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iOS 14 code confirms Apple's 'iPhone 9 Plus' - a larger version of an upcoming budget phone

The iPhone XR (pictured above) is among Apple's newest 'budget' offerings, despite retailing at a rather hefty $599. A rumored iPhone SE 2 (or iPhone 9) is anticipated to cost $399, analysts say.




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First person to die from coronavirus in Indiana had to say goodbye to her partner via iPad

Roberta Shelton, who was in her 60s and had underlying health conditions, died in Indianapolis on Monday after saying goodbye to her partner via iPad, medics said.




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Gambling addicts get bombarded with adverts for betting firms instead

Gambling addicts who searched for phone apps to help them quit have been bombarded by adverts for online casinos (stock image).




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Beware the electrical bargains that could catch fire, cause electric shocks or melt into your carpet

The tests on dozens of USB chargers, travel adaptors and power banks showed many had potentially lethal faults, finds consumer group Which?




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Thrifty first-time-buyer, 30, transforms her Victorian home into a glamourous Insta-worthy pad

Leanne Lim-Walker had never picked up a drill before she started work on the huge DIY project at the property in Norwich, Norfolk. She has now transformed the Victorian property.




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Sydney man sells storage container of 'rare Sydney bushfire smoke' for $72

A former junior producer for The Kyle and Jackie O Show claims to have sold a container full of 'rare Sydney bushfire smoke' on eBay for $72.




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Small UK firms are losing sales to dodgy foreign rivals who are targeting shoppers with fake reviews

The Competition and Markets Authority has sounded the alarm over the problem as online reviews influence an estimated £23 billion of transactions a year in the UK alone.




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Married At First Sight: Michael Goonan lists wedding ring and Stacey Hampton picture on eBay

Michael Goonan is selling his Married At First Sight memorabilia on eBay, which means fans can now own a piece of reality TV history.




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Peer-to-peer firm Funding Circle beats revenue targets but expects more loan defaults

Peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle beat its revenue targets for 2018 by 5%, but saw the percentage of loans last year it expected to default rise to between 3 and 3.8% it announced




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Shopping at your fingertips: We test the UK's first biometric bank card

Contactless technology already allows shoppers to spend up to £30 without having to enter their Pin. But, with NatWest's new card, there will be no need to enter a Pin at all.




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Buy now, pay later firm Klarna signed up 60,000 new merchants in 2019

Buy now, pay later juggernaut Klarna announced it has signed up over 60,000 retailers so far in 2019, including Microsoft and travel agent Expedia, as it prepares for a bumper Black Friday.




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Five top tips when checking your credit report for the first time

Have you ever checked your credit report?  If the answer is no, the likelihood is: someone else has. We reveal five top tips for those who have never cast an eye on their financial CV.




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Credit card borrowing fell in November for the first time since July 2013

Britons paid back more on their credit cards than they borrowed in November - the first time this has happened in more than six years, according to official figures.




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Britain's £69bn credit card debt pile falls year-on-year for the first time ever

Households paid back a whopping £3.8bn more than they borrowed in March, the biggest figure on record, as households shunned their credit cards in the face of the coronavirus crisis.




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Dividend Heroes 2020: Investment trusts boosting income since Light My Fire

If ever there was a time when investors needed a hero, it's now. And among the stock market capitulation, a ray of light has arrived with the latest list of Dividend Heroes.




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Tiger King fans claim 'Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock'

Fans of Tiger King: Murder Mayhem And Madness have come up with a shock theory that suggests Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock.




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Too Hot to Handle: Harry Jowsey reveals why he broke the rules first

Aussie star Harry Joswsey quickly become a breakout star of Netflix's newest dating series, Too Hot to Handle.




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Oil price crashes into negative for the first time in history as demand dries up

The cost to have a barrel of US crude delivered in May fell to minus $37.63 on Monday as demand dried up and storage tanks neared capacity, meaning traders paid to have barrels taken away.




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Jerry Seinfeld takes a joy ride after giving a first look of his first comedy special in 22 years

Jerry Seinfeld appeared to be enjoying some alone time, as he took a solo cruise in the Hamptons after sharing the first look of his upcoming comedy special on Netflix




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Unorthodox star Shira Haas recalls shaving her head on the first day of filming and learning Yiddish

The Israeli actress, 24, plays Esty, a 19-year-old Jewish woman who runs away from her Ultra-Orthodox community in New York City to start a life in Berlin in the Netflix drama.




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Extraction 2 confirmed with Chris Hemsworth expected to star and Joe Russo returning to write

Just over a week after it's debut, where it's already poised to become Netflix's most-watched feature film ever, a sequel to Extraction is happening.




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Ricky Gervais 'confirms' third series of Netflix hit After Life

The Netflix show starring Gervais as grieving widower Tony Johnson returned with a second series on Friday, prompting unanimously glowing responses from viewers.




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Ricky Gervais CONFIRMS After Life series three

The actor, 58, delighted fans as he took to Twitter on Wednesday to make the announcement.




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KUWTK fans go wild as the first two series of the show will be available on Netflix UK next month 

The seasons will be available to watch on the streaming platform from June 1, with the current installment - in its 18th edition - airing on E! and Hayu.




