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• Alan Shearer Premier League predictions including Fulham vs Man Utd

  18-09-2026 17:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  ShearerJames Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images)Alan Shearer is back with his latest round of Premier League predictions before the extended international break kicks in.The action gets underway tonight with Chelsea making the short trip up to Brentford.
  Arsenal’s perfect start to the season will be put to the test as they take on Brighton at the AMEX on Saturday afternoon with Manchester City at home to Sunderland the following day.Andoni Iraola takes Liverpool to former side Bournemout
  
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• Vinny’s fate sealed and major Jimmy twist as Emmerdale spoilers confirm what happens next

  24-09-2026 20:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  The shocks continue – with another big one tomorrow (Picture: ITV / Metro)Vinny Dingle’s (Bradley Johnson) future is looking bleak in Emmerdale after he was arrested and charged for causing the crash which led to the deaths of Jimmy King (Nick Miles) and Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley).The weight of his guilt was too much to handle and, on the day of Dawn’s funeral this week, he decided to come clean, telling grieving Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) and Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) that
  
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• Even John Swinney's own MSP questions why Scots cash is going to booming Rwanda

  24-09-2026 20:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Scotland should stop sending millions of taxpayers' money to Rwanda because it is enjoying high levels of growth, according to former SNP minister.
  
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• STEPHEN DAISLEY: The First Minister knows no shame, but political embarrassment he understands well

  24-09-2026 20:41 via dailymail.com
  
  On Tuesday, the Scottish parliament spent more than two and a half hours proposing, debating, amending and voting on a non-binding motion on independence.
  
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• JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: Gibson got on his high horse over Reform's stunt... this from a man whose party turned the practice into an art form

  24-09-2026 20:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Back in the year 2000, an irate Nationalist MSP made a highly performative exit from a Scottish parliamentary committee when things did not go his way.
  
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• Waste crisis could see councils taking the 'easier solution' and let rubbish pile up on the streets

  24-09-2026 20:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Rubbish could soon be piling up on Scotland's streets as the waste sector heads towards crisis.
  
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• Specsavers pair blew £35,000 of company cash on sport jollies... including £9,722 for 25 double rooms

  24-09-2026 20:28 via dailymail.com
  
  A pair of Specsavers opticians in Scotland who claimed more than £35,000 on expenses for sporting events have been suspended.
  
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• Boos and mass walkout for Netanyahu at UN as he rages at 'moral cowards'

  24-09-2026 20:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dozens of delegates at the UN General Assembly left the chamber as Benjamin Netanyahu took to the stage
  
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• Transgender nurse charged with horrific abuse of premature baby in his care that left infant with bruised tongue, cops say

  24-09-2026 20:23 via dailymail.com
  
  GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: The infant's mother found her daughter with fractures, broken bones and bruising on her hands, arms, thigh, buttocks, abdomen and tongue.
  
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• Boy, 15, arrested over ‘explosion’ at public toilets in North Devon town

  24-09-2026 20:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police investigating an 'explosion' within public toilets at Bideford Quay in North Devon believe it was caused deliberately 'using aerosols and some flammable materials'
  
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• Princess of Wales' praise to mum who cheated death and overcame alcohol addiction

  24-09-2026 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Mum-of-two Steph Sampson, who is six-and-a-half months sober, told the Mirror how she stopped breathing after suffering a seizure – now she helps as a peer mentor
  
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• Princess of Wales' praise to mum who cheated death and battled alcohol addiction

  24-09-2026 20:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Mum-of-two Steph Sampson, who is six-and-a-half months sober, told the Mirror how she stopped breathing after suffering a seizure – now she helps as a peer mentor
  
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• Delivery driver who killed five-year-old boy while taking a short cut through 'no entry sign' is jailed for six years

  24-09-2026 20:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Abdullah Ebrahim was struck down on a Leeds backstreet on July 7, 2022 by Colin Agyei, who had driven the wrong way in order to save time.
  
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• Major EastEnders exit reversed and Denise’s fate as spoilers reveal what happens next

  24-09-2026 20:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  A big comeback – as things take a turn (Picture: BBC / Metro)Emotions ran high in EastEnders as Mark Fowler Jr (Stephen Aaron-Sipple) and Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) decided to continue their affair in secret, behind the back of Peter Beale (Thomas Law).Mark was planning on departing Walford once and for all following his one night stand with Lauren, who found herself torn between the two men in her life.Unhappy in her marriage and encouraging Peter to be more spontaneous, the car
  
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• Is Vinny leaving Emmerdale? Latest twist explained as he faces jail

  24-09-2026 20:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Vinny faces an uncertain future (Picture: ITV)Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson) faces an uncertain future in Emmerdale after he was charged with causing the deaths of two village mainstays.
  The show favourite answered a video call from Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) while driving earlier this month, listening as she lamented about Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) dumping her for Dawn (Olivia Bromley).
  Vinny was on cloud nine after picking up an engagement ring ahead of a plan to propose to Lewis Barton
  
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• Efforts to prepare Brits for emergencies ramped up ahead of El Niño - see kit list

  24-09-2026 20:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Security Minister Dan Jarvis said he wants to ensure communities are resilient as he admitted there are likely to be 'a number of challenges' facing the country this winter
  
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• Tragedy as boy, 11, shot inside a Sydney home three days ago dies in hospital

  24-09-2026 20:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Superintendent Naomi Moore from the Hills District Police Area Command said it was 'far too early' to say what happened inside the apartment.
  
