Alert – Harry Potter and the illegally parked car: Emma Watson’s £30,000 Audi A3 is towed away by police after she left it blocking entrance to a car park while enjoying night out in the pub

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Alert – Rishi Sunak’s watering down of Net Zero targets has spared the UK from riots blighting other parts of Europe, Cabinet minister suggests

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Alert – NYC thieves calling themselves ‘the Grinch boys’ targeted drunk people in nightclubs, stole their cards and phones then spent $420,000 on Apple products and luxury clothes to resell

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Alert – Marines launch desperate search for five troops after Navy chopper crashed during ‘routine training flight’ en route to Miramar base in San Diego

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Alert – Unlucky student reveals she’s had THREE parked cars written off within two years after speeding drivers crashed into them outside her home

Alert – Revealed: How small British tech firm in a quiet industrial estate on the outskirts of Reading helped create Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip

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Alert – QUENTIN LETTS: Sir Keir spotted a chance for some politicised outrage over Brianna Ghey – and drew himself into a hissing cat of priggish disbelief

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Alert – Voters by a HUGE margin back Texas Gov Abbott for defying SCOTUS and Biden admin with razor wire border barrier, our first-of-its-kind poll shows

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Alert – Chuck Schumer will FORCE vote on bill to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after Republicans block $118B border package, setting up another chaotic scene in Congress

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Alert – The Royal family teams up with cancer charities MacMillan and Maggie’s Centre on Instagram to raise awareness and ‘encourage others to reach out for support’ after King’s diagnosis

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Alert – Taylor Swift sells off one of her $40m private jets – but keeps her even larger plane to commute to lover Travis Kelce in Kansas City, as she threatens to sue college student who tracks her whereabouts

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Alert – Prince Harry arrives at Heathrow after just 24 hours in the UK: Duke is flying back to Meghan in the US a day after meeting King for 45 minutes in London following his shock cancer diagnosis

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Alert – Samantha Murphy disappearance: Husband explains why he has been so quiet since the East Ballarat mum vanished on her Sunday morning run

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Alert – How cancer battle is changing Charles’ routine: King will now start work later, finish earlier and can no longer skip lunch

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Alert – Woman, 29, and man, 42, are arrested over six-month-old baby boy’s ‘unexplained’ death in block of flats

Alert – Holly Valance for PM? Tories urge former Neighbours star and pop pin-up to join them as an MP – after she ‘spoke for a nation’ with her rant against ‘crap’ woke lefties

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Alert – Now MPs warn £66.6billion HS2 network will provide ‘very poor value for money’ – after crucial northern leg was scrapped following disastrous U-turn on plans

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Alert – Prince Harry and King Charles ‘won’t rule out another meeting’ after royal made transatlantic dash to see his cancer-stricken father – but experts say strained relationship is showing after Duke failed to see William or Kate as she recovers from surgery

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Alert – Staggering moment President Joe Biden, 81, appears to forget the name of terror group Hamas during press conference where he’s asked for an update on hostages held in Gaza

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Alert – Outrage as FIVE transgender students dominate the volleyball court at a women’s college varsity game – as biological females are kicked down to the bench

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Alert – Hamas proposes three 45-day ceasefires, leading to end of war, that will see remaining Israeli hostages freed in return for Palestinian prisoners and IDF withdrawal from Gaza

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Alert – King Charles cancer diagnosis LATEST updates: Prince Harry is seen at Heathrow Airport, Rishi Sunak to hold his weekly audience with the monarch over the phone, William to hold charity gala

Alert – Ipswich stabbing: Racial tensions spike after white grandmother was allegedly stabbed to death by boy from South Sudan

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Alert – Police officer who ran over and fatally injured antiques dealer, 71, as he answered a 999 call is sued for £460,000 by the dead man’s family

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Alert – Fit and healthy Aussie left fighting for life after trip to Bali turns into holiday from hell – and the staggering bill to bring him home

