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• Another heatwave is here — and it could be messing with your contraceptive pill

  29-07-2026 14:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Where you store your pills makes a huge difference (Picture: Shutterstock / farland2456)While it’s lovely to see the sun shining, the scorching weather can have some nasty side effects.High temperatures can have ‘scary’ implications for our mental health, but they can also impact our physical wellbeing.We’ve already heard that those taking antidepressants need to take care in a heatwave, as do users of jabs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, as they can become less effective.
  
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• Suffolk wildfire live: Nuclear plant 'monitoring' huge Dunwich Heath blaze

  30-07-2026 13:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A wildfire is raging in Dunwich Heath, Suffolk where evacuations have been order - the blaze is close to three nuclear plant sites, with staff monitoring the ongoing risk
  
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• Mum's pro tips on how she survives school holidays with just £50 per week on activities

  30-07-2026 13:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kelly Miles, 33, wants her children to have "wonderful memories" and has stuck to a strict budget of £300 during the summer holidays to avoid falling into debt
  
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• PSG chief makes decision over UEFA plea to replace FIFA villain Gianni Infantino

  30-07-2026 13:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gianni Infantino has came under waves of criticism this summer following a controversial World Cup in North America, with PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi tipped to run for FIFA presidency
  
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• Paul Merson says Arsenal ‘have to get’ £145m star after Vinicius Junior transfer blow

  30-07-2026 13:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal should target PSG attacker Bradley Barcola, says Paul Merson (Picture: Sky Sports)Paul Merson says Vinicius Junior is ‘playing’ Arsenal and the club should focus their efforts on signing Paris Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola instead.Widespread reports last weekend claimed Vinicius had been identified as Arsenal’s number one target for the summer, with Mikel Arteta said to be ‘smitten’ with the idea of bringing the 26-year-old to the Emirates.Vinicius h
  
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• MP backing assisted dying bill urges PM to reform palliative care alongside new law

  30-07-2026 13:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Labour MP Lauren Edwards has spoken to the Mirror, and said the PM's comments about palliative care were 'extremely welcome' but that 'people are suffering' and social care reform can happen alongside the proposed assisted dying law
  
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• Peak District is accused of 'selling out' by furious visitors over paid partnership with car firm

  30-07-2026 13:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Under a brand deal with Skoda, the Peak District has been temporarily renamed 'the Peaq District' after the Czech car manufacturer's new electric SUV.
  
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• Four migrants die trying to cross the Channel by small boat just hours after estimated 700 reach Britain

  30-07-2026 13:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Three woman and a man lost their lives in separate incidents on the French side of the Channel overnight.
  
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• Reform demands Burnham rule out £18bn 'death tax' to pay for social care and accuses PM of 'insult'

  30-07-2026 13:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Reform UK's Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick called on the Prime Minister to 'rule out this tax, end the uncertainty, end the worry today'.
  
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• Why flying can be so hard on your body and what to do about it

  30-07-2026 13:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Some passengers can experience air sickness or ‘jet belly’ (Picture: Markus Mainka/Getty Images)At any given point, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the skies.For many, these journeys will pass by without consequence. But for some, a routine flight may trigger a health emergency.Although these events are rare, with the demand and availability of air travel increasing, so too is the likelihood of an in-flight emergency occurring.
  A study last year showed that one in every
  
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• Reform's Jenrick demands Burnham 'end the worry' and rule out an £18bn 'death tax' to pay for social care plans - as he brands it 'insulting' Farage was snubbed by PM for cross-party talks

  30-07-2026 13:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Reform UK's Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick called on the Prime Minister to 'rule out this tax, end the uncertainty, end the worry today'.
  
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• Squatter's rights claim looks set to be approved over prime property in ritzy Sydney beachside suburb of Mosman

  30-07-2026 13:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Three Mosman women, who live in a two-bedroom cottage just in front of the block, have now launched proceedings to take the vacant land under adverse possession.
  
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• Moment pro-Palestine activist firebombs McDonald's, Starbucks and BBC offices as she faces prison for violent anti-Israel campaign in town

  30-07-2026 13:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Martha Goddard, 51, was convicted this week of constructing homemade incendiary devices which she triggered with lit sparklers before attacking the string of premises in Norwich, Norfolk.
  
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• Katie Price facing financial blow after Lee Andrews’ prison release

  30-07-2026 13:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lee Andrews is out of prison, but things aren’t going great for he and wife Katie Price (Picture: Instagram/Getty)Katie Price’s financial headaches appear to be showing no signs of easing after quietly shutting down yet another business venture – just as husband Lee Andrews faces eye-watering legal bills following his release from a Dubai prison.The former glamour model, 48, has dissolved her horse-riding clothing company, KP Equestrian Ltd, bringing the curtain down on a bran
  
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• Ex-footballer dies aged 41 in freak accident after storm kills four others

  30-07-2026 12:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tassio Maia dos Santos, pictured with Ronaldo left, died after a wall collapsed (Picture: @tassio09)A former Brazilian top-flight footballer has died after a wall collapsed on him during 75mph storm-force winds that killed five people in Rio de Janeiro.Tassio Maia dos Santos, 41, was one of two men who were crushed when the structure gave way on Wednesday in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro.The former Botafogo striker was reportedly working at a historic mansion, which is now a weddi
  
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• Suffolk wildfire live: Hundreds evacuated from Dunwich Heath in 'major incident'

