Boris Johnson predicts UK economy to grow its fastest in 50 years

  02-03-2021 20:27 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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• Alisson, Diogo Jota and Fabinho train with Liverpool ahead of Chelsea clash

  02-03-2021 20:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alisson Becker is back in training ahead of Liverpool’s clash with Chelsea (Getty)Alisson Becker, Diogo Jota and Fabinho have all trained ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Chelsea on Wednesday evening.The goalkeeper was absent for Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Sheffield United on Sunday evening following the death of his father, Jose Becker, in Brazil last week.Jota, meanwhile, has been sidelined since he suffered a knee injury during the Champions League tie against Mi
  
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• Hollyoaks spoilers: Sid Sumner dies in Ste Hay’s arms after Victor Brothers stabs him?

  02-03-2021 20:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ste cradled Sid in his arms after he’d been stabbed in Hollyoaks (Picture: Lime Pictures)Sid Sumner (Billy Price) was left to die in Hollyoaks tonight (March 2), after Victor Brothers (Benjamin O’Mahony) got wind of his plan and sought to put a stop to it.
  Sid has been on a mission to expose Victor’s crimes in the hope that such a thing would free Juliet Nightingale (Niamh Blackshaw).With some assistance from James (Gregory Finnegan) and Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson), the young l
  
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• Hollyoaks fans devastated as Sid is left to die in stabbing horror

  02-03-2021 20:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sid was left for dead after Victor took revenge in Hollyoaks (Picture: Lime Pictures)Hollyoaks fans have been left in floods of tears following tonight’s episode, as fan-favourite character Sid Sumner (Billy Price) was stabbed in a deadly showdown with Victor Brothers (Benjamin O’Mahony).
  Sid has been on a mission to get justice for best friend Juliet Nightingale (Niamh Blackshaw), who’s currently facing a life behind bars.
  With help from James Nightingale (Gregory Finnegan) an
  
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• Emmerdale spoilers: Faith Dingle seethes as Cain steals her hearse to destroy her

  02-03-2021 20:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cain went to extreme lengths to teach Faith a lesson in Emmerdale(Picture: ITV)Faith Dingle (Sally Dexter) was left in shock in Emmerdale tonight (March 2), when she discovered that her hearse had been stolen.The matriarch was all set to depart the eponymous village earlier this week, after she came to believe that her presence was doing more harm than good.
  Moira (Natalie J Robb) insisted that she stay put, but Faith was adamant that she could not do so.However, it appears as if her daughter-in
  
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• Millionaire bottled-water businessman 'grabbed woman in yacht club sex attack'

  02-03-2021 20:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Peter Bonham Christie, the director of bottled water company Isis Office Hydration as well as a luxury transport business, denies sexually assaulting the woman in London in November 2018
  
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• Woman, 52, who murdered her retired civil servant ex-boyfriend dies of Covid in prison 

  02-03-2021 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Swinhoe, 52, was serving a minimum of 25-years for battering to death Peter McMahon in a brutal attack at her flat in Newcastle in 2012. She died in jail of Covid on February 23.
  
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• ‘Scandalous’ inequalities between BAME and white patients laid bare by Covid

  02-03-2021 20:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  David Harewood’s Why Is Covid Killing People Of Colour? airs tonight (Picture: BBC)A documentary has exposed the ‘shameful’ health inequalities in the UK exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
  David Harewood’s ‘Why is Covid Killing People of Colour?’, which airs tonight at 9pm, explores why those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are three times more likely to die of Covid-19 than white people.The Birmingham-born actor meets doctors, scientists
  
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• Will Smith says he has never met a smart racist: ‘Ignorance is more prevalent than blatant evil’

  02-03-2021 20:16 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Will Smith has revealed his experiences with racism, growing up as a black person in America, admitting he’s never met a smart racist. The actor, 52, revealed that he had been called the n-word to his face ‘probably five or six times’ but never by a ‘smart person’. He revealed on the Pod Save America podcast: ‘I grew up with the impression th
  
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• UK Spring Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak releases six-minute glitzy video as he rides high in polls

  02-03-2021 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak today posted a glitzy pre-Budget video on Twitter detailing his first year as Chancellor in a move which will inevitably reignite speculation of a future Tory leadership bid.
  
