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Blog from Brazil: World Cup countdown featuring David Beckham and Rivaldo

The World Cup is just four months away and excitement is building. Each week our man in Brazil, JOE CALLAGHAN, will bring us all the latest news and views from South America and provide a real flavour of exactly what the World Cup in Brazil is going to be like.




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Felipe Scolari targets double World Cup win and Brazil give J-Lo and Pitbull's song thumbs down

BLOG FROM BRAZIL: Joe Callaghan brings us the latest news and views from Brazil and provides a flavour of exactly how the World Cup in Brazil is shaping up.




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An Inspector Calls: The Carnarvon Arms might be near Highclere Castle but it's a world away from Downton

The Inspector checked into The Carnarvon Arms, a country inn in Newbury, and found its rooms unimaginative and the breakfast no more inspiring.




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I'm A Celeb's Adele Roberts RETCHES as she chows down on pig's uterus

The evening before, during a segment on Extra Camp, Adam Thomas revealed the duo would be tucking into pig's uterus, sheep's feet and camel's anus




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Will Adele never perform live again? Songstress SHUTS DOWN her touring company

The Sun have reported that since the singer started the company in 2015, she has made millions from the business and after the liquidation she made £150,000




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Adele EXC: Slimmed-down star belts out her greatest hits at raucous pub party

The Hello hitmaker, 31, officiated her best friend Laura's wedding at The Mason's Arms in Battersea and later entertained guests by getting on stage to belt out several of her hits.




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'Off-grid' mother likens lockdown to a 'Nazi regime' and REFUSES to clap for the NHS

Adele Allen, 36, who lives in Brighton with her husband Matt, slammed hardworking doctors and nurses on Facebook, accusing them of attention-seeking by sharing videos of dance routines.




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Dan Evans seals spot in Australian Open second round after fighting back from two sets down

MIKE DICKSON IN MELBOURNE: Exiled to a court on the outer limits of Melbourne Park, Dan Evans was not about to get ideas above his station.




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Harriet Dart breaks down in tears as Great Britain crash out of the Fed Cup to Slovakia

MIKE DICKSON IN BRATISLAVA: An emotional Harriet Dart had to be consoled by team-mates after failing to stop Great Britain from missing out on the bonanza of the new Fed Cup final week.




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Serena Williams' coach Patrick Mouratoglou launches live tennis showdown league without fans

The Mouratoglou Academy will host real tennis matches between some of the world's greatest players which will be streamed live to fans across the world during COVID-19 lockdown.




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Novak Djokovic defies Spain's coronavirus lockdown laws to practice on clay

Djokovic posted a video on Instagram showing him exchanging shots with another man at a tennis club in the coastal city of Marbella, where the Serb has reportedly stayed.




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5 Seconds of Summer to bring their No Shame 2020 tour Down Under

They performed at the Fire Fight Australia bushfire relief concert on Sunday night. 




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Matt Hancock loses his cool over coronavirus lockdown demands

Matt Hancock today lost his cool as he was grilled over the UK government's failure to set out its strategy for easing the coronavirus lockdown.




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Coronation Street's Bill Roache celebrates his 88th birthday in lockdown

The veteran soap actor was surprised with gifts at his Wilmslow home by his daughter Verity, 39, and son James, 34, in snaps posted on the soap's official Twitter account on Saturday.




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Six Tory donors urge Boris Johnson to ease coronavirus lockdown

The Prime Minister will return to work in Downing Street on Monday to find restlessness brewing in the Tory ranks for restrictions to be relaxed.




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Sir Keir Starmer warns Boris Johnson UK 'falling behind' other countries on easing lockdown

The Labour leader has written to the Prime Minister to urge him to hold an 'adult conversation' with Britons to spell out what they are likely to face next.




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Dominic Raab dismisses calls to set out coronavirus lockdown exit strategy

Dominic Raab today blasted 'irresponsible' critics for demanding the UK government set out how it will ease the nation's coronavirus lockdown.




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Phones 4U founder JOHN CAUDWELL: My plan to get us all out of lockdown and back to work

Phones 4U founder JOHN CAUDWELL: The lockdown has gripped our economy in a deadly embrace - one from which it may never fully recover.




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Boris Johnson could 'modify' the lockdown BEFORE the May 7 deadline

The Prime Minister was whisked through the rear entrance of Downing Street at around 6.30 this evening in a Volkswagen people carrier, rather than his ministerial Jaguar and police motorcade.




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Cops blast lockdown rules that 'make no sense'

B&Q's decision to reopen 130 stores saw massive queues forming outside its outlets in Watford (pictured), Edinburgh, Bristol and Swansea, as people used the shutdown to catch up on DIY.




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San Francisco in the 1918 flu pandemic is a warning against lifting lockdown too soon

San Francisco ended its lockdown after just a month of closing public gatherings and ordering members of the public to wear masks. As a result, its case and death count more than doubled.




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Coronavirus UK: Ex-WHO adviser says lockdown should ease in May

Professor Karol Sikora, a cancer specialist, has warned that thousands of people could die from the disease and heart issues if the lockdown continues for much longer.




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Coronavirus UK: Lockdown-easing plans could start this weekend

New guidance is being issued to councils on refuse and recycling sites as the government inches the country back towards a semblance of normal activity.




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Coronavirus UK: Is government altering lockdown 'five tests'?

Slides displayed at the daily Downing Street briefing held by Matt Hancock showed that it is now saying there must be no second peak 'that overwhelms the NHS'.




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Coronavirus Germany: Reproduction rate rise may mean lockdown

At the daily No10 briefing this evening, Dominic Raab pointed to the experience in Germany as he warned that easing the draconian restrictions too early risks 'undoing all the hard work'.