  30-07-2026 12:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Holidaymakers were evacuated from a caravan site in the path of the Dunwich Heath wildfire, as people living nearby are warned to keep windows and doors closed
  
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• Donald Trump dealt major blow in $10,000,000,000 BBC lawsuit

  30-07-2026 12:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  President Trump’s seeking substantial damages from the BBC (Picture: Getty Images)President Donald Trump has been dealt something of a setback in his $10billion (£7.5bn) defamation lawsuit against the BBC, with a judge giving him 10 days to handover his trust’s financial records.The case centres on a 12 second edit of a speech that the POTUS delivered way back on January 6, 2021. It was included in a Panorama documentary that was broadcast shortly before the 2024 election.BBC
  
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• Couple who 'beat, belittled and starved' a vulnerable man to death after he was sent to live with them by social services found guilty of murder

  30-07-2026 12:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Jurors heard 'recovering drug addicts' Melanie James, 63, and her partner Kenneth Newton, 57, kept Rubin Blount in their Tamworth council house 'for their own financial benefit'.
  
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• Heatwave horror: Deaths from heat are already DOUBLE last year's total, with over 2,800 Britons killed in May and June alone

  30-07-2026 12:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Deaths in Britain linked to soaring temperatures in May and June were almost double the entire figure for 2025, with 2,877 deaths linked to hot weather in the two months.
  
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• UK heatwaves warning as nearly 3,000 people dead in just two months of hot weather

  30-07-2026 12:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Government health scientists issued an urgent warning to families, after figures show heatwaves have already claimed 2,877 lives and the UK could face a record summer death toll
  
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• Aircraft engineer, 23, ‘died of brain injury after being hit by machinery at Heathrow’

  30-07-2026 12:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Virgin Atlantic aircraft technician Georgie Buxton, 23, was injured on June 11 and died at St Mary’s Hospital on July 7 (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images)A Virgin Atlantic engineer died after suffering a traumatic brain injury when he was hit in the face in an incident at Heathrow Airport, an inquest heard.Aircraft technician Georgie Buxton, 23, was injured on June 11 and died at St Mary’s Hospital on July 7.Senior coroner Lydia Brown opened and suspended an inquest into his deat
  
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• Shopkeeper, 89, who beat off robber with her walking stick forced to close

  30-07-2026 12:32 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 PageAn elderly shopkeeper who captured the nation’s heart when she fought off a robber with her walking stick has announced her retirement.June Turner, 89, became a national talking point in September 2019 when robber Aaron Mountford raided her shop demanding cash at 6.30am.She has run AJ and J Newsagents in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, since 1975 but says a co
  
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• Up to his old clicks? Local 'Clicky Ponting' cricket player at centre of 'cheat' row 'used same ploy at previous club'

  30-07-2026 12:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Brian Devine, whose club Saltburn CC faces a corruption investigation, has been caught on camera attempting to mislead umpires during a game for his previous side, Pudsey St Lawrence.
  
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• Florence Pugh’s latest look has women everywhere saying the same thing

  30-07-2026 12:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Florence Pugh was the epitome of glamour at the Spider-Man: Brand New Day premiere in London (Picture: AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)Florence Pugh has just given women everywhere the dopamine hit they were craving in this frankly boring hot summer lull we’re having and, on behalf of us all, I thank her.Flo is never afraid to be bold on a red carpet, often opting for sweeping silhouettes, bold colours, texture and the odd nipple flash here and there.But her latest look might be her best yet, an
  
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• Wellness teacher who injured her back during year-long Buddhist retreat on remote Scottish island took her own life because she could no longer live with the pain, inquest hears

  30-07-2026 12:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Wellness teacher Claire Rodway, 52, had been fit and active before she went to stay at the remote monastery.
  
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• Eddie Howe sends final message to Arsenal over Bruno Guimaraes transfer

  30-07-2026 12:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are pushing to sign Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle (NurPhoto via Getty)Eddie Howe privately believes that Newcastle United will sell Bruno Guimaraes to Arsenal before the end of the summer transfer window, according to reports.Howe has left Newcastle just 24 days before their Premier League season opener against Liverpool on August 23.Newcastle are now in advanced talks to replace Howe with Matthias Jaissle, who is the head coach of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli.According to T
  
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• BBC axes third Gladiator in huge switch-up as furious Cyclone 'cuts all ties' with show

  30-07-2026 12:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gladiators star Cyclone, whose real name is Lystus Ebosele, has featured on the BBC show since January 2025 but is now said to have been axed along with two others
  
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• 'I tried the Zara 'death trousers' landing women in A&E - one step and it was game over'

  30-07-2026 12:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  They might look like the perfect summer staple, but the viral £25.99 'Zara death trousers' are landing shoppers in hospital with suspected broken ribs and fractured elbows
  
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• 'My daughter took DNA test for fun and outed secret mum took to the grave'

  30-07-2026 12:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman says her daughter's DNA test was meant to be a bit of fun, but the unexpected results uncovered a family secret that had remained hidden for decades and changed everything
  
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• Pavarotti's tailor caused his own £1million French wine collection to go mouldy by turning off 'noisy' fridges after neighbours complained, judge rules - as he is handed £110k court bill

  30-07-2026 12:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Suitmaker and wine connoisseur Tom Reimer had sued a kitchen fitting company for £550,000, claiming leaky fridges in his luxury £8million flat caused the collection to go mouldy.
  
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