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• Argentina set unwanted - and barely believable - record after underwhelming World Cup final defeat

  20-07-2026 02:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Argentina wrote their names into the history books for all the wrong reasons by setting an unwanted tournament record following their dismal 1-0 defeat to Spain on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Crystal Palace boss speaks out on Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta’s futures

  26-08-2026 16:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Pierre Sage is facing the possibility of losing some big Crystal Palace players (Picture: Getty Images)Crystal Palace face interest from other clubs in two of their star names this summer, but Pierre Sage sounds confident in keeping hold of Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta.The Eagles have already sold Maxence Lacroix to Chelsea in a £52million deal and do not want to lose any other first team starters.Interest in Adam Wharton from Premier League giants appears to have cooled for now,
  
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• Andrew Garfield’s new film suddenly in chaos over ‘unapproved’ Robin Hood plot

  26-08-2026 16:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Uprising, Andrew Garfield’s latest film, has suddenly introduced a Robin Hood plot-twist (Picture: Focus Features)Andrew Garfield’s new historical drama The Uprising, set during the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, has suddenly been revealed as a Robin Hood movie just weeks ahead of its release – or has it?From writer and director Paul Greengrass and co-starring an impressive acting ensemble including Jamie Bell, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis, Jonny Lee Miller, Katherine Wate
  
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• Three Secret Service officials marched out of their offices in explosive misconduct probe that goes right to the top

  26-08-2026 16:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Three Secret Service officials including the agency's top spokesman were marched out  of their offices on Monday.
  
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• Stourbridge fire which destroyed homes on millionaires' row and left families fleeing for their lives was started accidentally, fire chiefs reveal

  26-08-2026 16:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Two fires which destroyed 19 homes in Stourbridge were started accidentally in a field where agricultural machinery was being used, West Midlands Fire Service said today.
  
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• Firefighters reveal what caused Stourbridge wildfires that nearly destroyed town

  26-08-2026 16:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  West Midlands Fire Service has issued an update on what caused wildfires to destroy 19 homes in Stourbridge.The two blazes were started accidentally in a field where agricultural machinery was being used, West Midlands Fire Service said.Soon after, millions of people in England and Wales were startled to receive an alert on their mobile devices warning them of a ‘very high risk of wildfires nationally’.It came as a direct request from fire services
  
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• Murderers 'tried to cut Urfan Sharif's throat in cell with a tin lid' in suspected revenge attack for killing daughter Sara, court told

  26-08-2026 16:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Urfan Sharif, who is serving a life sentence for murdering his daufghter, was seriously injured in his cell at Belmarsh Prison after allegedly being attacked by two fellow inmates.
  
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• Who is Lindsay Clancy’s ‘fierce’ lawyer Kevin Reddington as murder trial grips Internet?

  26-08-2026 16:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kevin Reddington has gained the internet’s support while defending Lindsay Clancy (Picture: Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledge)The internet has been gripped by Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial as it fast approaches its closing statements.The mother of three killed her three children – Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan – with resistance bands while her ex-husband Patrick Clancy was running errands.While she does not deny killing the children, Clancy’s
  
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• Row over plans to turn David Bowie's childhood home into tourist attraction as neighbours fear being 'invaded by thousands of fans'

  26-08-2026 16:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Plans to turn David Bowie's childhood home in Bromley, south-east London, into a tourist attraction could bring an 'invasion' of thousands of fans, fearful neighbours have claimed.
  
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• Sir Gary Oldman admits being miscast in ‘terrible’ role still haunts him

  26-08-2026 16:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  TV and film icon Sir Gary Oldman didn’t think much of his own performance (Picture: Neil Hanna)Sir Gary Oldman has opened up about a role that he admits ‘wasn’t his finest hour on stage’.The Slow Horses actor is rightfully regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, earning acclaim for performances in films including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Sid and Nancy, Darkest Hour, Léon: The Professional, and many more.On Wednesday, he appeared at the Edinburgh TV
  
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• Terror as 'huge' rattlesnake is spotted swimming just off California beach where it TICKLED shocked swimmer

  26-08-2026 15:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Comedian Nicky Paris was at the Crystal Cove beach in Southern California, on August 20, when he spotted a massive rattlesnake leaving the ocean.
  
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• ‘Snapping’ is the dangerous teen craze every parent should know about

  26-08-2026 15:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Young boys are terrorising vehicles and pedestrians (Picture: Tiktok)There’s a new sub-type of antisocial behaviour being perpetrated by youths and young men in the UK, known as ‘snapping’.It involves teens doing wheelies on their bikes and e-bikes directly into the path of pedestrians and oncoming cars, before swerving at the very last minute.
  Of course, they don’t always leave enough time to avoid a collision, injuring men, women and small children, as well as forcing
  
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• British woman missing in Benidorm as family haven't heard from her in days

  26-08-2026 15:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alice Rose Chalmers' sister posted on Facebook saying she had not been heard from since Monday after vanishing from the Med Playa Hotel Regente
  
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• British woman who saw solar eclipse from North Face of the Eiger had 'perfect viewing spot'

  26-08-2026 15:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Just three years ago, Fay Manners, from Bedford, worked in data science. Now she is the first British woman to find a new route up the North Face of the Eiger
  
