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• Andy Burnham vows to tackle issues ‘ignored by Westminster’ including rough sleeping and fly-tipping

  15-08-2026 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Next week the Prime Minister will speak with the public about ending rough sleeping and resolving the 'toxic dump, fly-tipping and environmental vandalism scandal'
  
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• One of PC Andrew Harper's killers is listed as 'violent' and a 'risk to staff' with inmates at high-security prison 'terrified of him'

  16-08-2026 00:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Jessie Cole, 24, is also marked as 'a climber' by bosses at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire.
  
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• 'Get out of my Post Office... I'm taking it back': Defiant words of postmistress who returned to work after wrongful Horizon scandal conviction which cost her home and husband's life

  15-08-2026 23:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Roopie Gill's family call it her 'Peggy Mitchell moment', a reference to the EastEnders scene when the landlady of the Queen Vic faced down interlopers and told them: 'Get outta my pub.'
  
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• Prince Harry 'planning UK visits every few months' after successful family reunion with King Charles

  15-08-2026 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex's UK visit earlier this year has paved the way for more involvement with his family, a source has suggested, and could see him cross the pond more often
  
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• Is Labour using bogus figures to claim it has hit bone clinic targets?

  15-08-2026 23:51 via dailymail.com
  
  The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS), whose president is Queen Camilla, has written to the statistics watchdog to complain that Labour is using bogus figures.
  
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• Politician expelled from Tories for 'sending lewd photo' has been given new job with Reform

  15-08-2026 23:49 via dailymail.com
  
  A leaked email revealed that Nigel Farage 's party has now given Essex county councillor Jaymey McIvor 'a new role supporting the management of our parliamentary candidates'.
  
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• Trump's critics say he's a misogynist, others praise his promotion of women to top posts. As president's press chief quits, insiders reveal what it's REALLY like to be a White House Glamazon

  15-08-2026 23:47 via dailymail.com
  
  To pull back the curtain on life as a Republican 'glamazon' at the heart of US politics, several former female staffers have described, in confidence, what it is really like to The Mail on Sunday.
  
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• Lemsip factory worker sues firm for £100,000 claiming it caused his sore throat and asthma leaving him unable to sleep

  15-08-2026 23:41 via dailymail.com
  
  A manufacturing technician who worked on production lines for Lemsip and for constipation treatment, Fybogel - says dust and fumes from the products' ingredients triggered health issues.
  
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• When Mark English's 99-year-old Granny heard he was competing for Gold - she did the one thing you can always rely on your nan to do...

  15-08-2026 23:39 via dailymail.com
  
  The 800m champion's father Joe told RTÉ after the race his son may have got his 'longevity' from his granny Eileen back in Co. Donegal.
  
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• Just 15% want boat migrants near them: Lefties back Burnham's plan for asylum seekers in affluent areas... but not theirs, Mail poll reveals

  15-08-2026 23:38 via dailymail.com
  
  A Mail on Sunday poll shows the extent of that local opposition, with 57 per cent of voters saying that they do not want any more migrants in their area. Just 15 per cent are happy with the idea.
  
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• TV presenter who exposed people smugglers forced to flee home after police warned of death threats

  15-08-2026 23:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Patrick Christys has told The Mail on Sunday the threat is so serious that the Metropolitan Police ordered him to abandon his home in the small hours of the morning.
  
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• Shane Richie’s wife of 19 years divorces him after she’d ‘had enough’

  15-08-2026 23:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Shane Richie’s wife, Christine, has reportedly divorced him after 19 years (Picture: Dan Wooller/REX)EastEnders actor Shane Richie and his wife, Christie, have reportedly split after almost 20 years of marriage.It’s claimed that Christine, whom Shane wed in 2007, had grown ‘fed up’ with his behaviour.Shane, 62, who has been playing Alfie Moon on Albert Square since 2002, and Christine, 47, are said to have dissolved their marriage last month.As claimed by The Sun, this w
  
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• 'IT'S A SCANDAL - IT STINKS': The sickening reason why privileged thug Bill Chawke may not even bother to lodge an appeal after his sister was allowed to walk free from jail last week

  15-08-2026 23:23 via dailymail.com
  
  He has until this week to appeal the 30-month sentence, with 12 months suspended, he received last month after pleading guilty to unprovoked attack on two men.
  
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• UK urged to help lead fight against Taliban's 'gender apartheid'

  15-08-2026 23:21 via dailymail.com
  
  The commemoration included a Kabul military parade in which Humvee trucks abandoned in the chaotic withdrawal of a US-led coalition force were rolled out as victory trophies.
  
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• 'It was designed for terror attacks, not this': Andy Burnham accused of 'posturing' after BBQ phone alert chaos left 999 swamped and saw startled drivers swerve across motorways

  15-08-2026 23:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Sirens blared out unexpectedly on millions of mobile phones across the country at 7pm on Friday, warning the public against lighting anything that could cause a wildfire.
  
