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COVID-19: The $10 beauty alternative to hand sanitiser - and there's still plenty in stock

The scarcity of hand sanitiser has skyrocketed since COVID-19 reached Australian shores on January 25, but this hand cream does the same thing - and it smells a whole lot nicer.




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Fewer died from alcohol poisoning in Russia after warm winter saw drinkers ditch vodka for WINE 

Just over 600 people died from alcohol poisoning in January, a 37 per cent drop compared to the same month last year. And average temperatures in Moscow were more than 20F higher than last year.




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Supermarket shelves fully stocked with Easter Eggs as no one is panic buying or stockpiling them

Chocolate aisles up and down the UK are fully stocked with edible eggs with just two weeks to go until the Easter weekend.




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Internet trolls hack Alcohol Anonymous Zoom calls

Internet trolls have hacked into several Alcoholics Anonymous video conference calls this week where they shout insults and torment members about the taste of alcohol.




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Australia to ship alcohol to Taiwan in exchange for material used to make face masks 

Australia has agreed to send Taiwan one million litres of alcohol to make sanitiser and vaccines in exchange for three tonnes of material to make face masks.  




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Man fined £1,400 after threatening to kill neighbour who tried to break up lockdown 'party' 

Janis Zalitis, 29, received a note through his letter box stating that police would be called if the group did not leave the property in St Peter Port, Guernsey. Pictured: Guernsey's Royal Court.




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Australian cosmetic surgeon launches antibacterial hand sanitiser that kills 99.99% of germs

Perth plastic surgeon Dr Anh Nguyen, 41, has teamed up with natural skincare brand Biotopica to launch an 'alcohol-free' antibacterial spray which offers 24 hour protection against most viruses.




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Grieving mother is racked with guilt after her son's death

EXCUSLIVE: Jane, 60, from Lancashire, is grieving the death of her only child, Lee Mulligan, 34, who hanged himself in her garden just hours after celebrating her 60th birthday.




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Ambulance worker urges people to stay home in Facebook video after seeing people in beer garden

Ambulance worker Sophie-Louise Dennis spotted a group of ten-to-15 drinking in the beer garden of a closed pub along Tonbridge Road, Maidstone while she was working.




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600 people have died in Iran after drinking neat alcohol to 'cure' coronavirus

Iran's judicial spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaili revealed the new figures Tuesday as he vowed to punish the 'criminals' responsible for peddling the fake coronavirus 'cure'.




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Chicago mayor puts a liquor curfew in place after spike in gun violence

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has placed a 9pm curfew on liquor sales in the city following a spike in gun violence on Tuesday that left seven people dead,




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X Factor's Lucy Spraggan shares before and after snaps as she reflects on her weight loss journey

The former X Factor star, 28, shared incredible before and after pictures of herself on Instagram as she reflected on her weight loss journey on Friday.




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Married At First Sight: Jo McPharlin promotes shapewear after staggering weight loss 

Married At First Sight's Jo McPharlin showcased her staggering weight loss as she promoted Jules Robinson's new shapewear brand Figur on Saturday. 




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Self-described 'cannibal' threatens to rape, murder and EAT people during a terrifying attack

The accused pinned the man to the car and told him he was a 'cannibal' and would rape, murder and eat him if he told anyone what had happened.




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Ohio will only sell liquor to people with state ID after flood of people from Pennsylvania

Those trying to buy alcohol in Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana, Jefferson and Belmont will not have to show documents proving you live in the state.




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Man is left with a knife sticking out of his head after first date goes disastrously wrong

A man, 59, was stabbed in the head and left lying on the ground by a woman, 31, who he was reportedly on a date with. The main remains in hospital in a critical condition.




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Drinking is not the answer to lockdown says charity after survey shows booze increases home tensions

A survey conducted by Alcohol Change UK has found problem drinking is leading to an increase in at-home tensions for more than 3.5million Brits and revealed 8.6 million people are drinking more.




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The best letterbox gifts

These gifts are all slimline enough to fit through your front door so you never have wait around for a delivery man or receive the unfortunate 'sorry we missed you' slip.




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The number of women accusing Peter Nygard of sexual assault has increased FIVE-FOLD

The original lawsuit of 10 accusers was filed against the 78-year-old Canadian in February, when FBI raided his Manhattan office.




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Teenager arrested after giving her puppy vodka to drink as part of a sick internet prank in Ukraine

An unnamed 18-year-old was arrested in the western Ukraine village of Mamornytsya after a sick video was posted online which allegedly showed her feeding vodka to her puppy.




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Lisa Armstrong shows her support for NHS with rainbow t-shirt after 'finalising divorce'

The makeup artist, 43, wore the simple emblem which has become synonymous with health workers during the coronavirus crisis, in a selfie posted to Instagram on Saturday.




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Father, 59, died after falling down the stairs at his home following a heavy night of drinking

Gary Peck, 59, was 'profoundly' intoxicated when he fell at his home in Alvaston, Derbyshire. He suffered a fatal head injury when he fell down the stairs of his home and was found by a neighbour.




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Penelope Cruz reveals she was never interested in drugs or alcohol

The actress, 46, told Red magazine how some of her celebrity pals were surprised to see her out past midnight when she attended an Oscar party.




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Mother-of-two loses 129lbs after giving up drinking for good

Kassidy Riekens, 28, from Wyoming, started to pile on weight in 2010, after struggling to deal with her depression, eventually ballooning to 260lbs.




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Love Island's Anton Danyluk has given up alcohol after 'losing himself' following time on show

Anton Danyluk has given up alcohol after 'losing himself' following his time on Love Island - and says relationships in the villa are an 'illusion.'




