All news for 2023-04-29

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Man Utd target Timber has already made preference clear after striking agreement
Liverpool and Manchester United are both chasing a summer deal for Ajax defender Jurrien Timber, who has already outlined his desire to continue playing Champions League football
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England rugby league boss Wane hails hat-trick heroes after France destruction
England catpain George Williams and Leeds winger Ash Handley both scored trebles in 64-0 rout of France as national side prepare for Tonga series
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Young mum told cancer was 'pregnancy constipation' diagnoses self with £39 test
Two brave women have become comrades in arms in the battle to beat bowel cancer, echoing brave Deborah James' message to us all
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Terrifier 2 leaves viewers 'traumatised' and 'passing out' after watching movie
The sequel to Terrifier has scared horror movie fans to the point they've issued warnings to others after some movie viewers passed out, vomited and needed to call ambulances after seeing the film
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Couple who won £101m on EuroMillions can’t find buyer for £9m Chelsea-themed pad
A couple who won £101million on the lottery are unable to sell their £9million mansion, which has been decorated with a Chelsea football club theme
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Boy, 11, suffers horror injuries after being attacked by shark metres from shore
A boy who was swimming off Kurrajong Campground in Western Australia was attacked by a shark and then transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries
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Spurs and Brighton still haunted by WSL relegation threat after draw
TOTTENHAM 2-2 BRIGHTON: The hosts had forward Bethany England to thank for the point, after she twice dragged them back level - but both sides are still deep in WSL relegation trouble
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Map shows alarming spread of Covid variant Acturus across the US state by state
The new Covid variant known as Arcturus or XBB.1.16, which was first detected in January 2023, is rapidly spreading across the globe and making health officials worried
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Next BBC chair choice must be 'free of sleaze that forced Richard Sharp to quit'
Labour's call comes amid growing pressure for Tory ministers to be banned from “interfering” in the selection process, while Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell called for a “root and branch review” of the appointments process.
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Teen Tory council candidate suspended over vaccine tweets and Andrew Tate likes
Paris Coulson, 19, is standing for in next week’s local elections in Long Eaton - but was axed by the party just days before polling day.
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Rangnick changes his tune after offering Marcus Rashford brutal transfer advice
Ralf Rangnick was fairly nonchalant over Marcus Rashford's future during his interim reign at Manchester United, but the German has been now been singing the forward's praises
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Royal-mad gran amasses collection of memorabilia worth an eye-watering £200,000
Anita Atkinson, 66, has spent the last four decades collecting tea sets, trinkets, paintings, flags, books and even cardboard cut-outs to celebrate her love for the monarchy - she has artefacts going back to the 18th century
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Attacked prison guards receive £12m in compensation after 239 claims
The Prison Officers Association union said the job was one of the most 'dangerous workplaces in Western Europe' with 1,000 officers hospitalised in 2021 alone
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'Changing gambling laws is the best bet for us all'
Labour Government’s Gambling Act of 2005 liberalised the industry and turned it into a £14bn blockbuster, but that legislation was never designed to put an entire Las Vegas on every person’s phone
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Boy, 9, urges Rishi Sunak to boost NHS funds for hard-of-hearing therapy
Orson Grimer is thriving at school after his parents saved up nearly £14,000 for a two-year Auditory Verbal therapy course - but this is not available to thousand of other deaf children
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West Midlands Police search for volunteer to help cops save money
Earlier this year the Police Federation revealed 18% of officers plan to quit by 2025 because of low pay and low morale with families struggling during the cost of living crisis
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Amol Rajan's 'smug' swipe at former University Challenge host Jeremy Paxman
When the new host was announced, Rajan praised Paxman, 72, as a 'giant of British culture' - but he hasn’t always been so gushing about his predecessor
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Guardians of the Galaxy are back as third blockbuster is tipped to make £1bn
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 will hit cinema screens here on May 5, with Chris Pratt back as inter-galactic force leader StarLord
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Award-winning poet spent years trying to hide his deafness at work
Award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus tells Adrian Monti it took him decades not to feel ashamed of his deafness
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Coronation Street star dies as heartbroken daughter pays tribute to actress
Barbara Young, who played Doreen Fenwick in Coronation Street, has died at the age of 92 while surrounded by her family in hospital, her daughter has confirmed
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Ribena uncovers one of UK's biggest prison drug smuggling rings involving nurse
Police began their investigation in 2019 after discovering that mental health nurse Amy Hatfield was smuggling items such as cannabis, tobacco, phones and chargers into HMP Lindholme in Doncaster
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'I'm 17 and I make £4k a week selling sweets from a shed in my parents' garden'
Callum Baker, 17, started with only £50 in his pocket but now makes more than £4,000 a week thanks to an online sweet shop he runs from a shed in his parents' back garden
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Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner answer your questions
Hundreds of Mirror readers wrote in with questions for Labour's leader and deputy leader - on diverse topics including Brexit, foodbanks, House of Lords reform, the cost of a weekly shop, Mr Starmer's "infamous" quiff, and trans rights. Here's how they answered your burning questions
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'Loving' dad, 27, dies after Covid lockdown 'severely impacts his mental health'
Junior Collins passed away on April 19 and his partner said she was left heartbroken, with her son asking her why his dad is not around to help him button up his shirts
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The Met Gala's expensive ticket price as exclusive event places strict age limit
The Met Gala's exclusive invite list is in and the celebs are set to turn heads on the red carpet, but the price some pay to attend has been revealed