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• Piers Morgan's 'classy' Lady Gaga apology hailed after Covid-19 scepticism

  19-04-2020 23:13
  
  As the concert, which aired on the BBC on Sunday evening, earned millions, Piers took to Twitter to speak out
  
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• New advice over washing food after going shopping at supermarket

  19-04-2020 20:06
  
  As the Covid-19 outbreak continues, Brits across the country have been tasked with only shopping for essential items
  
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• Brit shopper, 22, creates genius system to get supermarket delivery slot

  19-04-2020 19:50
  
  Thousands of extra slots have been added by the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury's
  
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• Policewoman brutally battered in street - as she pleaded with thug to stop

  19-04-2020 19:26
  
  Kadeer Hussain punched a male officer then pursued the woman officer - punching her so hard she fell to the floor and then carried on his attack as she lay on the ground
  
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• The real reason government cannot end social distancing in UK

  19-04-2020 19:16
  
  Dr Jenny Harries said the relatively low increase in hospital deaths - up 596 from 15,464 as of 5pm on Saturday - is "positive news"
  
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• Brit dad stranded in Bangladesh 'may not make flight back to UK'

  19-04-2020 19:08
  
  Afzal Rahman, from Romford, Essex, said his father Shafiqur, who suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and epilepsy, is running “dangerously low”
  
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• NHS nurse 'can’t reassure daughter over coronavirus without lying'

  19-04-2020 19:06
  
  Kate, who did not want her surname published, has worked in the NHS for 25 years and in February returned to a more hands-on role
  
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• Ian Hislop brutally takes down Eamonn Holmes over 5G row

  19-04-2020 18:57
  
  The scientific community was among the critics while media regulator Ofcom is investigating Holmes’s comments, which were made on This Morning
  
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• Yardley neighbours celebrate People's Postcode Lottery win

  19-04-2020 18:53
  
  Four lucky residents in Copnor Grove are now £1,000 richer today thanks to their postcode
  
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• Inside dream farmhouse as it's raffled off for £2 a ticket

  19-04-2020 18:45
  
  A look at the six bedrooms, three acres of land, hot tub and more
  
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• Alex Jones leaves Gethin Jones squirming over dating revelation

  19-04-2020 18:40
  
  After a clip was played on screen, Alex pointed to Gethin and asked: “Did you click? Because you did a little virtual date didn’t you, with cooking?”
  
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• Dwayne Johnson speaks out over coronavirus lockdown affecting marriage

  19-04-2020 18:38
  
  In a lengthy video on Instagram, the wrestler answered questions from fans and offered advice
  
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• The Vicar of Dibley returning to BBC One for coronavirus lockdown special

  19-04-2020 18:35
  
  Meanwhile, Catherine Tate will reprise her errant schoolgirl role – now struggling with home education – with David Tennant as her teacher
  
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• Entire Gogglebox family diagnosed with coronavirus

  19-04-2020 18:28
  
  The reality TV family, including wife Nikki and son Josh and daughter Amy, all found fame on the Channel 4 show
  
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• The tests which could increase your risk of contracting coronavirus

  19-04-2020 18:25
  
  Antibody kits are designed to detect if people have had the virus and thus may be immune
  
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• Stacey Dooley BBC Two doc - the harrowing stories of women prisoners

  19-04-2020 18:24
  
  Dooley interviews a number of prisoners at the facility about how they ended up there and what their experiences inside are like
  
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• Will Mellor reveals dad's heartbreaking death in emotional video

  19-04-2020 18:21
  
  Sharing an emotional video on social media, the Broadchurch actor described his father as his hero, and said he would try to focus on the good times
  
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• Government gives this response on whether schools will reopen in three weeks

  19-04-2020 18:00
  
  There have been reports that children could be back in the classroom in just three weeks but Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said key tests needed to be met first
  
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• You can rent the stunning property in BBC One drama The Nest - here's how

  19-04-2020 17:59
  
  The stunning loch-side property in The Nest is available to rent as a holiday let - but you'll need at least £291 a night to stay there
  
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• Midlands health trust with most Covid-19 deaths as regional total rises by 92

  19-04-2020 17:37
  
  Midlands had more deaths than any other part of England in latest figures released by NHS England today
  
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• Birmingham health trust has most Covid-19 deaths as regional total rises by 92

  19-04-2020 17:37
  
  Midlands had more deaths than any other part of England in latest figures released by NHS England today
  
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• New police rules on 'reasonable excuses' to leave the house are slammed

  19-04-2020 17:26
  
  Forces were told people who sit on park benches for too long were likely to be breaching the rules but cooling off after an argument was a reasonable excuse
  
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• Handsworth company appeal for help so they can keep making PPE for NHS staff

  19-04-2020 17:21
  
  Diamond Weddings, which normally makes specialised decor and furniture for events, has switched to making safety visors for front-line NHS staff
  
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• Ex-Corrie star Lucy Fallon's terror as massive 'tarantula' spotted in her home

  19-04-2020 17:04
  
  Lucy Fallon discovered an unwelcome guest in her house she likened to Aragog from Harry Potter
  
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• Phillip Schofield 'moves out' of £2 million home he shared with his wife

  19-04-2020 17:01
  
  The This Morning presenter is believed to be spending lockdown in a London apartment, after moving out of the family home in Oxfordshire
  
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• How much has Universal Credit gone up by? Full list of 2020/2021 payment rates

  19-04-2020 16:55
  
  Universal Credit went up on April 1 at end of benefit freeze and again on April 6 - here's what you'll get now when claiming new welfare scheme
  
