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• Amazing superhero comics collection of every DC issue on sale at private auction

  30-03-2020 22:50
  
  Northern Soul DJ Ian Levine has amassed every single issue put out by DC Comics between 1935 and 2014, including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Justice League
  
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• Houseparty issues statement over app safety amid coronavirus lockdown

  30-03-2020 22:42
  
  The platform has risen to prominence during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing people in locked-down countries such as the UK to catch up with friends and family from afar
  
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• Kelly Brook brands Paul Hollywood ‘terrifying’ after Great Celebrity Bake Off

  30-03-2020 22:24
  
  Brook, 40, competes against Carol Vorderman, Rob Rinder and comedian Mo Gilligan in this year’s Channel 4 show, in support of Stand Up To Cancer
  
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• Nationwide makes huge changes to mortgages amid coronavirus crisis

  30-03-2020 22:22
  
  It said it will focus on supporting existing members and processing ongoing applications, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to have an impact
  
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• Police seize £10million worth of cocaine from back of frozen fish van

  30-03-2020 22:20
  
  Officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested the 43-year-old on suspicion of conspiring to import Class A drugs at an address in Ashley Road, Ryde, on Sunday
  
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• Big Prince Charles health update after testing positive for coronavirus

  30-03-2020 22:16
  
  Charles, 71, had developed mild symptoms of Covid-19 and self-isolated at his Scottish home of Birkhall for seven days after receiving the positive test result last Tuesday
  
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• Coronavirus good news as granddad, 82, returns home after beating Covid-19

  30-03-2020 22:15
  
  Joseph Ruddy spent 10 days at the Royal Victoria Infirmary after contracting coronavirus before being reunited with his wife at their home in Newcastle on Saturday
  
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• Rihanna wants four kids in next decade - with or without partner

  30-03-2020 22:02
  
  The pop siren, 32, told British Vogue that society diminishes women who raise their children without a father figure, and the only thing necessary to raise a child is love
  
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• Linda Lusardi heath update after being taken to 'death's door' by coronavirus

  30-03-2020 22:02
  
  Lusardi, 61, and Kane, 51, were admitted to hospital with the disease around March 19
  
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• Ricky Gervais helping RSPCA save animals during coronavirus crisis

  30-03-2020 22:01
  
  The charity has said it is facing financial strain as the pandemic affects its fundraising income, while the costs of saving, treating and caring for animals continue
  
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• EastEnders: Phil Mitchell set for shock return as Sharon buries Dennis

  30-03-2020 22:00
  
  The character has not been seen in the show since the programme’s 35th anniversary episodes last month
  
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• Man ignoring coronavirus lockdown told cops he 'does what he wants'

  30-03-2020 21:56
  
  Steven Mackie, 53, was arrested outside a Tesco store in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, on Saturday
  
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• Woman who tragically lost both parents to coronavirus in desperate plea

  30-03-2020 21:55
  
  Christopher Vallely, 79, and his wife Isobel , 77, died within 12 hours of each other at the Mater Hospital in Belfast over the weekend
  
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• Houseparty - the best tricks and tips for viral coronavirus lockdown app

  30-03-2020 21:55
  
  A number of video chat apps have become popular in recent weeks, including one known as Houseparty
  
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• Serial sex predator William Gordon jailed for attacking woman on licence

  30-03-2020 21:53
  
  William Gordon, 34, had previous convictions for molesting females as young as 12
  
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• 'Shameful' thieves stole NHS staff's bikes from outside hospital

  30-03-2020 21:52
  
  David Moran, 35, of Courtleet Way, and Craig Lancaster, 29, of Camrose Close, both Nottingham, will be sentenced in April
  
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• Murder trial which continued despite lockdown ends in guilty verdict

  30-03-2020 21:51
  
  Ethan Austin, 19, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years after being convicted by a 10-1 majority verdict of murdering Lee Cooper
  
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• A week on from lockdown - this is what the Tube STILL looks like

  30-03-2020 21:49
  
  Transport for London (TfL) has called for its services to only be used for "essential journeys by vital workers in the NHS and other critical services"
  
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• Teens killed aspiring music star, 15, in pre-planned gang attack

  30-03-2020 21:48
  
  Tashaun Aird was knifed nine times in the chest and back after he and his friends fled through a Hackney park on the evening of May 1 last year
  
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• Cops slammed over lockdown enforcement as 'timid' Brits left scared to go out

  30-03-2020 21:46
  
  Britain's most senior police officer, Dame Cressida Dick, has told her force only to use the new powers, which allow them to fine or arrest those who break lockdown laws, as a last resort
  
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• Sam Smith changes title of new album - because of coronavirus

  30-03-2020 21:45
  
  The release date of the record, which will be the British singer's third, has also been pushed back from May 1
  
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• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry quit royal family with coronavirus message

  30-03-2020 21:42
  
  Harry and Meghan have moved to the United States with baby son Archie to start a new chapter of their life
  
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• Forensic officers search home after man found dead

  30-03-2020 21:36
  
  The address was blocked off as officers worked at the scene
  
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• Heartwarming messages of support for binmen left on bins

  30-03-2020 20:33
  
  Messages including "I think you are wonderful" and "thank you for carrying on and doing this"
  
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• We tried Morrisons' food box delivery service - and this is what we found

  30-03-2020 20:25
  
  If you can't get out to the shops to buy food in the coronavirus lockdown and have been unable to book a home delivery slot then Morrisons may well have the answer- but what is it really like?
  
