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South Korean city’s 2.5 million people are told to stay indoors and wear masks at all times

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South Korea has seen its first coronavirus death after Daegu city’s 2.5million people were put on lock-down today after the country’s cases nearly doubled to over 100. Mayor Kwon Young-jin made a televised address, urging citizens to wear masks and remain indoors while revealing his concerns that the contagion could rapidly overwhelm the city’s health infrastructure.  … Read more

South Korean city’s 2.5 million people are told to stay indoors and wear masks at all times

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South Korean city’s 2.5 million people are told to stay indoors and wear masks at all times as cases of coronavirus spike in the area, with half of patients linked to ‘cult-like’ sect Nearly half the country’s victims are linked to the member of Shincheonji Church The 61-year-old woman is a congregant of the cult-like … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: COBRA is a narrative about an urgent situation told with no urgency whatsoever 

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COBRA Friday, Sky One Rating: (although also…  Rating: as there is a sort of joy in watching a series get it quite so wrong)  Let us talk our way though the first episode of COBRA, Sky’s new political drama about Britain during a time of national emergency, although I am not sure you would know … Read more

Ryanair told to reimburse passenger charged fee for hand luggage on a Liverpool to Alicante flight

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Spanish court orders Ryanair to reimburse a passenger who was charged a fee to take hand luggage on a flight from Liverpool to Alicante The no-frills airline was ordered to pay the traveller £40 (50 euros) and interest She claimed was asked to pay to take carry on bags on a service from Liverpool But … Read more

Gigi Hadid was told she didn’t have a ‘runway body’ at the start of her modeling career

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She has one of the world’s most sought after figures. But Gigi Hadid revealed that the fashion world hasn’t always been kind about her body in a new cover story for i-D magazine’s spring issue. The 24-year-old stunner explained how most designers and casting agents were ‘hard on her’ about her lean, athletic body during … Read more

Britons mock dramatic Government coronavirus advice that could see MILLIONS told to stay at home

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Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Almost 1,900 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 73,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

I told Holly, ‘Stick your trophy where the sun don’t shine’

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 The National Television Awards used to be one of my favourite nights out; a gloriously rowdy, drunken celebration of my industry with like-minded narcissists. But I boycotted tonight’s show in protest at the absurd Groundhog Day pattern that’s been allowed to develop where the exact same people always win the exact same … Read more

ScS told me I was sitting on my new sofa wrong after it sagged

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A disgruntled couple have been left fuming by a furniture giant that claimed they were sitting on their new sofa incorrectly after complaining about it sagging. Mike Sacre, from Ramsgate, and his wife, Shirley, bought the four-seater sofa from ScS in February 2019 with a total outlay of £1,491, including delivery. However, soon after purchase, … Read more

I want to remove my smart meter but have been told I will be charged £150. Why is this?

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I moved into a property in October and found out there is a first generation smart meter already installed. The incumbent energy supplier in the property is Bulb, who I am happy so stay with. But when I contacted them to ask for the meter top be removed, they said it would cost £150.  They … Read more

Conman told to pay back £300k or face two and a half more years jail

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Conman told to pay £300k to victims of his bogus investment scheme or face another two and a half years in jail By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 November 2019 | Updated: 22:15 GMT, 27 November 2019 Confiscation order: Mark Starling (pictured with daughter Rosie)  was jailed for five years … Read more