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Chef accuses Meghan Markle of exploiting royal ties to market her pricey As Ever brand
A celebrity chef has accused "Diva Duchess" Meghan Markle of using her tenuous connection to the royal family to get fans to purchase items from her pricey As Ever brand.
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Council and authorities accused of inaction over industrial-scale dump
That smell of maggots, rotting food, and maggots, that’s what my house smells like.
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Fossil fuel “carbon bombs” could emit 11 times the planet’s remaining carbon budget
As world leaders convene this week for the Paris Peace Forum, commemorating a decade since the significant climate accord aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, researchers are cautioning that numerous new and existing fossil fuel projects could drive the planet far beyond its remaining carbon budget.
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Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers dead at 48 — band mourns loss of their “heartbeat”
Sam Rivers, bassist and founding member of the metal band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday, the band announced in a social media post. No cause of death was stated, although he had a history of alcohol-related liver disease; he was 48.
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Lost Thatcher leadership documents expected to fetch over £100,000 at auction
A box of documents that chart Margaret Thatcher’s rise to power in the 1970s has been discovered in a garage in Somerset.
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Unclaimed lotto jackpots worth £12.6 million waiting for UK winners
There are two new millionaires in the UK who are unaware of it because they haven’t yet come forward to claim their winnings.
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Kodak finds new life in fashion and youth culture after near collapse
A few weeks ago, a keychain-sized camera/accessory based on a model from 1987 sold out in a day.
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UK player wins £26 million EuroMillions jackpot
Someone in the UK has won the £26 million EuroMillions jackpot, The National Lottery has announced.
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From Wall Street to Burning Man: Rob Granieri’s hidden life and controversial ventures
The reclusive billionaire co-founder of Wall Street hedge fund Jane Street is an unkempt hippie who has spent his wealth on Burning Man boondoggles, casinos and funding a coup in Africa, according to a report.
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Fabergé Winter Egg tied to Russian imperial family returns to Christie’s with £20m estimate
A Fabergé egg commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 is estimated to sell for more than £20 million at auction.
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From Darkest Hour to knighthood: Oldman recalls royal investiture and playful banter
Hollywood actor Gary Oldman has disclosed the surprising, playful comment Prince William made while bestowing his knighthood during a glamorous ceremony.
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Iranian-born bishop among frontrunners to become next Archbishop of Canterbury
A woman who fled Iran for Britain at the age of 13 is among at least two female bishops shortlisted to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Woman wins big after a store clerk gives her the wrong lottery ticket
A woman in South Carolina was handed the wrong lottery ticket – and a more than $300,000 jackpot along with it.
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From barbed wire fences to mega-mansion: Dubai ruler reshapes his Surrey estate
The billionaire ruler of Dubai has received approval to demolish his luxurious mansion in Surrey and replace it with a new structure more than three times the size of the original, featuring a dedicated ’party room’.
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Britain bids farewell to its record-breaking identical twins
Britain’s oldest identical twin has died at the age of 105 – three years after her sister.
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’The war never leaves you’: Sarajevo journalist confronts PTSD decades after the siege
My name is Aida Cerkez, and today I was diagnosed with an acute stress reaction to war — several decades after I covered the siege of Sarajevo as a journalist for the Associated Press.
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From millionaire stardom to council flat: the tragic story of Brian Connolly
As the dashing lead singer of chart-topping glam rock sensation The Sweet, Brian Connolly had everything going for him.
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Co-op worker wins £10,600 after being unfairly dismissed for imitating Michael Jackson at work
A Co-op worker was dismissed for making Michael Jackson’s "hee-hee" sounds at a colleague, as heard by a tribunal.
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Josh Hall wins $300,000 payment and multiple properties in divorce from Christina Haack
Christina Haack’s ex-husband Josh Hall scored major wins in their divorce settlement, nearly four months after their separation was finalized.
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Comedian Reggie Carroll murdered in Mississippi: suspect had worked as security for Katt Williams
The suspect in the recent deadly shooting of US comedian Reggie Carroll reportedly had been working as security for fellow standup comic Katt Williams, with whom the slain entertainer had toured.
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’Money really does grow on trees’: pensioners find £5,000 seed haul in garden
A couple who purchased a very rare tree have discovered it has produced seeds that could be worth over £5,000, making it their magic money tree.
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‘Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married’: Swift stuns fans with proposal reveal
The singer announced the engagement on Instagram with a post that read: "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married."
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London’s Burningand Grange Hill star John Alford ‘engaged in sexual activity with a teen girl and sexually assaulted another’
A former star of London’s Burning engaged in sexual activity with an underage girl in a toilet and sexually assaulted another, a court was told.
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Meghan Markle could block Harry’s royal reconciliation with Charles
Prince Harry and King Charles might be moving towards reconciliation, as per rumours, but one potential final obstacle could be Meghan Markle.
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Ghost cruise liner ‘Duke of Lancaster’ left to rot on welsh coast after 45 years in dry dock
Eerie images have emerged that showcase a once deluxe passenger cruise ship slowly decaying after being dry docked 45 years ago.