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• BA flight forced to turn back over cracked window

  13-10-2026 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British Airways said the plane landed safely at Gatwick and passengers were due to resume their journey.
  
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• Killer who murdered mother and her four children in arson attack could have been arrested hours before he petrol bombed their home, inquest hears

  13-10-2026 20:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Zak Bolland had been in a feud with Ms Pearson's son and had already daubed 'Grass' on her house, smashed her windows, set her wheelie bin on fire and threatened to firebomb the house.
  
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• British Army sergeant, 42, who stroked male colleague's thigh before groping female marine at UK's nuclear warfare training site is spared jail

  13-10-2026 20:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Sergeant Martin Leatherbarrow, 42, stroked a male Marine's thigh towards his genitals and kissed him on the head before grabbing a female colleague's bottom.
  
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• Labour forced to ditch 'bats**t crazy' wealth tax plan after Treasury officials warn Chancellor it would backfire and cost the government billions

  13-10-2026 20:05 via dailymail.com
  
  The Chancellor has been examining Labour demands to raise rates of capital gains tax (CGT) to the same level as income tax.
  
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• Ex-theme park ride operator admits to sexually assaulting 19 girls under 13

  13-10-2026 20:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Josef Luke Hammond worked at the park for five months (Picture: Staffordshire Police)A former theme park ride operator has admitted to sexually assaulting 19 girls under the age of 13.Josef Luke Hammond, 24, was working at Drayton Manor, a theme park in Staffordshire, when a girl told her parent he touched her inappropriately.Park bosses reviewed the CCTV and sent Hammond home before police arrested him later that day in August 2024.Officers found the Birmingham local had sexually assaulted 19
  
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• Evil New York man admits to beheading ex-girlfriend to get revenge on her for dumping him

  13-10-2026 20:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Damon Foy, 50, pled guilty to second degree murder for killing and dismembering his ex-girlfriend Alberta Dale, 44 shortly after she broke up with him, said she 'played him like a sucker.'
  
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• Tories pressure Labour to take an axe to public spending to fund major cut to 'immoral' inheritance tax

  13-10-2026 20:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith branded the levy on estates 'immoral' ahead of a Commons vote on party plans to exempt family homes, businesses and farms from death duty.
  
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• ‘Patriot’ vigilantes on night patrol ban Indian students from park

  13-10-2026 19:59 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 PageSelf-styled ‘patriots’ have filmed themselves banning students from parks and giving them a ‘final warning’.A group calling themselves the Chelmsley Wood Patriots, dressed all in black, walked laps of their local park under the guise of protecting women and children.But locals and anti-racism activists accused the group, swelling in n
  
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• Bournemouth change transfer stance on Chelsea and Liverpool target Alex Scott

  13-10-2026 19:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alex Scott is wanted by some Premier League heavyweights (Picture: Shutterstock)Bournemouth will let England international Alex Scott leave in January, but only if a huge asking price is met and the club is in a safe position.There has been heavyweight interest in the midfielder, with Chelsea and Liverpool heavily linked with a move for him over the summer.His former Cherries boss Andoni Iraola is now in charge at Anfield, while the Blues are looking for a replacement for Enzo Fernandez, who le
  
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• Tree trimmer shares sickening 'pop' sound he heard as co-worker was killed in freak accident while atop eucalyptus

  13-10-2026 19:55 via dailymail.com
  
  The tragedy unfolded in front of his co-worker and friend of 28 years.
  
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• Judge Judy says migrants who come to America then complain about it should move somewhere else

  13-10-2026 19:55 via dailymail.com
  
  The famous television judge defended her comments after they went viral online. 'There are other countries that have the something else that you want. Go there,' she said.
  
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• Civil servant used remote working to fraudulently hold down FIVE government jobs at the same time, court told

  13-10-2026 19:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Kashim Chowdhury, 55, is accused of fraud by holding down - and being paid for - multiple full-time government jobs at the same time.
  
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• Ryder sobs in bully Ned’s arms and Craig’s revenge as EastEnders spoilers reveal what happens next

  13-10-2026 19:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  What Ned does is brutal as Gemma is left sobbing (Picture: BBC / Metro)Ryder Hawkins (Felix Uff) was left sobbing in the arms of dad Ned (Jamie Bamber) in EastEnders after a heinous attack, unaware that the person to blame for his ordeal was none other than his dad.Ned is incredibly harsh on Ryder, much to the chagrin of Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington), who encouraged her nephew to live his life freely and openly.Ryder was appreciative of his auntie’s advice and, after coming out to he
  
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• Cornell bans all fraternity parties in wake of Jane Doe's gang-rape allegations

  13-10-2026 19:43 via dailymail.com
  
  The ban on parties at frat houses affiliated with the Ivy League college will be in place until the end of the academic year, Cornell announced on Tuesday.
  
