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• Man who vanished aged 17 is discovered ALIVE in a hole after being held captive by his neighbour for 27 YEARS: Footage shows moment Algerian is found cowering under hay bales - his family feared he died in country's civil war

  16-05-2024 03:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Named as Omar Bin Omran, he is said to have disappeared in the city of Djelfa in Algeria 27 years ago. His family assumed he had been killed during the civil war.
  
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• Why ARE our top museums so desperate to hand back treasures they've preserved for centuries - and could the Elgin Marbles be next?

  16-05-2024 02:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Victoria and Albert and the British Museum have lent 32 richly decorated items to descendants of the original owners in Ghana.
  
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• Coastal brewery part-owned by AFL stars suddenly shuts its doors leaving staff out of work

  16-05-2024 02:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sou'West Brewery in Torquay, on Victoria's coast, closed after KordaMentha were appointed as administrators on Wednesday, leaving at least 30 staff without a job.
  
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• It's the controversial trend causing ructions across the industry. As touts charge up to £170 for a table at top restaurants, TOM PARKER BOWLES discovers how chefs and owners are fighting back

  16-05-2024 02:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Appointment Trader is a website that allows you to buy and sell restaurant reservations for all of London's most sought-after tables. Food and drink very much not included.
  
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• Major update after teenage boy is struck down on his way to school

  16-05-2024 02:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police have seized an SUV they believe may have a struck a teenager in NSW.
  
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• Coca-Cola is accused of misleading consumers over its plastic pledges as investigation finds the soft drink giant produces TWO BILLION bottles a year in the UK

  16-05-2024 02:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coca-Cola has been accused of misleading consumers over its plastic pledges as an investigation found the giant produces two billion bottles a year in the UK.
  
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• UK weather: Motorists face threat to cars as weather maps show sizzling 'Saharan Plume’ approaching

  16-05-2024 02:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the UK prepares to sizzle in the coming days with the arrival of a ‘Saharan plume’, the warmer temperatures come with some caveats that could affect your health and your car
  
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• Labour accused of setting 'unrealistic' short-term climate goals as organisation run by ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair warns net zero targets are out of step with public opinion

  16-05-2024 02:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Tony Blair Institute said politicians must focus on infrastructure and technological innovation instead of arbitrary dates.
  
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• Keir Starmer pledges to 'smash the criminal boat gangs' as Labour leader sets out party's 'first steps' for government in latest pre-election campaign

  16-05-2024 02:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Labour's immigration pledge does not mention scrapping the Rwanda scheme, but instead focusses on Sir Keir's plan to establish a new 'Border Security Command' to tackle smuggling gangs.
  
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• Sarina, Queensland: Aussie soldier left red-faced after disastrously crashing a military truck into a service station

  16-05-2024 02:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon at an Ampol service station at Sarina, a rural town south of Mackay in North Queensland.
  
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• Labor senator unleashes at Anthony Albanese as she breaks ranks to call out her own party

  16-05-2024 02:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Labor senator has broken party ranks and called out Anthony Albanese. Here's why she is so angry.
  
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• Albo's tenant is crying poor after getting handed his eviction notice - but PETER VAN ONSELEN reveals what he conveniently forgot to mention during his TV whinge-a-thon

  16-05-2024 02:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Far be it from me to defend Albo for the treatment he's copping from one of his investment property tenants, but the guy now beating up on the PM is clearly a whinger. Here's why.
  
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• ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: What stunts did director Alfred Hitchcock pull?

  16-05-2024 02:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alfred Hitchcock would invite pompous guests to dinner parties, where he would slip whoopee cushions under their chairs before they sat down.
  
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• Revealed: Writer and poet, 71, suspected of shooting Slovakia PM Robert Fico who founded an 'anti-violence' movement - as his son says he has 'no idea' what his father intended

  16-05-2024 02:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Juraj Cintula, 71, from Levice has been identified by Slovakian media as the gunman in yesterdays assassination attempt on Robert Fico, 59.
  
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• Meghan Markle insists she and Prince Harry are 'really happy' and 'doing great' as they watch their family 'grow up and evolve' in gushing interview with American magazine after 'really meaningful' trip to Nigeria

  16-05-2024 02:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Sussex spoke about how her family brings her joy during her three-day trip with Prince Harry to Nigeria last week as they raise children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, two.
  
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• Weed it and reap! Alan Titchmarsh blasts 'rewilding fad' at Chelsea Flower Show as TV gardener describes event as being the 'Paris catwalk' of British gardening

  16-05-2024 02:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Branding the likes of rewilding as a 'step backwards', the 75-year-old celebrity gardener said the assumption that we should reduce the number of 'exotic' species we plant was 'erroneous'.
  
