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Falling in love pulled me back from death
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Falling in love pulled me back from death

THIS week I cried a few times. The first time was strangely unexpected. I was talking to the person I love when something in me snapped and I realised I was thousands of miles away. I wanted them to jump through the screen of my phone and hold me.

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December 15, 2023
Salute to the unsung heroes
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Salute to the unsung heroes

William Hosie talks to a carer forced to feed her family on just £11 a day and discovers a charity that's become a lifeline

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December 15, 2023
Shout out to Man United's (London) army 59
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Shout out to Man United's (London) army 59

WE’LL race you back to London! We’ll race you back to London!” It’s a refrain Manchester United fans have been rolling their eyes at for decades, sung by rival fans playing on the age-old gag that a fair share of the club’s fanbase are about as Mancunian as jellied eels.

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December 15, 2023
Harry's victory in Mirror phone hacking battle
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Harry's victory in Mirror phone hacking battle

15 out of 33 stories came from his mobile as newspaper bosses turned a blind eye’

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December 15, 2023
Police still hunting for missing Gaynor Lord
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Police still hunting for missing Gaynor Lord

DETECTIVES were today continuing the search for mother-of-three Gaynor Lord as her family marked a week since her disappearance.

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December 15, 2023
'Abducted' teen's call to granny
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'Abducted' teen's call to granny

Emotional video reunion six years after he was taken to spiritual retreat’

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December 15, 2023
Stephen Daldry triumphs again with this gruesome nerdgasm
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Stephen Daldry triumphs again with this gruesome nerdgasm

THIS astonishing show turns normal expectations of theatre upside down. Director Stephen Daldry has taken the Duffer Brothers’ cult, Eighties-set Netlix sci-fi hit and magicked it into a spectacular, multimedia prequel, full of enough thrills, scares and knowing nods to please fans and the uninitiated in equal measure.

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December 15, 2023
Where's the justice?
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Where's the justice?

Heart-rending letters from elderly in court for trivial offences are ignored under single justice procedure

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December 15, 2023
Arteta hopes luck of the draw is kind to Gunners
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Arteta hopes luck of the draw is kind to Gunners

MIKELARTETA will be keen to avoid a meeting with Kylian Mbappe when the draw for the Champions League last 16 is made on Monday.

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December 14, 2023
Moyes caught in a Catch-22 as he's forced into unfamiliar Euro territory
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Moyes caught in a Catch-22 as he's forced into unfamiliar Euro territory

EYEBROWS might have been raised when David Moyes handed his West Ham players two days off at the start of this week.

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December 14, 2023
Aussie Green reveals he plays with chronic kidney condition
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Aussie Green reveals he plays with chronic kidney condition

AUSTRALIA star Cameron Green has revealed he has chronic kidney disease and at one stage was warned he may not live beyond the age of 12.

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December 14, 2023
James abuse after stamp is fuelled by racial profiling, claims Hayes
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James abuse after stamp is fuelled by racial profiling, claims Hayes

EMMA HAYES today hit out at the way Lauren James is being treated and claimed the Chelsea and England star is the victim of \"racial profiling\".

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December 14, 2023
CHELSEA MUST FIND £112m FOR OSIMHEN
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CHELSEA MUST FIND £112m FOR OSIMHEN

RELEASE CLAUSE IN STRIKER'S NEW NAPOLI DEAL CLEARS PATH FOR MOVE

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December 14, 2023
Red Bull pitting wits in the dark for two seconds of perfection
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Red Bull pitting wits in the dark for two seconds of perfection

Changing the team’s tyres has become an art form for the fastest outfit on the F1 circuit

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December 14, 2023
Fashion giant Shein accused of 'intimidation'
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Fashion giant Shein accused of 'intimidation'

CHINESE online fashion retailer Shein has been accused of \"mafia-style intimidation\" by rival Temu in a US legal battle that threatens to derail its $90 billion IPO plan.