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• Charlotte Church forced to shut her wellness retreat after facing ‘crisis’

  13-10-2026 19:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Church’s wellness retreat has been put into ‘hibernation’ (Picture: Rekha Garton/WALES NEWS SERVICE)A wellness retreat founded by Charlotte Church has announced it will shut down to ‘reassess’, with no reopening in sight.The Dreaming, a centre in Rhayader, officially opened in 2023 at Rhydoldog House, which Charlotte, 40, had purchased for £1.5million two years earlier.Now, a statement has confirmed that the site will close from December to ‘g
  
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• Disabled peer debuts her AI-generated voice in Parliament after tech firm harvested old radio interviews to help create her Lords speech

  13-10-2026 19:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Baroness Campbell of Surbiton introduced what she has dubbed her 'Jane Mark II' voice during a debate on Labour's Health Bill in the upper chamber.
  
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• Andy Burnham makes vow to families of drowning victims after heartbreaking pleas

  13-10-2026 19:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham vowed to press forward with action to save lives after Vanessa Abbess and Simon Haycock, who both lost teenage sons, urged him to adopt the Save Lives for Sam campaign demands
  
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• Murderer who strangled his cellmate in bid to executed on death row is killed — nearly 18 years on

  13-10-2026 19:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Robertson, 63, was pronounced dead at 12.32pm on Tuesday after being given a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, years after the murder
  
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• Paul McCartney says he can remember being born 84 years ago

  13-10-2026 19:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir Paul explained he could recall gleaming white tiles, chrome instruments and a clanging noise he associated with being born via forceps back in 1942, though admitted the memory may not be real.
  
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• 'Playful' husky found hanged by his leash near devastated owner's Los Angeles home

  13-10-2026 19:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Ruso, a husky owned by Filiberto Reyes, was found by his neighbors hanging in a Lynwood alley behind a laundromat and doughnut shop on October 4.
  
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• EUAN McCOLM: The SNP have made wasting taxpayers' money into a fine art... but Goodlad's grand designs are detached from reality

  13-10-2026 19:17 via dailymail.com
  
  It's the narcissism that gets me. Of course, to succeed, politicians require a healthy degree of ego but most of them couple that confidence with a degree of self-awareness.
  
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• Alexander Isak, Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo injury update from Andoni Iraola

  13-10-2026 19:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dominik Szoboszlai has been a key player for Liverpool (Picture: Getty Images)Andoni Iraola has issued an encouraging update on the fitness of Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo, but could not guarantee when they will return from injury.All three players missed Liverpool’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday, with Hugo Ekitike also still sidelined.The Frenchman remains a long-term injury issues, not expected back till December, but the Hungarian, Swede and Du
  
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• Furious Trump delivers brutal final dig at Kimberly Guilfoyle after dramatic resignation as Greek ambassador: 'I guess she dated my son'

  13-10-2026 19:13 via dailymail.com
  
  A furious President Donald Trump distanced himself from ousted Greek Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, 57, amid her fall from grace, with a brutal dig.
  
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• Why are Arsenal wearing black armbands against Lille in the Champions League

  13-10-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal Director Ken Friar with the new stadium Time Capsule and its contents laid out in the boardroom on (Picture: Getty Images)Arsenal are wearing black armbands against Lille this evening to mark the death of life president Ken Friar, aged 92.Born in Islington in August 1934, Friar began his career at the club aged 11 in 1945 as a messenger after a chance meeting with manager George Allison.He became club secretary in 1973 and managing director in 1983 before later playing a leading role in
  
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• Jack Lisowski reveals ‘very emotional’ moment of family joy after tragedy

  13-10-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  It has been an eventful time in the life of Jack Lisowski (Picture: PA)Jack Lisowski has been on an 18-month emotional roller-coaster, but thankfully he’s enjoyed some beautiful recent highs after last year’s most painful of lows.The 35-year-old tragically lost his father in March last year, rushing home from the World Grand Prix in Hong Kong after hearing his dad had unexpectedly passed away.Lisowski overcame the heartache and there were few dry eyes in the building just seven mont
  
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• Trump's Justice Department issues rare apology for airing $20M of taxpayer funded ads despite ban

  13-10-2026 18:50 via dailymail.com
  
  At issue were multiple pro-Trump television ads funded by $20 million in taxpayer funds - and which ran 400 times despite a court order.
  
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• Trump moves to strip noncitizens from 2030 census in explosive plan that could redraw America's political map

  13-10-2026 18:48 via dailymail.com
  
  The Trump administration'sproposed rule seeks to exclude from the 2030 census all noncitizens without permanent resident status - upending voting maps and federal funding decisions nationwide.
  
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• Trump's diesel deal with Vladimir Putin sparks panic among Republicans ahead of midterm elections

  13-10-2026 18:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump's diesel fuel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin has Republicans seeing red as they are forced to defend the deal ahead of the midterm elections.
  
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• Driver crashed into grammar school head cycling home before dragging him 'for over a mile' then leaving him dying at the roadside, murder trial told

  13-10-2026 18:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Michael Mullins, 56, who had been the head of Stretford Grammar School for 17 years, suffered fatal injuries when he became stuck under the wheels of a Volvo SUV on April 20, a court heard.
  
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• Trump erupts as 'panic' grips White House over stories of his own midterms masterminds cashing in... and Susie Wiles calls crisis meeting

  13-10-2026 18:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump's closest allies are cashing in on their proximity to the president as the midterms turn ugly for Republicans, and the bad press is landing on campaigns that were already struggling.
  
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