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• Games Inbox: Xbox going multiformat, Resident Evil 9 sci-fi, and Call Of Duty Game Pass dilemma

  16-05-2024 02:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  What happens next? (Microsoft)The Thursday letters page is upset the Assassin’s Creed Shadows reveal was spoilt, as one reader hopes for Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks 2.To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected]
  Last chance saloon
  Why do I get the feeling that Project Latitude is going to be Xbox’s last roll of the dice? Looking back now, I don’t know what they were expecting to achieve by buying Activision Blizzard. They can’t afford to make th
  
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• Weed it and reap! Alan Titchmarsh blasts 'rewilding fad' at Chelsea Flower Show as TV gardener mocks event as being the 'Paris catwalk' of British gardening

  16-05-2024 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Branding the likes of rewilding as a 'step backwards', the 75-year-old celebrity gardener said the assumption that we should reduce the number of 'exotic' species we plant was 'erroneous'.
  
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• Tayla was mortified after her Uber driver performed a vile act in front of her. Now his fate before the courts can be revealed - and it will leave you fuming

  16-05-2024 01:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tayla Pimlott, 26, was taking a 20-minute trip from Adelaide 's CBD home on October 1 when she suddenly noticed the driver pleasuring himself in the front seat.
  
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• Powerball $100million: Why winners of huge lottery prizes have to wait two weeks for their money - as Aussies reveal what really happens when you win big

  16-05-2024 01:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Half of all Aussie adults are expected to buy a ticket in tonight's $100million Powerball jackpot - but if they win they'll discover a a deliberate delay in receiving the money.
  
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• Winner of $1,350,000,000 lottery jackpot sued by his family after not sharing as promised

  16-05-2024 01:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  The man won one of the largest lottery jackpots in US history (Picture: Getty Images)The family of a man who won a $1.35billion jackpot is suing him, claiming he broke his promise to share the winnings.
  An unidentified man bought the winning Mega Millions jackpot ticket in Lebanon, Maine, on January 13 of last year. It was one of the largest lottery jackpots in US history.The man promised to share, including by opening a million-dollar trust fund and paying for his father’s medical expense
  
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• Tragedy as three killed in Nashville plane crash as debris is found across half-mile long stretch

  16-05-2024 01:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The single-engine Beechcraft V35 went down in Franklin, Tennessee, around12pm on Wednesday.
  
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• Cocaine found at the Capitol: Police investigating drug found in 'highly trafficked' area months after baggy discovered in cubby hole at the White House

  16-05-2024 01:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Capitol Police are investigating after a one-inch ziplock bag of cocaine was found in a 'heavily trafficked' area a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol building.
  
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• Sharon Stone and Liam Neeson lead calls to let Kevin Spacey resume his Hollywood acting career after he was cleared of sexual assault charges

  16-05-2024 01:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sharon Stone and Liam Neeson are the latest celebrities calling for Kevin Spacey to be allowed to resume his Hollywood acting career after being cleared of sexual assault charges.
  
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• I was with Shane the night he plunged off a P&O cruise ship after racking up massive casino debts. I was caught up in the same honeytrap - and when I told staff to cut me off, their response horrified me

  16-05-2024 01:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four more passengers have come forward with horrifying tales of how they were hit with huge debts after getting sucked into an offshore gambling loophole after a dad plunged to his death on Monday.
  
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• Cocaine found at the Capitol: Police investigating bag found in 'highly trafficked' area months after baggy discovered in cubby hole in the White House

  16-05-2024 01:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Capitol Police are investigating after a bag of cocaine was found in a 'heavily trafficked' area.
  
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• Ministers 'not planning to intervene' in Royal Mail takeover after 'Czech Sphinx' Daniel Kretinsky puts forward £3.5billion bid - but Government will be 'monitoring developments very closely'

  16-05-2024 01:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a move that sent shockwaves through the City and Westminster, the board of its parent company backed a £3.5billion takeover offer from a billionaire dubbed the 'Czech Sphinx'.
  
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• Map reveals how much of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem can no longer visit - and why, as another tribe bans her

  16-05-2024 01:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is the latest to ban South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. She is currently not welcome on seven of nine reservations within the state after alleging drug cartels are active.
  
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• 'We all have bad weeks': Trump defends VP contender Kristi Noem over fury for shooting her dog and says she's still 'terrific'

  16-05-2024 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former President Donald Trump still thinks South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is 'terrific' despite the outcry over the revelation she shot and killed her 14-month-old dog .
  
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• Speed boat owner who 'hit and killed' ballerina Ella Adler, 15, is identified as new details of horror crash emerge

  16-05-2024 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Investigators have identified the man who was allegedly piloting the boat that struck and killed Ella Riley Adler, per an incident report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  
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