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Alert – Chaos as Vodafone network crashes, impacting thousands of customers

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Alert – Sebastian Pinera, 74, Chile’s billionaire former president and pal of the Clintons, dies in horrifying helicopter crash into a lake during heavy rain – as three others on doomed flight survive

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Alert – Jennifer Crumbley becomes the first parent in America to be convicted over their child’s mass shooting: Mother of US school gunman who killed four is facing 60 years in jail for involuntary manslaughter

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Alert – Emergency mental health referrals for children increase by more than half in the past three years as doctors warns young people are reaching ‘crisis point’ before receiving care

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Alert – Donald Trump WINS Nevada primary without being on the ballot: Voters picked ‘none of these candidates’ over boosting Nikki Haley

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Alert – Joy Behar appears to SLAM the late Queen Elizabeth after King Charles’ cancer diagnosis and says the British monarchy ‘could’ve used term limits’ to ensure he got ‘his day in the sun’ earlier

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Alert – Chicago property tycoon has spent $150,000 of his own money resettling almost 500 migrants in 15 buildings – but says he’s been condemned by locals and a city official ‘threatened his life’

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Alert – Biden WINS Nevada’s Democratic primary: President easily beats self-help guru Marianne Williamson though voters express reservations about the 81-year-old leader

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Alert – Pubgoer James Steer hits back at ‘gutless’ internet troll for labelling him ‘obese’ over massive meal challenge at Gerogery Hotel

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Alert – Samantha Murphy, Ballarat East disappearance: Chilling twist after mother vanished while going on a run at Woowookarung Regional Park

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Alert – ‘Remarkable’ discovery on satellite image of Australia

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Alert – William Ross State High School students ingest ‘unknown substance’ sparking emergency response as paramedics rush to Townsville campus

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Alert – Samantha Murphy, Ballarat East disappearance: Mother-of-three’s husband Michael makes shock appearance at crime scene at Woowookarung Regional Park

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Alert – Married middle school teacher, 26, faces up to 50 YEARS in jail after admitting to raping a 14-year-old male student in his bed for a year as classmates say they ‘noticed them flirting’

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Alert – Anthony Albanese launches a crackdown on foreign buyers – after record immigration sparks housing crisis

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Alert – Steven Miles, what’s so funny? Queensland Premier can’t stop giggling at reporter’s very serious question about youth crime after death of grandmother Vyleen White at shopping centre

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Alert – France’s reputation as a nation of lovers in disrepute as research suggests one in four adults in the country have had no sexual encounters in the past year

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Alert – NYC Mayor Eric Adams DEFENDS $53 million pre-paid food card handouts to migrants and claims the $1,000-a-month cards will help taxpayers because city will ‘save money on delivery’

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Alert – Samantha Murphy disappearance: Item found in search for Ballarat East mother-of-three as Victoria Police declare a crime scene

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Alert – Harry ‘would have gladly accepted’ reunion with William but instead ‘spends night in London hotel’ after 45-minute meeting with cancer-stricken King Charles: Duke set to return to LA – as Prince of Wales briefly resumes public duties amid Kate’s illness

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Alert – Republicans FAIL to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas over border crisis: Chaotic GOP deals Speaker Mike Johnson an embarrassing blow during attempt to rebuke Biden’s top official for ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’

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Alert – Taylor Swift threatens to sue college junior who runs social media account that tracks her private jet, accusing him of ‘stalking and harassing behavior’

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Alert – Prince William will continue to prioritise Kate Middleton and his children’s welfare ahead of his full-time royal duties after deciding to clear his diary to support his wife while she recovers from surgery

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Alert – Inside Clarence House where King Charles rested following cancer treatment before heading to Sandringham – from personal touches and plush décor to priceless antiques

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Alert – Living Homes VIC, QLD collapses – with tradies left out of pocket

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Alert – Speaker Mike Johnson’s $17B Israel aid standalone bill COLLAPSES after Democrats join hardline Republicans to tank measure following days of internal turbulence in Congress

