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• Anthropic blocks malicious use of AI that could develop biological weapons

  11-09-2026 10:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ex-Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon warned people "do not underestimate the power of this technology" before claiming people building the AI "earnestly believe that it could kill us" by 2030
  
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• Man, 76, charged for ‘wearing face covering’ at Portsmouth protest

  13-09-2026 14:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  The charge comes just one day after the force announced it would use powers enabling officers to arrest anyone concealing their identity (Picture: Getty)A 76-year-old man has been charged by Hampshire Police with wearing a face covering at an anti-immigration demonstration in Portsmouth.The charge comes just one day after the force announced it would use powers enabling officers to arrest anyone concealing their identity.Timothy Justin Miller, of Sherwood Avenue, Hedge End, Southampto
  
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• UK weather maps reveal 3C cold snap with 108 counties plunging below 10C

  13-09-2026 14:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The GFS weather forecasting model suggests daytime temperatures could plunge below 10C in every county across the UK as Brits face a cold snap later this month
  
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• Devastating blaze tears through historic mill featured in Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey

  13-09-2026 14:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Firefighters have tackled a blaze at the historic property (Picture: Newsquest/SWNS)A major blaze has ripped through a historic building used as a filming location in Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey.The Grade II-listed Dalton Mills in Keighley, West Yorkshire, appeared in warehouse scenes from series one and six of Peaky Blinders.The 150-year-old facility also served as an underground jazz club in the 2019 Downton Abbey film.Following reports of the fire breaking out at 8pm on Saturday, a doze
  
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• Have they no humanity? How Spanish police have intensified the grief suffered by families of nine British expats killed in a wildfire - with one woman left to find her father's bones in his burned-out BMW FIVE WEEKS later

  13-09-2026 14:34 via dailymail.com
  
  When Danielle Gillam-Kirton was given an urn of her parents, who were among nine Brits killed in a Spanish wildfire, she had no reason to suspect there was anything more to remember them by.
  
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• King Charles and Queen Camilla head to church as he raises AI concerns over future of humanity

  13-09-2026 14:31 via dailymail.com
  
  They were pictured driving to their go-to church, Chraithie Kirk, just outside the Balmoral Royal residence, where they had attended a church service with Andy Burnham last week.
  
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• Ex-police chief hired under Mamdani abruptly quit high-profile role amid allegations he ripped wife's fingernails out and tried to buy $5m pardon from Trump

  13-09-2026 14:31 via dailymail.com
  
  The ex-police chief ofthe US's first Muslim-majority city was set to start a new job in NY shortly after the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani, but he quit just a day into the role.
  
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• Nationalist leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to gather for 'separatist summit' with eyes on breaking up the UK

  13-09-2026 14:27 via dailymail.com
  
  The SNP's John Swinney, Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill and Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth will meet in Cardiff, in which they will discuss the independence movements in their countries.
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson’s partner ‘very proud’ he helped thousands by revealing prostate cancer diagnosis

  13-09-2026 14:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  TV star and broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson didn’t inititally want to make his cancer public, his partner has revealed (Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)Jeremy Clarkson’s partner Lisa Hogan says his decision to go public with his prostate cancer diagnosis has helped thousands of people.The former Top Gear presenter is in remission after revealing on the latest series of Clarkson’s Farm that he had been diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer.The 66-year-old chose t
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson’s partner admits he nearly didn’t reveal his cancer diagnosis publicly

  13-09-2026 14:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  TV star and broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson didn’t inititally want to make his cancer public, his partner has revealed (Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)Jeremy Clarkson’s partner Lisa Hogan says his decision to go public with his prostate cancer diagnosis has helped thousands of people.The former Top Gear presenter is in remission after revealing on the latest series of Clarkson’s Farm that he had been diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer.The 66-year-old chose t
  
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• Nato fighter jets scrambled to intercept drone that was actually flock of birds