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• As Donald Trump's key press aide quits, insiders reveal what it's REALLY like to be a White House Glamazon

  15-08-2026 23:17 via dailymail.com
  
  To pull back the curtain on life as a Republican 'glamazon' at the heart of US politics, several former female staffers have described, in confidence, what it is really like to The Mail on Sunday.
  
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• Close associate of Nigel Farage hired private investigators to spy on Tory Chairman

  15-08-2026 23:15 via dailymail.com
  
  Businessman Arron Banks is understood to have instructed Precision Risk and Intelligence (PRI), a private investigations company he once owned, to probe Kevin Hollinrake.
  
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• Politician kicked out from the Tories for 'sending lewd photo' has been given new job with Reform

  15-08-2026 23:10 via dailymail.com
  
  A leaked email revealed that Nigel Farage 's party has now given Essex county councillor Jaymey McIvor 'a new role supporting the management of our parliamentary candidates'.
  
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• 'Get out of my Post Office... I'm taking it back': Defiant words of first postmistress to return to work after being falsely accused in the Horizon IT scandal which claimed her home, her husband's life and reputation

  15-08-2026 23:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Roopie Gill's family call it her 'Peggy Mitchell moment', a reference to the EastEnders scene when the landlady of the Queen Vic faced down interlopers and told them: 'Get outta my pub.'
  
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• Farage to get prime spot at Remembrance Day service for the first time after by-election victory

  15-08-2026 23:07 via dailymail.com
  
  It has been a long-standing ambition of Nigel Farage to join the Prime Minister and other leaders at the Remembrance ceremony as a symbol of his breakthrough into the political mainstream
  
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• Trains services blocked between Bristol and Devon after person hit by train

  15-08-2026 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rail passengers have been warned to expect 'major disruption' between Bristol and Devon, just south of Taunton, this evening after a person was struck by a train
  
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• Retired officers demand new law to protect British soldiers from witch-hunts

  15-08-2026 23:06 via dailymail.com
  
  The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill aims to establish a Legacy Commission to investigate killings during battles with Republicans and Loyalists as far back as 1969.
  
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• The road to nowhere! Dozens board 40 vintage red buses for annual one-day-only visit to 'ghost' village

  15-08-2026 23:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Striking images show passengers waving from the windows as a long line of buses made its way across Salisbury Plain to the 'ghost' village of Imber in Wiltshire.
  
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• Police officer who killed his lover after she exposed their affair is set to be freed THREE years early under Labour's release scheme

  15-08-2026 23:05 via dailymail.com
  
  In a scandalous move, Timothy Brehmer, who was jailed for strangling Claire Parry to death in 2020, could be free to walk the streets within weeks after serving just half of his sentence.
  
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• Antlers hold secret to healing broken limbs, say scientists

  15-08-2026 23:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Deer antlers could hold the secret to helping broken bones heal more quickly after scientists discovered they contain chemicals which accelerate the repair process.
  
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• Worst embarrassment yet for ailing woke Seattle mayor as locals file papers to FIRE her over crime chaos, just seven months after she was sworn in

  15-08-2026 23:04 via dailymail.com
  
  One of the locals accused Mayor Katie Wilson of having 'sort of ignored the public safety part of her job, which is a huge part, and that is not right.'
  
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• Princess Charlotte, 11, inherits Kate's sporty side as she joins top-flight netball team

  15-08-2026 23:04 via dailymail.com
  
  From captaining the hockey team during her time at Marlborough College to playing volleyball in wedges, the Princess of Wales is one of the sportiest members of the Royal Family.
  
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• 'People will ignore it in a real emergency': Andy Burnham's BBQ phone alert sparks chaos as 999 is swamped with calls and Tories accuse PM of 'prime ministerial posturing'

  15-08-2026 23:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Sirens blared out unexpectedly on millions of mobile phones across the country at 7pm on Friday, warning the public against lighting anything that could cause a wildfire.
  
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• No water cannon, no violence and not even a hint of foul language as locals say: 'We love visitors - just not too many': The tourism demo at Cotswolds' prettiest village that began at 8am... in case it spoiled anyone's fun

  15-08-2026 23:04 via dailymail.com
  
  We've had water pistols in Barcelona, violent demonstrations in the Majorcan capital, blocked beaches on the Spanish Costas and aggressive marches in Venice - all in response to over-tourism.
  
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• MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Elite Lefties welcome migrants - if they're not on their doorsteps

  15-08-2026 23:04 via dailymail.com
  
  On the issue of immigration, there has always been a great deal of long-distance charity and plentiful signalling of virtue by the new Left-wing elite.
  
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