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• No10 readies takeover of failing Avanti as Labour steps up nationalisation drive

  27-09-2026 23:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander last night said Avanti West Coast would be taken over at the 'earliest possible opportunity' when its latest franchise expires in March.
  
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• Labor's spending addiction is hurting Australians. Now your mortgage is rising again as politicians gaslight you about who's really to blame: Peter Van Onselen

  27-09-2026 23:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Tomorrow the Reserve Bank will almost certainly increase interest rates yet again. Finding an economist who thinks they won't is hard to do.
  
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• Surge in landfill tax blamed for fly-tip epidemic blighting Britain

  27-09-2026 23:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Landfill levies have increased from £7 per tonne in 1996 to £126.15 in 2025 - yet revenues have roughly halved in real terms, a think-tank found.
  
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• ‘It’s a shame’ – Xabi Alonso told to sell Chelsea star after Barcelona approach

  27-09-2026 23:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso (Picture: Getty)Xabi Alonso has been urged to ‘sacrifice’ Estevao Willian from his Chelsea project after he was linked with a move to Barcelona.Chelsea signed teenage sensation Estevao from Brazilian side Palmeiras in 2025, beating a host of clubs to his signature.Estevao showed glimpses of his immense potential last season, scoring eight goals in 36 appearances despite being managed carefully by former bosses Enzo Maresca and Liam Rosenior.The 19-year-ol
  
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• British chess champion, 11, becomes youngest woman grandmaster in history

  27-09-2026 23:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Bodhana Sivanandan secured the title at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, after she won eight points across 11 games.
  
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• Reporter covering boy fatally crushed by car captures moment girl sent flying in an e-scooter crash

  27-09-2026 23:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageA TV journalist reporting on a fatal car crash accidentally captured another car crash.A girl riding her e-scooter behind him was sent flying in the air when she was struck by a car.TVP Info journalist Miłosz Sieliwończyk was reporting live from the scene in Kościerzyna, Poland, about a young boy who had been fatally crushed by a car.
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• Woman arrested after man is struck dead by car in Queensland as police launch investigation

  27-09-2026 23:29 via dailymail.com
  
  A 50-year-old man from Queensland was found deceased following reports he'd been hit by a car.
  
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• Heidi Alexander says 'enough is enough' as she confirms Avanti West Coast services to be nationalised

  27-09-2026 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heidi Alexander vowed Burnham's Labour is committed to 'putting essential services back in public hands, connecting people to opportunity and delivering growth in every postcode'
  
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• Four people are rushed to hospital after packed Delta Airlines jet was forced to make emergency landing over smoke in cabin

  27-09-2026 23:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Around 12 passengers on board the Airbus A330 had to be given oxygen while the plane was still mid-air.
  
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• Candace Owens in crisis: As family begs her to 'disappear' and prays she isn't KILLED, insiders reveal whispers of a foreign reconnaissance mission... and her links to secret military location

  27-09-2026 23:27 via dailymail.com
  
  'I pray every day for her safety,' one relative of the conservative YouTube star Candace Owens said to the Daily Mail. 'I would like for her to get fully out of it.'
  
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• AI 'will let us all work a four-day week', Keir Starmer's former chief secretary claims

  27-09-2026 23:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Darren Jones, now a backbench Labour MP, said that it would mean workers could spend more time with their children and in the garden as a result.
  
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• The final shift of Constable Mia Lay: Patrol car was travelling over '150km/h' before fatal crash just metres from police station

  27-09-2026 23:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Constable Mia Lay, 20, died after the police vehicle she was travelling in crashed into a tree in Sydney's inner west.
  
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• RAF Fairford: Trump claims 'terror plot' was looking to do 'big damage'

  27-09-2026 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Trump said the men arrested near near RAF Fairford, in an operation led by counter-terrorism police - with homes evacuated and bomb disposal teams searching vehicles - were 'looking to do big damage'
  
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• Family of British woman who vanished while hiking in South Africa say her 'witchcraft death' must be investigated as murder

  27-09-2026 23:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Lorna McSorley, 71, from Teignmouth, Devon, disappeared in September 2025 after she went on a walk with her partner of 30 years, 82-year-old Leon Probert.
  
