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RICHARD KAY on former Eton Head Master Eric Anderson, who has died at 83

RICHARD KAY Eton headmaster Sir Eric Anderson, who has passed away at the age of 83, taught three British Prime Ministers.




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RICHARD KAY: Oh Harry... how Diana would have despaired

RICHARD KAY: So much about Harry is reminiscent of Diana. The palpable way he connects with people is uncannily like that of his mother.




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World's coldest city hits temperature of 89F - sending locals to sunbathe on a GLACIER 

Yakutsk, built on permafrost in eastern Russia and with winter temperatures nudging minus -76F, was also hotter than Yemen on the Arabian peninsula.




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Megan Rapinoe blasts Trump for his message that excludes people who look like her

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe called out President Donald Trump for spewing a message that 'excludes' people who look like her.




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How Onkaparinga council residents near Adelaide are paying $1300 an hour for sewage maintenance

Martin Bray, a councillor with the Onkaparinga local government area south of Adelaide, estimates residents are paying more than $42,000 for sewage maintenance for just 32 hours of work a year.




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Pot-growing tenant kicked out after leaving cannabis plants in lounge room during open inspection

Anthony Kenneth Murrell was renting the granny flat in Palmerston North, New Zealand, when owner Ravindra Pal Singh put the property on the market.




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Uluru rush hour as tourists flock to climb the rock before ban

The decision to ban climbing of the landmark from October 26 has seen thousands of tourists make the pilgrimage to central Australia over the winter school holidays, causing traffic chaos (pictured).




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Smugglers use flaming SOCKS to burn holes in security netting around prison walls to sneak in drugs

Flaming socks are being lobbed over prison fences to burn holes in security netting, and allow drones to fly in and drop off packages. The bizarre method is believed to have been first used in Leeds.




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Amazon Prime Day donates $50,000 toys to the Starlight Children's Foundation across Australia

The online giant will drop the gifts to the 10 Starlight Express Rooms in children's hospitals across Australia from Monday - and donate $5 from every toys bought to the charity.




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Western Australians are warned to brace for more aftershocks following a massive earthquake

The earthquake - the strongest to ever hit the state - struck at 3.39pm on Sunday off the coast of Broome in the Indian Ocean, according to GeoScience Australia.




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New Jersey cop loses job after overdosing on heroin in his patrol car while on duty

Matthew D. Ellery, 29, of Middlesex, New Jersey on Friday pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and driving while intoxicated after another officer found him overdosing on heroin in his squad car on April 7.




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Novak Djokovic goes from his thrilling men's singles victory to the Wimbledon Champions' Dinner

Novak Djokovic went straight from his thrilling men's singles victory to the Wimbledon Champions' Dinner and a dance with ladies' winner Simona Halep, who said she was 'stressed' by the thought.




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Melbourne trains to Pakenham are cancelled after train ploughed into two cars on the tracks

One of the cars was dragged 150 metres and became caught underneath as the train ploughed through Melbourne en route to Pakenham.




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Climate change activists who glued themselves to the road are disrupting peak-hour traffic AGAIN

Brisbane motorists have been brought to a standstill again after climate change activists held up CBD traffic on Monday morning.




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Sydney and Melbourne housing markets bounce back - another city to emerge as new property powerhouse

Median house values in the country's capital cites are set to increase during 2020, according to property research firm BIS Oxford Economics in a report released Monday.




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Sydney drug ring's massive Australia Day profits

The unravelling of a multi-million dollar drug ring run by Codie Peter Cowan (pictured) has revealed the thirst for drugs over public holiday weekends in some of Sydney's most affluent suburbs.




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Hippie parents of girl, three, who drowned in the Hawkesbury river pay tribute to her with a poem

Zeinobiyah Soetekouw had spent most of her life aboard a 33-year-old 13m yacht 'Sumbawa', travelling Australia with her parents Beccie and Steve and 10 siblings.




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Disney-owned company will set up a new headquarters in Australia offering 500 jobs

The company, founded by Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas, will set up a branch at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park in the city's east.




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Labor may backflip and support laws making it easier to deport violent criminal immigrants

A new law to give the government more discretionary powers to deport convicted rapists, killers, pedophiles and violent thugs out of Australia may now be backed by Labor.




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Face-tattooed 'mullet man' accused of stealing sex toys on Gold Coast

Ryan William Victor Grafton, 26, is accused of running off with almost $500 in merchandise from an Oxenford sex shop, stealing cars, and also pinching a mobile phone on the Gold Coast.




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A pet dog in Matamata, NZ returned home with his mouth taped shut and a noose around his neck

The four-year-old dog named Rock was bleeding from his mouth and his pupils were heavily dilated when he returned to his home in Matamata, in New Zealand, last Tuesday.




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Footy streaker at Wests Tigers and Parramatta Eels game sparks cheeky remarks from commentators

The footy fan jumped over the fence at Bankwest Stadium in Parramatta, in Sydney's west, with only minutes left in the NRL clash between Wests Tigers and Parramatta.




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The most Australian interview ever: Hilarious 7-Eleven customer re-enacts tackling would-be robber

A Melbourne hero has described the incredibly moment he thwarted a would-be robber with an MMA inspired take down.




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Will Spiller charged with drug dealing after calling the cops when his home was raided by a gang

A young 'wannabe' gangster found himself behind bars after calling police when his Melbourne home was raided by a gang of thugs hell bent on ripping off his drug stash. 




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Boss of company behind Northern Rail is given £250,000 pay rise despite disruption

Manfred Rudhart, chief executive of British Northern Rail's owner Arriva, saw his pay boosted from £1.08million to £1.34million last year.




