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Sophie Turner braless under a plunging blazer with fiancé Joe Jonas

Sophie Turner, 22, continued her smitten display with fiance Joe Jonas, 29, as they exited L'Avenue restaurant in Paris on Monday.




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Blake Lively takes a day off from glam as she goes makeup-free at Disneyland Paris

The wife of Ryan Reynolds was seen posing with Mickey Mouse at Disneyland Paris as she appeared to have no makeup on and was wearing her unbrushed hair down.




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Public figures and celebrities around the world react with shock and horror as Notre Dame burns  

The world stood helpless as Notre Dame burned on Monday and hundreds of French fire fighters worked to put out the blaze. While they fought the fire, a host of stars and politicians took to social media.




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Why the 850-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral is 'incredibly flammable'

The interior frame of the Notre Dame Cathedral includes roughly 52 acres of wood in total, experts say. The wood inside was already crumbling before the fire, leading parts to be closed off.




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Jerusalem's Al-Asqa Mosque was struck by blaze at the same time Notre Dame was devastated by inferno

A fire broke out on the site of Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Monday, while a much larger blaze engulfed Notre Dame. The Al-Aqsa fire began in the Marwani Prayer Hall or Solomon's Stables.




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Trump offers U.S. support to France to help restore 'irreplaceable' Notre Dame after fire

The White House said 'we remember with grateful hearts the tolling of Notre Dame’s bells' in 2001 in 'recognition of the tragic September 11th attacks on American soil. Those bells will sound again.'




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Friend of billionaire who pledged €100m to Notre Dame says donations should be 90% tax deductible

French billionaire François-Henri Pinault, who owns firm behind Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent and is married to Salma Hayek, pledged €100m to Notre Dame.




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Firefighters 'could not find fire' at Notre Dame 23 minutes before blaze

Franck Riester, France’s culture minister, said on Tuesday that the cathedral’s organ “seems to be quite affected” by the blaze while the fate of several other artefacts are unknown.




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Fundraising for three burned Baptist churches in Louisiana skyrockets after Notre Dame blaze

A GoFundMe called 'Seventh District Baptist Church Fires St Landry' has received just under $480,000 for the three black churches in Louisiana that were burned down.




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Bloodied but unbowed, Our Lady of Paris saved by divine intervention writes ROBERT HARDMAN

ROBERT HARDMAN: Notre Dame has, without doubt, been horribly damaged. France, along with much of the world, has been deeply shocked at the near-demise of ‘Our Lady of Paris’.




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Trump has given condolences to Pope Francis for the 'horrible and destructive' Notre Dame fire

President Donald Trump spoke with Pope Francis on Wednesday to offer condolences for the partially destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral and to wish him a Happy Easter.




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Fundraising for three burned-down black churches in Louisiana skyrockets past 1.45MILLION

The 'Seventh District Baptist Church Fires St Landry' page grew in virality by Wednesday following a surplus of shares of the GoFundMe by several notable figures, including the site itself.




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London 2012 Olympics: Laura Trott's golden double in Melbourne

Laura Trott added the women's omnium world title to the team pursuit gold at the world championships in Melbourne on Saturday.




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Laura Trott: Pupil obesity crisis ushers in era of the 54in blazer

Laura’s story of her path to glory is one of the most uplifting of the past ten days. But the thing that makes it extra special is the fact that, right from the start, it’s been a fabulous Trott family effort.




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London Olympics 2012: Laura Trott becomes double champion aged just 20

The blonde 5ft 4in cyclist from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire is lucky to be alive after she was born a month prematurely suffering from a collapsed lung.




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Change of track for double Olympic gold champion Laura Trott as she takes a turn as radio DJ

The 20-year-old double Olympic gold medalist (pictured) had a bike hooked up to a turntable on her appearance at Radio 1 yesterday. She cycled 33rpm to play Lady Gaga's hit Poker Face.




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Nice day for a gold wedding! Double Olympic champion Laura Trott is surprise guest at nuptials of sports-mad couple

Newlyweds Jonathan Ball, 27, and Kirsty-Louise Storey, 21, tied the knot on Saturday in a hotel which was also being used by the gold medal winner (centre) for a photo-shoot.




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Olympic champ Laura Trott shakes off the nerves as she strikes first blow in omnium at Track Cycling World Cup   

London 2012 double Olympic champion Laura Trott set aside her anxiety to win the first of six disciplines in the women's omnium on day two of the Track Cycling World Cup in London.




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Laura Trott completes golden double at the European Track Cycling Championships  

Laura Trott won her second gold medal of the European Track Cycling Championships by following up her team pursuit medal with a win in the scratch race.




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Madonna tributes Paris massacre victims singing with son David at Place de la Republique

Along with her son David, the 57-year-old singer paid a moving tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks in the city on Wednesday evening.




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ISIS' 'Jihadi Jack' blasted Paris mourners as 'bloody fools'

Messages on the social media account of Jihadi Jack appear to show the young British convert taunted the victims of the Paris terror attacks by describing them as 'bloody fools'.




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Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam 'refused to blow himself up to save lives'

Mohamed Abdeslam claims that his brother Salah, who was sensationally captured on 18 March, told him that he 'couldn't go through with it.'




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Sheffield bar under fire for selling blue, white and red shots called a PARIS BOMB

The Sheffield bar, called Paris, advertised the drink on their Instagram account (pictured). The bar refused to back down despite a backlash from students speaking out in protest against the name.




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Paris Attacks video sees ISIS terrorist Brahim Abdeslam blow up restaurant

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: The images of the death of Brahim Abdeslam, 31, were captured by CCTV cameras at the Comptoir Voltaire brasserie on November 13 last year.




