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Irish TV producer Kieran Creaven admits sex offences

Kieran Creaven, 54, a sports producer with RTE, pleaded guilty to grooming the girl at Leeds magistrates' court today.




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Badly decomposed body found in Leeds near Cross Green Lane

Policies are investigating after a body was found near Leeds city centre on Friday afternoon so badly decomposed that they struggled to tell if it was a man or woman. They now believe it to be male.




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Boy sentenced after 3 boys and 2 men die in Leeds crash

Brothers Ellis and Elliott Thornton, 12 and 14, Darnell Harte, 15, and Robbie Meerun, 24, died when the Renault Clio they were travelling in hit a tree in Leeds.




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Leeds man's anger at ant which lived inside his computer screen

Ian Ossia, of Leeds, saw the creature marching around inside the monitor of the Apple MacBook Pro after he bought it for £5,000 in March.




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Recruitment worker brands male barber shop in Leeds as sexist

Michelle Chan (pictured) says she was asked to leave Barber Barber, Leeds while waiting for her boyfriend and had to wait in the street as the shop has a male-only policy to avoid queuing.




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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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Riding on the crest of a wave! Life is a beach for Grand National hopeful Potters Corner 

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MARCUS TOWNEND: At Aintree Potters Corner could become a Grand National hero and one with a link to one of the race and sport's biggest names.




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Test your wits with Craig Brown's festive literary quiz

Our book critic tests your knowledge of the best boosk released in 2019, with this fun, challenging literary quiz




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Craig Brown reviews The Big Goodbye by Sam Wasson which goes behind the scenes of Chinatown

The most frequently quoted observation about Hollywood is the simplest, and possibly also the truest. 'In Hollywood,' said screenwriter William Goldman, 'no one knows anything.'




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Craig Brown reviews a book examining the golden age of luxury travel

Ah, the Golden Age of Travel! This is not a book to be read while you are standing cooped-up on a crowded staircase for ten minutes as part of Ryanair's 'Priority Boarding'




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CRAIG BROWN: Saints and sinners have always coveted the US presidency

Moving into the White House, which had just been built in the middle of a rutted field, America's second president, John Adams, prayed: 'May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.'




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CRAIG BROWN: Kate Fall's memoir of Cameron's No. 10 plays it safe

For the most part, Kate Fall regards her role as a memoirist as an extension of her job as gatekeeper: to present the polished face of the Cameron administration to the world




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Craig Brown loves 93-year-old Jan Morris's beguilingly dotty diary

Now aged 93 ('well past my sell-by date'), Jan Morris has taken to keeping a diary, or something like a diary, but more public, as it is clearly written for publication




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Our critic has always loved The Kinks. But he despairs at this joyless history

Doyle follows an ever-increasing line of academics who attempt to sanctify pop music with stuffiness. In so doing, they extinguish its fire in a great whoosh of homogenous jargon




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Kiwis in Australia call on Russell Crowe to back class action lawsuit to stop discrimination

New Zealand expatriates in Australia have called on Russell Crowe to support their bid to change 'racially discriminatory' citizenship laws.




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Sydney hotel now a secret coronavirus isolation unit

Dozens of foreigners who may have been exposed to the potentially deadly coronavirus are set to be secretly held in isolation at a hotel near the centre of Sydney, a source has revealed. 




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Protesters slam Joe Biden's record on immigration as they interrupt the Democratic debate

Protesters from RAICES Action, a prominent immigrant rights group, interrupted Biden's closing remarks near the end of Wednesday's two-hour televised debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas




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Trump keeps up partisan attacks on 'Do Nothing Democrats' over coronavirus

President Trump defended his response to the coronavirus outbreak and attacked 'Do Nothing Democrats, who he said were 'wasting time' on the 'Immigration Hoax.'




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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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Coronavirus UK: Migrants in face masks cross Channel in dinghy

Migrants wearing facemasks were pictured arriving at Dover after crossing the English Channel in a large rubber dingy today.




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Illegal migrants given coronavirus tests in Dover as 169 people found trying to cross the Channel

It is understood the migrants were taken into the Port of Dover before being handed over to immigration officers, after being tested for coronavirus.




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Arizona CBP agents find two migrants in a car trunk and send them back across the Mexico border

CBP agents detained and quickly deported two Honduran migrants who were found hiding in the trunk of a car that was stopped Sunday near Gila Bend, Arizona.




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ICE to release 693 undocumented immigrants from overcrowded detention centers

The decision comes on the heel of mounting pressure from Democrats and pro-immigrant groups who have demanded the mass liberation of more than 34,000 incarcerated.




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Migrant detainees cry for help during hunger strike over COVID-19 fears at an ICE detention center

The alleged incident took place at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-run Otay Mesa Detention Center in Otay Mesa, California, on April 10.




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Priti Patel signals fresh crackdown on illegal migrants crossing English Channel

Priti Patel today signalled a fresh crackdown on illegal migrants crossing the English Channel as she also vowed to tackle 'vexatious' asylum claims.




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Elyse Knowles and Josh Barker recreates Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik's famous handstand photo shoot

Elyse Knowles and long-time boyfriend Josh Barker have recreated Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik's famous handstand pose for a photo shoot with WHO magazine.




