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VE Day 75: UK sings along to Vera Lynn's 'We'll Meet Again'

Brits joined together on Friday night to sing Dame Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again. Voices rang out up and down the country to mark 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe.




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Winston Churchill's granddaughter reveals her mother's mercy dash

On the evening of May 8, 1945, Winston Churchill could have been forgiven a little merry-making.




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Legendary Vegas magician Roy Horn Siegfried and Roy dies at 75 after coronavirus battle

Legendary magician Roy Horn has died. He was 75. Horn,one half of the longtime Las Vegas illusionist duo Siegfried & Roy, had tested positive for COVID-19.




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Ahmaud Arbery murder: Arrested ex-cop investigated him before

Brunswick District Attorney Jackie Johnson blocked police from arresting a father and son for the murder of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery, 25, because one of them used to work on her office.




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Obama says 'rule of law' is at risk following DOJ's decision to drop charges against General Flynn

Former President Barack Obama (seen left with then-President-elect Donald Trump at the White House in 2017) on Friday blasted the decision to drop the case against ex-NSA Michael Flynn (right).




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Hospitals probed after sending elderly back to care homes despite KNOWING they had coronavirus

EXCLUSIVE: The elderly patients sent back from hospitals, despite suffering from coronavirus, triggered outbreaks in care homes, tragically claiming the lives of other vulnerable residents.




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JOHN HUMPHRYS: An asteroid could be heading for Earth and yet our leaders are at war with each other

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Every leader of every country in the world had come together on a virtual network. Never had there been such a conference. But, yet, never had there been such a crisis.




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Tekashi 69 breaks Instagram record with 2M viewers of his livestream after release from jail

Tekashi 69 just broke the record for Instagram Live viewers as he broadcast an epic rant on Friday after his release from jail. 




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70000 are stuck on cruise ships during pandemic as unpaid crews beg to go home

Tens of thousands of crew members worldwide are still on cruise ships out at sea. Workers are confined to cabins aboard ships and most of them are no longer being paid after contracts expired.




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Counter terrorism police fear ISIS cells are being reactivated to plot attacks across Europe

Police are looking into the possibility Isis 'sleepers' have been 'reactivated' and are plotting attacks around Europe. Two weeks ago Britain's most wanted ISIS fugitive, who has links to Jihadi John, was arrested.




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The Sex Clinic expert Sarah Mulindwa returns to the NHS frontline to help battle the COVID-19 crisis

The 34-year-old model, who is the star of Channel 4's The Sex Clinic, has put her career on hold to look after coronavirus patients.




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SAS: Who Dares Wins host Ant Middleton's wife crashed £200,000 Lamborghini Huracan on shopping trip

EXCLUSIVE: Emilie Middleton, 40, span off the road near their home in Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex and ended up with the super charged yellow Lamborghini Huracan buried in a hedge.




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Prince Harry surrounded by Meghan Markle's friends in LA villa

Several of her closest friends live near the vast £14.5million villa the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have moved into in star-studded Beverly Hills with its famed 90210 postcode.




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Australia's 'organisational queen' reveals foolproof way to tidy up kitchen sink and bathroom vanity

An Australian 'organisational queen' has revealed her best tips for keeping your kitchen cupboards, bathroom vanity and toy room clean with the help of IKEA and Kmart tubs.




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Obama blasts Trump's handling of coronavirus pandemic as 'an absolute chaotic disaster'

Barack Obama (right), the former president, said on Friday that President Trump's (left) handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is one reason he will work hard to help Joe Biden defeat him in November.




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Couple die in agony after home brewing their own lockdown beer

South African couple Tony Hilliar, 54, and Alida Fouche, 42,died after making their own illicit supply of beer to get around their country's strict alcohol ban imposed since the Covid-19 lockdown.




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Is a final financial order on divorce always final?

The court made 40,000 financial orders last year. There will be a concern that allowing some people to reopen their financial order now will lead to hundreds or thousands of similar claims.




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Why you should have home insurance if you house share

Daisy, 22 (pictured) didn't get any of her deposit back from her landlord after one of her housemates accidentally broke the bathtub whilst they were living together.




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E-scooters trials to allow them on the roads to be fast-tracked

The government hope that battery-powered electric scooters - which can travel up to 30mph and cost between £200 and £500 - will offer an alternative to public transport after coronavirus lockdown.




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Lockdown could be needlessly prolonged because of ministers' obsession with 'irrelevant' R-value

The Government is relying on the 'R' figure - the average number of people a coronavirus patient infects - to tell them when it is safe to unlock the UK. But experts have said the measure it is 'too crude'.




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Prince William and Kate Middleton chat to veterans on VE Day

Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton, 38, made a video call to residents of an East Sussex care home on Wednesday. They giggled as the WWII veterans shared their VE Day memories.




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UK companies 'will have to provide face masks for all who return to work'

The PM is expected to recommend people wear them in the office, on public transport and when shopping despite not making them compulsory in England.




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Now a member of Mike Pence's staff tests positive for coronavirus

Vice President Mike Pence's spokesperson Katie Miller, who also serves as a spokesperson for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, tested positive for the coronavirus.. 




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Adele shows off dramatic weight loss and ALISON BOSHOFF reveals how she picked her look from pals

ALISON BOSHOFF: Adele, 32 this week, posed for stunning photos in which her 10 st weight loss was evident. So what is behind her makeover, and who's in the glam squad behind her transformation?




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Unions threaten to scupper plans to reopen schools by June 1

Government sources have indicated Boris Johnson wants schools to begin to reopen on June 1, although unions have expressed concern about safety. TUC's Frances O'Grady is pictured.




