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• Activist who ousted Tower Hamlets' corrupt mayor could replace him in by-election

  15-05-2015 23:02
  
  THE corrupt mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman could be replaced by a key figure who brought the successful court case against him.
  
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• Arsenal add Chelsea target to transfer shortlist after William Saliba injury

  28-07-2026 19:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (Picture: Getty)Arsenal have Como centre-back Jacobo Ramon on their list of defensive targets for the summer transfer window, according to reports.The Gunners were already keen to bolster their defensive options this summer, but those efforts have only increased after William Saliba injured his back at the World Cup.Saliba will not undergo surgery to fix his back problem, but Arsenal confirmed that the 25-year-old will be sidelined ‘for an extended period
  
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• Arsenal set Bruno Guimaraes transfer aim after ‘progress’ with £75m deal

  28-07-2026 19:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bruno Guimaraes wants to join Arsenal this summer (Shutterstock)Arsenal are hoping to reach an agreement with Newcastle United over a deal for Bruno Guimaraes by the end of the week, according to reports.Guimaraes has already agreed a deal to join Arsenal and has told Newcastle that he wants to join Mikel Arteta’s side this summer.However, Newcastle have grown frustrated over Arsenal’s lack of direct talks to discuss a deal for their captain.Arsenal’s openi
  
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• Millennials assemble: Myspace could be making a comeback

  28-07-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Myspace was the online equivalent of a teenager’s bedroom (Picture: Metro/Myles Goode)Myspace, once one of the world’s most popular websites, isn’t a name you hear that much these days.
  Founded in 2003, a year before Facebook, the platform boasted more than 10,000,000 users in the UK in its heyday before plummeting in relevance.Teenagers with rather angular fringes rammed their profiles with garish GIFs, sparkly bubble text, playlists and ranking their top eight frie
  
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• Woke Seattle teachers' union president 'more likely than not' physically abused special needs student, investigation finds - but neither superintendent nor union boss will condemn her

  28-07-2026 18:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Ibijoke Idowu, 36, 'more likely than not' physically grabbed a special education student at Rising Star Elementary School, an investigation has found.
  
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• South Sudanese asylum seeker jailed after turning up outside school with arsenal of weapons and petrol can, aiming to 'start a fire'

  28-07-2026 18:37 via dailymail.com
  
  A failed asylum seeker who sought 'attention' by going a school with an arsenal of weapons and a petrol can has today been jailed for two years.
  
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• Tragic family secret that haunts married elite NYC lawyer, 45, caught on camera passionately kissing underling, 29, in Central Park

  28-07-2026 18:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Nathaniel D Cullerton, the cheating Big Apple lawyer busted canoodling with a co-worker on a Central Park bench, was left reeling from a family tragedy, the Daily Mail has learned.
  
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• Handwritten notes of Dexter-obsessed serial killer who dismembered homeless men revealed

  28-07-2026 18:34 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 man obsessed with the TV show Dexter who became a serial killer after strangling his third victim in a prison cell has been found guilty.
  James Desborough, 40, murdered Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, before dismembering and hiding their bodies in Cornwall last year.The former builder is already serving a life sentence after he strangled his
  
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• Home Office may have used 'bogus' information obtained by 'AI hallucination' in asylum case, tribunal hears

  28-07-2026 18:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Bogus' information obtained by 'AI hallucination' may have been used by the Home Office in an asylum case, a tribunal judge has said.
  
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• 'What are you going to do, kill me?' - what mother of four said to estranged husband before he cut her throat with a craft knife, court hears

  28-07-2026 18:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Tania Williams, 49, was found by neighbours in a pool of blood outside her home. Her husband Raymond, 61, denies murdering her.
  
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• Seven-year-old boy 'in critical condition' after two die at West Mersea Beach tragedy

  28-07-2026 18:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sameeha Rahman, 15, her mother Shelina Rahman, 41, and seven-year-old Musa Ahmed were in the water along with three other family members when they got into difficulty
  
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• Love Island final LIVE: Winner Lorenzo responds to doubts about his relationship with Julia

  28-07-2026 18:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Yesterday's final of Love Island crowned Lorenzo and Julia as the 13th season's winners and he has now responded to fans' doubts about their relationship's strength
  
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• Real Madrid respond to Arsenal interest in Vinicius Junior

  28-07-2026 18:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid are not planning to sell Vinicius Junior this summer (Getty)Real Madrid have no intention of selling Vinicius Junior to Arsenal this summer, according to reports.Arsenal have made Vinicius Jr one of their top attacking targets for the summer transfer window and are actively exploring a deal for the Brazil international.The Premier League champions also believe a deal with Madrid can be struck as Vinicius Jr has just one year remaining on his contract, meaning that he could leave on
  
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• Chelsea told to re-sign £50m star as Marc Cucurella replacement

  28-07-2026 18:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chelsea are pursuing several targets in this summer’s transfer market (Picture: Getty)Former Chelsea star Shaun Wright-Phillips has encouraged the club to pursue a move for Lewis Hall, picking out the Newcastle defender as a ‘fantastic’ replacement for Marc Cucurella.Hall has established himself as one of the most highly sought-after left-backs in Premier League football since completing a £35million transfer from Chelsea to Newcastle – following an initial loan mo
  
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• Shocking photos reveal mum-of-one’s skin cancer ordeal

  28-07-2026 18:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lisa was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma (Picture: Kennedy News & Media)Growing up, Lisa Christian often felt self-conscious of her pale skin. Standing next to her olive-skinned sisters, the teenager would be embarrassed about her porcelain complexion in comparison.‘If we went to prom and everyone put their dresses on, they’d all look like Barbie dolls, and I’d look like a ghost,’ the mum-of-one remembers.Eventually, Lisa became convinced that a deep tan would
  
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• Moment drunk carer shouts 'I hope you die in your sleep, you f****** horrible cow' at 81-year-old dementia patient after downing bottle of vodka

  28-07-2026 18:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Louise Harris, 42, was jailed for three months after being branded 'heartless and cruel' as a court heard she also demanded to know where Elizabeth Shipton, 81, kept her money.
  