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• Transfer news LIVE: Arsenal £50m agreement, Man Utd land huge boost, Liverpool bid

  26-08-2026 15:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror Football will be here with all of the latest transfer news including the sagas around Bradley Barcola, Manchester United and many more
  
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• Dealer who was last person to see Jay Slater alive 'marries drug mule mum' who helped smuggle £14m of cannabis

  26-08-2026 15:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Drug dealer Ayub Qassim, 33, gave Jay Slater a lift in his car before he vanished in Tenerife in 2024 and he has now wed Paige Crisp, who is due to be sentenced on October for drug smuggling
  
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• Lloyds and Halifax banking apps suffer outages in UK

  26-08-2026 15:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Lloyds banking app went down for some users in the UK this afternoon, with hundreds reporting issues on DownDetector - there were also issues reported with Halifax
  
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• Dolly Parton's heartbreaking final days as country legend battled cancer

  26-08-2026 15:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fans around the world are united in grief after it was announced that Dolly Parton - widely regarded as one of the greatest singer-songwriters in country music - has died following a brief battle with cancer
  
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• Drunk BA passenger on stag do launched foul-mouthed tirade before video went viral

  26-08-2026 15:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emmet Moynihan, 31, has been fined after admitting to verbally abusing staff while “clearly drunk” on a British Airways flight from Heathrow to Las Vegas
  
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• Four children among eight people shot dead during family’s Sunday dinner

  26-08-2026 15:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eight people are dead after the Sunday evening shooting (Picture: NBC Montana)A Montana town is in mourning after four children and four adults were gunned down in their home before the property was set on fire.Alan Smith, 44, is accused of shooting and killing his family after being told to move out of his parents’ home in Billings, Montana.The victims range from a woman in her nineties to a seven-year-old girl.The murders unfolded shortly after Smith was told to move out of the home, ac
  
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• Bodycam footage shows moment suspected knife smuggler woken by police sawing through door

  26-08-2026 15:37 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 PageThis is the moment police used a circular saw to take down a front door before coming crashing into the flat of a suspected knife smuggler.Officers from the Metropolitan Police have released body-worn footage taken during a dawn raid at a flat in Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, south London, shortly after 5am on Tuesday.The video shows an officer cutting through t
  
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• Will you ration your energy use this winter as bills set to rise again?

  26-08-2026 15:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The typical energy bill for a household that pays by direct debit is rising from £1,663 a year to £1,723 from October - but will you be cutting back to save costs?
  
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• German airport worker dies of malaria and five others in hospital after 'mosquito arrives on plane' as traps set up amid rare outbreak

  26-08-2026 15:24 via dailymail.com
  
  The Robert Koch Institute - a German federal government agency - said an imported Anopheles mosquito carried over by an aircraft was the likely cause.
  
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• Read the furious complaints homeowners were making about Bathla Group years before building giant imploded owing $3.6billion

  26-08-2026 15:22 via dailymail.com
  
  The Sydney business has up to 25,000 unfinished homes on its books and its collapse has put 500 jobs at risk, with urgent discussions now taking place with lenders.
  
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• Ex-Arsenal and Chelsea star Ashley Cole names ‘strongest’ team in Premier League

  26-08-2026 15:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are the ‘strongest’ outfit in the Premier League, says Ashley Cole (Picture: Sky Sports)Ashley Cole says Arsenal are the ‘strongest’ team in the Premier League and will be spurred on by the ‘confidence’ and ‘belief’ they gained from winning the title last season.Arsenal kicked off their title defence in convincing fashion with a 3-0 victory over newly promoted Coventry, with Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard hitting the target a
  
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• Lloyds down live: Lloyds and Halifax suffer banking app outages in UK

  26-08-2026 15:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Lloyds banking app appears to be down for some users in the UK, with hundreds reporting issues on DownDetector - there are also issues with Halifax
  
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• Hundreds of tourists missing including 12 Brits aged 13 to 65 and huge death toll feared as flash flooding triggered by earthquake demolishes buildings and bridges in Nepal

  26-08-2026 15:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Hundreds of tourists, including 12 Britons and three Americans, are missing after devastating floods and mudslides wiped out buildings and bridges along the Nepal-Tibet border. 
  
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• Shameless couple 'dine and dash' from Tenerife restaurant – even taking leftovers in boxes

  26-08-2026 15:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Traditional Spanish eatery El Cañonazo in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, posted a video on Instagram of a couple with blurred faces seemingly exiting the restaurant without paying
  
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• Nepal floods live: Girl, 13, among Brits missing near Tibet as avalanche causes flood

  26-08-2026 15:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 13-year-old girl is among 12 British tourists missing in Nepal after an avalanche led to major flooding along the Bhotekoshi River - hundreds of tourists are missing in total
  
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• Xabi Alonso gives Moises Caicedo and Marco Paltestra injury updates

  26-08-2026 15:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Moises Caicedo missed Chelsea’s Premier League opener (Picture: Getty Images)Chelsea will remain without injured duo Moises Caicedo and Marco Palestra for their Carabao Cup clash with Luton Town on Thursday.The Blues got their season underway on Monday night with a 3-2 win at Fulham in the Premier League.Joao Pedro, new signing Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer were on the scoresheet in the west London derby to start the Xabi Alonso era in exciting fashion.The new boss was without Caicedo and
  
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