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FIFA 'will permit five substitutions' when football returns after Covid-19 crisis

Rizzoli, the Italian official who took charge of the 2014 World Cup final and is now a referee designator for Serie A, said one change could be five subs instead of the usual three.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK reveals how Falklands War made UK finally begin to feel good about itself again

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: For Rex Hunt, Thursday, April 1, 1982 began like any other day. It was a lovely, bright morning, but in his sprawling Victorian house in the little town of Stanley, Falkland Islands.




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Even with Thatcher in No10, the early 80s workplace was full of chauvinism, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: A few years earlier, many professions had been virtually all-male. In the City, women were not allowed on the floor of the Stock Exchange until March 1973.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: For Britain's sake, this is a gamble Boris Johnson MUST win 

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: 'To some extent,' wrote Boris Johnson in his book about his hero Winston Churchill, 'all politicians are gamblers with events.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Jeremy Corbyn is silent on racists standing for his own party 

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We are only a few days into the election campaign and the conspiracy theories have already begun.




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Germaine Greer, King Alfred and Rees-Mogg vilified by thought Stasi, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The real threat to free speech comes not from a totalitarian government. It comes from UK university campuses that are supposed to be hotbeds of debate and disagreement.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: How Boris Johnson became the poshest working-class hero since Winston Churchill

Like Johnson, Churchill refined his image, endlessly practising his supposedly spontaneous quips. He, too, had conspicuous flaws, drank too much, told tall tales and played to the gallery.




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A suicide note to make the '80s loony left blush, writes Dominic Sandbrook

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: In my lifetime, Labour have published more than a dozen manifestos, some saner than others.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK imagines the fallout of Labour's first weeks in power

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Exactly 100 days since Jeremy Corbyn became Prime Minister, his Momentum fan club have sent red roses to mark the occasion.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Corbyn didn't understand patriotism

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: To future generations, the names of toppled Labour strongholds will tell the story of Boris Johnson's tidal wave.




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Dominic Sandbrook: Farewell to the hate mobs' joyless intolerance

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The 2010s has been a decade of increasingly strident and intolerant political correctness, with institutions such as the Church of England taking more extreme positions.




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We've never had it so good! DOMINIC SANDBROOK on a divisive decade

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: So how will we remember the 2010s? It was a decade of austerity, great patriotic spectacles, royal weddings and the triumphant London Olympics.




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It's time for the EU to be realistic about a trade deal, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Britain's departure shows the EU is not the end of history and it is perfectly possible to get off the train, however clumsy our departure may have looked.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK looks back at how the 1973 dream soured

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We've packed our bags and bought our tickets, and on Friday evening we are off. Whatever you think of the decision, there is no doubt this is a landmark in our modern history.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: My plan to save the BBC? A cheap licence for the basics

DOMINIC SANDBROOKE: This week, as Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan launches a 'consultation' to discuss the licence fee, the BBC's future genuinely seems more uncertain than ever before.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK on the Royal Family's opportunity from this crisis

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The new slimmed down Royal Family is a good thing, though I don't for a moment underestimate the strain it has placed upon our 93-year-old Queen.




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Coronavirus is a deadly wake-up call, writes historian DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We pride ourselves on our supremacy over the natural world and our mastery of science. But as the last week has shown, our modernity has made us weaker than ever.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson is wrong to make a jibe at Margaret Thatcher

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson's reference to 'society' in Sunday night's video was a rebuke to Margaret Thatcher's controversial remarks, made in an interview in the late Eighties.




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It's easy to feel imprisoned under lockdown, so thank goodness for non-fiction books

With all this free time we have on our hands, Dominic Sandbrook makes the case for reading non-fiction books. Pictured: A Soviet soldier stand on top of a tank in Moscow's red square.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The recovery that followed The Great Depression should give us hope

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Even optimists admit that some businesses will not be replaced. Not every neighbourhood restaurant will reopen. Not every furloughed worker will stroll back into a job.




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Universities are begging for bailout after years of over-expansion, says DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Have you ever wondered what a perfect storm looks like? Just take a look at Britain's universities. Crippled by corruption and greed they stand on the brink of disaster.




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The reason a Virgin Australia flight attendant was moved to give a passenger a free bottle of wine

In what may be his final flight, Jay Hill, 24, talked to a passenger, known as Mr Douglas, travelling from LAX to Perth, who told him he had retired from work because he had terminal cancer.




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Michael Turnbull conducts private inspection amid coronavirus

Former Bachelorette star Michael Turnbull is also the principal owner of Lowest Commission Real Estate.




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Australian woman's fears for mother on board coronavirus death ship after losing contact

Shirley Maclaren is one of 135 Australians on the Holland America Line Zaandam ship stranded in the Pacific Ocean off Central America, where four passengers have died from coronavirus.




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Couple build a dining table on ute to eat at Brisbane cafe despite coronavirus social distancing

The couple strapped down the table and two dining chairs to enjoy breakfast outside Brooks and Stain in Brisbane.




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Shattered widower of Ruby Princess coronavirus victim slams the cruise company as debacle deepens

Queenslander Karla Lake contracted the deadly virus while celebrating her 75th birthday with her husband Graeme on the virus-stricken Ruby Cruise cruise ship before it docked in Sydney.




