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Sydney man Toby Francis warns domestic violence escalates in a confronting letter

Australian actor and singer Toby Francis revealed he would frequently break household items during domestic arguments with his girlfriend Lauren in a open letter posted to Facebook on Thursday.




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CRAIG BROWN: Crustaceans? They're all so VERY crabby... 

CRAIG BROWN: Sir, I was interested to read the open letter sent by leaders of Women's Aid and the Women's Equality Party.




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Duvet cover makes changing your sheets easier than ever before

Ben King, 30, from London, and Chicago-based Luke Gray, 30, have invented the Koa duvet cover, with a central zipper through the middle and two on the bottom, to make the hated task easier.




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Reese Witherspoon suits up in all black for a midday calorie burn with a pal in Brentwood

The 43-year-old concealed her most identifiable features beneath a black ball cap and behind a pair of blue-tinted sunglasses during her daring fitness feat.




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Hilarious moment two bewildered men wander into Boston Mayor's coronavirus press conference

Social media users loved the moment two Boston men unashamedly walked into the background of a press conference with Mayor Marty Walsh about the coronavirus.




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Coronavirus US: Dow erases early gains and plunges 200 points

U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday, in what is still the market's worst month in three decades, as intervention by U.S. policymakers finally seemed to stem the bleeding on Wall Street.




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Eva Longoria steps out for a morning workout after urging fans to 'stay home' amid COVID-19

Eva Longoria was seen stepping out for a workout on Saturday morning. The 45-year-old embarked on a solo session around her Los Angeles home.




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Dow has best day since 1933 as Congress nears deal on aid

The Dow soared more than 2,000 points on Tuesday in its strongest one-day performance since 1933 as US lawmakers neared a $2 trillion coronavirus aid deal.




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Arnold Schwarzenegger rides motorcycle after reciting his Terminator catchphrase: 'Hasta la vista'

Arnold Schwarzenegger hit the open road on his burgundy motorcycle after biking around empty streets of Santa Monica, amid California's coronavirus shutdown on Friday.




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LORD ASHCROFT: Norway's barbaric slaughter of hundreds of majestic minke whales

Wednesday will mark the beginning of Norway's whaling season. Ships will target minke whales living along the country's fjord-lined coastline. Demand for whale meat in the country has declined.




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White House REFUSES to open up Obamacare exchanges for emergency sign-up

The White House is not extending open enrollment under Obamacare, despite President Trump saying it was an option amid the coronavirus outbreak.




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Julia Roberts wears artsy face mask and gloves as she puts safety first on morning errand run

Julia Roberts appeared to take Garcetti's advice to heart when she braved the open air on Friday for a CVS shopping trip in Malibu. Roberts had a mask over her face and wore a pair of gloves.




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Donald Trump says ALL uninsured people will get free coronavirus treatment

Donald Trump announced the government will pay for coronavirus treatments for those without insurance by using funds from the $2.2 trillion economic aid package the president signed into law last week. 




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Patrick Schwarzenegger braves the open air sans mask and gloves with girlfriend Abby Champion

Patrick Schwarzenegger stepped out sans mask and gloves to grab fresh pastries with girlfriend Abby Champion on Sunday morning in Los Angeles.




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Coronavirus: Tommy Fleetwood backs decision to cancel The Open

Tommy Fleetwood has backed the R&A's decision to cancel The Open and is already looking forward to the Royal St George's showpiece next year. 




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Ryder Cup captains Padraig Harrington and Steve Stricker urge golfing world to fight coronavirus 

Ryder Cup captains Padraig Harrington and Steve Stricker have issued a joint letter stressing Europe and the US must remain united in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.




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Black bears have QUADRUPLED at Yosemite since the coronavirus shutdown, allowing them to roam freely

Black bears, coyotes and bobcats that usually sit in the 'corridors' of Yosemite National Park are roaming out in the open after the park was shutdown last month due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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US stocks fall after strong rally last week

The Dow Jones and S&P 500 fell on Monday after last week's strong gains as US companies prepared to kick off a quarterly earnings season expected to be rough due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Chris Martin braves the open air sans mask while enjoying a solo bike ride around his neighborhood

Chris Martin braved the open air on Tuesday sans recommended facial mask, while enjoying a socially distanced bike ride around his Malibu neighborhood.




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PGA Tour set to finally resume play on June 8 with the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas

The American-based PGA Tour has outlined plans to resume a full schedule in mid-June, starting in Texas, in a bewildering decision that appears to go against all the prevailing wisdom.




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Darren Criss puts safety first by suiting up in a mask and gloves for a walk with wife Mia Swier

Darren Criss recently helped provide a much needed distraction for quarantined families across the globe during ABC's The Disney Family Singalong.




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Luke Wilson, 48, proves he's still a Hollywood heartthrob as he towels himself down

Luke Wilson was seen toweling down his shirtless torso after working up a sweat during a Los Angeles workout this week. He showed off his toned figure as he stood near his green SUV.




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David Charvet, 47, braves the open air for Whole Foods grocery run with girlfriend Oksana Rykova, 26

David Charvet has been enjoying a loved up lockdown with his fitness model girlfriend Oksana Rykova, 26.




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Reese Witherspoon takes in some fresh air as she enjoys bike ride with her son Tennessee in Malibu

Reese Witherspoon welcomed the closure of another weekend by venturing out into the open air on Sunday morning.




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Come on mum! Cheeky lion cubs try to get their mother to play with them

Photographer Usha Harish captured the adorable scene as it unfolded in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Nairobi, Kenya.




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Award-winning contemporary home dubbed the 'Ghost House' goes on sale for £2.5million

The home - dubbed the 'Ghost House' thanks to its glass build and because it's hidden from view as you approach it - is on sale in the village of Moreton Paddox in Stratford-upon-Avon for £2.5million.