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• Bill Gates nervously LAUGHS as he denies going to friend Jeffrey Epstein's island... despite his ties to dead pedophile financier

  27-09-2026 22:56 via dailymail.com
  
  The Microsoft co-founder stuttered and appeared a bit startled when discussing his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. He denied ever going to the pedophiles infamous island.
  
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• Bruno Guimaraes issued warning over Arsenal career after ‘surprising’ transfer

  27-09-2026 22:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal summer signing Bruno Guimaraes (Picture: Getty)Bruno Guimaraes has been issued a warning over his Arsenal career and told he will ‘do well’ to keep a place in Mikel Arteta’s team.Brazilian midfielder Guimaraes completed a £75m move from Newcastle United in the summer, signing a four-year contract at Arsenal.The 28-year-old spent four years at St James’ Park, helping Newcastle qualify for the Champions League and win the Carabao Cup.Arteta branded Guimaraes
  
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• Shark ‘spotted swimming’ in driveways of flooded suburbs in fatal storm

  27-09-2026 22:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. Devastating floods have seen a possible shark swimming through the suburbs of Surf City.A man said his wife spotted the baby shark swimming near the picket fences of his home on Saturday, New Jersey broadcaster News 12 reported.The couple watched from their front porch as it swam by even heading up their driveway before turning around and vanishing underwater.Locals slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor&rsqu
  
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• Woman has part of her forehead BITTEN OFF by ranting stranger who called her 'the inferior race' on Democrat-city street

  27-09-2026 22:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Diana Gonzalez was allegedly bitten in an unprovoked attack by 36-year-old Kamilia Chadli on September 18 in downtown Seattle.
  
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• Michael Carrick urged to replace £60m Man Utd star just weeks into new season

  27-09-2026 22:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manchester United boss Michael Carrick (Picture: Getty)Manchester United have been urged to sign a ‘better option’ than Mason Mount as his frustrating spell at Old Trafford continues.United bosses had high hopes for Mount following his £60m move from Chelsea in 2023 but the ex-England international has largely struggled.Mount has scored just five Premier League goals across the last three seasons and missed large spells through reoccurring injury issues.The 27-year-old suffere
  
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• Body found in search for missing 18-year-old who vanished 10 days ago

  27-09-2026 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Avon and Somerset Police today said a body had been recovered in Wales on Sunday morning with items of clothing matching those of an 18-year-old who went missing on September 17 in north Somerset
  
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• A body has been found after an 18-year-old went missing 10 days ago

  27-09-2026 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Avon and Somerset Police today said a body had been recovered in Wales on Sunday morning with items of clothing matching those of an 18-year-old who went missing on September 17 in north Somerset
  
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• KEVIN MAGUIRE: Andy Burnham’s flying high — but can Labour’s new Superman save Britain?

  27-09-2026 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  OPINION: Mirror man Kevin Maguire says Andy Burnham’s popularity is soaring, giving Labour fresh hope — but turning that golden opportunity into lasting success depends on fixing Britain’s economy
  
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• Boost for Prince Harry as Amazon is 'set to sponsor Duke's Invictus Games in big-money deal'

  27-09-2026 22:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Jeff Bezos's company is understood to have agreed to sponsorship terms over the event - meaning Meghan is more likely to make an appearance.
  
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• Erling Haaland tipped for stunning transfer after Manchester City guilty verdict

  27-09-2026 22:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manchester City striker Erling Haaland (Picture: Getty)Erling Haaland has been tipped for a sensational transfer move after Manchester City were found guilty of breaching well over 100 Premier League financial rules.Man City, the dominant force in English football over the last decade, were found guilty of 114 of 115 charges by an independent panel.The charges relate to a nine-year period during which City won three Premier League titles, dating from 2009 to 2018.The Premier League has not yet
  
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• Everything we know about RAF Fairford foiled ‘bomb attack on US base’

  27-09-2026 22:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  A police officer blocks a road near the RAF Fairford airbasE (Picture: Reuters)A 999 phone call about three odd-looking vans travelling to RAF Fairford ended today with five men arrested on suspicion of a bomb plot.Three ‘suspicious vehicles’ were seen travelling towards the base about four miles south of Fairford, Gloucestershire, at 12.45am today.Just 45 minutes later, five men were arrested. Within hours, dozens of homes were evacuated.
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• Thea’s revenge against Emmerdale’s Kim takes two major twists