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• Is Eva leaving Coronation Street and does she die? Latest twist explained as she’s pushed

  24-09-2026 20:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eva Price was pushed down the stairs in tonight’s Coronation Street (Picture: ITV)Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley) took a tumble in Coronation Street tonight when she was pushed down the stairs by – spoiler alert – Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan).The fall looked to be quite serious, with Eva ending up unconscious on the cellar floor, while Sam watched on in horror.But is this the end for the Rovers’ landlady? Is actress Catherine Tyldesley set to bow out of the ITV soap?
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• You can now binge every episode of the ‘greatest period drama ever written’ on ITVX

  24-09-2026 19:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson in Poldark (Picture: BBC)ITV has acquired all five series of ‘one of the best’ period dramas of all-time just in time for the weekend.Poldark was an instant smash when it was released in 2015, starring Aidan Turner as Captain Ross, a soldier returning to Cornwall after the American Revolutionary War. It swiftly became a phenomenon, arguably thanks to Turner’s impressive torso which regularly went viral with plenty of shirtless scenes, as
  
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• Footage gives sneak glimpse into life at Buckingham Palace in the winter — as all staff get gifts

  24-09-2026 19:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Buckingham Palace has been at the heart of royal life for nearly 200 years, but much of what happens behind the famous gates remain a mystery - until now
  
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• All the places in London a proposed new Overground line could cover

  24-09-2026 19:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Coming to a west London postcode near you (Picture: TOLGA AKMEN/EPA/Shutterstock)London could soon be getting a new Overground train line – and you have a say in where it’ll go.The proposed new line would run between Hendon and Hounslow, two west London neighbours about 12 miles away from one another.
  Travelling between the two now is a roughly one-hour and 20-minute journey involving Tube and rail journeys, buses and walking.
  But Transport for London (TfL) wants to repurpose 11.5 m
  
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• Glamping site owner admits sabotaging two £400 bird scarers on neighbouring farmland after 'they disturbed guests with 130 decibel blasts'

  24-09-2026 19:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Nigel Marsh told a court on Tuesday that his glamping customers had been upset by the bird scarers set up on neighbouring land close to his camping site at Edgefield, Norfolk.
  
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• Man, 23, thought he'd been poisoned as he stabbed landlord 179 times in brutal killing

  24-09-2026 19:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Moses Fernandes, 23, stabbed 71-year-old landlord Terry McFadyen with a kitchen knife at his home in Norwich due to a delusional belief that he was being poisoned
  
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• Do we all need to stock up on doomsday essentials? Readers discuss

  24-09-2026 19:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Readers weigh in on if we need to start stocking up on food pronto (Picture: Getty Images)Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments Some contextThere was an appetite on Facebook for our story about the store-cupboard doomsday essentials we should be stocking up on if we want to follow government advice and be ready for a catastrophe (Metro, Thu). The list included cans of beans, pulses and fish, rice, oats and olive oil.‘Doesn’t
  
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• Trump scolded by Xi on 'winning and losing' as tensions simmer behind panda diplomacy at historic US summit

  24-09-2026 19:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump gave Xi Jinping a lavish White House welcome on Thursday with all the pageantry the Chinese dictator could have dreamed of.
  
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• James Talarico's lesbian minister questions whether Jesus ever existed and rejects Virgin Birth

  24-09-2026 19:21 via dailymail.com
  
  James Talarico's lesbian minister at his Texas church has cast doubt on some of Christianity's most fundamental beliefs, as far as whether Jesus ever existed
  
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• Trump Butler rally shooting victim James Copenhaver is dead at 76

  24-09-2026 19:16 via dailymail.com
  
  James 'Jim' Copenhaver, 76, died on Wednesday more than two years after surviving the terrifying rally that saw Trump shot in the ear on July 13, 2024.
  
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• Fury as Spain sends in riot police to evict disabled 87-year-old woman from her Madrid home of 71 years after investment firm hiked rent by 275%

  24-09-2026 19:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Maricarmen Abascal was carried from the building on a stretcher and taken away in an ambulance as demonstrators chanted: 'Maricarmen, you are not alone.'
  
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• Man used AI to undress images of children and was bailed to flat near playground

  24-09-2026 18:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Zafer Dogan, 32, used artificial intelligence to “nudify” pictures of women and girls after he photographed them without their knowledge while going about their daily business
  
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• Thousands of women are mistaking this common STI for period pain

  24-09-2026 18:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Stomach cramps aren’t always caused by your cycle (Picture: Getty Images)Period pain is something many women have learned to ignore, assuming it’s nothing more than a natural (albeit uncomfortable) process.But according to Dr Asiya Maula, GP at The Health Suite in Leicester, your menstrual cycle isn’t always the cause of cramps and mid-month spotting — it could, in fact, be the UKs most commonly-diagnosed STI.‘The frustrating thing about chlamydia is that it doesn&
  
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