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Golden Globes 2020: Nicole Kidman among Australian nominations

Five Australians have received nominations for next year's Golden Globes.




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Cate Blanchett's 'special call out' to volunteer Australian firefighters

Cate Blanchett has thanked volunteer firefighters for their efforts in battling the ongoing bushfires that have crippled Australia.




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Cate Blanchett is in consideration to lead film based on the blockbuster Borderlands video game

The Eli Roth-directed feature will be based on a 2009 space Western role-playing/first-person-shooter which is beloved by gamers.




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Tiger Woods plays down injury fears ahead of The Northern Trust

Woods played down an injury scare on the eve of his first appearance since missing the cut in the Open Championship as he attempts to play back-to-back events for just the second time this season.




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Gang of youths sets off multiple fireworks in city centre trapping terrified customers inside a bar

Footage filmed on October 31 in Coventry shows loud fireworks being set off and filling the area with smoke before multiple youths run away once West Midlands Police arrive.




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Yodel delivery driver leaves parcel containing Bluetooth speaker in customer's TOILET

Rebeka Alam, 21, from Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, had ordered a new Bluetooth speaker last month and was surprised to see it had been delivered while she was at work.




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Australian architect turns Brisbane investment property into a modern garden paradise

This white wooden villa on a quiet street overlooking Brisbane's CBD looks like any other 19th century Queensland property. But behind the facade lies one of Australia's most unique homes.




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Red Rooster is forced to close two stores after disgusting photos show chicken in a car

A picture of the chickens on rotisserie skewers inside the branded car was taken outside the Red Rooster restaurant in Forrestfield, Perth.




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Paedophiles can find sick child sex abuse images online with just THREE clicks, NCA warns 

National Crime Agency director-general Lynne Owens said child abuse images was found so easily via search engines that there was nothing to stop offending on the open web.




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Jemma Reekie just getting started as blistering final lap lands gold at Muller Indoor Grand Prix

The shoes remain a mystery but Jemma Reekie's kick is out in the open and a thing of wonder, as she offered a further sign in Glasgow yesterday that she is a talent of the highest order.




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Moondust is being studied to see if it can be turned into WATER as well as fuel and bricks 

Experts from the Open University in Milton Keynes have been experimenting to see whether the oxygen stored in simulated moon dust could be used to produce water.




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Australian share market slumps 2 per cent in early trade amid coronavirus fears 

The Australian Securities Exchange lost another $50billion in the opening hour of trade. Coronavirus fears wiped $48billion from shares on Monday - which is likely to see losses of $100billion over two days.




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CRAIG BROWN: Crustaceans? They're all so VERY crabby... 

CRAIG BROWN: Sir, I was interested to read the open letter sent by leaders of Women's Aid and the Women's Equality Party.




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FTSE 100 falls 0.5% to 5928 amid £30bn coronavirus-busting budget

The FTSE 100 index in London closed down 84 points or -1.4 per cent at 5,876 today. It came as Rishi Sunak delivered his Budget against the backdrop of an economic storm caused by Covid-19.




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Australian share market plunges 8.5 per cent losing more than $120billion in just minutes

The Australian share market has lost 8.5 per cent or $122billion in the open minutes of trade. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 has now lost 38 per cent or $790billion since peaking on February 20.




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AMANDA PLATELL: Just squash Ant McPartlin under your foot, Lisa - and forget him! 

AMANDA PLATELL: Ant has treated you appallingly. But every tweet you post keeps you nailed to the cross of this broken marriage. You have to break away.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Boycotting Amber Rudd at Oxford University just makes me see red 

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Students had cancelled the event because of Ms Rudd's links to the Windrush scandal, in which Britons of Caribbean heritage were wrongly deported.




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AMANDA PLATELL on the tragic death of Britain's youngest coronavirus victim aged just 13 

AMANDA PLATELL: One week ago, Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, was at home with his mum, six brothers and sisters, doing what we're all doing, watching TV, isolating at home.




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AMANDA PLATELL: Britain must not become a nation of snitches on neighbours

AMANDA PLATELL: We have always been a nation of curtain twitchers. But, who'd have thought nearly 200,000 people would report their neighbours for breaking lockdown rules?




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ANDREW PIERCE: Corbyn must hand over the reins at PMQs as performances go from bad to worse

ANDREW PIERCE: As he plods painfully through his six questions, there is an embarrassed silence on the Labour benches. Some Labour MPs say there is a way out.




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ANDREW PIERCE: Just what has happened to Diane Abbott's charity? 

ANDREW PIERCE: Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott yesterday ruled out serving in the Shadow Cabinet of the next Labour leader.




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ANDREW PIERCE: For a karate black belt, Dominic Raab is wooden - but Boris Johnson can trust him

ANDREW PIERCE - Trust rust is key when talking about ambitious ministers who might one day fancy a permanent shot at the top job. He may be wooden, but Dominic Raab has Boris Johnson's backing.




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Chris Froome welcomes news that Tour de France is now set to start in August

Chris Froome called the rescheduling of the Tour de France a 'light at the end of the tunnel' after it was postponed for two months rather than scrapped.




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Britain's cheapest car the Dacia Sandero goes on sale for just £6,000

Start queuing for the Dacia Sandero - it’s Britain’s cheapest car at less than £6,000. Renault bought the Romanian car-maker in 1999 as its ‘budget’ brand and the UK market is the final piece of the jigsaw.




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Nissan's Qashqai is just one step away from self-driving car

Most of the hi-tech kit needed for the car to drive itself — from self-parking to collision avoidance — is already hard-wired into the new version.




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New Ford Mustang revealed with the help of Sienna Miller

Never mind Mustang Sally. It was more 'Mustang Sienna' as the actress Sienna Miller helped the global launch of the latest classic Ford Mustang.