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Surgeons warn thousands will die if Britain comes out of lockdown

Prof Neil Mortensen of the Royal College of Surgeons, pictured, warned that Covid-19 has not been defeated as his one third of his members complain of shortages in PPE.




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Boris Johnson's new fatherhood makes him 'hyper aware' of lockdown challenges, reveals psychologist 

Boris Johnson, 55, and Carrie Symonds, 32, welcomed a son today, with psychologist Jo Hemmings telling FEMAIL it may have been 'an emotional epiphany' for the British Prime Minister.




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Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson set to extend lockdown to June

Having chaired Cabinet this morning, Boris Johnson said on Twitter that he 'understands the impatience' of people to end the draconian restrictions crippling the economy.




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Duncan Bannatyne escapes extended UK lockdown to jet back to his luxurious £3m Portuguese villa

The 71-year-old multi-millionaire flew on a private jet to his £3 million villa on the Algarve where he said he would spend 14 days in quarantine although restrictions will actually be lifted in three.




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Boris Johnson says Britons SHOULD wear face masks after lockdown

Boris Johnson today announced that wearing face masks will be part of the UK's coronavirus lockdown exit strategy.




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Ministers warn lockdown could stay for MONTHS until new cases drop to the hundreds

Ministers have warned lockdown may need to remain for months until the number of new cases falls below 1,000 per day after Professor Chris Whitty said a second peak could be worse than the first. 




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Britain's R number plummeted when the lockdown was introduced

Prime Minister Boris Johnson last night put the reproduction rate of the coronavirus at the heart of Britain's crisis and said he would not do anything which risks triggering another outbreak.




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Coronavirus UK: 77% support lockdown extension next week

Some 46 per cent of those surveyed said they would 'strongly support' the decision to extend lockdown, according to a new YouGov poll of 3152 adults.




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Individual towns could be put on lockdown if outbreaks happen once restrictions are relaxed

Ministers could put individual towns and cities back on lockdown if they see coronavirus cases rise again once restrictions are relaxed.Boris Johnson will publish a 'roadmap' on Thursday for easing rules.




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Commuters told to check temperatures before leaving home individual towns cities on lockdown

A loosening of certain restrictions designed to fire up the flagging economy will be accompanied with a roll-out of revamped social distancing guidelines, particularly on Britain's public transport.




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JONATHAN MAYO imagines 'the new normal' one year after Britain emerges from lockdown

Drawing on scientific predictions and the experiences of other countries to Britain emerging from isolation, JONATHAN MAYO imagines the 'new normal'.




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Britons having more food, sex and sleep in lockdown and are less likely to split from partners

When Boris Johnson announced the stringent stay-at-home measures in March, many predicted: 'The divorce rate is going to go up!'




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Primary schools 'will return on JUNE 1' as coronavirus lockdown is lifted

Boris Johnson is hoping to put teachers on three weeks' notice to re-open primary schools in England to all pupils as soon as next month (pictured, St Mary's Primary in Chippenham).




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Tory rebels warn prolonging lockdown will cause 'tidal wave of misery'

Boris Johnson was warned by his own Tory MPs today that prolonging the UK's coronavirus lockdown could result in a 'tidal wave of human misery'.




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EU says Britain is not seeing downward trend in coronavirus cases

EU disease control chief Andrea Ammon said the UK was one of five European countries along with Poland, Romania, Sweden and Bulgaria which have yet to see a downward trend in cases.




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Ban on exercising more than once a day 'will be first coronavirus lockdown measure lifted'

A ban on exercising more than once a day outside could be one of the first lockdown measures lifted by Boris Johnson, with golf courses, tennis clubs and fishing lakes allowed to reopen next month.




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FedEx courier arrives at 10 Downing Street with order of baby products for Wilfred

A delivery from My 1st Years - which describes itself as 'the number one personalised baby brand in the world' - arrived at 10 Downing Street in central London this morning.




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Neil Ferguson's lover said lockdown 'strained' open marriage

Professor Ferguson, 51, asked Antonia Staats, 38, to travel across London from her £1.9million home at least twice despite lecturing Britain on the need to stay apart to stop the spread of the virus.




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David Davis calls for shake up of government's lockdown strategy

Former Brexit secretary David Davis spoke out as Professor Neil Ferguson was removed from all advisory positions after allowing his lover to visit him at his London home during the lockdown.




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Elon Musk leads US anger at 'hypocritical' 'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson

Professor Neil Ferguson, 51, of Imperial College London, forecast grim coronavirus death tolls in the UK and US if their governments remained squeamish about social distancing.




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UK gyms set to stay closed until autumn despite Boris Johnson beginning easing of lockdown next week

Gyms in the UK are unlikely to reopen until at least the autumn with October being touted as a realistic return date for fitness fanatics, according to reports.




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Coronavirus UK: Lockdown may ease in outdoor cafes on MONDAY

Boris Johnson today announced he is hoping to begin easing the UK's coronavirus lockdown on Monday as Matt Hancock suggested cafes could reopen if they have outdoor areas.




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'Stay Safe, Save Lives' could replace 'Stay Home' slogan as lockdown eases from Monday

Boris Johnson's Downing Street Twitter account has started pumping out the more nuanced message as the Prime Minister said some draconian rules he imposed on March 23 will be lifted.




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Boris Johnson's Covid-19 lockdown exit plan explained in full

The proposals are to be split into five stages over the coming months, and a leaked version of the plan has suggested the first changes on Monday will see unlimited exercise allowed.




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Boris Johnson faces unlockdown muddle as the Tories call for more freedoms

Boris Johnson is caught in a struggle between those who want him to move faster to end the lockdown and those who fear it would trigger a second wave of coronavirus - as death toll rises to 30,615.