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London won’t be getting a Las Vegas-style sphere any time soon
Plans have now been shelved for the Sphere in Stratford, east London Plans for an £800 million Las Vegas-style sphere in London have officially been scrapped. The 300ft-high ‘Crystal Ball’ had been...
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Putin moans even his friends don’t believe he’s the real Putin
Russian president Vladimir Putin is having a hard time with body double rumours (Picture: Getty Images) Vladimir Putin said his friends are sometimes unsure who he is while rumours continue to swirl...
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Alabama is bracing for another death row execution. But this one is different
Experts have called into question the legalities and ethical issues surrounding this decision (Picture: Getty Images) The eyes of the world will soon be on an Alabama inmate who has been sat on death...
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Dating site fraudsters conned elderly man out of £138,000
The man sadly died before the couple were brought to justice (Picture: National Crime Agency) An evil couple launched a campaign to con their victims out of hundreds of thousands of pounds in a...
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Death row inmate loses last-ditch appeal to stop first ever nitrogen gas...
Kenneth Eugene Smith will be executed using an new untested gas-based method (Picture: AP) A death row inmate in Alabama is set to become the first prisoner in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas...
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Kenneth Eugene Smith survived a botched execution. Last night he was killed...
Experts have called into question the legalities and ethical issues surrounding this decision (Picture: AP) A inmate who sat on death row for 35 years and survived an execution attempt was killed last...
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Kenneth Eugene Smith survived a botched execution. Last night he was killed...
Experts have called into question the legalities and ethical issues surrounding this decision (Picture: AP) A inmate who sat on death row for 35 years and survived an execution attempt was killed last...
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World’s first nitrogen gas execution eviscerated by experts
Kenneth Eugene Smith died within 22 minutes after being put to death by nitrogen gas hypoxia at a prison in Alabama, US (Picture: AP) Experts have spoken out against the use of nitrogen gas as an...
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I tried a DNA test to see if I might have allergies and the results shocked me
A test for food intolerances threw up a huge red flag (Picture: Getty Images / Metro Graphics) A doctor once described me as ‘a very allergic person’ – and he is right. Ever since I can remember, I’ve...
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Dad told he will ‘never walk again’ after bike crash while visiting daughter...
Lee Francis, 54, fractured his spine in three places and is now paralysed from the waist down (Picture: Wales News Service) A British tourist saw his dream holiday turn into a nightmare after a horror...
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Urgent warning over heaters ‘that could explode or start fires’ sold on TikTok
Consumer group Which? found several products which they say could explode, cause electric shocks or start house fires (Picture: PA) A warning has been issued over ‘unsafe’ electric heaters which are...
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MP’s anger after news network Photoshops her breasts and midriff
Georgie Purcell, 31, shared an image posted by the Nine News network alongside the original photo to show how it had been changed (Picture: @georgievpurcell / Nine News / X) Australia’s youngest MP...
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Sitting at front of DLR trains and pretending to drive is about to get a lot...
Now all our dreams can come true (Picture: Getty Images) We all instantly know what the most popular spot on the Docklands Light Railway is. And that’s because – and be honest now – we’ve all sat in...
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Mystery of humming noise plaguing a town may never be solved
People living in Immingham, Lincolnshire, say they have heard the low-level hum for several years (Picture: Getty Images) Residents driven ‘crazy’ by a ‘constant’ mysterious humming noise in their...
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Teacher fears LGBTQ+ school pupils are ‘being forced back into the closet’
Matthew Knowles fears the discomfort of discussing all things LGBTQ+ in schools may be adversely affecting students (Picture: Just Like Us) Teachers are just as uncomfortable discussing LGBTQ+ topics...
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Woman is saving heart-shaped potato for Valentine’s Day dinner
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next When it comes to potato news, Metro has seen it all. From the world’s largest...
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Fans ‘sneak into Super Bowl dressed as Sky Sports staff’ to avoid £10,000 ticket
They appeared to have successfully gamed the system (Picture: @Smivy / X) Two NFL fans appeared to sneak into the Super Bowl on Sunday night in a bid to avoid paying for tickets. The dramatic final...
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Kinder egg was real surprise after man filled it with drugs and hid it up his...
Michael Whitty, 25, attempted to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine out of Manchester Airport (Picture: Liverpool Echo / Getty Images) A man attempted to fly to Dubai...
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Brother of daredevil who died in parachute jump reveals ‘simple’ fatal mistake
Nathy Odinson, 33, illegally climbed to the top of a 29-storey building to carry out a stunt (Picture: Viral Press) The brother of a British base jumper who plunged to his death in Thailand has...
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Boy drowns when family dunked him in river to try and cure his terminal cancer
Video footage shows three people submerging the boy’s head into the river (Picture: Asia Wire) A four-year-old boy with leukaemia drowned after a superstitious bid to cure him failed. The child’s...
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Rishi would ‘strongly support’ review of ex-Post Office boss’s CBE
The Post Office Horizon scandal saw more than 700 branch managers convicted of theft or fraud (Picture: PA) The prime minister said he would back an investigation into revoking the CBE of former Post...
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Manchester was first to use the progress Pride flag. But it’s still fighting...
Manchester Pride was the first UK organisation to add black and brown stripes to its rainbow flag in 2018 to represent people of colour – also known as the progress Pride flag (Picture: Getty Images)...
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Police spent four hours in missing woman’s home watching Netflix and using...
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next A woman was shocked to return from having a mental health crisis to find police...
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Brianna Ghey’s heartless killer laughed and boasted ‘I know how famous I am’
Scarlett Jenkinson said she didn’t regret what she’d done and would kill again (Picture: Facebook) Brianna Ghey’s killer said from behind bars on the anniversary of her murder she wasn’t sorry, and...
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Head teacher says school can’t hire new staff because the grass needs cutting...
David Potter, who runs Middlefield Primary School in Liverpool, hit out at contracts which he claims are costing schools thousands annually (Stock picture: Getty Images) A head teacher has hit out at...
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Monkeys have had just about enough of tourists so start attacking them on beach
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Mum says Brianna Ghey won’t get justice because ‘she will never come home’
Esther Ghey, left, has just spent her first Christmas without her daughter Brianna Ghey, right (Picture: AP / PA) The mum of Brianna Ghey has spoken out after spending her first Christmas without her...
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Council said it wouldn’t collect man’s bin because its contents were frozen
The resident claimed the bin’s contents were ‘certainly not frozen’ and could be broken up easily (Picture: PA) A man has complained that his council didn’t collect his bin – claiming its contents had...
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Can you still visit Iceland? How my dream trip was impacted by the volcanic...
I feared my birthday trip would be left in tatters – but it was still incredible (Picture: Sian Elvin / Chris McKeon) Less than two weeks before my dream trip to Iceland – for my 30th birthday,...
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Man admits smashing glass into dad-of-two’s face and ‘blinding him’
Matthew Syron, 32, pictured before and after the violent attack (Picture: Kennedy News and Media) A former rugby star has been left without vision in both eyes after a man violently attacked him in a...
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