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Mercedes-Benz unveil CLA Shooting Brake just in time for Christmas 

Expect prices from around £25,500 to about £43,000 for the pumped-up CLA45 AMG, which will accelerate from rest to 62mph in 4.7 seconds, thanks to its 360 bhp, 2-litre turbo engine.




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Renault to release new 'Kadjar', crossover vehicle, in hopes of drawing customers away from Nissan's top-selling Qashqai

French giant, Renault, will release new model to Brits in autumn although it will go on sale on the continent in the summer. Renault bosses say it's aimed at those with an adventurous spirit.




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Chris Evans reviews Seat Ibiza Connect 1.2 TSI: Everything about the new Ibiza is – well – just fine. But, oh, for a flash of originality and inspiration amid the bland efficiency

Sure, there’s good work in evidence but it’s all so derivative, so Audi, so VW, so keep it safe, so keep it in the family. Its crisp sharp lines doing nothing more than echoing those of the Audi A3 and VW Polo.




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Hoy back on two wheels! Olympian Sir Chris Hoy learns to drive a Nissan Juke on two wheels in just two days

Though now retired from professional cycling, the six-times gold medal winner has learned to drive a Nissan Juke on two wheels in just two days, rather than the two months experts say is normal.




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Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas' quickie wedding was just to 'make it legal' and pair will wed in France

When Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner eloped in Las Vegas on Wednesday fans wondered about plans for their summer wedding in France but a source says that wedding is still on.




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Sophie Turner dons 'just married' sash as she and Joe Jonas touch down in LA after Vegas wedding

The 23-year-old Game Of Thrones actress proudly wore a 'just married' sash as she and her new 29-year-old husband arrived back in Los Angeles on Thursday.




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Justin Bieber's ex Chantel Jeffries goes topless during luxurious vacation in the Dominican Republic

The brunette bombshell is also very skilled when it comes to catering to her 4.3M Instagram followers as she proved once again this week when she shared a topless photo.




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COMPLETE GUIDE TO PENSION FREEDOM: order your free must-read 28-page booklet

Our pensions are changing - radically. Some say for better, others for worse. We say, make yourself as best informed as you can be with a copy of this super free guide.




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What pension deadlines must you meet as you pass ages 55, 65 and 75?

Pension age deadlines are more fluid as older people have gained greater control over retirement dates and finances - but some birthdays are still markers for decisions and action.




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If I give my son my £25k stamp collection must I prove it for IHT?

Do I have to give him a formal dated letter to prove it was a gift and when the gift was made? Can you suggest a format? Lawyers Jennie Pratt and Jack Burroughs of Ashtons Legal reply.




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Pension firms should send customers 'birthday card' forecasts, says Ros Altmann

Standard wording should be adopted and made compulsory to prevent firms using 'obfuscatory' jargon that baffles savers, argues Lady Altmann




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Alan Carr dresses up as Tiger King Joe Exotic with cowboy hat, blonde mullet and massive moustache

Alan Carr's fans were left baffled by his viral photo challenge on Sunday. 




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Virgin Australia is reported to have been put into voluntary administration

Virgin Australia is expected to go into voluntary administration after state government crisis talks failed to raise enough money to keep the airline flying.




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The shareholders asking taxpayers to bail out Virgin Australia are billionaires

Some of the richest people in the world are asking the hardworking mums and dads of Australia to pay for the failure of their airline.




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Ligue 1 is CANCELLED as their prime minister demands that no football is played until August

The seasons of France's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 are over after league bosses accepted that it would be impossible to complete the season amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Australian researchers make major breakthrough in the search for a COVID-19 vaccine

The experimental vaccine being trialed by scientists at the University of Queensland is already generating immunity levels higher than in recovered coronavirus patients, researchers said.




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World-leading Australian scientists say a vaccine may be ready for widespread use at start of 2021

The Australian scientists from the University of Queensland said the fast-tracked timeline was  'incredibly ambitious' but reflected overwhelming success in pre-clinical trials.




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Bomb squad seize gun in Lakemba locking down Australia's biggest mosque

Riot police and the bomb squad stormed a home on Wangee Road in Lakemba, in south west Sydney, on  Thursday afternoon.




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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, is hospitalized with a gallbladder infection

Ginsburg, 87, underwent 'non-surgical treatment for acute cholecystitis, a gallbladder condition' on Tuesday afternoon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the Supreme Court said in a statement.




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ROBERT HARDMAN: Harry and Meghan are being peevish and tin-eared... just who IS advising them? 

ROBERT HARDMAN: Like every Sandhurst cadet, Prince Harry had the age-old maxim drummed in to him throughout his military training: time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.




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ROBERT HARDMAN: Log on all ye faithful... Justin Welby has made an online call for unity 

ROBERT HARDMAN: Yesterday, churches up and down the land stood empty on what should have been one of the busier days of the year - Mothering Sunday.




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This is just the start!

ROBERT HARDMAN: Across the NHS, the consumption of personal protective equipment - 'PPE' - is staggering yet seemingly unavoidable.




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THE NUMBERS GAME: Ross Barkley's played his way in and Adam Lallana must go, but Jack Wilshere and Michael Carrick have to miss out... here's the men to be England's midfield maestros in Brazil

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Whisper it quietly, but we’re actually quite excited about some of the players that could be wearing the Three Lions this summer.




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Adam Lallana must NOT go to Man United for the sake of his career

CHARLIE SKILLEN - THE NUMBERS GAME: To err is human. To make the same mistake twice is plain daft. Those two words are easily linked with Manchester United this season, but as they enter this new era, the first priority should be to shake off David Moyes-esque mistakes.