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• Police charge 14-year-old boy over alleged terror plot targeting London mosques

  15-07-2026 21:32
  ‘Documents of concern’ found at child’s home in the capital, with no other suspects soughtA 14-year-old boy from south London has been charged with an offence linked to “extreme rightwing terrorism” after a police search uncovered an alleged plot to target two mosques.The boy was arrested on 9 July on suspicion of criminal damage to a vehicle, but officers dispatched to his address found “a number of documents of concern” during a search, according to th
  
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• The rare 50p coin that is going for £37,000 - check your pockets now

  23-08-2026 14:58 via express.co.uk
  Brits should check their pockets, wallets and purses to see if they could land a jackpot with the rare 50p coin that is going for thousands.
  
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• UK faces mass food shortages in 2027 for 2 reasons - needs ‘immediate government action’

  23-08-2026 14:22 via express.co.uk
  The National Farmer's Union has issued a warning.
  
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• A66 crash: Football club's tribute to dead PC who had just started coaching son's team

  23-08-2026 13:57 via express.co.uk
  PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough were killed in the tragic crash on the A66.
  
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• Everything we know about A66 wrong way crash as neighbour breaks silence on 3.30am chase

  23-08-2026 13:13 via express.co.uk
  PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, were killed in the horror collision alongside 5 teens in a car driving the wrong way
  
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• A66 crash teen posed in balaclava and posted anti-police rap before smash killed 2 cops

  23-08-2026 12:33 via express.co.uk
  Mark Saddington, 18, was one of five young men killed when a Volkswagen Passat being driven the wrong way down the A66 smashed into a marked armed-response police vehicle.
  
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• A66 crash: Five killed in car driving wrong way down dual carriageway pictured

  23-08-2026 11:33 via express.co.uk
  PC Matthew Blades, 38, and PC Tom Clough, 37, also died in the devastating crash, with all seven victims pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• A fox broke into my home and attacked my baby girl's head as I slept - it was horrifying

  23-08-2026 11:32 via express.co.uk
  A horrified mother has recounted the terrifying moment a fox broke into her home and bit her three-month-old daughter's head as they slept
  
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• UK facing horror cider shortage after 'worst apple harvest in 40 years'

  23-08-2026 11:24 via express.co.uk
  Farmers have warned that the recent weather conditions could lead to food shortages across the UK in just months.
  
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• Revealed – What to do if your neighbour keeps using your bins

  23-08-2026 11:22 via express.co.uk
  It can be frustrating if your neighbour keeps using your bins but here's what the law says.
  
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• Tragedy as woman in her 80s dies after being 'hit by car' in Morrisons car park

  23-08-2026 10:35 via express.co.uk
  It was reported the car collided with two pedestrians and several other parked and moving vehicles.
  
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• Police officers killed in wrong-way crash mourned in 'unimaginable loss'

  23-08-2026 09:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  PC Matthew Blades, PC Tom Clough and five young people were killed when a car drove the wrong way on the A66 and struck the police vehicle.
  
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• Baby whose parents feared had just days to live is 'thriving' after life-saving heart operation

  23-08-2026 08:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Doctors have told mum and dad Catrin and Dylan it could take years for a donor to materialise.
  
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• The Papers: 'Power to block nimby protests' and Meghan 'deal could be off'

  23-08-2026 07:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New mayoral powers and continued reporting on the Duchess of Sussex's television role lead Sunday's papers.
  
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• Mayors to get powers to overrule local councils on planning decisions

  23-08-2026 05:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the change was "essential" for helping mayors "effectively deliver new homes".
  
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• Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say

  23-08-2026 04:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government says at no point was there a risk to the UK's energy system during the attack in July.
  
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• Restriction zone scheme for offenders to start in October

  23-08-2026 04:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Serious violent and sexual offenders may be confined to areas of just a few miles after leaving prison on probation.
  
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• Fitness coach had stroke weeks after giving birth

  23-08-2026 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Becki Barratt says she never imagined she would hear the words - "you've had a stroke" – at her age.
  
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• Why we can't look away from hoarder home clean-ups

  23-08-2026 01:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Videos of extreme cleaning posted on social media often go viral and are watched millions of times.
  
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• How a new era of heatwaves could shake up the school calendar

  23-08-2026 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teachers warn it could be increasingly difficult for classrooms to function during the hottest months.
  
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• Fear and fallout three months on from Northern Ireland's race riots

  23-08-2026 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland saw consecutive nights of violence following a knife attack - but how are victims faring now?
  
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• Struggling households need more help with bills, energy industry says

  23-08-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Industry body Energy UK says the current support for households most in need does not go far enough.
  
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• Davis 'grateful' for support over cancer diagnosis

  22-08-2026 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Office star was appearing at convention in London, less than two weeks after announcing her condition.
  
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• Video appears to show police chase minutes before fatal A66 crash

  22-08-2026 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Several police vehicles are seen chasing a car just three minutes before the crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough.
  
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• Blue plaque unveiled at home of Paddington creator

  22-08-2026 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chairman of the Haslemere Society, Chris Harrison, says it was a day where "friends were reunited".
  
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• Vigil held for family who died in sea off Shoreham

  22-08-2026 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Town pays its respects to a family who died after getting into difficulty in the water off West Sussex.
  
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• Two men re-arrested after death of soldier

  22-08-2026 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of 22-year-old Liam Potts say he was the "heart and soul of any room".
  
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• Police investigate car crash into house in Glasgow suburb

  22-08-2026 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The incident in Eaglesham occurred after reports of a flare up of gangland violence in Glasgow this week.
  
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• Tributes paid to 'giant' of Irish traditional music scene

  22-08-2026 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eithne Vallely, who was 81, was originally from Donegal, but had lived for decades in Armagh.
  
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• Welsh county becomes global hotspot for carbon emissions after wildfires

  22-08-2026 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The smell of burning from the Blaenavon wildfire was reported 30 miles away in Cardiff.
  
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