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• Air passengers panic after power bank explodes in overhead locker at 35,000ft

  11-10-2026 17:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Passengers tried to put out the flamesA plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger’s power bank caught fire 35,000ft in the air over India.The Delhi to Chennai flight operated by India’s top carrier, IndiGo, was abruptly diverted to Hyderabad this afternoon.Passengers noticed smoke spewing from the overhead bins around halfway into the two-and-a-half-hour flight.Footage shared on social media shows the compartment interior ablaze as passengers move their bags aw
  
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• Iran’s IRGC ‘almost certainly’ directed RAF Fairford incident, Burnham says

  12-10-2026 17:06 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 PageAndy Burnham has said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was ‘almost certainly’ behind the incident at RAF Fairford last month.In a statement given to the House of Commons on its first day back after a four-week recess, the prime minister provided a brief update on the investigation.He said: ‘Since UNGA (the United Nation
  
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• Ratatan review – the unofficial return of Patapon

  12-10-2026 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ratatan – Patapon to a different tune (Game Source Entertainment)Sony might not be making a new Patapon game, but the original creator has decided to create one himself, with an entertainingly odd new spiritual sequel.By this point every platform owner in video games has had a crack at handheld gaming. Valve has the Steam Deck, while Microsoft has the ungainly sounding ROG Xbox Ally, and Nintendo now only makes handheld consoles (or hybrids to be precise). However, it’s Sony’s
  
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• Armed man barricades himself on bus after ‘shooting two women in the head in burning building’

  12-10-2026 16:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  A SEPTA bus has been surrounded by police after a double shooting (Picture: Getty)A double murder suspect has barricaded himself on a bus and is surrounded by police.Detectives said the man on the bus is armed but there were no other passengers onboard the SEPTA bus.The bus siege came after two women were found with fatal gunshot wounds inside a burning home in Philadelphia.Firefighters rushed to a house fire in Williams Avenue in East Mount Airy at about 3.45am on Monday.At the same time param
  
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• Yorkshire tiger attack - latest: Health and safety probe starts after death of man at wildlife park

  12-10-2026 16:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Witnesses to the horror incident at Yorkshire Wildlife Park said the man who was mauled to death at the attraction's tiger enclosure appeared to 'bow down' to the animal
  
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• TfL rolls out virtual reality at Tube stations in bid to tackle hate crime

  12-10-2026 16:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  The sessions will be run at eight Underground and Overground stations (Picture: Getty Images)Transport for London has taken a very modern approach to tackling hate crime on its network this week.The public transport body will host virtual reality demonstrations at eight Underground and Overground stations to show participants what it is like to witness these kinds of incidents.The sessions – at Stratford, Liverpool Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Victoria, Euston, Golders Green, Stamford Hill
  
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• Andy Burnham statement watch live - PM delivers Brexit warning as EU-UK summit announced

  12-10-2026 16:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham has updated MPs today as the Commons returns after a month-long conference recess. Follow all the latest updates below
  
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• Celebrity Traitors star James Blunt ‘told off by show bosses for breaking BBC rule’

  12-10-2026 16:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  James Blunt may have stepped on some toes over at the BBC with a promotional post (Picture: BBC)James Blunt has landed himself in hot water with BBC bosses after using a promotional image from The Celebrity Traitors to advertise a designer suit.The You’re Beautiful singer, 52, was instructed to delete a social media post promoting a £1,695 outfit he wore on the hit reality show.Blunt, who is competing as a Faithful in the second series of the Claudia Winkleman-fronted competition, s
  
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• Footballer, 17, who died with two other teens after car ploughed through barrier and plunged into River Wear drowned, inquest told

  12-10-2026 16:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Jackson Duke, 17, died along with Luke Etheridge and Zara Shaw, both aged 16, when an Audi A3 plunged into the river in Sunderland city centre on September 29.
  
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• Boris Johnson suggests Burnham is LYING about Russian interference in EU referendum - as No10 desperately backtracks on PM's claim

  12-10-2026 16:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Andy Burnham declared in a podcast that he had been told 'clearly' on arriving in No10 that Vladimir Putin had meddled in the 2016 vote.
  
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• Hundreds of child marriages revealed in Germany - with girls as young as 11 married to Iraqis, Syrians and Pakistanis

  12-10-2026 16:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Hundreds of child marriages have been revealed in Germany, as new data indicates that girls as young as 11 are being married off to adult men. (File image of a child marriage in Afghanistan)
  
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• Mum turns to ChatGPT after doctors miss baby's one-in-100 million condition

  12-10-2026 16:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rosie Griffiths turned to ChatGPT after becoming convinced her baby daughter's heart, bladder and eye problems were connected - and within minutes it suggested an incredibly rare genetic disorder
  
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• Merseyside Police officer suffers serious facial injury during arrest after Liverpool v Manchester City

  12-10-2026 16:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A police officer is recovering at home after being taken to hospital with a serious facial injury sustained during an arrest following Liverpool's match against Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday
  
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• Outrage as Reform's Robert Jenrick says navy should be allowed to use 'lethal force' in Channel

  12-10-2026 16:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reform MP Robert Jenrick said that if Nigel Farage becomes PM, marines will be able to use 'lethal force' to stop small boats - a statement branded 'horrific' by Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child
  
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• Carol Vorderman tells of being 'really poorly' after painful diagnosis

  12-10-2026 16:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pride of Britain host Carol Vorderman says her recent health crisis has given her a new perspective, forcing her to focus on what truly matters.
  