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Help for Heroes unites little girl iwth a blind veteran

Tempy Pattinson, 5, from Darlington, County Durham, and Simon Brown, 38, from Leeds, were introduced by Help for Heroes after she began fundraising to 'give back' to soldiers.




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Serial gambler 'murdered a father and his daughter, eight'

Daniel Jones, 29, is accused of pouring petrol through the letterbox of the home which went up in flames, killing Andrew Broadhead, 42, and his daughter Kiera in West Yorkshire.




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Thug blasts Leeds clubber in the chest with a shotgun

Shocking footage shows the victim, a 42-year-old man, being set upon outside the Nite Trax club, in Chapeltown Road, Leeds, shortly before 1am on August 29, last year.




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Stay at home on Black Friday to avoid the measles outbreak

An outbreak was confirmed in Leeds and Liverpool on November 23. Manchester has also been put on high alert to look out for signs the life-threatening condition may have spread there.




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Leeds vet banned for life for keeping dogs in a 'pitch black dungeon'

Vet Gary Samuel, 49, was banned from keeping animals for life and struck off after inspectors found 24 dogs and eight cats to starve in his cellar at his surgery in Leeds, west Yorkshire.




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Man jumps from tower block where students were making a short film

The man jumped from the eighth-floor of the tower block in Leeds, West Yorkshire, at around 10.30am. A group of students had been there making a short film.




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Secret emails expose the tricks by Betway to help its 'top losers' stay gambling

Ben Jones, 30, has been jailed for stealing £370,000 from his employer to fund his habit after chatty emails from Betway 'VIP manager' Simon Kent led him to stake £1million.




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Truckers Lodge puts champion trainer Paul Nicholls on course to retain title after treble

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls gave himself a chance of retaining his title after a treble - led by Midlands National winner Truckers Lodge - enabled him to almost half chief rival's lead.




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Just two of the unbelievable but true stories from 2019's weirdest book of the year

Did you know that in 2019 a Belgian man broke the record for sitting on the toilet for the longest time - 116 hours?




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New push to set up English classes for refugees 70 per cent jobless year after arriving in Australia

The federal government plans to set up English classes in refugee camps to give potential immigrants a better shot at getting a job when they get to Australia.




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Donald Trump calls Mike Bloomberg a 'TOTAL RACIST' as stop-and-frisk recording emerges

President Donald Trump attacked Mike Bloomberg as a 'total racist' after audio surfaced of his 2015 speech adamantly defending stop and frisk police policies.




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The suburbs in Australia where the population is growing at more than double the national average

The population in parts of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane is growing at double the national average pace. CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman cited international students.




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Mike Bloomberg under fire for 2011 remarks on race

The billionaire, 78, made the comments during a 2011 interview with PBS while he was still serving as New York City Mayor.




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Boris's border blueprint: Immigration revolution will end cheap foreign labour

Low-skilled immigration will be made virtually impossible under a points-based system as free movement rights are consigned to history.




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Blind man flunks his citizenship test because they tried to make him read a sentence

Lucio Delgado, from Mexico, took to Facebook last week to share that a letter he received informed him that he 'failed to successfully pass the reading test.'




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Brazlian man, 26, blamed in crash that killed four family members is cited for careless driving

Lucas Dos Reis Laurindo, a 26-year-old Brazilian national, was given a ticket for the fatal crash that left four family members dead near Disney World in Florida and was arrested trying to leave the U.S.




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Etihad to trial airport devices that may be able to identify passengers with coronavirus

Etihad has partnered with Australian company Elenium Automation to test the new technology, which will be trialled at the end of April and throughout May at Abu Dhabi International Airport.




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Extradition hearing begins for man arrested in Dublin over manslaughter of Vietnamese immigrants

Ronan Hughes, 40, from Silverstream, Tyholland in Co Monaghan, was detained on Monday following the execution of a European arrest warrant in the Irish Republic.




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Lawyer who helped Melania Trump obtain US citizenship blasts president's immigration ban

Michael Wildes helped secure US citizenship for both Melania Trump and her parents Viktor and Amalija Knavs as well as a green card for Melania's sister Ines.




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New Zealanders in Australia unable to receive financial support amid coronavirus

Thousands of Kiwis are now struggling to stay afloat after acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge suggested they 'consider returning to New Zealand if they are unable to support themselves'.




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Judy Murray and Kim Sears' support isn't enough to save Andy Murray from men's doubles knock-out

The former world No 1 and his partner were beaten in their first-round clash in front of the Briton's mum Judy and wife Kim who were supporting Andy in the stands.




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UK Athletics performance director Neil Black could resign in wake of Alberto Salazar scandal

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: There are growing doubts over Neil Black's future as the performance director of UK Athletics after he refused to rule out resigning after the Alberto Salazar scandal.




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Holland 3-1 Northern Ireland: Late goals save Netherlands' blushes

CHRIS WHEELER AT DE KUIP STADIUM: Holland and Northern Ireland battled in a close game in their Euro 2020 Group C qualifying match on Thursday night. 




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Christine McGuinness flaunts her incredible figure in bright bikinis on girls' holiday

She's a busy mother-of-three who is always on the go.  So Christine McGuinness enjoyed a well-deserved break on a girls' holiday in Majorca over the weekend,




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Rodney Lynn of Coffs Harbour Christian Community School says Greta Thunberg has 'mental problems'

Rodney Lynn, head of Coffs Harbour Christian Community School, wrote a letter to pupils and parents on September 26. He did not mention Greta by name but told pupils not to pay attention to her.




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Jeremy Clarkson blasts BBC for U-turn on Naga Munchetty racism ruling

The former Top Gear host accused BBC director general Lord Hall of undermining his standards chief David Jordan, who he said had always been 'fair'.