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• Amazing slow-motion video shows condom exploding in midair creating mesmerising aerial whirlpool

  19-06-2015 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  YouTube's Slo Mo Guys find the best thing to do with a condom, an electric drill and a bottle of water
  
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• Ibiza hit by mini-tsunamis forcing holidaymakers to flee

  25-08-2026 12:30 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 ‘mini-tsunami’ has forced tourists in Ibiza to flee the beach after several waterfront restaurants became flooded.The Platja de s’Arenal beach in San Antonio was hit by the unusual phenomenon yesterday morning, as waves pushed inland.Footage shows water suddenly appearing underneath shocked holidaygoers’ feet as it carried away cool
  
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• Donald Trump hits out at Iran after threats to kill Barron Trump

  25-08-2026 12:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  The President took to Truth Social after the threat to Barron (Picture: Shutterstock/Metro)Donald Trump shared a raging Truth Social post after Iran threatened to kill Barron Trump on state television.Last month, a propaganda clip titled ‘How to Kill Melania Trump’ appeared to provide tips about the US First Lady’s whereabouts and designer stores she frequently visits.That video ended with an apparent threat towards the President’s youngest
  
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• Supernanny Jo Frost warns parents to stop telling their average kids they’re ‘special’

  25-08-2026 12:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  The TV personality had some stern words for parents (Picture: Getty Images North America)Supernanny host Jo Frost has given parents a stern warning that she says is ‘worth listening to’.In a recent Instagram post, the parenting expert says that while she knows ‘your child is special to you,’ parents need to ensure they are not ‘teaching them that they’re more special than anyone else’.She says children who are raised to believe this will
  
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• Get faster wifi at home using 'motorway rule' for improved speed

  25-08-2026 12:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Homeowners could be slowing down their devices if they don't follow the rule
  
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• Why are Emmerdale and Coronation Street not on tonight? When they’re back on TV confirmed

  25-08-2026 12:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Emmerdale and Coronation Street have been taken off air this evening (Picture: ITV)Emmerdale and Coronation Street have both been taken off air again this evening (Tuesday, August 25) in yet another ITV schedule shake up.The disruption comes amid some major storylines for both soaps, with Emmerdale currently in the middle of Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) and Dawn Taylor’s (Olivia Bromley) dramatic wedding week.Last night’s episode saw Caleb Miligan (William Ash) announce his revenge on Jo
  
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• Lego builds on its success as World Cup fuels record sales for toy giant

  25-08-2026 12:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The launch of more than 330 new products ensured another bumper six months for toy maker Lego
  
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• Man dies and woman critically injured after black Audi collides with white Ford Puma during police pursuit

  25-08-2026 12:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Officers were chasing a black Audi near Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire yesterday evening before it collided with a white Ford Puma.
  
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• Man dies and woman critical after police pursuit ends in car crash

  25-08-2026 12:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire Police had tried to stop the vehicle on Birmingham Road (Picture: Google Maps)A man has died, and a woman has been critically injured after a crash following a police pursuit near Stratford yesterday evening.Warwickshire Police said officers had tried to stop a vehicle on Birmingham Road yesterday around 5.30pm.They added: ‘The driver of the car – a black Audi – failed to stop and made off in the direction of the A46 before travelling back towards Stratford on the
  
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• Weather presenter begs for broadcast to stop after breaking down in hysterics

  25-08-2026 12:01 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 PageWe all remember a time when we got the giggles in a truly inappropriate setting… now imagine if that was live on TV.That’s what happened to a weather reporter from Vermont who absolutely lost it while presenting and hilariously couldn’t pull himself together.Patrick Osborn was reporting on the showers and storms in and around Maine for WAB
  
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• Police send Mohamed Al Fayed case file on suspect in his 80s to prosecutors

  25-08-2026 12:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Metropolitan Police detectives confirmed in an email to Al Fayed survivor groups that investigators had sent a 'full evidential file' to the Crown Prosecution Service
  
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• How to watch all Carabao Cup second round games on TV and live stream

  25-08-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The second round of the Carabao Cup is taking place this week (Picture: James Gill, Danehouse/Getty Images)After the Premier League returned with a bang this weekend, it’s time for even more football action this week with the Carabao Cup second round.
  It being the second round means that the bigger Premier League clubs are now entering the fray and starting their potential road to silverware.
  This round will see 11 sides from the Prem join the competition – the 11 without European f
  
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• Every UK Home Bargains store to close for three days

  25-08-2026 11:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Home Bargains has confirmed that all of its more than 600 UK stores will close for three days
  
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• Dr Amir Khan shares 'eggshell' message following Salmonella UK outbreak

  25-08-2026 11:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The NHS GP has issued information for people eating, cooking and buying eggs
  
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• Young British soldier dies while on holiday in 'sudden and tragic' circumstances in Bali as loved-ones describe 'family's worst nightmare'

  25-08-2026 11:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Finlay Perkins, who is understood to be from Milton Keynes, passed away during a trip to the Indonesian island. His cause of death has not been disclosed.
  