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• Children's author Michael Rosen 'very poorly' in hospital

  30-03-2020 20:00
  
  The statement posted on his Twitter page said he was "stable" and "alert"
  
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• Trailers stuffed with £10,500 worth of loo roll swiped from depot

  30-03-2020 19:47
  
  The blue-sided containers were taken from the Regal Drive business
  
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• Baby defies odds of 50million-to-1 to be born on mum AND gran's birthday

  30-03-2020 19:43
  
  Little Harper Taylor was born on February 8 - joining her mother and grandmother who both share the same birthday
  
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• Meet man with UK's most bizarre job - checking jigsaws for missing pieces

  30-03-2020 19:40
  
  Malcolm Pearce, 84, estimates that he gets through around a hundred puzzles a year - completing thousand-piece thinkers in just three days
  
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• Farmer ploughs love letter to NHS into 20 acre field amid coronavirus crisis

  30-03-2020 19:38
  
  Ben Farmer, 46, and his son Tom, 14, used their tractor and cultivator to cut the heart and lettering into the field, which is yet to be filled with oats
  
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• 'Dad of year' transforms garden into football pitch for son amid lockdown

  30-03-2020 19:38
  
  Darren Wilcox, 39, came up with the brilliant idea to turn his garden into a pitch while after a week cooped up in self-isolation
  
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• One week on from chaos at Birmingham park crowds stay away

  30-03-2020 19:16
  
  Just one week before it had been packed out - now it's an empty wilderness
  
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• Coronavirus: UK launches £75m plan to fly home 'tens of thousands' of Britons

  30-03-2020 19:14
  
  Government forms new partnership with commercial airlines to get travellers back to Britain
  
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• How Dosthill DJ is cheering up the streets of Tamworth

  30-03-2020 18:37
  
  Tamworth's Damien Bate has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and is also registered blind but he does not let that stop him
  
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• Villa issue statement after Grealish apologises for flouting lockdown

  30-03-2020 18:36
  
  In a video on Twitter today, the Villa captain apologised after being pictured at the scene of a car crash in Dickens Heath yesterday
  
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• UK launches £75m airlift to bring Brits stranded overseas home

  30-03-2020 18:34
  
  Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab explains what the Government will do to help people stranded overseas due to coronavirus
  
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• Candlelit vigil for "brave and beautiful mum" who tragically died

  30-03-2020 18:15
  
  Louise Fletcher's funeral takes place tomorrow but people are being urged to stay away from her funeral due to coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Organisations and people you can call on to help you during coronavirus

  30-03-2020 18:08
  
  While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to grow, these are the organisations leading the charge in many of the communities and neighbourhoods.
  
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• The astonishing coronavirus myths Brits believe will stop them catching Covid-19

  30-03-2020 18:07
  
  The use of vodka or garlic or even holding your breath have been suggested as ways of warding off the deadly illness that is sweeping across the globe
  
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• Shoppers wait in huge queue at Asda store - but some were put off

  30-03-2020 17:50
  
  Social distancing measures were being well observed in in Sutton Coldfield but a lengthy queue formed
  
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• Police statement on gathering at mosque 'during lockdown'

  30-03-2020 17:42
  
  Members of the public rang police after seeing large numbers of men going into a mosque in Small Heath during the coronavirus lockdown - but the force has confirmed it is shut
  
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• "It really does suck" - self-isolating with coronavirus symptoms

  30-03-2020 17:34
  
  Oliver Pilsworth is at risk from Covid-19 complications due to an asthma condition
  
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• UK firms to build 10,000 ventilators for coronavirus patients

  30-03-2020 17:04
  
  The consortium, including Rolls-Royce, is ready to start producing medical devices under the name Project Oyster and also jointly scaling up production of an existing design, known as Project Penguin
  
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• Police to quiz Range Rover driver after Jack Grealish pictured near crash

  30-03-2020 16:57
  
  Police have made arrangements to speak to the driver of a white Range Rover which collided into two cars outside the Waterside apartments complex in Dickens Heath
  
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• Police cordon off home after medical emergency - updates

  30-03-2020 16:55
  
  Officers and ambulance staff are currently working in Broad Lane, Wolverhampton
  
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• Police cordon off home after man dies - updates

  30-03-2020 16:55
  
  Officers and ambulance staff are currently working in Broad Lane, Wolverhampton
  
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• Police cordon off home after man confirmed dead - updates

  30-03-2020 16:55
  
  Officers and ambulance staff are currently working in Broad Lane, Wolverhampton
  
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• The 'angels' delivering urgent baby supplies to new mums across city

  30-03-2020 16:29
  
  More than 100 new mums have had deliveries of urgent baby parcels thanks to the kindness and organisational nous of volunteers.
  
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• Coronavirus death toll hits 147 in Birmingham and the Black Country

  30-03-2020 16:25
  
  A further 159 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died
  
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• Hotel rooms needed for coronavirus patients as council appeals for help

  30-03-2020 16:21
  
  Worcestershire County Council needs another 150 rooms for patients recovering in the Covid-19 pandemic
  
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