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'I unknowingly slept with my half brother in high school and I feel traumatised'
At least 23 people have come forward claiming they were conceived using the sperm of married doctor Burton Caldwell who told clients the sperm would come from an anonymous medical student
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Brianna Ghey's mum's heartbreaking act so daughter's room is 'how she'd like it'
Esther Ghey said social media firms need to show more moral responsibility as she paid tribute to her daughter, who she said initially wanted to be known as Britney
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'Rishi's recession' shows Sunak can 'no longer claim his plan is working'
Rachel Reeves says Rishi Sunak's economic policies are "in tatters" after ONS data showed the UK entered a recession at the end of last year in a hammer blow to the PM
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Elon Musk says 'no way in hell' Putin will lose Ukraine war as he demands US
Elon Musk has called for the US not to send Ukraine a $95 (£75,6) billion aid bill - as there is "no way in hell" that Vladimir Putin loses the war
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NHS nursing recruitment crisis could push health service to complete collapse
A crisis in nursing recruitment could push the NHS to collapse, a union boss has warned, as new UCAS figures showed another sharp decrease in people applying for degree courses
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US Congresswoman tells David Cameron to 'kiss my a**' over Ukraine funding row
David Cameron urged Congress to vote through a package of funding for countries including Ukraine and said: 'I do not want us show the weakness displayed against Hitler in the 1930s''
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Thousands of couples could be separated under new Tory 'Cost of Loving' laws
Under a new Conservative policy due to take hold in the UK in the Spring, thousands of overseas workers could be separated from their families, friends and loved ones
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Tactical voting could lead to 'comfortable Labour victory' in key by-election
Think tank Labour Together, which plays a key role advising Keir Starmer, said the party's vote share could turn 'a razor-thin margin into a fairly comfortable Labour victory'
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Labour will axe candidates who don't meet 'highest standards' after Israel row
A third Labour politician was 'spoken to' by party officials after allegedly attending a meeting of activists that has led to the suspension of two of the party's candidates
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Tories need 'geography lessons' after Network North vow includes South funding
An official document on the 'Network North' scheme outlines plans for rail not only in the North and the Midlands, but also in London and in areas as far south as Devon
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18 Cabinet ministers on course to lose seats in Tory election wipeout - list
An MRP poll projects the Tories will face a wipeout at the General Election with possible Cabinet casualties including Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt and Gillian Keegan
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Bombshell mega-poll predicts Tories will lose three-quarters of seats in wipeout
The MRP poll that surveyed 18,000 people projects Rishi Sunak will be left with just 80 MPs, which would be the party’s worst result in history and see 18 Cabinet ministers ousted
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'Labour needs a leader in Wales who can help Keir Starmer win general election'
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock writes for the Mirror on why he is backing Vaughan Gething to be the new Welsh Labour leader and First Minister of Wales
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Everything we know about Disease X that could see '20x more deaths than Covid'
Experts believe that Disease X could result in 20 times more deaths than Covid - as it appears on WHO's shortlist of priority diseases, along with viruses like SARS, Ebola and Zika
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Sunak says 'economy has turned the corner' as he meets with business leaders
The Prime Minister convened the first meeting of his 2024 Business Council in Downing Street on Wednesday morning
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Former Tory Home Secretary hopes 'dangerous' Rwanda Bill is struck down by court
Former Home Secretary Ken Clarke is the latest Margaret Thatcher-era Tory grandee to hit out at the Rwanda Bill, which he told the House of Lords is 'extremely dangerous'
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Tory MP says he's put 'bulletproof clingfilm' on home amid security fears
Tory MP Jonathan Gullis said he and his colleagues shouldn't 'have to live like that' after a string of high-profile cases have seen MPs, including Tobias Ellwood, targeted
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Ratcliffe yet to make biggest decision he faces after partial Man Utd takeover
The future of Old Trafford remains up in the air, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe yet to make a decision over whether Manchester United's stadium needs to be renovated or entirely rebuilt
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'It's time to elect Labour and stop the painful decline of NHS dentistry'
People in agony are resorting to pulling out their own teeth with pliers or travelling 200 miles for treatment - enough is enough, we need to save NHS dentistry now
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Labour suspends second election candidate in just 24 hours over Israel comments
Graham Jones, the former Labour MP and parliamentary candidate for Hyndburn, allegedly referred to 'f***ing Israel' in a meeting with party activists in Lancashire
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England's top dentist admits Tories' NHS rescue plan is 'nowhere near enough'
Chief Dental Officer Jason Wong has been a major cheerleader for the Government plan but admits in private it won’t fix the national crisis accessing an NHS dentist
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12,000 nurses, police officers and firefighters off sick in waiting list chaos
A whopping 8,614 nurses, 2,752 police officers and 568 firefighters are away from work for long term health reasons, according to data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats
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Keir Starmer insists he was 'decisive' by ditching Rochdale Labour candidate
Labour leader Keir Starmer has been criticised after the party originally backed Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali over Israel remarks, only for further comments to come to light
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Confused Biden's week of gaffes as he wanders behind podium staring at floor
President Joe Biden's mental state has been called into question once again after a series of blunders and gaffes recently including apparent conversations with dead politicians
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Rishi Sunak made RAF jet fly 200 miles to pick him up from TV grilling
Rishi Sunak was met at Teesside International Airport in Darlington by an RAF jet which had travelled just over 200 miles from London as he filmed a GB News show