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Charlize Theron serves femme fatale as immortal warrior in first images from Netflix's The Old Guard

'From the first moment I read [Greg] Rucka's graphic novel, I felt like there was great potential to make this thing feel really very relevant and have it ask some real questions about humanity.'




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Ricky Gervais steps out after confirming After Life will return for series three

The actor, 58, kept it casual in a grey sweatshirt which he paired with baggy jogging bottoms and black trainers.




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Baby-Sitters Club first teaser: Netflix brings nostalgia as group excitedly answer CLEAR telephone

Netflix released the first teaser for the highly-anticipated reboot of the highly popular book-turned-television series as it introduced the new cast of characters.




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Fired-up youngsters demand wedding cracker ban in Delhi

The children are concerned about their health, and have told the Supreme Court that their lungs and nervous system are put at risk when there is large-scale setting off of firecrackers in Delhi.




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Power firms will face fines for outages and disruptions

Minister R K Singh said most of the states have agreed on 24/7 power for all. 'The consumers should not be asked to pay for theft committed by others,' he added.




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Delhi firemen struggling with capital's burning landfills

The Capital generates 10,000 metric tonnes of trash a day. Pollution is a major problem across all life and sites in Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla have created a unique challenge to the city's fire service.




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Rebuild Babri masjid at first

The only way to bring neutral secular peace is to rebuild this unusual three-tombed structure of a masjid where it stood as it was before, writes Rajeev Dhavan.




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Modi fires up poll spirit with seaplane ride in Gujarat

On the last day of campaigning for the high-voltage Gujarat assembly elections, PM Narendra Modi raised the pitch by taking a seaplane in the state - leaving him under fire from some.




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ISIS gunmen break into Pakistan church and open fire

The gunmen, aged between 16 and 20, infiltrated Bethel Memorial Church in Quetta, West Pakistan during a Sunday midday service. Nine were killed and more than 50 injured in the violence.




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Belgium appoints first female ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Diplomat Dominique Mineur will move to Riyhad to head up the embassy from next year in a 'clear signal' to Saudi officials despite the Gulf kingdom's shocking women's rights record.




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Sandra Bullock assembles crew in first Ocean's 8 trailer

The first full-length trailer for Ocean's Eight dropped on Tuesday and the film already looks like a load of fun and glamor. In it, we see Sandra Bullock's character Debbie Ocean assemble her crew.




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Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic confirms Manuel Neuer has club's full support

Hasan Salihamidzic confirmed there had been no resolution to contract negotiations with Manuel Neuer, but confirmed the Germany international has been placated after his outburst last week.




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Jorginho says Chelsea fans abuse in first season under Maurizio Sarri made him consider QUITTING

Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has revealed that he considered leaving the Blues after his first season at the club. He said the criticism he received from fans made him want to join Maurizio Sarri at Juventus




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Jose Mourinho claims he didn't know it was 15 years since he won his first Premier League title

Now in charge of Tottenham, Mourinho (left) insists he was not aware that the 15-year anniversary was today and is instead looking towards winning a fourth Premier League title in total.




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How did Premier League stars fare in first Real Madrid year after Eden Hazard flop?

It's been a year to forget for Hazard who has gone from being a global star to almost a forgotten entity, but how did other ex-Premier League starts fare in their debut Bernabeu seasons?




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Newcastle's prospective Saudi owners 'want to make £70m Philippe Coutinho their first signing'

Assuming the takeover goes through, Newcastle's spending power would be transformed with former Tottenham manager Pochettino seen as the man to deliver a potential title challenge.




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NASA sets materials on fire aboard the ISS

NASA has been deliberately setting fires aboard the International Space Station as part of a series of experiments to determine how much more dangerous flames are in space.




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Australian bushfire smoke has reached South America, satellites show

Devastating bushfires burning across Australia have generated massive clouds of smoke that can be seen from outer space. 




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Satellite images shows New Zealand and South America are shrouded with Australia's bushfire smoke

Smoke from Australia's bushfires has drifted 2,000km across the Tasman Sea, shrouding New Zealand .




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A nation on fire: Astonishing graphic shows the true scale of bushfires across Australia

The brightest spots on the graphic are in New South Wales and Victoria, where more than 2,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed by the raging infernos.




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NASA satellite image reveals the true scale of bushfire devastation on Kangaroo Island 

The space agency released two satellite images of the South Australian island highlighting the horrific damage the bushfires have caused to the environment.




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Satellite photos of the bushfires Kangaroo Island South Australia

Satellite photos have captured the enormous scale of the devastating bushfires on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. 




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A group of new astronauts join NASA under the Artemis program and could be the first to step on Mars

It's been more than two years in the making, but 13 astronauts have finally joined NASA under the mission that will bring the first female to the moon and some may be the first humans to step on Mars.




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NASA satellites reveal smoke from Australian bushfires will take MONTHS to disperse

On Wednesday, US space agency NASA revealed that it will be months before bushfire smoke clears since plumes are sitting so high the atmosphere.




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Alarming before and after photos reveal the true impact of bushfires across Australia's east coast

The NASA images, taken six months apart, capture the landscape between Seal Rocks and Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast.




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Tiny asteroid confirmed to be a mini-moon that has been orbiting Earth for the past three years 

NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey spotted a temporarily captured asteroid that has been orbiting Earth for three years and has announced it is now our planet's new mini-moon.