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• Boy, 5, who fell to death from 15th-floor window ‘believed he could fly’

  25-08-2026 11:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jacobs House tower block where five-year-old Aalim Ahmed fell to his death from the 15th-floor (Picture: Getty Images)A five-year-old boy who fell to his death from a ‘faulty’ 15th-floor kitchen window ‘believed he could fly’ when he jumped out, an inquest heard.Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from the top-floor flat in Plaistow, east London on May 16, 2024.His distraught father Makail Ahmed rushed downstairs and found his body shortly before 6am.Aalim’s mo
  
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• NHS worker mother of first Briton to die fighting for Putin in Ukraine reveals he told her he was going to Romania - and how his family are now being made to suffer by the Kremlin

  25-08-2026 11:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Yorkshireman Bradley Townsend, 33, died in combat after leaving his hometown of Barnsley to enlist in Putin's war.
  
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• Council criticised over 51 'patchwork' pothole repairs along ONE road

  25-08-2026 11:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Aberdeen Avenue in Cambridge has been ridiculed for the hodgepodge repairs where individual crevices were filled at the junction with Brooklands Avenue.
  
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• Stratford crash: Man dead and woman fighting for her life as police chase Audi

  25-08-2026 11:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The deadly crash took place yesterday afternoon as officers tried stopping a black Audi on Birmingham Road in Stratford-upon-Avon
  
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• Bruce Willis’ daughter admits ‘some days are just so hard’ in heartbreaking update

  25-08-2026 11:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rumer Willis has given an update on her dad, action star Bruce Willis, who is living with dementia (Picture: Action Press/Shutterstock/Metro)Rumer Willis has shared that she ‘really misses’ her Hollywood star dad Bruce Willis in an update on his condition, following his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in 2023.The actress and influencer, 38, posted an Instagram video on Monday discussing the risk she has of developing Alzheimer’s disease.‘I really miss my dad. I miss a
  
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• The Brit who created the best and worst Pokémon is now overseeing all of them

  25-08-2026 11:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  A world with sentient ice cream that are over three feet tall and can freeze things in an instant sounds terrifying (Game Freak/Metro)Graphic designer James Turner left the Pokémon series in 2022, but he’s been brought back to serve as its new creative director of art and design.With Pokémon Winds and Waves not due until next year, it’s unclear if Game Freak and The Pokémon Company have already finished designing every new pokémon that will be added.If th
  
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• Parents will be paid £40,000 per child to encourage families in Singapore

  25-08-2026 11:47 via dailymail.com
  
  The city state's prime minister announced on Sunday that every Singaporean newborn would automatically receive almost S$70,000 (£40,000) from birth to 17 years old.
  
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• Met Office names 70 areas facing 2cm hailstones in second warning this week

  25-08-2026 11:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has issued another yellow weather warning for thunderstorms, with millions at risk from lightning strikes, hail, flooding and strong winds on Thursday
  
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• ‘Brilliant’ woman, 23, found dead in Islington named and pictured for first time

  25-08-2026 11:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Clara Bale was found dead on August 6 after concerns were raised for her welfare (Picture: Met Police)A ‘brilliant’ 23-year-old woman who was killed inside a home in Islington, north London, has been named and pictured for the first time.
  Clara Bale was found dead on August 6 after concerns were raised for her welfare.
  Six people have been arrested on suspicion of murder. This includes four women, aged 20, 21, 23 and 26, and two men, aged 21 and 24.Clara’s family said: ‘
  
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• Man, 21, fights for life and others injured after west London knife attack

  25-08-2026 11:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  The incident took place at Yeading Lane estate in Northolt (Picture: John Dunne)A 21-year-old man is fighting for his life after a knife attack in west London. Police were called to the Yeading Lane estate in Northolt just before 7.30pm on Monday. Four men were injured with two still in hospital. The victim, 21, is on the critical list. A police officer also sustained minor injuries while making arrests. Residents saw a police helicopter overhead on the estate. One said: &ls
  
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• Council plays whack-a-mole with 51 potholes rather than resurface the lot

  25-08-2026 11:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  There are a total of 51 patches of tarmac at the junction of Aberdeen and Brookland Avenues (Picture: SWSN)At the end of Aberdeen Avenue in Cambridge, there is a patchwork quilt made of tarmac.But there’s nothing comfortable about it – you certainly can’t use it as a blanket and riding it on a bike without suspension can be a little bumpy.That’s because this patchwork is a hodgepodge of repairs that the local council has repaired as they appeared. In other words, the cou
  
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• 'Stand your ground': Italian PM Giorgia Meloni warns Kemi Badenoch against doing a deal with Reform as they meet for coffee in Rome

  25-08-2026 11:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The Tory leader met with Ms Meloni for an hour-long coffee in Rome on Monday morning as they discussed the various challenges facing Britain and Italy.
  
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• Prince William 'felt utterly abandoned' by Prince Harry before UK return, expert claims

  25-08-2026 11:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While Prince Harry will be able to resume his relationships with most of the Royal Family, repairing the rift with his older brother may be a tougher challenge, says Andrew Morton
  
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• Beauty Queen dodges jail for attacking woman with red stiletto week after competing in Miss GB final

  25-08-2026 11:33 via dailymail.com
  
  A beauty queen has received a suspended jail term for attacking a woman with a red stiletto outside a hunt ball - less than a week after appearing in the Miss Great Britain final.
  
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• Does Burnham stick to anything he says? Now PM waters down pledge to spend £39bn on council housing - as he keeps Starmer's plan instead

  25-08-2026 11:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The Government has announced the first allocations from its fund for constructing more than 70,000 homes across England - with 60 per cent set for social rent.
  
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