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Aubrey Plaza braves the open air with longtime boyfriend Jeff Baena as they walk their dogs

Last week, she helped raise over $3million for Feeding America alongside her Parks And Recreation co-star during their video chat reunion special.




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On your bike lads... wait, not MY bike! Moment covidiot yob steals PCSO's bicycle

The footage, thought to have been taken in Slough, shows a Police Community Support Officer confronting a group of around ten people gathered in a park before one runs off with his bike.




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Mayor de Blasio will close more than 9 miles of streets to cars across four NYC boroughs

More than 9 miles have been designated as part of the Open Streets initiative designed to 'provide greater social distancing among New Yorkers.'




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Mob of officers descend on park to fine youths who tormented lone PCSO

The brazen moment a PCSO's bike was taken as he tried to disperse the mob in Slough was captured on video. Further footage shows officers flocking to the scene to fine the youths.




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Are YOU posh enough to wear a powerband?

AMANDA PLATELL: Of late, no posh girl worth her pink Himalyan salt has stepped out without a £300 piece of croissant-shaped fabric (prices can rise to an eye-watering £900) atop their shining heads.




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AMANDA PLATELL says the train passenger who complained about Gazza's kiss has been short-changed

AMANDA PLATELL: England football hero Paul Gascoigne was cleared by a jury of sexually assaulting a woman on a train after 'innocently' kissing her to make her feel better.




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AMANDA PLATELL: Emily Maitlis showed the female of the TV species is far deadlier than the male

The power of an iron fist in a velvet glove was shown to perfection by Newsnight's Emily Maitlis in her interview with Prince Andrew, writes AMANDA PLATELL.




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AMANDA PLATELL: Family TV shows have lost the X factor

AMANDA PLATELL: More attention is now given to Cowell's scowl, Amanda Holden's nipples and Alesha Dixon's barely clad thighs than to the real stars - the ordinary folk following their dreams




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: You're brave, Greta, but not as brave as this lot

AMANDA PLATELL: Standing defiant and alone on a rocky outcrop on the cover of Time Magazine, she looks out over a world in peril that she is seeking to save.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: JK Rowling is as brave as Harry Potter to take her fight to the gender trolls 

AMANDA PLATELL Was J.K. Rowling channelling her fearless hero Harry Potter when she took on the trans rights lobby?




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AMANDA PLATELL: No tears or tantrums here, Kate Middleton has become the Royals' crown jewel 

AMANDA PLATELL: Of all the pictures published in this tumultuous week for the Royal Family, one stood out for me.




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AMANDA PLATELL: Just squash Ant McPartlin under your foot, Lisa - and forget him! 

AMANDA PLATELL: Ant has treated you appallingly. But every tweet you post keeps you nailed to the cross of this broken marriage. You have to break away.




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AMANDA PLATELL: Jennifer Aniston is defying age with beauty - but it cannot mask her secret sorrow

AMANDA PLATELL: Jennifer Aniston appears on a magazine cover wearing tiny Yves Saint Laurent leather hotpants a supermodel might struggle to get away with - and we gape in awe.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Boycotting Amber Rudd at Oxford University just makes me see red 

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Students had cancelled the event because of Ms Rudd's links to the Windrush scandal, in which Britons of Caribbean heritage were wrongly deported.




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AMANDA PLATELL on the tragic death of Britain's youngest coronavirus victim aged just 13 

AMANDA PLATELL: One week ago, Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, was at home with his mum, six brothers and sisters, doing what we're all doing, watching TV, isolating at home.




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AMANDA PLATELL: Our royals have never been so crucial to us - nor Harry and Meghan so irrelevant

AMANDA PLATELL: Can it be only a few months ago that the Monarchy was facing down Megxit, in what appeared to be one of its worst existential crises since the abdication?




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ANDREW PIERCE: No. 10's Dilyn bow wows the Garrick crowd

ANDREW PIERCE: How long before Dilyn the dog is standing in for Boris Johnson at Prime Minister's Questions? I ask because the Jack Russell-cross is back in the spotlight.




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ANDREW PIERCE: Corbyn must hand over the reins at PMQs as performances go from bad to worse

ANDREW PIERCE: As he plods painfully through his six questions, there is an embarrassed silence on the Labour benches. Some Labour MPs say there is a way out.




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Does she deserve a peerage? The claims that could cost Karie Murphy the ermine, writes ANDREW PIERCE

Four men and two women, will today sit in judgment in an anonymous office in the Whitehall edifice that houses the Treasury on the most contentious set of peerage nominations for a generation.




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ANDREW PIERCE: Just what has happened to Diane Abbott's charity? 

ANDREW PIERCE: Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott yesterday ruled out serving in the Shadow Cabinet of the next Labour leader.




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ANDREW PIERCE: Leftie Richard Burgon's secret life as a Tony Blair fan 

ANDREW PIERCE: In an interview with student newspaper Varsity in 2002, when he was chairman of the Labour group at Cambridge University, he backed the UK joining the euro.




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ANDREW PIERCE: Spare us your winks and get a grip, Becky! 

ANDREW PIERCE: Sir Keir Starmer managed to find a place in his Shadow Cabinet for onetime 'Continuity Corbyn' candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey.




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Chris Froome lost FOUR pints of blood in six-hour surgery after horror crash

Chris Froome has insisted he is 'on the road to recovery' following his horror crash which saw him lose four pints of blood and required six-hours of surgery, and has admitted he feels lucky to be alive.




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Chris Froome's injuries revealed after horror crash that left him by the roadside for two hours

DANIEL BENSON - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FOR CYCLINGNEWS.COM: Last Wednesday Chris Froome and the Team Ineos squad arrived in the outskirts of the French commune of Roanne.