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• Xbox Series X restock next week in UK as Box starts pre-order lottery

  01-12-2020 18:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  At last – a fair chance to buy into the next gen (pic: Microsoft)UK retailer Box will be selling its stock of Xbox Series X by using a ballot system, to try and avoid scalpers buying up everything.A lack of stock is one thing – everyone understands that the coronavirus has made everything more difficult this year – but the worst thing about the next generation console launch has been the scalpers buying up all the consoles before normal customers get a chance.Actually, even wor
  
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• WWE Retribution unmasked: Superstars behind T-Bar, Slapjack, Reckoning and Mace

  18-01-2021 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The faction has split fans but has huge upside (Photo: WWE)WWE faction RETRIBUTION has been a constant – if unsteady – force since last summer, and now T-Bar has teased things might be set to change.Hours before Monday Night Raw, the towering superstar got everyone talking on Twitter as he hinted the group – which is fronted by Mustafa Ali – could be set to unmask.Sharing a picture of his own black face covering, he simply tweeted: ‘Death’There’s no word
  
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• Coronation Street spoilers: Abi Franklin has the evidence to finally get rid of Ray Crosby

  18-01-2021 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: ITV)The residents of Coronation Street have been desperate to get rid of Ray Crosby (Mark Frost). He almost destroyed their homes to make way for his new development plan, which has been coupled with constant efforts from everyone to try and destroy him.There’s not been anything from the Weatherfield clan that’s proved successful so far, but could Abi Franklin (Sally Carman) be the glimmer of hope that’s needed when she finally finds the evidence to get rid of Ray?Deb
  
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• Arsenal send WWE fans wild with Rob Van Dam entrance music during Newcastle match

  18-01-2021 22:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  One of a kind! (Photo: WWE)Bread and butter. Lennon and McCartney. Arsenal and WWE.Some things just go together, and the Gunners continued its brilliant trend of blaring out classic wrestling theme songs during Monday night’s Premier League game against Newcastle.Arsenal fans are used to hearing Triple H’s entrance track over the Emirates sound system, but it was former ECW legend Rob Van Dam who got the special treatment as the teams came out for the second half.One fan wrote: &lsqu
  
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• Eurostar ‘could collapse within months’ as passenger numbers fall by 95%

  18-01-2021 22:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  The rail service has appealed to government’s for help (Picture: Getty Images)The Eurostar may not survive the pandemic due to a severe drop in passenger numbers and a lack of rescue packages provided by governments, it has been reported.The service, which connects the UK to France, Brussels and Amsterdam, has seena 95% drop in travellers since last March when coronavirus hit the UK. On Monday the French state railway and part-owner of Eurostar, SNCF, said the London-based company was at a
  
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• Ex-wife of Florida man arrested for abusing 11-year-old stepson says he 'whooped' her toddlers

  18-01-2021 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ex-wife of a Florida man who was arrested for abusing his stepson claims she ended their marriage after he wouldn't stop 'whooping' her two toddlers, as the boy's biological father claimed the restaurant manager who saved his son 'is a walking angel.'
  
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• Bill Shorten tells Karl Stefanovic he doesn't know who Bernard Tomic's girlfriend Vanessa Sierra is

  18-01-2021 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bill Shorten said he doesn't know who Bernard Tomic's controversial girlfriend Vanessa Sierra is, but admitted he stumbled across photos of her donning a disposable face mask bikini. 
  
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• Alyssa Milano and stars share petition to Expel Ted Cruz from Senate

  18-01-2021 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The petition posted on MoveOn is addressed to the US Senate and seeks to 'Expel Ted Cruz' for reasons including alleged treason, conspiracy to incite armed insurrection and other claims.
  
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• Melania Trump says 'violence never justified' in final First Lady message

  18-01-2021 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the speech, shared on Twitter on Monday, the 50-year-old has spoken about violence after her husband's supporters rioted at the US Capitol building on January 6 - leaving five people dead
  
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• Strict airport restrictions kick in a year after coronavirus arrived in the UK

  18-01-2021 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Arrivals had to show proof of a negative test taken within the previous 72 hours and quarantine for 10 days under the rules that started at 4am on Monday
  
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• Pregnant Highland cow mauled to death by Rottweiler who escaped owners’ home

  18-01-2021 22:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Four-year-old Lexi was kept as a pet with other Highland cows (Picture: BCSPedigrees)A Rottweiler has killed a pregnant Highland cow by mauling its face and ripping its tongue out. Lexi the cow, who was kept as a pet, was supposed to give birth at the end of the month, but was killed by a dog which had escaped its owners’ house. It then entered the field in Quaker Bridge, Lancashire, where Lexi lived with 31 other cows and calves. Sarah Seed, 43, and her husband James, the cow&rs
  
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• Manchester Arena Explosion inquiry hears parent's harrowing 999 call

  18-01-2021 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The harrowing first police radio and 999 calls reporting the Manchester Arena bomb attack have been played to the inquiry into the attack, which killed 22 people.
  
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• British Airways sell range of luggage made out of decommissioned Boeing 747s 

  18-01-2021 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The airline's BOAC Speedbird suitcases pay tribute to the planes which were removed from service last year and each one will contain a different fragment from a 747.
  