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German President urges nation to liberate themselves from Nazi legacy

The German head of state, accompanied by Chancellor Angela Merkel, stuck to social distancing guidelines at they laid down their wreaths yesterday at the Neue Wache Memorial in Berlin.




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DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: We can all learn the lessons of life in lockdown

With some elements of the lockdown expected to ease from Monday, now is a good time to start to reflect on the past seven weeks and consider the 'positives' we might take from the experience.




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Garden centres OPEN: Customers will return next week as the lockdown eases

Garden centres will be allowed to reopen next week under Boris Johnson's plans to ease the lockdown.




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World's 'oldest man' celebrates 116th birthday more than 100 years after Spanish flu killed sister

Centenarian Fredie Blom was born on May 8, 1904, in Adelaide near the Great Winterberg mountain range of South Africa's Eastern Cape province. He celebrated his 116th yesterday.




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Queen surrounded by wartime mementos for VE Day speech

On the desk in front of the Queen was her Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) khaki-coloured peaked cap - part of her uniform when she undertook National Service as a teenage princess in February 1945.




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Dame Vera Lynn 'raises a glass' and sings along to We'll Meet Again on VE Day

Dame Vera Lynn 'raised a glass' and sang along to the country's rousing rendition of We'll Meet Again as a crowd of well-wishers visited her West Sussex home during last night's VE Day tributes.




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NHS is already building a new Covid-19 contact tracing app

Developers from Google and Apple have been brought into the fold to provide technology that will overcome incompatibility issues with some mobiles reported on the Isle of Wight.




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Commuters could be made to book slots at train stations using smartphone app to stop overcrowding

Commuters on Britain's railways may have to book allotted times to travel to stop overcrowding once coronavirus lockdown measures start to ease. Rail operators are said to be considering a new app.




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Police launch manhunt for man, 41, after 67-year-old woman is found murdered at her home

The pensioner was found dead at the scene in Levenshulme, Manchester, around 8.30pm on Thursday. Officers are on the hunt for Leroy Panton, 41, who is understood to have lived with her.




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The winners of the German GDT Nature Photographer of the Year competition have been revealed

A stunning picture of a hare standing in a field at dusk has won the German Society for Nature Photography's 2020 Nature Photographer of the Year contest.




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Woman who battled cystic acne for nearly a decade cures it during lock-down

Lucy Morris, 22, from Surrey battled cystic acne for almost a decade and was left with depression due to her medication but has cured it during lock-down after finding a line of 'miracle' products.




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The Mail reveals it's a female former friend suing Duke and Duchess of York for a £6.7m unpaid debt

The original owner, said to be a female beneficiary of a trust fund, is believed to have sold Chalet Helora to the Yorks in 2014 for 22m Swiss francs (£18m). They owe her £6.7m and she decided to go to court.




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Rishi Sunak 'making final decision on future of furlough scheme this weekend'

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will make a final decision this weekend on when and how to phase out the government's coronavirus furlough scheme, it was claimed today.




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Serena Williams poses for stunning Stuart Weitzman campaign

Mother-of-one Serena, 38, stars in a striking black-and-white campaign that was shot in Palm Beach in February, before the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many people into lockdown.




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Lawyers warn lack of PPE could result in corporate manslaughter charges

Lawyers have warned the lack of PPE for NHS and care workers could result in corporate manslaughter charges as 54 Covid-19 healthcare deaths were reported to the Health and Safety Executive.




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Social media users get creative in a new challenge that involves making dresses from shopping bags 

People from across the world have taken to Instagram with creative snaps of outfits they've made using shopping bags as part of a new viral challenge.




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Queen's VE Day 75th Anniversary speech praises lockdown spirit

Her Majesty spoke from Windsor Castle at 9pm today as she celebrated the everyday heroism of the wartime generation and the British people battling coronavirus during the national crisis.




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Killing Eve's evil inspiration: The real crimes that inspired Villanelle's onscreen murders

Dressed in braces and bow tie, with frizzy hair and a bulbous red nose, assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) arrives at a children's party to make balloon animals (episode two, series three).




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Controversial trials to infect healthy volunteers with covid IS justified, says WHO

So-called challenge trials are common in vaccine development, but only for viruses which have treatments. It comes as scientists around the world race to find a Covid cure - including two in the UK.




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Last member of The Few from Battle of Britain has 'luck of the Irish'

John 'Paddy' Hemingway, at age 100, is the last member of The Few, a crew of RAF pilots who protected the UK from the Luftwaffe over the English Channel in 1940.




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Is THIS the dress of the summer? Fashionistas go wild over comfortable New Look smock

Fashion fans and influencers from across the UK are raving about the black-and-white checked dress from New Look, with many saying they 'need' it for their summer wardrobes.




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Son surprises dad on 70th birthday with tune on piano after learning to play in secret for a decade

TV producer and chief executive of WhizzKid Entertainment Malcolm Gerrie, from Newcastle upon Tyne, had no idea why he'd been invited onto BBC Breakfast until his son Olly surprised him.




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'Two thirds of coronavirus cases in Britain are going undiagnosed'

Professor Tim Spector, a leading genetic epidemiologist, said the failure to class common symptoms in with the dry cough and fever has led to statisticians collecting data which is 'nonsense'.




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Mother-of-two, 32, creates stylish Merino wool blanket in lockdown

Rosanna McKean, 32, from Bristol, followed a 13-minute YouTube tutorial to create a grey Merino wool blanket for her modern living room while in lockdown, which cost £70 fo the materials.




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Private detective, 56, who conned Madeleine McCann's parents out of £300,000 died in fall

Kevin Halligen, 56, ran Oakley International, which received the publicly donated cash after Madeleine McCann vanished from Praia da Luz in Portugal aged three in 2007.