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Woman arrested after police incident shuts M23 in both directions in Surrey ift.tt/X64hcQL
Woman arrested after police incident shuts M23 in both directions in Surrey

Woman arrested after police incident shuts M23 in both directions in Surrey

A woman was arrested after a police incident forced the closure of the M23 in both directions between Junctions 8 and 9.

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Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years for rape and sexual assaults ift.tt/fQtkKVp
Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

Former comedian and actor Russell Brand has been sentenced to more than ten years years after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault.

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EastEnders confirms death of popular character 4 years after disappearance ift.tt/sb1hX7i
EastEnders confirms death of popular character 4 years after disappearance

EastEnders confirms death of popular character 4 years after disappearance

EastEnders has confirmed the death of long-missing character Mick Carter, who was last seen in a dramatic Christmas Day episode in 2022.

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LIVE updates as M23 BLOCKED near Gatwick Airport due to police incident ift.tt/6uWRFGP
LIVE updates as M23 BLOCKED near Gatwick Airport due to police incident

LIVE updates as M23 BLOCKED near Gatwick Airport due to police incident

A police incident has brought traffic to a standstill on the M23 in both directions between J8 and J9 near Gatwick Airport.

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Construction firm for 'UK's most recognised buildings' to be liquidated ift.tt/eO4vZch
Construction firm for 'UK's most recognised buildings' to be liquidated

Construction firm for 'UK's most recognised buildings' to be liquidated

Facade Group, which says it worked on The Shard and Fulham FC's stadium, has been ordered to be wound up by the High Court.

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Maya Jama quits role as Love Island host after three years and nine series ift.tt/OFUr6Ie
Maya Jama quits role as Love Island host after three years and nine series

Maya Jama quits role as Love Island host after three years and nine series

Maya Jama steps down as ITV Love Island host after three years and nine series; ITV is yet to announce her replacement.

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Newsquest awarded £125,000 to launch London local news pilot ift.tt/C86HzIK
Newsquest awarded £125,000 to launch London local news pilot

Newsquest awarded £125,000 to launch London local news pilot

Newsquest wins £125,000 Local News Fund grant for London Local News Lab, using AI to support reporting and launch hyperlocal coverage in Hammersmith and Fulham.

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Popular high street retailer returns to UK 14 years after chain's collapse ift.tt/n34WPpr
Popular high street retailer returns to UK 14 years after chain's collapse

Popular high street retailer returns to UK 14 years after chain's collapse

Comet returns 14 years after collapse as an online electrical marketplace, offering more than one million products from 2,500 sellers under Cas Paton.

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Family, sport and food unite generations while politics and social media divide them ift.tt/7oijFV4
Family, sport and food unite generations while politics and social media divide them

Family, sport and food unite generations while politics and social media divide them

The most common things that unite different generations are family, sport and food - while politics and social media are the most divisive.

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Russell Brand to be sentenced today for rape and sexual assault ift.tt/RczsNbX
Russell Brand to be sentenced today for rape and sexual assault

Russell Brand to be sentenced today for rape and sexual assault

Russell Brand will be sentenced on November 9 after being convicted of rape and sexual assault at Southwark Crown Court. He faces a lengthy prison term.

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Met Office issues warning to drivers as heavy fog covers much of the UK ift.tt/udKDTvr
Met Office issues warning to drivers as heavy fog covers much of the UK

Met Office issues warning to drivers as heavy fog covers much of the UK

UK drivers warned as thick fog cuts visibility to 50 metres, with a Met Office yellow warning placed across much of the UK.

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UK theme park evacuated after emergency services called to the site ift.tt/wUA410b
UK theme park evacuated after emergency services called to the site

UK theme park evacuated after emergency services called to the site

Chessington World of Adventures has been evacuated today after emergency services were called to the site today (Sunday, November 8).

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Investigations ongoing as Briton among 6 killed in Poland mass shooting ift.tt/3Bn9KPI
Investigations ongoing as Briton among 6 killed in Poland mass shooting

Investigations ongoing as Briton among 6 killed in Poland mass shooting

One British citizen was among six killed in a Krakow shooting on November 7. Police say the suspected far-right-inspired gunman remains in hospital.

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Two remarkable photos tell the story of London Underground’s deepest Tube station ift.tt/jyf76dK
Two remarkable photos tell the story of London Underground’s deepest Tube station

Two remarkable photos tell the story of London Underground’s deepest Tube station

London’s deepest Tube station at 58.5 metres below street level is Hampstead on the Northern line which opened on June 22, 1907 and boasts 320 steps.

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Coronation Street star forced to pull out of Channel 4 show at the last minute ift.tt/9BNhdrM
Coronation Street star forced to pull out of Channel 4 show at the last minute

Coronation Street star forced to pull out of Channel 4 show at the last minute

Will Mellor has been forced to pull out of appearing on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch tomorrow (Sunday, November 8).

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Strictly Come Dancing star signs up for BBC game show as full line-up revealed ift.tt/rohZuDS
Strictly Come Dancing star signs up for BBC game show as full line-up revealed

Strictly Come Dancing star signs up for BBC game show as full line-up revealed

A Strictly Come Dancing star has signed up to join Michael McIntyre's popular game show, The Wheel.

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Bullied gay nurse told ‘don’t push it’ in nail varnish row at Epsom & St Helier Trust ift.tt/KaqUok5
Bullied gay nurse told ‘don’t push it’ in nail varnish row at Epsom & St Helier Trust

Bullied gay nurse told ‘don’t push it’ in nail varnish row at Epsom & St Helier Trust

An openly gay former nurse says he feared losing his job after being told nail varnish was ‘not for men’ while working for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Zoe Ball says cyclist punched her car window during 'violent' incident ift.tt/Zi85PuY
Zoe Ball says cyclist punched her car window during 'violent' incident

Zoe Ball says cyclist punched her car window during 'violent' incident

Zoe Ball says a cyclist punched her car window during a “violent” London road incident, as the Greatest Hits Radio presenter calls for calm on the roads.

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Stephen Fry ‘not looking where he was going’ before horror stage fall, companies say ift.tt/xEhUjBO
Stephen Fry ‘not looking where he was going’ before horror stage fall, companies say

Stephen Fry ‘not looking where he was going’ before horror stage fall, companies say

Sir Stephen Fry sues CogX Festival firms for up to £100,000 after falling from a stage in September 2023, as lawyers dispute liability.

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EastEnders favourite expecting first child as fiancée shares baby news ift.tt/CfJx4Pn
EastEnders favourite expecting first child as fiancée shares baby news

EastEnders favourite expecting first child as fiancée shares baby news

EastEnders star Danny Hatchard and fiancée Kerry Scouler are expecting their first child, a baby girl due in January 2027, following their engagement.

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