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People gather on their balconies in Queensland to cheer for doctors and nurses amid coronavirus

Residents in two adjacent apartment buildings in Redcliffe, north of Brisbane, simultaneously cheered for all medical services staff around the country.




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Girl, 7, abducted from Kmart toy aisle and molested in bushland reverted to baby talk

Details of a horrific child abduction were revealed in a Queensland judgment overturning a sentence potentially allowing predator Sterling Mervyn Free to walk free on parole in less than two years.




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Australian family reveal what it's like in 14-day hotel quarantine with a three-month-old baby

Darcy Lord, his wife Ketut and baby Reef returned from Bali on Sunday morning and were escorted directly to Brisbane Airport;s Novotel hotel for their compulsory quarantine period.




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Ex-The Block star Suzi Taylor back behind bars after allegedly breaching bail conditions 

The 49-year-old was arrested on Monday night and spent the night behind bars.




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Search for two missing teenage girls from Chapel Hill in Brisbane

The girls aged 14 and 15 were last seen at Tangmere Street in Chapel Hill in Brisbane on Thursday around 6.30pm.




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North Queensland politician Bob Katter demands his region by cut off during coronavirus crisis

The 75-year-old politician told Daily Mail Australia the region would be easy to isolate and said doing so could save the lives of a million vulnerable Australians.




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Steve Irwin's 'hot niece' Rebecca Lobie strips down during isolation

Rebecca Lobie's revealing photos have seen her rack up over 100,000 followers on Instagram.




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Relieved Australians wave from a bus after being rescued from Nepal amid coronavirus lockdown 

The 222 Australian citizens and 28 New Zealand nationals and permanent residents are scheduled to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday.




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Greyhound suspends bus service from Sydney to Brisbane to stop backpackers transmitting coronavirus

The decision comes after residents in Byron Bay lobbied to have the buses stop to make sure COVID-19 was not transmitted to regional areas.




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Allison Langdon clashes with mother quarantined in luxury hotel after she complained about fresh air

Sarah Greig and her two sons returned from a trip to Jakarta on Sunday, and were immediately shuttled to the Novotel hotel in Brisbane.




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The Project: Bluey producer Daley Pearson is left red-faced after his bare feet are revealed on TV

The producer of children's program Bluey was left red-faced when his bare feet were revealed during an appearance on Channel Ten's The Project. 




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Japanese restaurant in Brisbane comes under fire for its 'racist' takeaway menu 

Nobunaga Yakitori in Brisbane launched the new takeaway menu this week after the government banned dine-in service to slow the spread of the coronavirus.




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Brisbane family gets rude email from landlord when asking for reduced rent due to coronavirus

Brisbane mother-of-three Violet, has been forced to provide for her family after her husband lost his job and was heartbroken to hear her rent would not be reduced.




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You can now have ONE KILO brie cheese wheels filled with spaghetti delivered to your front door

Australian restaurant Salt Meats Cheese is now delivering their one kilogram of brie cheese pasta to customers at home in isolation. The meal is priced at $39 and serves two people.




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Hoons breach coronavirus restrictions at car rally, with 58 of them copping fines totalling $73k

Queensland police attended the event in Rochedale, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night and gave out 58 $1,334 fines for failing to comply with COVID-19 sanctions.




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Drugs, weapons and cash: Inside Brisbane's violent youth gangs and their brazen Instagram pages

Instagram pages titled @brisbanecrims, @brisbanelads and @southside420 ask their followers to send in criminal content to share online.




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Man is shot dead by Queensland police in a McDonald's carpark

Emergency services were called to Sunnybank Hills in outer Brisbane about 9pm on Monday following reports a man was pouring fuel over himself and a house.




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Pictured: Swimmer, 23, who was killed in a shark attack off the Great Barrier Reef 

He had been working on the southern Barrier Reef with a group of rangers when he was attacked on Tuesday afternoon.




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Qld Man shot dead after setting himself on fire McDonald's doused a woman in petrol before fleeing

Emergency services rushed to a home in Sunnybank Hills, in Brisbane's south on Monday night, after receiving reports of a domestic violence incident.




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The makeup hack that involves applying setting spray AND powder before you put on your foundation

A makeup artist has tested out a viral trend of putting setting spray and powder on your face before foundation in a 'backwards' move that fans are saying 'helps increase the coverage'.




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Carjacker on the run after stealing pregnant mother's car and fleeing with son in the backseat 

The mother, 31, was parked at the corner of Brightview Road and Grove Street in Glenore Grove, Queensland, at 6am on Tuesday when the incident happened.




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Terrifying moment 'human fireball' shot dead by police after setting himself alight near McDonald's

WARNING: Graphic footage has emerged of the horrifying moment a man was shot dead by police after he allegedly doused himself in fuel in a McDonald's car park south of Brisbane.




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'Bored' Rebecca Lobie flaunts bust in another skimpy bikini

Like many other Australians, Rebecca Lobie has been hunkering down at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Christopher Lee Burns arrested after reading Bible aggressively and punching a man in Queensland

Christopher Lee Burns was seen reading the Bible loudly and aggressively by police on February 12 in Maryborough, Queensland before punching another man later that day.