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‘Heroes’ praised for mum and child flood rescue

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Ms Campbell has posted an emotional video on Facebook thanking those who came to help her and Rhea, who has cerebral palsy. They were almost home after an appointment at an epilepsy clinic at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, where Rhea had been surprised by a visit from Father Christmas. Image copyright Nikki Birgit Campbell Image caption Nikki Birgit Campbell and Rhea were taken to Dumfries and Galloway Hospital “Thankfully incidents like this are rare, however, it is extremely encouraging to know that members of our community came…

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‘Exercise targets would trigger my eating disorder’

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The study revealed it takes about four hours to walk off the calories in a pizza, or 22 minutes to run off a chocolate bar. Hope, now a mental health campaigner, says the problem with exercise targets for snacks and meals is that they create “the mindset that you have to earn food”. “I developed anorexia when I was 13 and though it wasn’t triggered by exercise, a huge part of it was an obsession with exercise,” she says. “I ended up being admitted to a mental health hospital and…

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Rape accused rapper ‘told woman to bite pillow’

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In her interview, she told police she got on well at first with Mr Anokye but when she met him in the UK she did not want to sleep with him. She said in the interview: “I didn’t have a choice. He’s an intimidating person.” The woman said Mr Anokye hit her and attacked her with a mobile phone and she had to shower because her hair was matted with blood. The jury was also shown a video taken by Mr Anokye on his mobile phone at a music festival,…

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Washington Post: Barr told Trump he was not being well served by Giuliani

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Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr counseled President Donald Trump that his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has become a liability for his administration, The Washington Post reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the conversations. The counterintelligence probe — which indicates that FBI and criminal prosecutors in Manhattan are looking at a broader set of issues related to Giuliani — hinges in part on whether a foreign influence operation was trying to take advantage of Giuliani’s business ties in Ukraine and with wealthy foreigners to make inroads with the White House, according…

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Should children watch toy unboxing videos?

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Image caption Verity likes watching toy unboxing videos to narrow down her Christmas list Ryan Kaji was among the first children to start making these videos in the US in 2015, when he was four years old. An early clip, in which he opened up a giant egg with more than 100 items inside, has been viewed more than a billion times. Ryan was the highest paid YouTube star of last year, when he earned more than £17m, mainly through partnerships with toy firms and his own TV show. Image…

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Pot company Canopy chooses CFO of top investor to be new CEO

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New York (CNN Business)The legal cannabis industry in Canada and several states in America has been going through some growing pains. That’s a key reason why industry leader Canopy Growth just named the chief financial officer of its biggest investor to be its new CEO. “Canopy Growth sits at the forefront of one of the most exciting new market opportunities in our lifetime,” Klein said in a press release, adding that “no company is better positioned to win in the emerging cannabis market.” Canopy isn’t the only pot stock that…

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Cricketer admits bribery conspiracy

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Latest news updates in the West Midlands Prosecutor Andrew Thomas QC said that as part of a National Crime Agency investigation, an undercover police officer infiltrated the network by posing as a member of a corrupt betting syndicate. That led to the uncovering of an attempted fix in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in 2016 and an actual fix in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in 2017, with opening batsmen agreeing to not score runs from the first two balls. Jamshed was targeted for the BPL and then encouraged others…

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LSU vs. Georgia: The governors are wagering seafood and a gift basket of … something

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(CNN)Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is feeling good. He just won re-election, and now he’s making a splashy bet on Saturday’s LSU-Georgia game for the SEC Championship. Edwards challenged Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to the bet on Friday. He’ll give Kemp some grub from Baton Rouge’s Tony’s Seafood if LSU loses. Not that he thinks he’ll need to pay up. “I’m not worried about having to cover this bet because I firmly believe Joe Burrow and the LSU Tigers, coached by Louisiana’s own Ed Orgeron, are going to be hoisting…

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Forget fashion and beauty. These are the grocery store influencers

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New York (CNN Business)When you think of influencers, you might think of flat tummy tea and hair vitamins. Aldi is not the only big grocer with pages run by die-hard customers. Kroger Krazy lifts Kroger. An Instagram account called Costco_doesitagain has 511,000 followers. Then there’s Trader Joe’s List, Trader Joe’s Obsessed and a lineup of Trader Joe’s influencers with no connection to the company. I Heart Publix, a Facebook page started by Michelle Atwood more than a decade ago, has grown to 116,000 followers. With more consumers cutting the cord…

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North Korea’s UN ambassador says denuclearization is off the table in talks with US

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(CNN)Denuclearization is off the table in negotiations with the United States, North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations said in a statement Saturday. Kim’s comments also referred to a joint statement released Wednesday in which six EU nations condemned North Korea’s short-range missile tests on November 28. Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Poland and the UK said they were “deeply concerned by the continued testing of ballistic missiles,” saying they undermined regional stability. “As these six EU member states are making much trouble to play the role of pet dog of…

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Scorpion on United Airlines flight stings passenger

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(Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER A United Airlines spokesperson did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment. It not yet clear how the scorpion got inside the woman’s pants or on the flight. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Gerren Keith Gaynor is a Digital Editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @MrGerrenalist. Trending in Travel Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/scorpion-united-airlines-flight-stings-woman

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Trump is hanging over every aspect of the Democratic presidential contest

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Mt. Vernon, Iowa (CNN)He may not be on the Democratic ballot, but the 2020 presidential candidate wielding the most influence over the party’s remarkably unsettled primary fight is President Donald Trump. In conversations with two dozen voters across Iowa this week, the President’s name came up again and again as Democrats weigh their choices and search for the candidate they believe is the most electable. It was always Trump’s intention to play a central role in the Democratic primary. And now, he is. Even among unabashedly proud liberals, Trump is…

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Five key things in the BBC’s Johnson-Corbyn debate

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Mr Corbyn faced further scrutiny of Labour’s Brexit position – to negotiate a deal with the EU and put it to a referendum – and his own position of staying neutral in any campaign. He was attacked by Mr Johnson for his “failure of leadership” by not taking a side, and asked repeatedly about his beliefs. But like the PM, Mr Corbyn won over some of the audience with his pledge to bring the country together, whatever the outcome of another vote on the EU – which he thinks he…

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