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• Woman told she can't sue employer on environmental grounds because she uses planes to go on holiday

  05-12-2025 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hilary Bannerman attempted to sue her employer, the Land Restoration Trust, over claims that she was discriminated against for her belief in social and environmental justice.
  
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• FA Cup draw in full as Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea discover opponents

  08-12-2025 19:56 via metro.co.uk
  The FA Cup third-round draw has been confirmed (Picture: Getty)Holders Crystal Palace will begin the defence of their FA Cup trophy against Macclesfield Town.Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 in last season’s FA Cup final at Wembley to secure the first major trophy in the club’s history.Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson and Arsenal summer signing Eberechi Eze were Palace’s heroes back in May, with the former saving a penalty and making a number of impressive saves and the
  
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• Two migrant boys raped 15-year-old girl months after arriving in UK on small boats

  08-12-2025 19:41 via metro.co.uk
  Jan Jahanzeb (left) and Israr Niazal carried out the ‘horrific’ rape of a teenage girl (Picture: PA)Two asylum seekers who crossed the English Channel as children have been jailed after luring a 15-year-old girl to a makeshift den and raping her.
  Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, aged 17, both sexually assaulted the girl after dragging her away from her friends.The pair claimed she consented to the sex attack but Warwick Crown Court was shown graphic footage where she cried out ‘
  
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• To honour and sorbet: Wedding riot erupts over shortage of dessert

  08-12-2025 19:34 via metro.co.uk
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageA wedding reception in India turned to a massive brawl after the dessert bar ran out of rasgullas.When relatives from the bride’s side complained that the rasgullas had run out at the food counter in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, the groom’s family took offence.Tensions quickly escalated, and soon, CCTV footage caught guests punching each other and throwing
  
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• Wolves vs Man Utd LIVE: Premier League latest score and confirmed lineups

  08-12-2025 19:30 via metro.co.uk
  Wolves host United in the final game of game week 14 (Picture: Getty/MetroManchester United take on Wolves in tonight’s Premier League action.Ruben Amorim’s side limped to a 1-1 draw with West Ham United last time out, dropping more points and missing the chance to move into the top five.In Wolves, they take on the only side in the league still to win a game this season, stranded on two points from 14 games with the recent appointment of Rob Edwards doing little to lift them from th
  
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• Pistol-packing granny busted on a Royal Caribbean trip with 12-year-old adopted son ends up in a Bahamas prison 'not fit for humanity'

  08-12-2025 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Oklahoma grandma with a 'touch of dementia' is jailed in a rat and maggot infested Bahamas prison after accidentally bringing a tiny pistol on a cruise with her adopted son.
  
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• Migrants are 'being offered free Channel crossings if they smuggle heroin into Britain'

  08-12-2025 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The scale of the problem is not known, but the new report suggests that some of the thousands of people travelling to the UK via the Channel are being used to create a new drug supply route.
  
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• Karoline Leavitt's family member is freed after ICE arrest

  08-12-2025 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman with family ties to White House press  secretary Karoline Leavitt has been freed by a U.S. immigration from ICE detention center in Louisiana.
  
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• Royal Caribbean cruise passenger's death is ruled a homicide after he was served 33 drinks by ship's bar, lawsuit claims

  08-12-2025 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Virgil, 35, died shortly after he was caught on camera in a narrow hallway of the Navigator of the Seas lashing out at a door and ripping off his clothing.
  
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• Three men 'ambushed top lawyer and robbed his Louis Vuitton wallet' in London's West End, court hears

  08-12-2025 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carlos Jaquez, 21, Maiara Ryan, 26, and Abu Naser, 23, have been accused of targeting Stephen Culhane on Bateman Street in Soho on October 26.
  
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• Rescuers dig up and save kidnapped boy after he was buried alive

  08-12-2025 19:23 via metro.co.uk
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageThis is the moment rescuers uncover a missing ten-year-old boy after they heard his cries buried beneath rubble.The child, Syrian national Amir Alcedduh was abducted, beaten and buried alive under heavy rocks.He had been reported missing for two days before he was discovered near a dam in Reyhanli, in the Turkish province of Hatay on December 7.On December 5
  
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• Trump's son issues chilling warning to Ukraine as Zelensky holds out on elusive peace deal

  08-12-2025 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Trump's oldest son and informal envoy Donald Trump Jr. delivered sharp criticisms of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  
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• Stephen King’s nightmarish series delivers ‘most terrifying hour of television all year’

  08-12-2025 19:14 via metro.co.uk
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageA ‘nightmarish’ Stephen King adaptation has been lauded for delivering the ‘most terrifying hour of television all year’.Developed by Andy and Barbara Muschietti, It: Welcome to Derry serves as a prequel to the films It (2017) and It: Chapter Two (2019), which were based on Stephen’s 1986 novel of the same name.Starring Bill Ska
  
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• Predator banned from every UK hotel after trapping and sexually assaulting worker

  08-12-2025 19:12 via metro.co.uk
  Brett Whittaker launched the attack in a North Yorkshire hotel (Picture: SWNS)A sex offender has been banned from staying in any hotel, B&B or guesthouse in the UK after subjecting a staff member to horrific abuse.Brett Whittaker, 44, was told he cannot check into any paid accommodation for 10 years – unless he gives police two days’ notice.The order was imposed after he launched a terrifying sex attack inside a hotel in North Yorkshire, trapping a staff member in a ro
  
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• Grieving widow, 80, pays emotional tribute to her late husband by decorating a Christmas tree they planted together in 1979... which now towers over their home at 50ft tall

  08-12-2025 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the last 21 years, the couple have used a cherry picker to decorate the tree with thousands of Christmas lights each December. The grieving widow vowed to keep tradition going.
  
