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• Andy Burnham's farming minister 'feels faint' looking at beef – 'not a good look'

  17-08-2026 23:51 via express.co.uk
  The minister admitted he 'felt unwell' during a visit to a food processing plant.
  
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• Jason Arday's family 'still coming to terms' with his death as vigil held

  17-08-2026 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jason Arday's family spoke of the "public cruelty" the academic faced before his death last week.
  
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• Donald Trump makes bombshell statement after phone call with Andy Burnham

  17-08-2026 21:21 via express.co.uk
  The US President spoke on Monday.
  
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• 'Britain's most bashed' bridge hit twice in two days

  17-08-2026 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A road in Hinckley is shut due to the "road traffic collision" with a bridge, police say.
  
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• Princess Eugenie announces name of baby daughter

  17-08-2026 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The couple's third child was born earlier this month at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, weighing 6lb 9oz.
  
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• Stag put down after attacking man in Richmond Park

  17-08-2026 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Royal Parks said a male deer approached a picnic group looking for food before attacking the man.
  
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• Escaped monkey returns to Highland Wildlife Park enclosure

  17-08-2026 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The park was at the centre of a similar monkey escape that lasted more than five days in January 2024.
  
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• DUP MP Jim Shannon charged with common assault of a woman

  17-08-2026 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The incident is alleged to have happened on 1 October 2023.
  
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• Labour MP suspended as party launches investigation into Covid loans

  17-08-2026 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alaba has said he took out two taxpayer-funded loans during the pandemic but insisted he had not tried to avoid paying the money back.
  
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• Reform proposes ban on most benefits for foreign nationals in UK

  17-08-2026 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The move would require renegotiating the UK's Brexit deal and could risk stripping British expats living in the EU of similar rights.
  
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• Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says

  17-08-2026 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions of phones across England and Wales bleeped with a "severe alert" notification on Friday.
  
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• Emotional farewell to 'global, iconic superstar' Bonnie Tyler

  17-08-2026 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fans, friends and family travel to Swansea to pay tribute to Total Eclipse of the Heart singer.
  
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• Viral vodka brand Au set to sell for £500m to BuzzBallz owner

  17-08-2026 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The distinctive gold Au bottles have become a staple of poolside parties in Ibiza and Dubai.
  
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• Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials cancelled after star breaks jaw

  17-08-2026 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sitcom's creator says he requires "immediate" surgery but hopes the show will return in 2027.
  
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• Watch: Seven GCSE exams, five months, one determined teenager

  17-08-2026 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Secondary school pupil Patrick McCabe, 16, completed his papers using eye-gazing technology.
  
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• Parents pushed to breaking point by Child Maintenance Service, BBC told

  17-08-2026 07:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some parents describe battles to make ex-partners pay, while others say there have been mistakes in calculating what they owe.
  
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• Rain on way for UK with temperatures to drop to overnight lows of 3C in some places

  17-08-2026 04:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After an exceptional summer of heatwaves and drought, the weather will turn wetter and cooler this week, as Simon King explains
  
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