Category: Metro
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UK weather: 24C heatwave expected this weekend
Britain is set for the hottest May on record (Picture: Nick Ansell/PA Wire) Forecasters are ‘pretty confident’ we could see the hottest fours days of 2014 as Britain gets set for a sizzling May. According to a Met Office meteorologist, we could see highs of 24C this weekend – two degrees more than the 22C high […]
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Musa Dayib: Miracle baby survives fall from Minneapolis tower block
Musa Dayib is recovering in hospital after an 11-storey fall from a tower block (Picture: Family handout) A toddler who survived an 11-storey fall from a tower block in the US has been dubbed ‘the miracle baby’. Musa Dayib is recovering in hospital after slipping through the railing of his family’s apartment balcony in Minneapolis. […]
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Jin Dan the Pomeranian walked on his hind legs in protest at haircut
This makes us happy and sad all at the same time. It’s just so confusing. Anyone who’s ever had a bad haircut knows just how upsetting it can be. Personally I’ll never forget the time I walked out of a salon, a day before my birthday, looking like Ronald McDonald (not exaggerating. Short bright red […]
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Dean Smith: Bank robber gave cashier name and address
Hapless bank robber Dean Smith has been jailed (Picture: South Wales Police) A knifeman who tried to rob a bank after giving a cashier his name and address has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Dean Smith went to the Barclays branch to tell staff he had moved house – but was tempted by the sight […]
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Call of Duty: Ghosts: Dalmuir dad Peter Potts is world champion of Xbox One video game Call of Duty
Stay at home Dad Peter once played the game for ten hours straight (Picture: SWNS) A British dad has been named Call of Duty’s top gun – beating 4.5million other gamers to the title. Trigger happy Peter Potts, 34, beat rivals across the globe to take him to the top of the Xbox chart for confirmed kills – dispatching […]
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Joanne Berry: Woman guilty of plotting for strangers to rape colleague
Guilty: Joanne Berry sent strangers to rape her work colleague (Picture: Jim Bennett) An admin worker who used sex chat rooms to arrange a ‘stranger rape’ of a former colleague has been found guilty and ordered to have psychiatric tests. Joanne Berry, of Grove Park, south-east London, posed online asking for a ‘fantasy rape’ […]