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• 500 school headteachers write open letter to Theresa May warning education system will collapse under £3bn cuts plan

  27-04-2017 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tory cuts have "put the stability of the whole ­education system at risk,” according to one union boss, while some heads have resorted to begging parents for cash
  
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• Pig kidney transplant let man live without needing dialysis for nine months in world-first

  04-09-2026 00:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tim Andrews, 67, received his transplanted kidney from an unusual organ donor - a Yucatan miniature pig - and it kept him off dialysis for nine months
  
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• Patients could be at risk if their GP uses AI to listen to appointments and write medical notes, study suggests

  04-09-2026 00:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Around four in ten GPs now use AI scribes, which convert speech to text and generate summaries of consultations.
  
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• Shabana Mahmood urged to block controversial right-to-die campaigner dubbed 'Dr Death' from visiting Britain to promote new 'suicide collar' ahead of assisted dying vote

  04-09-2026 00:26 via dailymail.com
  
  MPs and campaigners have called on the Home Secretary to prevent Dr Philip Nitschke from coming to the UK to demonstrate his Kairos suicide collar at an event in London.
  
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• Missing in action! Army is ordered to suspend training exercises to help save £30million as '600 troops stood down' amid pressure on PM to increase defence spending

  04-09-2026 00:26 via dailymail.com
  
  A memo sent to commanders said there would be no further large-scale training involving troops of 90 or more in this financial year.
  
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• Glamorous titan of feminism who went undercover as a Bunny girl to expose the sexploitation of the Playboy empire

  04-09-2026 00:23 via dailymail.com
  
  FARRAH STORR: Long before I became a magazine editor, I read Gloria Steinem's article A Bunny's Tale.
  
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• One dead after Tesla strikes pedestrians in car park as four suffer injuries

  04-09-2026 00:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A car has crashed into pedestrians in a grocery store car park leaving one dead and four hospitalised
  
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• Brits warned to stock up on days of supplies as UN issues 'supersize' El Nino warning

  04-09-2026 00:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle warned Brits needed to be better prepared in the face of environmental emergencies that could hit with the 'largest' El Nino
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat farm raided by sheep rustlers

  04-09-2026 00:02 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 PageJeremy Clarkson says he is ‘p***ed’ off after a flock of sheep were fleeced from his farm.11 of his Easycare sheep were snatched in the night from his Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire.The former Top Gear presenter
  Speaking to The Sun, he gave the farm thieves a warning: ‘Put them back.‘It’s a farm. We’re armed. Just so the
  
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• Pregnant Ukrainian soldier who met her husband fighting in Russia's full-scale invasion becomes a widow at 21 after he was killed in action

  04-09-2026 00:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Junior sergeant, Danyil Smyrnov, was one of four soldiers killed on the Sumy front in northeastern Ukraine on August 28.
  
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• 'Nigel Farage's Reform UK conference descended into hypocrisy before it even started'

  04-09-2026 00:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "The conference - the party's biggest yet, presumably booked in before they started slipping dramatically in the polls - doesn't even kick off properly until Friday"
  
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• Attempted murder arrest after two crashes on M5 motorway near Bristol

  03-09-2026 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder following two collisions at the meeting point of the M4 and M5 motorways near Bristol
  
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• Met Office forecasts temperatures to drop within days across 57 areas of UK - full list

  03-09-2026 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are set to be below the average for this time of year across much of the UK next week
  
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• Tragic Jo Cox MP's widower says late wife would be 'humbled' by Elizabeth Emblem honour

  03-09-2026 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Jo Cox MP's widower is among 67 families set to receive the Elizabeth Emblem on behalf of their loved ones, who died while serving the public
  
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• Man allegedly bashed to death during horror late-night altercation in Sydney

  03-09-2026 23:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Emergency services were called to a unit block in Lister Avenue, Ermington at about 1.15am on Friday following reports of an assault.
  
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• Trump makes last-gasp Supreme Court bid to rewrite mail-in ballot rules as states warn of pure havoc

  03-09-2026 23:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The eleventh-hour bid comes as Trump has sought to assert more federal control over voting, including tasking USPS with additional oversight of the mail-in voting process.
  