  27-09-2026 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The two women have a moving chat (Picture: ITV)DS Thea Ramsden (Chelsea Edge) is traipsing around Emmerdale with the huge secret that she is Kim Tate’s (Claire King) daughter, and she’s out for cold hard revenge for the life Kim thrust upon her by putting her up for adoption.A flashback revealed the dark truth – a hospital scene where young Kim decided she wouldn’t be raising baby Anthea.Though we know little about Thea’s childhood, it’s safe to say it was pr
  
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• ‘Lots of fun’ ahead for Emmerdale’s Vanessa as surprising new friendship group forms

  27-09-2026 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageIt hasn’t been the smoothest of sailing for Vanessa Woodfield in Emmerdale this year, but actress Michelle Hardwick has promised fun scenes ahead.Vanessa was left horrified this summer when she learnt that her ex-girlfriend Dr Caitlin Todd had sexually assaulted Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins). After Charity reported her assault to the police, DS Reid que
  
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• Urgent warning issued for Americans in the UK after attempted 'terrorist attack' as citizens are told to 'exercise caution'

  27-09-2026 21:59 via dailymail.com
  
  The US government has issued a warning for Americans to 'exercise caution' in the UK after an attempted 'terrorist act' near an air force base.
  
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• Andy Burnham urged to introduce universal free school meals and end scourge of hunger

  27-09-2026 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A year-long Right to Food Commission - led by the Labour MP Ian Byrne - warns food insecurity 'is a national crisis that needs an immediate emergency response'
  
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• Nato countries preparing to evacuate in case of Russian attack

  27-09-2026 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Poland and Lithuania have been working on a framework for plans including evacuations in the event of an invasion by Russian forces
  
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• Trans teen who unleashed dozens of bullets on mom and her MUCH younger boyfriend, 22, strikes plea deal for chilling murders

  27-09-2026 21:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Trans teen Julia Egler, 18, learned her fate on Friday after pleading guilty to murder in the horror shooting of Kelly McCollom, 38, and her boyfriend Matthew Szejnrok, 22.
  
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• Oasis issue warning to fans after 2027 tour sells out in ‘shambles’ sale

  27-09-2026 21:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Gallagher brothers will play 42 shows in stadiums across the world in 2027 (Picture: Laura Antonelli/AGF/Shutterstock)Oasis has issued a reminder for fans to be ‘vigilant’ following ticket sales for their 2027 tour, with all shows officially sold out.Over the weekend, fans who registered ahead of the sales and received a unique, non-transferable code were assigned one of nine on-sale windows to manage traffic and reduce waiting times.It’s fair to say the process was anythi
  
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• RAF Fairford: Everything you need to know about US-UK military base after 'terror plot' arrests

  27-09-2026 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The military base is the centrepiece of US-UK military cooperation, and has seen use over multiple conflicts since it was established to aid D-Day planning and deployment in 1944
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2026 - live: Emma Willis speaks out for first time after chaotic live show

  27-09-2026 21:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Strictly has returned but with a sparkly makeover. While the glamour and glitter remained the reaction to the new style has been a mix of standing ovations and sour faces, just like Craig's when he raises a 'two' paddle
  
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• UK weather: Brits face flood warnings as coastal gales and downpours loom — see full list

  27-09-2026 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office forecasts "coastal gales and heavy, blustery rain" in the coming days, especially for regions in the west, and so authorities have told Brits to prepare for floods
  
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• Ireland squad refuse to shake hands with Israel players and snub national anthem

  27-09-2026 21:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Republic of Ireland team bow their heads during the Israeli national anthem (Picture: Getty)The Republic of Ireland squad refused to shake hands with Israel’s players before Sunday’s controversial UEFA Nations League game in Hungary.
  In Debrecen. Every Irish player bowing their head for the Israeli national anthem. pic.twitter.com/4Zd8Q7z4YC— Simon Hughes (@Simon_Hughes__) September 27, 2026
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• Fury as town's historic castle is draped in giant rainbow flag during Pride festival celebrations

  27-09-2026 21:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Totnes locals awoke on Saturday to discover the iconic structure had been adorned in a 150m (492ft) flag as part of a four-day event.
  