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December 14, 2023
US signal on rates sparks buying spree
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US signal on rates sparks buying spree

LONDON'S FTSE 100 index today bounced 2% and rate-sensitive stocks by as much as 7% after global markets were handed a huge pre-Christmas boost.

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December 14, 2023
Mortgage lenders cut rates as gilt yields tumble
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Mortgage lenders cut rates as gilt yields tumble

LEADING lenders scrambled to slash mortgage rates today as gilt yields fell sharply after the US Federal Reserve pencilled in at least three cuts next year.

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December 14, 2023
Party mood in the City but beware inflation hangover
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Party mood in the City but beware inflation hangover

FINANCIAL markets were swigging the Christmas sherry today after Fed chairman Jerome Powell effectively declared an end to the painful cycle of monetary tightening that has put a dampener on the global economy for two years now.

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December 14, 2023
Welcome to the great floods of London, showing on repeat until we all go under
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Welcome to the great floods of London, showing on repeat until we all go under

LONDONERS aren't used to wild weather - it reaches us in pieces, through gaps in buildings. So when thunder rolled around central London on Tuesday, we sat in silence, listening.

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December 14, 2023
Dietary requirements? I've never seen a better symbol of our decline as a society
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Dietary requirements? I've never seen a better symbol of our decline as a society

AS THE capital approaches peak festive and our restaurants advertise their seasonal offerings of \"vegan and gluten-free set menus\" for our get-togethers, this is my merry pre-Christmas message to readers.

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December 14, 2023
Starmer has precisely nothing to offer on immigration
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Starmer has precisely nothing to offer on immigration

THE general rule of politics that you should never interrupt your opponent when he's busy digging his own grave is one Sir Keir Starmer has taken to heart. Yesterday, his gag at Prime Minister's Questions was: \"Christmas is a time of peace on earth and good will to all. Has anyone told the Tory party?\" Yes, yes. Quite so.

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December 14, 2023
Kathleen Stock hails new bid to halt university cancel culture
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Kathleen Stock hails new bid to halt university cancel culture

A NEW complaints scheme for people whose free speech has been restricted at universities was welcomed today by academics who have been \"cancelled\".

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December 14, 2023
Tears of mother pardoned over killing children after 20 years
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Tears of mother pardoned over killing children after 20 years

A WOMAN who spent 20 years in prison for killing her four children has had the convictions overturned by an Australian appeal court.

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December 14, 2023
Richard Curtis: 'Love is London's great superpower'
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Richard Curtis: 'Love is London's great superpower'

The Bafta-winning filmmaker and Comic Relief co-founder tells Katie Strick about filming mishaps, awkward dating encounters and his rollercoaster love affair with our capital city as he backs our Winter Survival Appeal

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December 14, 2023
Cheers to Woody in Hammersmith but don't all rush at once
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Cheers to Woody in Hammersmith but don't all rush at once

Masterpiece in timing even if show bangs on about Brexit

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December 14, 2023
Sunak faces another by-election if MP is banned over lobbying scandal
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Sunak faces another by-election if MP is banned over lobbying scandal

RISHI SUNAK faces another crunch by-election after it was today recommended that a Tory MP caught in a \"toxic\" lobbying scandal be suspended.

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December 14, 2023
Little Simz and Stormzy head nominations for Mobo Awards
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Little Simz and Stormzy head nominations for Mobo Awards

LITTLE SIMZ and Stormzy lead the way at the Mobo Awards with four nominations each.

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December 14, 2023
Put a halt to the killings
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Put a halt to the killings

Family’s plea as 20 teens die this year

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December 14, 2023
I saw mother do yoga pose just before she vanished, says witness
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I saw mother do yoga pose just before she vanished, says witness

A WITNESS who believes she saw a missing mother-of-three shortly before she vanished has revealed she watched her put her coat on the ground of a park and perform a yoga pose.

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December 14, 2023
Brave face from Putin as Russian forces die on 'static' frontline
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Brave face from Putin as Russian forces die on 'static' frontline

VLADIMIR PUTIN today talked up his Ukraine war as more Russian soldiers were dying on \"static\" frontlines.

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December 14, 2023