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Heather Locklear's daughter Ava is 'giving her lots of support' as she marks one year of being sober

The Melrose Place actress's family are doing all they can do to help during quarantine, according to who spoke to People.




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Mother is busted drink driving NINE times over the limit just weeks after losing her licence

Amber Lukunic, 44, was caught speeding at 100km/h in an 80km/h zone on the Princes Highway in Waterfall, south Sydney, in March.




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Melanie Sykes celebrates three years of sobriety after revealing she is 'more present than ever'

The presenter, who found fame in a series of light-hearted ads for Boddingtons Brewery, kicked off her weekend by celebrating the milestone with her Instagram followers.




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EastEnders SPOILER: Linda Carter tests her sobriety by pouring herself a WHISKEY

The Queen Vic landlady has endeavoured to stay on the wagon for sake of long-suffering husband Mick after a boat crash on the Thames, and after a difficult start has managed to stay sober.




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Patrons fined after drinking in a SA pub that was supposed to be closed during coronavirus lockdown 

Limestone Coast Police attended a licensed premises in the state's south-east on Tuesday night following a tip-off from the public.




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Real Housewives Of New York City: Luann de Lesseps starts drinking again after months of sobriety

The 54-year-old cabaret singer started drinking again after months of sobriety on Thursday's episode of The Real Housewives Of New York City.




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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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SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Cotswolds hideaway favoured by Prince Harry pitches for more punters

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Soho Farmhouse, the £1,650-a-year very exclusive private members' club set in 120 Oxfordshire acres is opening its doors to an army of tent dwellers.




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Mark Shand's daughter gets children penning letters to elderly who are under lockdown in care homes 

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Duchess of Cornwall's late brother Mark Shand (pictured left) dedicated his life to saving wildlife, co-founding the Elephant Family in 2002.




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Remorseless Bill Cosby's defiant jailhouse interview saying he is the victim of a set-up

In a telephone interview with Black Press USA, Cosby said the jury was full of 'imposters' and that the entire case against him was 'political'.




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Eddie Murphy takes a dig at Bill Cosby and jokes about his kids as he returns to SNL after 35 years

The 58-year-old legend opened Saturday night's show by talking about his 10 kids, getting a joke off about Bill Cosby in the process. The three comedic legends joined Murphy on SNL.




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Bill Cosby, 82, had 'two life-sustaining' surgeries on neck arteries

Bill Cosby is serving up to 10 years behind bars at SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. At least 22 inmates and 13 staffers at the prison tested positive for COVID-19.




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Alan Rickman has 'secretly wed Rima Horton 50 years after they first met'

The couple, who have been living together since 1977, married in a secret ceremony in New York recently, Alan, 69, has revealed to German newspaper Bild.




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Harry Potter's Alan Rickman sucks helium-filled balloons with Jimmy Fallon

Armed with two balloons full of helium, Alan called the host out for doing impressions of his distinctive voice after he last appeared on the show two years ago.




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Love Actually writer Emma Freud reveals plot secrets on Twitter

Emma Freud went some way to putting the plot queries to bed this week when she live tweeted husband - and the film's director - Richard Curtis' first cinema experience of the 2003 rom-com classic.




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Alan Rickman’s career from Harry Potter’s Professor Snape to the Sheriff of Nottingham

The actor and director became a household name on the big screen after appearing to huge critical acclaim as Hans Gruber, Bruce Willis’s sardonic adversary, in Die Hard.




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Alan Rickman's evocative school pictures show first roles of Harry Potter star

An album of evocative photographs showing Rickman's starting steps in the dramatic world has come to light after it was released by his alma mater, Latymer Upper School in West London.




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JK Rowling let Alan Rickman know Snape was in love with Harry Potter's mother Lily

In a 2011 interview the actor, who died last week aged 69, said author Rowling had given him a 'tiny, little, left of field' detail to help his portrayal of antihero Professor Severus Snape.




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Twitter responds to Alan Rickman, David Bowie and Lemmy Kilmister's deaths

It features the Harry Potter and Robin Hood actor alongside glam rock legend David Bowie and rock star Lemmy Kilmister - all of whom have passed away from cancer within the space of three weeks.




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David Bowie and Alan Rickman to be honoured at Berlin International Film Festival

The musician and actor, who both passed away aged 69, will be honoured with screenings of their iconic films, The Man Who Fell To Earth and Sense And Sensibility at the event, in February.




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JK Rowling apologises for killing off Harry Potter's Snape

Taking to Twitter on Tuesday - the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts - she wrote: 'Please don't start flame wars over it, but this year I'd like to apologise for killing (whispers)... Snape.'




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Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis wanted Alan Rickman to play the dashing lead

Richard Curtis who wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral said at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Gloucestershire that he had wanted Alan Rickman but was outvoted.




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Tara Brown 'will NOT be attending Logies 2016 after child abduction in Lebanon'

It has been confirmed that 60 Minutes presenter Tara Brown will not be attending the event in Melbourne on Sunday night.




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Sally Faulkner promises to bring her children to Australia after botched 60 Minutes abduction

Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner has made a 'guarantee' to bring her children Lahela, five, and Noah, three, back after the botched 60 Minutes child abduction in Beirut, Lebanon.




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Adam Whittington denied bail after 60 Minutes recovery in Beirut

Despite high expectations he would be freed on bail on Wednesday Australian-British man Adam Whittington remains in a Beirut prison for his involvement in the 60 Minutes child abduction.