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• Seresto flea collars have been linked to nearly 1,700 pet deaths

  02-03-2021 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seresto, a popular brand of flea collars that have been linked to the deaths of nearly 1,700 pets yet the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not issued a warning to the public.
  
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• Meghan and Harry's fate 'in lap of the gods' due to 'horrendous' timing of show

  02-03-2021 20:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Public relations and crisis consultant Mark Borkowski has warned that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are at risk of doing damage to their reputation with their Oprah interview on Sunday
  
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• 'Charles, Diana & Camilla... why we simply can't get enough of a love triangle'

  02-03-2021 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  What makes the Royal Family so endlessly compelling, says Polly Hudson, is the jewel in The Crown of their saga - Charles and Diana's relationship...and the other woman
  
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• Sperm donor who fathered 35 children says demand has grown amid Covid

  02-03-2021 20:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kyle Gordy, 29, has been donating sperm since he was 22 (Picture: Kyle Gordy/Facebook)A man who claims to have fathered dozens of children by donating sperm online has told how demand has grown amid the pandemic.
  Kyle Gordy, 29, not his real name, has already fathered at least 35 children and has six more on the way. He has been a donor since the age of 22 and says he follows a special ‘sperm-friendly’ diet to ensure his fertility.The American, who lives in Los Angeles, uses Facebook
  
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• Fly tipping epidemic as area 'full of rats' and 'disgusting' smell enters homes

  02-03-2021 20:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the Griffin area of Blackburn, Lancashire, mounds of rubbish from furniture to needles are dumped, with a stench of faeces and expired foods permeating the air
  
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• Mum, 69, loses custody of twins born on Valentine's Day because she's too old

  02-03-2021 19:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mauricia Ibanez has lost a long court battle for custody of her twins Gabriel and Maria de la Cruz after she gave birth to them in 2017 following IVF treatment in the US
  
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• LA nursing home will pay $275,000 after it 'DUMPED' residents onto the streets

  02-03-2021 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer reached the settlement with the Lakeview Terrace Skilled Nursing Facility in Los Angeles, coming just two years after another settlement.
  
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• Man, 24, had sex with drunken woman before murdering her and chopping up her body, court hears

  02-03-2021 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Azam Mangori, 24, met Lorraine Cox, 32, after she enjoyed a night out in Exeter and hex sex with her in an alleyway before he took her back to his flat and allegedly murdered her and cut up her body.
  
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• Kayleigh McEnany joins Fox News as an on-air contributor

  02-03-2021 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany is joining Fox News as an on air contributor. White House press secretary Jen Psaki wished McEnany well in her new gig.
  
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• Bill De Blasio says Gov. Cuomo sexual harassment scandal is distracting him from COVID

  02-03-2021 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He also said the state should no longer be in charge of New York City's vaccine roll-out, saying on Tuesday morning that 'if you put too much power in one person's hands, bad things can happen.'
  
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• Grimes beats Elon Musk at his own game as she nets $5.8m in 20 minutes selling crypto-artwork

  02-03-2021 19:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Grimes is making it rain in the digital art market (Picture: Getty Images)Grimes has truly met her match in billionaire partner Elon Musk, after making a fortune of her own from selling artwork on the crypto market. The British musician, real name Claire Boucher, launched the digital collection, WarNymph, on Sunday featuring one-off pieces and some which have 100 copies. During the 48-hour sale, Grimes has sold the artwork using a crypto asset known as a non-fungible token (NFT) throug
  
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• Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway faces MORE sexual harassment claims

  02-03-2021 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Suspended Los Angeles Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway is facing more allegations of sexual harassment from women, many of whom claim he sent them nude photos of himself.
  
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• Who will play Diana in The Crown season 5?

  02-03-2021 19:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  A host of new faces are joining the royal drama in season five (Picture: Netflix/Getty)The Crown brought us some of the best TV of 2020, and the next instalment of the acclaimed royal drama cannot come soon enough.While season four of the hit show focused on the relationship between Charles and Diana, things are now looking ahead to season five which focuses on the turbulent early 90s in more detail.It’s set to be the penultimate season of the Netflix show, with production scheduled to sta
  
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