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• Aussie teacher describes split-second 'left hook' that saved her life during great white shark attack

  28-08-2026 04:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Leah Stewart has opened up about the terrifying moment she realised she was 30cm from a 'monster' shark at Sydney's Coogee Beach.
  
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• Youngest female founder ever to get five yeses on Dragons’ Den reveals why she walked away

  28-08-2026 08:00 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 PageWhen you picture dragon slayers, you probably think of knights in shining armour on horseback wielding razor-sharp swords. What you likely don’t imagine is a teenage girl with a razor-sharp business mind, and yet 17-year-old Cat Black might be about to change thatBecause when she entered Dragons’ Den, when she was 16, she managed to enchant
  
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• The glorious island escape that’s just a 60-minute flight from the UK

  28-08-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Stunning bays and beautiful beaches at every turn (Picture: VFKA/Getty Images)Just a short flight from London is a beautiful island with expansive sandy beaches, world-class seafood and fascinating history.Any guesses? It’s Jersey of course, the southernmost of the Channel Islands and the comeback kid of British tourism.After decades of losing its sparkle, Jersey is welcoming a fresh wave of visitors, drawn by new direct flights from Europe and the growing appeal of holidays close to home
  
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• One Night Only is an uncomfortably fascist rom-com – but I liked it

  28-08-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s had a rough reception but there are still appealing parts to One Night Only (Picture: Universal)Callum Turner’s new film One Night Only has an alarmingly fascist premise, which bans premarital sex and is rather at odds with the giddy, often slapstick approach the film generally takes.It’s frankly disturbing to imagine living in a world where hook-ups are over and every relationship is puritanically unconsummated until after wedded bliss for… reasons that create thi
  
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• I’m plus size and these are the dresses getting me through summer’s hottest days

  28-08-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  These can see you through the weather now, and next season too. (Picture: Metro/Getty)It’s been a long, hot summer – and we’ve still got a few weeks of it left to go.Not that I’m complaining (much). I’d rather sweat in the sun than shiver under grey skies. As the ever-sage Scandinavians say, ‘There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes’. They may have meant it about their notoriously harsh winters, but in the throes of our fourth h
  
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• I thought I was just feeling a bit rough – days later I was planning my funeral

  28-08-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nick had no clue how sick he was until he nearly passed out at work (Picture: Supplied)Nick Angell hadn’t been feeling himself for a few weeks before he was sent home from a work meeting on a Wednesday morning.‘I had been sick a week before, I had cramping and was falling asleep in the chair at 5pm. I would also get out of breath climbing the stairs. When I look back at pictures now, I can see my face was bloated,’ Nick, now 45, says.‘I thought I had picked up a bug from
  
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• How Moses Itauma can rewrite history and make us all forget about Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury

  28-08-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Itauma looking to secure his first world title on Saturday night (Picture: Nick Potts/PA Wire)With Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury stuck in another joyless holding pattern, Moses Itauma can snatch the spotlight and make some history this weekend.The so-called ‘Battle of Britain’ looks destined to land in New York in November – if it is to land at all with torturous negotiations still holding plans up.Itauma is the refreshing remedy for that tired old saga. The 21-year-old has lef
  
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• Charity’s lies about Dr Todd shattered by new evidence meaning doom for Sarah in Emmerdale

  28-08-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ramsden turns up (Picture: ITV)Charity Dingle’s (Emma Atkins) lie that she killed Dr Caitlin Todd (Caroline Harker) was concocted in a panicked few minutes in Emmerdale, and it’s certainly not been watertight. In fact, it’s about to spring a leak.Todd died after making the fatal mistake of choosing to confront Charity in her own home – the same place she raped her. Todd had been expecting a weak and malleable Charity, who’d bend at Todd’s will and do as she&r
  
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• Betsy makes sad admission to Lisa in Coronation Street – and Lauren is not helping

  28-08-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Betsy Swain makes a sad admission to Lisa Connor-Swain (Picture: ITV)Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin) is having a tough time in Coronation Street, having suffered a stroke unexpectedly several weeks ago.She was rushed to hospital after collapsing in the kitchen, where it was later revealed that her stroke had been caused by strangulation during sex with Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne).The stroke had a major effect on her ability to move and talk, and she has since been undergoing speech and physiothera
  
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• Grammy winner is detained by ICE after flying back from concert... as he faces being deported

  28-08-2026 07:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Cuban-born musician Degnis Nelson Bofill Miranda, 39, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on August 19 at Miami International Airport.
  
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• Mar-a-Lago standoff with crazed woman who drove into entry gate ends with pet dog shot

  28-08-2026 07:57 via dailymail.com
  
  The bizarre encounter spiraled into a high-stakes police chase, a smashed-up mansion gate and a deadly confrontation involving her pit bull.
  
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• Trump backed out of attending 25th anniversary of 9/11 at ground zero because he can't give speech, report says

  28-08-2026 07:49 via dailymail.com
  
  The President - a native New Yorker who launched his real estate empire in the Big Apple - has frequently been seen at 9/11 memorials in the years since the attack.
  
