All news for 2023-02-17

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Ronnie O’Sullivan bites tip off cue as he’s dumped out of Welsh Open
The Rocket suffered a shock 5-0 defeat by Chinese player Tian Pengfei in the quarter-final of the Welsh Open ending a torrid week for the seven-time world champion
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USMNT feeling "pressure" over head coach amid Marsch links ahead of World Cup
Jesse Marsch is one of the candidates in the running for the USMNT head coach role, and former Houston Dynamo president Chris Canetti believes US Soccer is feeling the pressure
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Emmerdale's B&B undergoes extremely dramatic transformation under new owners
Emmerdale's famous Bed & Breakfast has had a complete makeover from its new owners Bernice and Bob, having previously been managed by Eric Pollard and his late wife
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Catalytic converter 'thief' dies after sleeping driver wakes up and reverses car
The driver was sleeping in her car in Los Angeles when she was woken by a noise, and was horrified to find a man had allegedly been trying to steal her catalytic converter
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Lewis Hamilton drops hint about Mercedes' F1 future after eye-catching decision
Much has been made of Mercedes' livery for their new W14 challenger, which has switched back to a mostly black colour scheme after reverting to their traditional silver last year
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Newsboy’s Daily Double plus tips on every race from Saturday’s six meetings
Newsboy expects his nap, Lost In Time, to find winning form at Lingfield, and also fancies Itchy Feet at Haydock to complete his Daily Double
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Niall Horan plans 'big ballad' as Lewis Capaldi 'cheats' with Harry Styles kiss
Hitmaker Niall Horan has joked that he's preparing to drop the mother of all ballads after being teased over his pal Lewis Capaldi recently kissing his former bandmate, Harry Styles
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NBA player 'left fiancee with black eyes' after alleged Valentine's Day incident
Bryn Forbes - who won the NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021 - has been arrested after allegedly striking his fiancee on Valentine's Day, leaving her with a pair of black eyes
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Love Island Shaq's tells Martin there's 'no hard feelings' after recoupling
Love Island viewers will see Shaq and Martin having an amicable conversation on screen tonight after the explosive Casa Amor recoupling, where Tanya chose to couple-up with Dublin-native Martin
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Graham Potter gives update on Mason Mount's future as Man Utd line up transfer
Mason Mount's future at Chelsea is in doubt, with Manchester United one of the clubs circling around the midfielder, but Graham Potter has made his stance clear
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Paul O'Grady's horror illness which 'finished him off' and caused 'breath to go'
Paul O'Grady has spoken candidly about how the coronavirus continues to affect him after he was initially left completely wiped out and caused his "breath to go"
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Christine McGuinness plans major career shake-up months after Paddy split
Model Christine McGuinness, who regularly features on best-dressed lists, will work on her brand with a pal
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Greta Thunberg says Andrew Tate spat was 'positive' amid 'prison punishment'
Greta Thunberg says her Twitter spat with Andrew Tate turned out 'positive' in the end as the former Big Brother star faces 'harshest form of punishment'
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Tom Brady has Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen wish after NFL retirement
Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady heaped praise on the young quarterbacks lighting up the NFL, including Josh Allen and Joe Burrow as well as two-time MVP Patrick Mahomes
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Sky Sports presenter slams Tiger Woods for "crass" tampon prank on Justin Thomas
The 15-time major title winner has returned to competitive action at the Genesis Invitational and shared a controversial joke with friend Justin Thomas during his opening round
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Britain's most notorious paedophile Sidney Cooke, 95, makes 11th bid for freedom
Sidney Cooke, who is one of Britain’s oldest inmates, could be freed from his high-security prison by the summer. He will appear again before the parole board on May 3
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NASA confirms massive boom was 1,000lbs meteor measuring 2ft crashing to Earth
The meteorite was reported over the town of McAllen, Texas, US, causing such a loud noise terrified residents thought it was an earthquake
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Emma Corrin says coming out as non-binary was a 'reality check' amid online hate
The Crown star Emma Corrin has lifted the lid on the backlash they received after coming out as non-binary in 2021, saying that they were 'taken aback' by the online hate
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Forgotten ex-Liverpool star dubbed "genius" signs for his 11th professional club
Liverpool spent big to sign Lazar Markovic back in 2014 but the Serbian proved to be an underwhelming signing and has since faced a nomadic career having moved to Turkey
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AI-controlled jet fighter flies for over 17 hours without pilot for first time
The X-62A VISTA (Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft) was piloted by artificial intelligence agents and flown for more than 17 hours
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Lee Anderson says he's not a 'lunatic' for demanding return of death penalty
Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson insisted that millions of voters share his desire for capital punishment to be brought back. He was appointed by Rishi Sunak last week
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Abandoned lorry found with 18 dead bodies inside after group suffocate
Bulgarian Health Minister Assen Medzhidiev said most of the survivors were in very bad condition: "They have suffered from lack of oxygen, their clothes are wet, they are freezing, and obviously haven't eaten for days"
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Mum swears at judge at sentencing after shooting her son 9 times with shotgun
Julissa Thaler, mum of murdered Eli Hart, from Minnesota, US, appeared to give the judge the middle finger after professing her innocence and telling the court "f**k you"
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Bruce Willis' Dementia diagnosis and symptoms explained and key symptoms to spot
Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal Dementia in an emotional statement. The condition known as FTD can have a variety of symptoms and is an uncommon type
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Baker screamed at for not giving sister-in-law 'heads up' ahead of gender reveal
A baker says she was left in two minds as to whether to let her brother and sister-in-law know they were having a baby boy before presenting them with a gender-reveal cake. They ended up screaming at her when she chose to keep quiet