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• Fury after viral video of James Talarico turned out to be manipulated by pro- Trump activist

  12-10-2026 16:27 via dailymail.com
  
  A viral recording that threatened to upend the Texas Senate race has been thrown into doubt after an Ohio mental health facility denied ever treating Democratic candidate James Talarico.
  
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• Towie star Jordan Wright left £10,760 and had no will when he was found dead in drainage ditch in Thailand

  12-10-2026 16:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Wright, 33, ex-boyfriend of fellow reality TV star Vicky Pattison, was found dead on the party isle of Phuket, Thailand seven months ago.
  
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• AI minister warns it's 'likely, if not inevitable' UK cyber defences will be breached

  12-10-2026 16:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Minister for Artificial intelligence Kanishka Narayan has warned that it is 'likely, if not inevitable' Britain's cyber defences will be breached
  
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• Paul Pogba makes feelings clear on Man Utd’s beleaguered Michael Carrick

  12-10-2026 16:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michael Carrick is under pressure at Manchester United (Picture: Action Images via Reuters)Paul Pogba has urged the Manchester United hierarchy to give Michael Carrick time as manager, backing his former teammate to be ‘fine’ despite a poor start to the season.In an extremely underwhelming start to the campaign, the Red Devils have won just one of their first six Premier League matches and have been dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Brighton.Their only league victory came over Ipswic
  
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• Pupil, 14, blasts headmaster and teacher with shotgun 'after he was dumped by his girlfriend'

  12-10-2026 16:04 via dailymail.com
  
  A 14-year-old boy allegedly shot his headmaster and a teacher in a shotgun rampage in southern France on Monday.
  
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• Andy Burnham statement live - PM to warn failing to reach closer Brexit deal 'dereliction of duty'

  12-10-2026 16:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham is expected to update MPs today as the Commons returns after a month-long conference recess. Follow all the latest updates below
  
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• Yorkshire tiger attack - latest: Onlookers 'froze' as man shouted 'stop, stop' before being killed by animal

  12-10-2026 16:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Witnesses to the horror incident at Yorkshire Wildlife Park said the man who was mauled to death at the attraction's tiger enclosure appeared to 'bow down' to the animal
  
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• Nato chief warns Putin: ‘We’re ready to fight’

  12-10-2026 15:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  ‘We will, in short, ensure any attack against any ally proves utterly futile,’ declared Alexus Grynkewich (Picture: Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty Images)Nato’s top commander has issued a blunt warning to Russia, declaring, ‘We’d be ready to fight tonight.’Speaking after Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a security conference in Warsaw, US Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich asserted that he doesn’t believe conflict is ‘imminent or inevitable’.Still, ou
  
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• The publicity-shy wife standing by Russell Brand's side: Laura Gallacher steps into the spotlight as she joins him at court for his rape trial - after couple asked fans to 'pray' for them

  12-10-2026 15:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Russell Brand, 51, arrived at and left Southwark Crown Court holding hands with Laura, 39, today as jury selection began on Monday. They did not respond to questions.
  
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• Shocking moment a daredevil teen risks his life by dangling out of a moving bus along one of Sydney's busiest roads

  12-10-2026 15:54 via dailymail.com
  
  A teenage passenger was seen hanging out of a bus on Sydney's Northern Beaches on Sunday night.
  
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• Cancer blogger, 41, dies after sharing heartbreaking final video to 52,000 followers

  12-10-2026 15:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charlie Anderson-Read is survived by her wife, Louise, and four-year-old daughter, Florence, following her three-year battle with a rare and aggressive form of bile duct cancer
  
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• BBC TV Licence 'loophole' is 'most bizarre thing ever heard' - key details

  12-10-2026 15:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A former BBC worker says his mind has been 'blown' after discovering the unusual TV Licensing rule
  
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• Melbourne stripper's desperate bid to hide gold bullion spending spree after couple lost $750,000 retirement nest egg in cruel scam: The details that emerged as she sobbed outside court

  12-10-2026 15:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Nicola Harrington broke down after spotting the Daily Mail... As she sobbed outside court, her lawyers scrambled to stop key details becoming public. The judge wasn't having it. This is the full story.
  
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• Family offered 'measly' refund after finding faeces in swimming pool at hotel on £4K holiday

  12-10-2026 15:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Samantha Smithson, 34, and husband Dion Hart, 31, took their two children to Tunisia where they found their hotel left in filthy conditions
  
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• 'I work in zoo safety to stop tiger attacks - my warning to visitors across UK'

  12-10-2026 15:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After the tragic tiger attack in Yorkshire at the weekend, Mirror speaks to a safety expert on what measures are in place to protect zoo-goers, and what happens when these fail
  
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