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• Teen killed in Iceland car crash was 'full of joy' in final phone call to mum

  03-09-2026 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hannah Jane Large, 18, from Wicklow in Ireland, died in a collision in Iceland's capital, Reykjavík, which also saw a 21-year-old man and 16-year-old girl killed
  
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• Trump says the Iran War ‘saved the UK’ from nuclear attack

  03-09-2026 23:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  The President spoke to GB News today (Picture: PA)Donald Trump said he has saved the UK from nuclear attack by waging war against Iran as he again hit out at Britain for not ‘helping’ in the war.Speaking to GB News amid the ongoing military stand-off between Washington and Tehran in the Middle East over the Strait of Hormuz, he said he ‘saved the UK from a threat’.The vital sea route for oil and gas was open to shipping before the US and Israeli offensive against Iran, w
  
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• Midwest bishop who became televangelist now just one step away from SAINTHOOD... as local woman details 'miracle' she says he performed

  03-09-2026 23:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Bonnie and Andrew Engstrom prayed to Archbishop Fulton Sheen to heal their son after he showed no signs of life when medical professionals tried to revive him in 2010.
  
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• Man murdered woman and then dumped her in a canal with the help of his daughter - who weighed body down with paving slabs

  03-09-2026 23:12 via dailymail.com
  
  John Anslow (pictured) and Hayley-Marie Ferguson used paving slabs to weigh down Chereiss Bailey's body before she was 'disposed' in the canal in September last year.
  
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• FIFA accuse UEFA of launching 'smear campaign' against Gianni Infantino

  03-09-2026 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  FIFA and UEFA's bitter public spat has taken another turn with the latter accused of launching a 'smear campaign' against Gianni Infantino following his plot to sell World Cup shares
  
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• Donald Trump claims he 'saved the UK from a nuclear attack' by waging a war on Iran

  03-09-2026 23:03 via dailymail.com
  
  The US President also described the UK as reaching 'tipping point' and made a fresh attack on London, saying that immigration had created 'no go' zones in the city.
  
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• Jodie’s spiteful revenge in Coronation Street targets children – again

  03-09-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Scary Poppins strikes again (Picture: ITV)One of the most hilarious parts of Coronation Street villain Jodie Ramsey’s (Olivia Frances-Brown) back story is she used to be a nanny.
  For one, the fact that she assaulted Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) would likely raise some eyebrows during any DBS check, even though she managed to avoid prison and get community service instead.Then of course there’s the whole matter of hiding a gun in the same house as her teenage niece Lily Plat
  
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• Attack of the drones! Council turns to Star Wars-style laser tech to stop gulls

  03-09-2026 22:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Drones and lasers defending people from attack from the skies may sound like a scene from a Star Wars movie.
  
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• STEPHEN DAISLEY: He might be a terrible politician but at least Malcolm Offord picked up on the issue voters actually WANT to hear about

  03-09-2026 22:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Malcolm Offord is a terrible politician. Absolutely honking. He speaks in run-on sentences instead of sound bites.
  
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• Joanna Lumley joins vigil for Nepal flood victims and says catastrophe could have been predicted

  03-09-2026 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A candlelit vigil for the devastating flash floods in Nepal was joined by iconic actress Dame Joanna Lumley, who said the disaster 'broke her heart'
  
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• Oregon mom sues family-run pumpkin patch for $2.2M after she slipped down muddy track during fall foliage season

  03-09-2026 22:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Paige Jean Smith alleged that she was extensively injured after the fall, accusing Red Berry Barn of negligently setting up a zip line structure during its annual Harvest Festival.
  
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• Mum killed after teen driver in police chase smashes into her

  03-09-2026 22:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Karen Joseph died from her injuries days after the crash on Warwick Road (Picture: PA)A woman who was critically injured in a crash during a police pursuit in Stratford-upon-Avon has died.Karen Joseph, 62, was severely injured after a black Audi A3 car driven by Roman Kalas, 19, crashed into her on Warwick Road on August 24.Officers followed Mr Kalas’s car for around six minutes, but the vehicle failed to stop and made off in the direction of the A46, Warwickshire Police said.Kalas then t
  
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• Pictured: Father-of-two, 55, who was killed when his van was hit by a train in Lancashire

  03-09-2026 22:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Simon Gettings, 55, was driving a delivery van over a manual crossing in Burscough, West Lancashire, on Saturday afternoon when the vehicle was struck by a Northern train.
  
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• Disabled New Mexico widower mauled to death by a bear in his own home

  03-09-2026 22:32 via dailymail.com
  
  A disabled man in New Mexico was mauled to death by a bear that broke into his house while his stepson was out running an errand.
  
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