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• How to secure delivery slots at Asda, Iceland, Tesco and Waitrose

  19-04-2020 16:53
  
  Shopping Slot is a nifty new website attempting to take the hassle out of online shopping
  
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• This is the latest advice on washing food after you go shopping

  19-04-2020 16:30
  
  How safe is the food we buy from supermarkets and get from takeaways?  This is the latest advice from the Government
  
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• Heartbreak as coronavirus survivor loses mother to deadly virus

  19-04-2020 16:18
  
  Kim Harrison was being treated for Covid-19 at Walsall Manor Hospital when she was told her mother had passed away
  
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• Coronavirus UK deaths reach 16,060 after increase of 596

  19-04-2020 15:36
  
  In addition the Department of Health said that 482,063 coronavirus tests had been carried out as of 9am on Sunday
  
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• Watch as police confront family eating dinner on driveway

  19-04-2020 15:02
  
  The family, all from the same household, were confronted by two West Midlands Police officers patrolling the area to enforce strict social distancing measures
  
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• Inside the stunning six-bedroom farmhouse being raffled off for £2

  19-04-2020 15:01
  
  The idyllic grade II property comes fully furnished, complete with an outdoor hot tub, gym and a sit on lawn mower
  
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• Wanted - appeal to find man wanted on suspicion of malicious wounding

  19-04-2020 14:36
  
  West Midlands Police say a woman was allegedly punched and stamped on in an attack
  
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• Italian deli and takeaway launched during lockdown by celebrity's brother

  19-04-2020 13:59
  
  Nonno's Kitchen has opened on the Stratford Road in Hall Green ready to give local stores Waitrose and Aldi a run for their money with the personal touch
  
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• Ellie Goulding gives surprise performance at online wedding of NHS couple

  19-04-2020 13:38
  
  Hospital worker Hayley Pitman and her fiance Harvey Skelton got the shock of their lives when Ellie Goulding appeared on screen at their Zoom wedding and serenaded them
  
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• City centre drinkers and boxing in the park - watch as cops enforce lockdown

  19-04-2020 13:32
  
  Police forced to intervene as men box together in the park, a family host a dinner party on their front drive and a man is caught street drinking amid the Covid-19 lockdown
  
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• Drugs found after police stop car in early hours

  19-04-2020 13:17
  
  Cops pulled the car over in Spies Lane and found several small bags of cannabis during a search
  
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• Mum's fury over 'rotting, fly infested bathroom' in Erdington council house

  19-04-2020 13:06
  
  The mum claims a leak in her home in Erdington has caused her bathroom to rot
  
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• Over 6.5 million jobs to be lost in lockdown - here's where it will hit hardest

  19-04-2020 12:39
  
  Research by the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex says this equates to around a quarter of the UK's total jobs, with more than half the positions in certain sectors to be lost
  
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• Thug glassed teen in pub, reversed in front of a bus and punched a COP

  19-04-2020 12:34
  
  James Marley who was "intent on looking for trouble" smashed off a car's wing mirror, glassed a teen in Sutton Coldfield pub, the Bottle of Sack - then reversed his car into a busy dual carriageway and punched a police officer
  
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• Car park to become transit site for travellers during lockdown

  19-04-2020 12:02
  
  Walsall Council has announced that all unauthorised encampments in the borough will be directed to Wakes Ground car and lorry park from Monday, April 20
  
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• Drug dealers 'stick out like sore thumb' on empty streets in lockdown

  19-04-2020 12:00
  
  Officers are making far more arrests but say county lines drug dealing is desperately trying to adapt and that has led to a drop in availability and quality of illegal substances
  
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• Library of Birmingham and other great holes in the city

  19-04-2020 11:59
  
  It's ten years since we took these 2010 pictures of the foundations for the Library of Birmingham - which prompted a search of our archives for some more great holes in the city that have been dug this century
  
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• Amazing pictures of Brum's biggest holes showcase 20 years of building work

  19-04-2020 11:59
  
  Stunning series of images illustrates how Brummies have been under a kind of builders' lockdown for the whole of the 21st century - and there's no let up in sight
  
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• Lockdown could start being lifted in three or four weeks says Government advisor

  19-04-2020 11:23
  
  Sir Jeremy Farrar says he believes UK is past the peak of the first wave of the virus - but he cautioned that if lockdown was lifted too soon, Covid-19 will  very quickly return
  
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• Couple raffle off stunning six-bedroom farmhouse - for £2

  19-04-2020 10:53
  
  The idyllic grade II property comes fully furnished, complete with an outdoor hot tub, gym and a sit on lawn mower
  
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• Unused supermarket food helping families survive coronavirus crisis

  19-04-2020 06:30
  
  'Happy tears' brought to people using charity food parcels in the most deprived areas of the city
  
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• 'They don't understand why they are dying more than others'

  19-04-2020 06:30
  
  Fears are growing that coronavirus is impacting ethnic groups and the poorest parts of Birmingham most. Cllr Paulette Hamilton says getting answers is vital.
  
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• Quirky print being sold in aid of domestic violence charity

  19-04-2020 06:30
  
  All of the profits from the sale of the 'wash your donnies' print will be donated to The Haven, a Wolverhampton charity that supports women and children who are vulnerable to domestic violence, homelessness and abuse
  
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• Jester teaches star to juggle in lockdown - how it's done

  19-04-2020 06:30
  
  Monty Gupwell gave a virtual masterclass to the Good Morning Britain presenter and his sons and wants to teach more families the skill using balls or socks over Zoom
  
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