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• Transfer news LIVE: Enzo Fernandez £120m deal, Julian Alvarez to Arsenal, Bradley Barcola latest

  28-08-2026 07:32 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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• Elderly man, 85, who vanished from a pub and was found alive in his crashed car suddenly dies

  28-08-2026 07:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Jacobus 'John' Bakkum, 85, was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries following a two-day search in Victoria's High Country.
  
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• Rock legend's family devastated after his iconic home containing priceless treasures is suddenly demolished

  28-08-2026 07:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Les Paul's son Gene says he is 'heartbroken' after the music legend's historic New Jersey home was demolished without the family being told.
  
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• Where will the Red Arrows fly this bank holiday weekend after returning to the UK?

  28-08-2026 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Red Arrows will be making multiple appearances over the bank holiday weekend (Picture: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)After a brief hiatus, the Red Arrows have finally returned to the UK and are ready to continue their daredevil air displays.The Red Arrows were originally scheduled to make an appearance at the Eastbourne International Airshow earlier this month, but were forced to cancel after completing a tour of the US and getting stranded in Canada.After returning to the UK for
  
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• My dog was stabbed in the head twice – but he still caught the man who did it

  28-08-2026 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Audi was badly injured by a criminal high on drugs (Picture: Supplied)Talking about her 10-year-old German Shepherd, Audi, Kate Wright describes him as ‘42kg of pure muscle’. ‘We call him Big Bear,’ she adds.It’s clear that Audi isn’t your average pet – the former police dog has not only survived being stabbed in the head twice, but he’s also been part of a pioneering prosecution that saw his attacker jailed for 21 months. Now retired, A
  
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• Australian ISIS bride says motherhood turned her against extremist ideology as she fights to be released from jail

  28-08-2026 06:38 via dailymail.com
  
  A so-called "ISIS bride" developed an opposition to extremist ideology following the birth of her daughter in a refugee camp, a court has been told.
  
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• Blood moon lunar eclipse 2026 live: 'Earth's shadow' seen across UK at peak time

  28-08-2026 06:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A partial lunar eclipse will see around 93% of the Moon move into Earth’s darkest shadow as the “blood moon” becomes visible across the UK.
  
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• I know he’s a chauvinist, but he does things to me in bed no one else has

  28-08-2026 06:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  This week’s diarist is torn between her romantic interests (Picture: Myles Goode/ Getty)Welcome to How I Do It, the series in which we give you a seven-day sneak peek into the sex life of a stranger.This week, we hear from Phoebe*, a 29-year-old lawyer living in London, who up until recently has been in a nine-month ‘just sex’ situationship with her colleague, Jared*.‘I’d just come out of a three-year relationship when things began heating up between
  
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• Albanese government backtracks and will not lower refugee numbers after intervention

  28-08-2026 05:58 via dailymail.com
  
  An intervention from the prime minister on Australia's refugee intake is not a reflection of Labor's broader overhaul of migration numbers, a cabinet minister says.
  
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• Brother shocked to see the horrific deaths of his sister and her young family used in political ad

  28-08-2026 05:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Jesse Mallen thought he had finally made peace with his family's tragic end, until he was shocked to see their faces plastered over the TV in a tone-deaf political ad
  
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• Young Aussie reveals how she went from $1000 in the bank to a millionaire in 10 years by keeping it simple

  28-08-2026 05:44 via dailymail.com
  
  One of Australia's most popular 'finfluencers' has revealed how she turned just $1000 to over $1million in a decade.
  
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• When disaster struck on a Bali wedding trip, Amy thought she'd done everything right - but now she's been hit by a devastating $30,000 bill

  28-08-2026 05:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Amy Donohue described the moment she fell off the back of a scooter on a remote Indonesian island as the 'scariest experience of her life'.
  
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• QUENTIN LETTS: Zack Polanski says the Press needs to be 'sorted out'...what we really need is an inquiry into the Green Party

  28-08-2026 05:40 via dailymail.com
  
  After a blissfully quiet few weeks when he struggled to score so much as a 'news in brief' paragraph, and the television studios largely stopped calling, Mr Polanski has again been hogging the headlines.
  
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• The cause of Belgian backpacker Celine Cremer's death is confirmed as accident by coroner after she vanished in Tasmania

  28-08-2026 05:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Belgian traveller Celine Cremer's death was officially ruled an accident by a coroner.
  
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• Fallen AFL legend Nicky Winmar is jailed for brutal attack on a woman - after court rejects his 'racism warrior' claim to fame

  28-08-2026 05:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Nicky Winmar appeared in Bendigo Magistrates Court where he was convicted and sentenced to six months behind bars after which he must complete a 12-month community corrections order.
  
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• Teacher banned after giving student pen with hidden camera

  28-08-2026 05:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matthew Udall has been banned from teaching after a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) panel found his “actions were sexually motivated and had the potential to cause serious harm to the pupil”
  
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• Peter van Onselen: Albo's desperate plan to save Labor's seats exposed - and it's the rest of Australia that could pay

  28-08-2026 04:59 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister sparking an uproar when he visited Western Australia this week, causing three Labor state premiers to revolt.
  
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• Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's executive order to restrict mail-in ballots

  28-08-2026 04:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The move stalled the directive for a second time only about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for the rapidly approaching midterm elections.
  
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