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• Acting Defense Secretary says there is 'no intelligence of insider threat to inauguration'

  18-01-2021 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christopher C. Miller said in a statement: 'As is normal for military support to large security events, the Department will vet National Guardsmen who are in Washington, D.C.
  
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• When does the transfer window close? Date and time the Premier League transfer period ends

  18-01-2021 22:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp is considering whether to act in the January transfer window or not (Picture: Getty Images)The 2021 January transfer window is set to be the quietest in the history of Premier League transfer windows, but it is still open and moves are an option for a couple more weeks.The coronavirus pandemic has curtailed most clubs’ transfer plans for the rest of the season, with big moves appearing extremely unlikely over the winter.There have been a handful of moves in the Premier League
  
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• Miley Cyrus is more attracted to women’s bodies than men’s: ‘Girls are way hotter’

  18-01-2021 22:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Miley Cyrus finds women ‘way hotter’ than men (Picture: Getty)Miley Cyrus has admitted men’s bodies don’t excite her as much as the female form.The former Disney star, who is bisexual, says it all comes down to aesthetics.‘Girls are way hotter. We know this,’ she said. ‘Everyone I think can agree that from ancient times d***s makes wonderful sculptures.‘Other than that, I’m not as interested. I like d***s as art pieces. And sculptural, I love
  
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• Wales defends vaccine rollout speed as England delivers 22 times more jabs

  18-01-2021 22:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  England gave out 858,258 first jabs while Wales gave out 38,426 (Pictures: Scot/Wales Pics/Getty Images)Wales’ First Minister has defended his nation’s slower vaccine rollout after England delivered 22 times the country’s amount of Covid jabs in the same week.
  In the week leading up to January 10, England completed 858,258 first doses of Covid vaccines, while Wales saw 38,426 people receive the jab. Scotland vaccinated 48,440 people, and Northern Ireland 38,395.
  England has a l
  
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• Darwin fisherman shocks onloolers by swimming in croc-infested waters to his boat

  18-01-2021 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shocked tourists watched on in horror as a fisherman chanced his luck off Crab Claw Island in the NT, just days after a four metre saltwater crocodile relocated to the same Bynoe Harbour waters.
  
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• Triple 0 call made by a man the night his cheerleader girlfriend fell from a high-rise balcony

  18-01-2021 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Breeana Robinson, 21, died after falling 11 storeys from her boyfriend Jayden Moorea's luxury apartment at Southport, on the Gold Coast, in January 2013.
  
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• Moving trucks arrive at Trump's Mar-a-Lago ahead of Inauguration Day

  18-01-2021 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two massive JK Moving Services trucks arrived at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Florida club on Monday morning around 9.30am, four days after White House staffers packed up boxes.
  
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• Heartbroken pals pay tribute to 'kind' mum who suddenly died after giving birth

  18-01-2021 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman, who has been named locally as Danielle Jones from Knowle West, Bristol, died after giving birth to baby Danny
  
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• Teacher threatened to bring teen 'down with her' if relationship was revealed

  18-01-2021 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prosecutor Richard Milne told Amersham Law Courts that Kandice Barber called a pupil who claims they had a sexual relationship in tears after learning she had had a miscarriage
  
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• Donald Trump unveils plan for his 'garden of heroes' but no location

  18-01-2021 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday for a 'garden of heroes' that would include a hodgepodge of figures from American history and popular culture.
  
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• Hundreds of bikers ride the wrong way on Bay Bridge, leaving one person dead

  18-01-2021 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man was killed on San Francisco's Bay Bridge on Sunday evening after the driver of the dirt bike he was riding as a passenger tried to jump over a media in a bid to evade cops.
  
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• "Grenfell Tower’s chilling echoes of the tragic New Cross fire"

  18-01-2021 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Like New Cross, the Grenfell fire is yet another brutal reminder that our lives are expendable, whatever the most famous, most controversial hashtag in the world might suggest
  
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• Darren Lewis - Grenfell Tower’s chilling echoes of the tragic New Cross fire

  18-01-2021 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Like New Cross, the Grenfell fire is yet another brutal reminder that our lives are expendable, whatever the most famous, most controversial hashtag in the world might suggest
  
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• The UK now has the highest Covid death rate in the world

  18-01-2021 22:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  The UK now has the highest death rate in the world, research shows (Picture: Getty/ PA)The UK now has the highest Covid death rate in the world, new figures have revealed.
  According to Our World in Data, a University of Oxford research platform, the UK had an average of 935 daily deaths over the past week – equating to around 16 people in every million dying with the virus.
  The UK’s Sunday death toll then caused the nation to overtake the Czech Republic in having the highest rate in
  
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• How my MP voted on ending the planned £20-a-week Universal Credit cut

  18-01-2021 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour's non-binding motion pressing the Government to maintain a £20-a-week increase was approved - but many Tories abstained
  
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• How MPs voted on ending a planned cut to Universal Credit for millions

  18-01-2021 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour's non-binding motion pressing the Government to maintain a £20-a-week increase was approved - but many Tories abstained
  
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• Melania Trump says 'violence is never the answer' in farewell video touting her 'Be Best' campaign

  18-01-2021 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melania Trump denounced violence and called on Americans to 'be best' to one another in a farewell video but she still hasn't reached out to incoming first lady Jill Biden.
  
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