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Boy, 14, is fighting for his life after 'crashing electric scooter into a bus stop'

A 14-year-old boy is fighting for his life after crashing on an electric scooter. He was airlifted to hospital after the accident in Beckenham on Saturday, a day after the UK's first e-scooter fatality.




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Queen and Prince Philip lead the celebrations after 'thrilling' World Cup Final victory

The Queen and Prince Philip led the tributes to the triumphant England team after Eoin Morgan's men beat New Zealand after a tie and a tied super over at Lord's.




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Murderers are set to face much stricter monitoring for ten years after they are released from prison

At present so-called 'lifers' are supervised and forced to attend regular meetings with probation officers when freed on licence after completing their minimum jail sentence in the UK.




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A man and 10-year-old boy died after a gum tree fell onto their car along Monbulk Road in Victoria

The freak accident happened as the pair travelled along Monbulk Road outer east when their vehicle was crushed under the tree on Sunday around 5.30pm.




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Barack Obama sends handwritten letter to prisoner he pardoned after she makes college dean's list 

Obama, 57, granted clemency to Danielle Metz back in 2016 after she spent more than two decades behind bars for her role in a cocaine trafficking ring run by her husband.




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CWAGs go wild! England's cricket heroes celebrate with wives and girlfriends

All-rounder Ben Stokes kissed his partner Clare on the hallowed turf of the 'Home of Cricket' after he helped England win the trophy - less than a year after he was on trial over a late-night brawl.




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Henry Byatt whose mother was Princess Diana's lady-in-waiting, drowned in Greece

Henry Byatt worked at the exclusive Peligoni Club on the island of Zakynthos when he died in August 2017. Mother Alexandra acted as Diana's lady-in-waiting from 1991 until 1997.




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Labour MPs call for Corbyn to set up independent investigation into anti-Semitism complaint handling

The Tribune group of moderate Labour MPs said they were 'shocked' by claims made in a Panorama documentary 'about the handling of antisemitism complaints'.




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Baby formula thieves are arrested and charged in Melbourne

Five people have been charged with allegedly stealing thousands of dollars' worth of baby formula in a string of robberies across Melbourne. 




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AFL legend Nicky Winmar is charged with 'attack on a taxi driver' when he was asked to pay up front

The 53-year-old former St Kilda star has been hit with four charges following the alleged attack in Docklands, inner-western Melbourne, on March 30.




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Whopping 384kg of cocaine worth more than $140million is found

The Australian Border Force found the huge haul at the Sydney Container Examination Facility after an X-ray was conducted on the construction item in June.




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Boris Johnson 'will travel to America within two months of taking office to agree a trade deal'

Boris Johnson keen to rebuild relations with Donald Trump and secure an agreement that could boost the UK economy post-Brexit.




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Drivers who kill are being 'let off' with five-year jail terms

In another indictment of 'soft justice' Britain, analysis of Ministry of Justice data shows the average sentence last year for causing death by dangerous driving was five years and three months.




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Slave labourers living in death-trap shanty towns and Mafia godfathers raking in millions

It is high summer in the southern Italian region of Puglia. Away from the charming coastal towns that lure 1.7 million tourists a year to the heel of Italy, the tomato harvest is about to begin.




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AOC and Megan McCain lead backlash against Trump's 'racist' tweet

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clapped back at Trump's suggestion that she and others 'go back' to their countries and fix what's broken there before telling the US how government should operate.




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Family of murdered eight-months pregnant woman, 26, watch man accused of killing her in court

Aaron McKenzie stood before Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court in south London this morning after detectives charged him with killing 26-year-old Kelly Mary Fauvrelle (pic) and her son Riley.




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Hunt for horrific 'grunting gimp man' in 'full black rubbery suit'

The victim, aged in her 20s, was walking in a small lane in Claverham, Somerset, when the man allegedly jumped out and charged at her 'while grunting and breathing heavily'.




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De Blasio defends his action on the Manhattan Blackout as he's criticized for being an absent mayor

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been criticized for being out of town campaigning in Iowa while Manhattan was plunged into darkness by a blackout on Saturday evening.




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Mother accused of taking part in 'love triangle' murder of teenage

Jay Sewell (pictured) 18, was fatally stabbed on December 11 last year by a nine-strong group including Daniel 'Joe' Grogan, 20, after Gemma Hodder, started seeing the teenager, it is claimed.




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Lindsey Graham doesn't care if illegals sit in border jails 'for 400 days'

Senator Lindsey Graham vowed on Sunday that the U.S. government will not allow the release of border-jumpers currently held in immigration detention facilities.




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Exaro journalist told 'fantasist' known as Nick how to hide his internet activity

Carl Beech, 51, who claimed he was abused by VIP paedophiles including former PM, met with journalists from website Exaro before going to police, Newcastle Crown Court heard.




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Family of victim who overdosed after 'being abused by Jeffrey Epstein' blame him for her death

Leigh Patrick, 29, was found dead in a sleazy West Palm Beach, Florida, motel just weeks short of her 30th birthday on May 30, 2017. She claimed to have been abused by Jeffrey Epstein.




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Streaker who sprinted onto the field revealed to be radio executive given a free ticket by the NRL

Matthew Cooper, a national account manager at Southern Cross Austereo, allegedly stripped naked and ran on the field during a game at Bankwest Stadium in western Sydney.




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Cowardly hit-and-run driver Puneet Puneet who fled to India after killing a student pushes for deal

Lawyers for Puneet Puneet say their offer to Victoria's attorney general that he will return to Australia if prosecutors guarantee a maximum two-year sentence is being 'discussed'.




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Man, 31, is charged with double murder of woman, 74, and man, 64

The victims, a man aged in his 60s and a woman aged in her 70s, were discovered inside a house in Whitton on Friday morning.