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• Moment knifeman pretends to be victim after stabbing woman eight times in her home

  08-12-2025 19:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Ipswich victim claims she has been 'consumed by trauma' since the horrific attack
  
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• Get two FREE mags inside this Saturday's Daily Mirror

  08-12-2025 19:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From Call the Midwife to Amandaland, find out what’s on TV this Christmas with our bumper 14-day TV listings guide as well as Love TV, free inside your Daily Mirror on Saturday, December 13
  
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• Millie Bobby Brown addresses Stranger Things character’s ‘slimmer’ appearance

  08-12-2025 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageKey Pointssummary__ai-icon
  Millie Bobby Brown addresses fans’ comments on Vecna’s new look in Stranger Things’ final seasonFans have joked about the character’s slimmer appearanceMillie made a sly reference to scrutiny over her own changing look over the yearsCreated with AI assistance. Quality assured by Metro editors.Millie Bobby Br
  
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• Martin Lewis hails energy bill move that could help millions of UK households

  08-12-2025 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The government is consulting on plans that would shift funding for the Warm Home Discount scheme, which would benefit those who don't use a lot of energy including low income households
  
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• Martin Keown names team that will ‘challenge’ Arsenal and Man City for the Premier League title

  08-12-2025 18:59 via metro.co.uk
  Martin Keown won three Premier League titles at Arsenal (Picture: Getty)Martin Keown agrees with Mikel Arteta that a third club will rival Arsenal and Manchester City for the Premier League title this season.The Gunners, bidding to win the title for the first time since 2004, remain two points clear at the top of the table after a disappointing weekend.Arteta’s side conceded an injury-time goal to lose 2-1 to Aston Villa before second-placed Man City thumped Sunderland 3-0 to close the ga
  
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• Sunderland: Man in his 30s dead in broad daylight plunge from 13-storey building

  08-12-2025 18:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man has tragically died after falling from a 13-storey building in Sunderland city centre
  
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• David Lammy makes corruption vow as staggering data shows UK cases

  08-12-2025 18:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy says the UK will no longer be a haven for dirty money as he vowed to tackle a corrupt 'army of enablers' as a new strategy was unveiled
  
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• Tributes paid to 'beautiful' mother who was killed in horror hit-and-run crash - as police arrest three men in connection with her death

  08-12-2025 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claire Laybourne, 39, died after her Volkswagen T-roc collided with a Skoda Fabia on the A19 in Holystone, North Tyneside.
  
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• Tomb Raider remake rumoured for The Game Awards as statue speculation grows

  08-12-2025 18:47 via metro.co.uk
  Will it be a big week for Lara Croft? (Crystal Dynamics)A Tomb Raider remake joins the rumours for this year’s The Game Awards, as fans continue to speculate over a bizarre statue tease.Aside from a bunch of remasters and mobile spin-offs, it’s been seven years since the last mainline Tomb Raider title.Developed by Eidos-Montréal (regular developer Crystal Dynamics was away making Marvel’s Avengers), 2018’s Shadow Of The Tomb Raider closed out the modern reboot tr
  
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• Teens Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal rape terrified girl, 15, in park as she begged passer-by for help

  08-12-2025 18:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: The horrific attack happened earlier this year in May after the victim had become separated from her friends in a grassy area of Leamington Spa
  
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• Man who jumped to his death from hot air balloon found with heartbreaking note

  08-12-2025 18:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man who took his own life by falling from a hot air balloon was found four hours later - alongside a heartbreaking note which a coroner has said shows he intended to die by suicide
  
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• Afghan asylum seekers who raped 15-year-old girl in park after she filmed herself being dragged away are jailed for 'horrific' attack

  08-12-2025 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Small boat migrants Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, are facing jail for raping the 15-year-old in a park at the heart of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, on May 10.
  
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• Sir Elton John hits back at criticism of his ‘dirty’ kitchen

  08-12-2025 18:45 via metro.co.uk
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageSir Elton John has hit back at fans who commented on the state of his oven in a recent festive video he posted on TikTok.
  The Rocket Man hitmaker, 78, is busy getting ready for Christmas festivities, and seemingly feels somewhat reluctant to Step Into Christmas this year.The legendary musician – who lives in a sprawling Berkshire country house with hus
  
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• Ex-Trump loyalist claims his followers only support him now out of ‘fear’

  08-12-2025 18:45 via metro.co.uk
  Marjorie Taylor Greene made the comments during an interview with 60 Minutes (Pictures: Reuters/Getty)A former MAGA ally has said Republicans are supporting Donald Trump out of fear in a damning 60 Minutes interview.Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she’s leaving her position in January after receiving hundreds of death threats and being labelled as a ‘traitor’ for speaking out against the President.The catalyst seems to be the Jeffrey Epstein
  
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• Keir Starmer launches personal TikTok with festive clip and three-word message

  08-12-2025 18:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In his first TikTok post, the Prime Minister and his wife, Victoria, walk down the corridor and out through the No10 door as flashing cameras start taking snaps of them
  
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