  13-09-2026 14:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  A Nato fighter jet took to the skies to intercept the threat (Picture: Iwanczuk/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)A Nato fighter jet was scrambled to shoot down a drone earlier today, only for the pilot to realise it was a flock of birds.Lithuania closed Vilnius airport on Sunday and declared an air alert in response to a possible sighting of a drone in the country’s airspace.A Nato jet was summoned from northern Lithuana, where the Italian air force is based as part ⁠of the NATO Baltic Air Def
  
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• Nato fighter jets scramble to intercept drone that was actually flock of birds

  13-09-2026 14:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  A Nato fighter jet took to the skies to intercept the threat (Picture: Iwanczuk/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)A Nato fighter jet was scrambled to shoot down a drone earlier today, only for the pilot to realise it was a flock of birds.Lithuania’s Vilnius Airport was closed on Sunday and an air alert was declared in response to a possible sighting of a drone in the country’s airspace.A Nato jet was summoned from northern Lithuania, where the Italian air force is based as part ⁠of the NA
  
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• Republican lawmaker Tom Tiffany in terrifying plane emergency as he's forced to swim for his life from sinking aircraft

  13-09-2026 14:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Tom Tiffany, a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin who is currently the state's gubernatorial nominee revealed that he was in a plane crash.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo demands lifetime ban for fans who mocked Diogo Jota’s tragic death

  13-09-2026 14:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo has urged Saudi Pro League chiefs to act after horrific chanting (Picture: REUTERS)Cristiano Ronaldo has called for the Saudi Pro League to ban fans for life after appalling Diogo Jota chants were aimed at Ruben Neves on Saturday.Neves plated in Al Hilal’s 6-0 win at Al-Taawoun on Saturday, alongside summer signings Ollie Watkins and Gabriel Martinelli.The win took Al Hilal to the top of the Saudi Pro League but it was overshadowed by appalling behaviour by some of the h
  
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• Have they no humanity? How Spanish police have intensified the grief suffered by families of nine British expats killed in a wildfire - with one woman finding her father's bones in his burned-out BMW in a car pound FIVE WEEKS later

  13-09-2026 14:10 via dailymail.com
  
  When Danielle Gillam-Kirton was given an urn of her parents, who were among nine Brits killed in a Spanish wildfire, she had no reason to suspect there was anything more to remember them by.
  
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• ‘I thought I had a best friend until DNA test revealed who she really was’

  13-09-2026 14:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Meena Geltink, 43, and Minal Tijssen, 44, became fast friends when they met as teenagers (Picture: Reuters)When Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen first met as teenagers, they were struck by their remarkable similarities.The two women, now in their 40s, were both born in India but were adopted as babies by Dutch families and raised in the Netherlands.They became fast friends after meeting at an event hosted by the adoption agency their parents used, and other attendees immediately noticed how alik
  
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• Dad given hours to live after pub roast dinner leaves him fighting for life

  13-09-2026 14:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Udhyam's family were told he was the sickest patient in the hospital before he spent two weeks in a coma and began a long recovery that included learning how to walk again
  
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• Arsenal backed to break record Chelsea legend John Terry claimed could not be beaten

  13-09-2026 14:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal side extended their perfect start to the new season (Credits: Richard Lee/Shutterstock)Arsenal are capable of breaking a long-standing Premier League record held by Chelsea that club legend John Terry claimed was unlikely to ever be surpassed.The reigning champions continued their fine start to the new campaign on Saturday night, grinding out a 2-0 win against Sunderland at a hostile Stadium of Light.
  Second half goals from Bruno Guimaraes and Bukayo Saka earned the
  
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• AJ Odudu claims ‘nothing’s confirmed’ about why controversial Big Brother star was removed

  13-09-2026 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Big Brother host AJ Odudu has addressed George Gilbert’s removal from the Big Brother house (Picture: Shutterstock)AJ Odudu has questioned the accepted narrative surrounding controversial Big Brother star George Gilbert’s removal from the house.
  George, then 23, was dramatically kicked out of the reality series last October following weeks of heated debates and clashes with his fellow housemates.At the time, Big Brother confirmed he had been removed over ‘repeated use of unacc
  
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• King Charles to urge AI chiefs to use the technology 'for good of humanity'

  13-09-2026 13:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charles is due to host a summit with the leaders major AI companies where he will encourage them to reach a consensus on a “shared set of principles”
  
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• Less than half of grammar school pupils are white British, new figures show as head teacher says families fear children will be 'hot-housed' if they get in

  13-09-2026 13:52 via dailymail.com
  
  In just a decade, the proportion of white British students has fallen from 66 per cent to 44 per cent,  data from the annual school spring census show.
  