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When George Best nutmegged Johan Cruyff... The last time Northern Ireland took on Holland in 1976

October 13, 1976. Best's career was on the wane. He had turned 30 that summer and come back from his first stint in the US with Los Angeles Aztecs.




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Northern Ireland 0-0 Holland: Steven Davis missed penalty proves crucial

CHRIS WHEELER AT WINDSOR PARK: A goalless draw was enough to send Holland through to Euro 2020 and render Northern Ireland's final Group C game against Germany meaningless.




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Nicole Scherzinger reveals shocking secrets from Pussycat Dolls' X Factor performance

Nicole Scherzinger just made a spectacular comeback performance with the Pussycat Dolls on The X Factor UK. 




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Makeup-free Natalie Bassingthwaighte is spotted with large scrapes on legs while grocery shopping

Natalie Bassingthwaighte appears to have sustained a nasty injury while in self-isolation with her family.




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Jeremy Clarkson complains about a road being closed following a fatal crash in west London 

Jeremy Clarkson has been slammed after he complained about a road in Hammersmith, London being closed following a horrific three-car 'street race' crash which killed a man in his 70s. 




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Woman in her 70s is still in hospital after crash which delayed Jeremy Clarkson

A group of cars said to have been racing through west London crashed into the pensioners' car in the early hours of Saturday morning, killing a man in his 70s and seriously injuring his wife.




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Grieving mum whose daughter died in car crash slams Jeremy Clarkson's comments over fatal smash 

Avril Child, whose daughter daughter Sarah was killed in a car crash in Birmingham in 2012 criticised the former Top Gear presenter for his 'arrogant' and 'ignorant' remarks.




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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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Top Gear host Freddie Flintoff 'escapes injury in high speed crash'

The cricket star, 41, has insisted he's 'absolutely fine' after his jet trike careered off the road during a race at the Elvington Airfield near York.




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Freddie Flintoff engages in a gruelling workout for the first time since high speed crash

The former cricket star, 41, engaged in a gruelling exercise session for the first time since escaping injury in a high speed crash while filming for the series.




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Top Gear: The moment Freddie Flintoff realises he's 'running out of runway' during high speed crash

Lying face down on the trike, protected by just a helmet and body suit, Freddie Flintoff admits he has 'no idea' how fast his trike is going, as he speeds down the track and reveals he can't stop.




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PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise shoots high-octane opening scenes for Mission: Impossible 7

Tom Cruise is fully back to work on production of Mission: Impossible 7 after the blockbuster was forced to halt production in Italy and relocate to the UK due to the global coronavirus pandemic.




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'Danger to life' flood warnings in place as thunderstorms are set to sweep across the UK

A 'danger to life' severe flood warning remains in place near Whaley Bridge this morning and the Environment Agency is warning that flooding is possible at eight other locations around the UK.,




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UK weather: Temperatures dip to ZERO as showers sweep across swathes of Britain

The first week of meteorological autumn has brought a chill in the air as temperatures fell to 0C (32F) in Scotland and 4C (39F) even in the South East of England overnight.




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Britain's crazy summer was the 12th hottest on record... and the seventh wettest since 1910 

Figures from the Met Office show the three months from June to August were the UK's 12th hottest summer on record, including a new high for the country of 101.6F (38.7C).




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UK weather: Hurricane Humberto will bring wind and rain across the Atlantic to Britain

Above-average temperatures will warm Britain tomorrow and on Saturday with highs of 79F (26C) expected before the leftovers of Hurricane Humberto bring heavy rain and gale-force winds.




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Climate change increases the risk of wildfires, confirms review of 57 research papers

After conducting a review of 57 climate change research papers, UK and Australian scientists say human-induced climate change promotes conditions that make wildfires spread.




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Storm Ciara lashes UK as 93mph gale-force winds trigger chaos with trees crashing down

The Met Office has hailed it as the 'storm of the century' due to its sheer size, with warnings covering huge swathes of the UK.




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UK WEATHER snow and ice across UK Manchester Bradford Chilterns Cotswolds Glasgow

Met Office forecasters warned of up to four inches of snow from the Shetland Islands down to Nottingham and across to Northern Ireland overnight.




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Britons get creative with bank holiday lockdown plans at home

Temperatures are expected to be warmer than Ibiza in Britain today, with highs of 77F (25C) forecast in the south compared to 64F (18C) in the Spanish holiday hotspot.




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Meet the woman who scrubbed her pain away and became the Queen of Clean

After a truly shattering discovery ripped Lynsey Crombie's world apart, she found her therapy in housework




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Elizabeth Day: Crazy crushes for desperate times 

In times of crisis, it's important to focus on the important stuff. And by this, of course, I mean the nurturing of a wholly inappropriate crush




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My father - and the war secrets he took to the grave 

Author Maggie Brookes knew her father had been taken prisoner in the Second World War. But after his death, a gut-wrenchingly detailed diary emerged that explained the extent of the cruelties




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Worrying won't help but a few strategies can guide us through any crisis, says life coach Liz Wilde

Tough times can play havoc with our emotions and I've witnessed my clients suffering in many ways. But five principles helped steady my nerve in my own crisis