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• Inside King Charles’ search for new right-hand man to take Royal Family’s most demanding job

  28-07-2026 18:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  King Charles’ most senior aide, his principal private secretary is stepping down, with Buckingham Palace now facing the gruelling task of finding a successor
  
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• The Odyssey’s ‘ashamed’ translator is right – it’s not perfect

  28-07-2026 18:00 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 PageJust as our Epic hero Odysseus is divinely doomed to a treacherous voyage home, it was also inevitable that Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey would be subjected to an outpouring of backlash – for better or worse.Since it first landed on July 17, the Oscar-winning director’s blank cheque movie has faced the triumphs of back-to-back five-star revie
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day is exactly how to make a superhero movie in 2026

  28-07-2026 18:00 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 PageIf you can believe it, it’s been five years since the last Spider-Man movie (decades, in Marvel Cinematic Universe years), and Spider-Man: Brand New Day might seem superfluous after everyone had their memories wiped of his identity in No Way Home.How do you come back from that, and how do you make it worthwhile? And how do you meet fan expectations aft
  
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• Emotional moment groom shares wedding dance with woman who got his late mother's lungs in live-saving transplant

  28-07-2026 18:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Groom Matthew Firth who was unable to share the mother-son dance with his late mom, joined hands with Carrie Giddens, who received his mother's lungs in a life-saving transplant.
  
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• Sea views at British holiday resort are blocked by overgrown foliage after council officers swapped petrol strimmers for mountain goats amid green initiative

  28-07-2026 17:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Bournemouth's goats, which have their own landmark as a 'tourist attraction' on Google Maps, have been a regular sight on Bournemouth's East Cliff since a herd was introduced in 2019.
  
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• Gavin Newsom's former mistress says they first had sex after she wore white to friend's wedding and that she ripped every button on his shirt off during passionate hotel encounter

  28-07-2026 17:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Ruby Rippey Gibney, the staffer who had an affair with the governor of California in 2007, shared descriptive details of their relationship in a tell-all Vanity Fair piece.
  
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• Michael Sheen chose folk icons over Duran Duran during 1980s upbringing

  28-07-2026 17:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Good Omens star Michael Sheen hosts the Radio 2 Folk Show this week, discussing his deep love for the genre and sharing memories of folk bands performing in his kitchen.
  
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• One of 2027’s most anticipated films just dropped its very star-studded trailer

  28-07-2026 17:51 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 PageHow many talented, fan-favourite A-list names can you pack into one film? Well, the shiny new trailer for fantasy flick Children of Blood and Bone has the answer. The first full-length trailer for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s epic vision arrived today to much fanfare, with cheerleaders of Tomi Adeyemi’s bestselling book desperate to see how the s
  
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• One of 2027’s most anticipated films just dropped it’s very star-studded trailer

  28-07-2026 17:51 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 PageHow many talented, fan-favourite A-list names can you pack into one film? Well, the shiny new trailer for fantasy flick Children of Blood and Bone has the answer. The first full-length trailer for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s epic vision arrived today to much fanfare, with cheerleaders of Tomi Adeyemi’s bestselling book desperate to see how the s
  
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• Most dangerous places to live in 2026 mapped and ranked - is yours on the list?

  28-07-2026 17:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The latest Home Office crime figures show there has been a rise in some serious offending including stalking and harassment, robbery, drug crime and possession of weapons
  
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• Brother makes heartwrenching promise to look after mom dying of stage four brain cancer after preschool teacher sister, 22, is killed in car crash

  28-07-2026 17:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Korrina Lopez, 22, died in the hospital four days after a car crash that left a second person dead and a third person paralyzed. She was the primary caregiver of her mother who is dying of cancer.
  
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• Mums given wrong ashes by rogue funeral boss tell court of ‘living nightmare’

  28-07-2026 17:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jasmine Beverley gave birth to her son, Sunny Beverley-Conlin, but later discovered the ashes given to her following his death were not hisFour bereaved mums bravely confronted rogue funeral director Robert Bush in court today as he faces jail for giving them the wrong ashes for their unborn babies.Bush, 48, took money for cremations but did not do them, then handed families somebody else’s ashes to cover his tracks as he siphoned off cash.Hull Crown Court heard Jasmine Beverley’s s
  
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• Man admits taking ambulance from outside hospital with sick patient still inside

  28-07-2026 17:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Marshall Leese, 32, took the vehicle from outside the Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent shortly after 8pm on March 25.
  
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• Charles Bronson sparks jail stand-off over apple crumble

  28-07-2026 17:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  The stand-off was allegedly triggered by apple crumble being served to Bronson without any custard (Pictures: Shutterstock/Getty Images)Britain’s most notorious prisoner, the (in)famous Charles Bronson reportedly staged a protest at a maximum-security prison recently after being served apple crumble…without custard.The 73-year-old refused repeated orders to leave an exercise yard at HMP Wakefield last week.
  Officers in riot gear were eventually brought in to force him back to his c
  
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