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• New York City woman is found stabbed to death with head trauma in Central Park during powerful nor'easter storm

  27-09-2026 21:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Officials said the victim was in her 60s and was found near East Drive and East 74th Street at about 9.43am on Sunday.
  
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• Debbie’s decline intensifies in Coronation Street and hearts will shatter

  27-09-2026 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  We’re not crying, you’re crying (Picture: ITV)Please don’t say it’s the end of Debbie Webster’s (Sue Devaney) story in Coronation Street. We’re not ready.The beautifully tragic genius of Debbie’s vascular dementia storyline is that it could run for a long time.Debbie was diagnosed with the life-changing illness last year. On average, a person lives about 3 to 5 years after a vascular dementia diagnosis, though some people can live up to ten years with t
  
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• Ireland players snub Israel handshakes and take action during national anthem before match

  27-09-2026 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Republic of Ireland faced Israel in the Nations League on Sunday evening, making a number of demonstrations ahead of kick-off due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza
  
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• STEPHEN DAISLEY: John Swinney may have all the emotional range of a satnav, but don't be fooled... he's still 
a snake oil salesman

  27-09-2026 20:53 via dailymail.com
  
  John Swinney needed a distraction. By his own admission, the First Minister knew several months ago that the next drugs deaths statistics would show a significant increase in fatalities.
  
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• Glasgow 'graffiti' from 1902 found at the top of one of the pyramids of Giza

  27-09-2026 20:47 via dailymail.com
  
  It is one of the most photographed tourist destinations in the world as people look for a permanent reminder of their visit.
  
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• Island party palace is sold... and could now be transformed into a luxury hotel

  27-09-2026 20:44 via dailymail.com
  
  It was once the scene of lavish society parties that often included royalty among the guests when it was owned by a rich industrialist.
  
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• Former American senator told to 'cover up' T-shirt during Holyrood tour after flag design seen as 'political'

  27-09-2026 20:40 via dailymail.com
  
  A former American senator claims he was told to cover up his T-shirt during a tour of the Scottish parliament after its design was seen as a 'political statement'.
  
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• For years, Joanne Sheen and her friends had the kind of 'mum gang' you yearn for after watching Motherland. Then one day the mother-of-three mysteriously disappeared. Now, after her remains were revealed by a wildfire, her best friend breaks her silence

  27-09-2026 20:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The friendships forged as women navigate parenthood can last lifetimes. As Rachel Roussel remembers her particular circle of young mums, TV's Motherland springs to mind.
  
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• 'America First' influencer reveals shocking abuse she received from Nick Fuentes supporters after vile neo-Nazi turned on her

  27-09-2026 20:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Amy Dangerfield, 30, detailed how she was harassed by Nick Fuentes' groypers after she was accused of trying to undermine the white supremist.
  
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• Mum of man who fell to his death at Pete Doherty party calls on police to get to the truth

  27-09-2026 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mark Blanco, 30, died during a drug-fuelled gathering with the Babyshambles star Pete Doherty in December 2006 and the case has never been resolved despite his mum Sheila's relentless fight for justice
  
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• Two British women ‘trying to rescue dogs’ killed in Romania crash

  27-09-2026 20:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rachael Harvey-Purkiss (pictured) and Allison Condon were ‘rare diamonds’Two women on a mission to rescue 10 dogs died after a minibus, two trucks and a van collided in Romania.Allison Condon, 61, and Rachael Harvey-Purkiss, 41, were in a minibus driving along the DN6, near the village of Vălișoara, Thursday morning.The vehicle went on the wrong side of the road and crashed head-on into a lorry, injuring the 60-year-old driver, according to Romanian news outlet Informat.ro
  
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• Andy Burnham's right-hand woman Louise Haigh says donations cap 'under consideration' in wake of Reform UK's £72m windfall

  27-09-2026 20:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Louise Haigh, who is First Secretary of State, said the Government would consider amendments to proposed laws that are currently passing through Parliament.
  
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• Socialite ousted from her Hamptons mansion after sensational divorce from billionaire art mogul airs ALL her dirtiest laundry... as she vows to never show her face in NYC again after humiliating public spat

  27-09-2026 20:01 via dailymail.com
  
  The sprawling six-bedroom Bridgehampton estate, tucked away at the end of a long driveway on about seven acres surrounded by woods, had been hers since her divorce settlement.
  
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