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Alert – Manly Corso assault: Man, 37, dies in hospital after vicious assault at one of Australia’s most famous beaches

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Alert – Spotify saw 31 million new subscribers sign up in 2023 despite increasing the price of its monthly subscription

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Alert – Chief executive of UK equalities watchdog quits in the wake of failed ‘witch-hunt’ against chairman Kishwer Falkner over bullying and harassment accusations

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Alert – Former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera dies in helicopter crash aged 74

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Alert – Israel claims nearly one in four hostages held in Gaza are dead as Qatar prime minister insists Hamas is ‘generally positive’ over latest ceasefire plan

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Alert – Las Vegas locals say they’ve been priced out of once-affordable city as housing costs soar 35% in four years, with fed-up locals turning on Dems for abandoning them

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Alert – REVEALED: Austin, Raleigh and Boise are ranked America’s best-performing cities with high wages, plenty of jobs, low cost of living and booming tech industries

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Alert – Tornado warning is issued for multiple areas near San Diego as deadly storm continues to soak California – with mudslides burying homes in Los Angeles

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Alert – Mitch McConnell admits $118billion border deal is DEAD just two days after a deal was reached: Defeated Republican leader facing calls to resign admits ‘we have no chance to make a law’ in farcical scenes in Congress

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Alert – Crucial bolts were MISSING from door plug that blew off Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX plane mid-flight – in clearest evidence yet of major manufacturing flaw, damning new report reveals

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Alert – Knifeman is shot dead by police sniper after taking two people hostage and claiming he had a BOMB at Bank of America in Fort Myers, Florida

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Alert – Tucker Carlson claims he’s interviewing Vladimir Putin because ‘Americans are not informed’ about the war in Ukraine – despite ‘paying for it in ways they don’t understand’

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Alert – Crew member DIES on set of new Marvel series Wonder Man after falling from rafters of CBS studios in LA

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Alert – AMANDA PLATELL: My heart yearns for Harry to heal the rift with his father and brother. But this is why my head tells me it will never happen…

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Alert – South Carolina State and Claflin universities are on lockdown after suspect in ski mask and wearing all black ‘opened fire’ on campus

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Alert – Brit grandfather Ian Mackellar, 74, who was facing Dubai jail after complaining about noisy New Year’s Eve party is ‘relieved’ that he’s flying home

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Alert – BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen shares photo of his mother, 86, slumped in hard plastic chair in hospital waiting room where she was forced to sit for 17 hours waiting for treatment

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Alert – Who is killing Britain’s swans? Catapult wielding gang hunted after seven of the majestic birds are shot dead in this year alone in Surrey and Hampshire

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Alert – AN WILSON: This is a potential constitutional crisis that is going to place an immense burden on William

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Alert – No olive branches needed yet: Prince Harry and William have no plans to meet while Duke is in the UK visiting King Charles after monarch’s cancer diagnosis

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Alert – EasyJet flight from UK came within seconds of crashing into Lake Geneva with disaster only averted when desperate Swiss air traffic controllers told pilots ‘check your altitude immediately!’, report finds

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Alert – Super Bowl 2024: Patrick Mahomes says he’s ‘not even close to halfway’ to surpassing Tom Brady’s seven Super Bowl rings, as Chiefs QB calls being in his fourth championship game ‘surreal’

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Alert – Seventy NYC Housing Authority workers are hauled away in cuffs over kickback schemes and no-bid contracts in the projects in one of biggest corruption busts in DOJ history

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Alert – Mayorkas impeachment looks more in doubt as TWO Republicans plan to vote no: Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose one more GOP defector after Ken Buck and Tom McClintock dig in on ‘unconstitutional’ move

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Alert – The gang-rape horror that has reignited Italy’s immigration row: Degrading attack on 13-year-old ‘by youths who illegally entered the country as minors’ has poured fuel on the flames of a migrant crisis

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