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• Man in hospital and woman arrested after ‘chemical attack’ in Sussex

  13-09-2026 13:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fletcher Close in Crawley, where the incident took place earlier this morning (Picture: Google Maps)A man has been taken to hospital following an incident involving a chemical substance in Crawley this morning.Emergency services arrived at a house on Fletcher Close in the West Sussex town’s Southgate neighbourhood after being called at around 5.10am.A 40-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, and was also taken to hospital as a precaution.The man who was injured
  
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• Ex-Democrat who raised $50million for the left TURNS on AOC and reveals the reckoning she can't laugh away

  13-09-2026 13:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went viral after she admitted that the initial political iteration of 'woke one' issues got 'crazy.'
  
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• Mountain rescuers hit out at 'completely unprepared' hikers after busiest-ever month sees 59 call-outs

  13-09-2026 13:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Llanberis mountain rescue team, which responds to call-outs on Snowdon and the surrounding north Wales national park, dealt with 59 emergencies in August alone.
  
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• Mikel Arteta predicted to drop ‘top-class’ Arsenal star despite Sunderland win

  13-09-2026 13:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta has some tough choices to make despite Arsenal’s success (Photo: Getty)Arsenal beat Sunderland to go top of the Premier League table but one player has been told he may not start again for the Gunners for quite some time.Mikel Arteta’s side maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with a 2-0 victory at the Stadium of Light on Saturday night.It was a tougher match than the scoreline suggests, with the visitors struggling to deal with the Black Cats’ physic
  
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• 'Our girl was murdered by boyfriend - killers like hers are getting off lightly'

  13-09-2026 13:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The grieving parents of murder victim Megan Newborough call on the Government to speed up when ending UK sentencing disparities, demanding a 25-year minimum prison tariff for domestic killers to ensure justice for women.
  
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• Céline Dion is still an extraordinary powerhouse on stage and might be better than ever

  13-09-2026 13:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Welcome back to Canadian superstar Céline Dion (Picture: Nicolas Gerardin)Paris has fallen… to Céline-mania.
  Karaoke sessions for 10,000 people organised by the city, mass slumber parties outside Céline’s hotel, Céline pop-up shops in smart department stores and normally chic Parisians rocking Céline t-shirts along with their smart navy blues on the way to work. It’s city-wide.
  Even Oprah has shown up especially.Expectations about her reside
  
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• Oasis tease 2027 tour announcement – here’s everything we know

  13-09-2026 13:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Looks like the Gallaghers are touring again. (Photo: Rich Polk/Variety via Getty Images)Where were you when everyone was scrambling to get Oasis tickets after they announced their reunion tour back in 2024?
  It was the hottest ticket in town as many fans battled dreaded Ticketmaster queues to get their hands on the much-awaited golden ticket to the reunion tour that Noel and Liam Gallagher fans had been dreaming about for years.Oasis ’25 saw the brothers and their band perform 41 shows in
  
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• NATO fighter jets scrambled as flights grounded and emergency phone alert issued

  13-09-2026 13:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NATO fighter jets were scrambled in Vilnius, Lithuania, as residents received text message alerts and all flights were suspended at Vilnius International Airport
  
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• Orlando Bloom begs for international aid at world's largest refugee camp as cuts fuel crisis

  13-09-2026 13:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The Hollywood star, 49, called for action to help those on the brink of despair in the Cox's Bazar refugee camp where more than 1million Rohingya Muslims are facing a humanitarian crisis
  
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